Evaluating the Impact of the U.S. National Toxicology Program: A Case Study on Hexavalent Chromium.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evaluating the impact of federally funded research with a broad, methodical, and objective approach is important to ensure that public funds advance the mission of federal agencies.

Objectives

We aimed to develop a methodical approach that would yield a broad assessment of National Toxicology Program's (NTP's) effectiveness across multiple sectors and demonstrate the utility of the approach through a case study.

Methods

A conceptual model was developed with defined activities, outputs (products), and outcomes (proximal, intermediate, distal) and applied retrospectively to NTP's research on hexavalent chromium (CrVI). Proximal outcomes were measured by counting views of and requests for NTP's products by external stakeholders. Intermediate outcomes were meas

SUBMITTER: Xie Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5289905 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature