Strategies for effective dissemination of research to United States policymakers: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research has the potential to influence US social policy; however, existing research in this area lacks a coherent message. The Model for Dissemination of Research provides a framework through which to synthesize lessons learned from research to date on the process of translating research to US policymakers.

Methods

The peer-reviewed and grey literature was systematically reviewed to understand common strategies for disseminating social policy research to policymakers in the United States. We searched Academic Search Premier, PolicyFile, SocINDEX, Social Work Abstracts, and Web of Science from January 1980 through December 2019. Articles were independently reviewed and thematically analyzed by two investigators and organized using the Model for Dissemination of Re

SUBMITTER: Ashcraft LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7560305 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature