Mock Abstracts with Mock Findings: A Device to Catalyse Production, Interpretation and Use of Knowledge Outputs in a University-Policy-Practice Research Partnership

Autor/inn/en	Hawe, Penelope; Conte, Kathleen P.; Groen, Sisse; Loblay, Victoria; Green, Amanda; Innes-Hughes, Christine; Milat, Andrew; Persson, Lina; Mitchell, Jo; Thackway, Sarah; Williams, Mandy
Titel	Mock Abstracts with Mock Findings: A Device to Catalyse Production, Interpretation and Use of Knowledge Outputs in a University-Policy-Practice Research Partnership
Quelle	In: Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 17 (2021) 3, S.549-564 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1744-2648
Schlagwörter	Research Utilization; Cooperation; Researchers; Policy; Research and Development; Theory Practice Relationship; Documentation; Universities; Data Interpretation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Forschungsumsetzung; Co-operation; Kooperation; Researcher; Forscher; Politik; Forschung und Entwicklung; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Dokumentation; University; Universität; Data evaluation; Datenauswertung
Abstract	Background: A number of ways to conduct research are designed to maximise the likelihood that evidence from research is quickly transferred into practice. This includes action research and partnership research between researchers and policy makers. Such approaches focus research effort on questions of highest relevance to practice and policy so as to create ownership of the results. However, such approaches on their own do not necessarily visualise or illuminate possible pathways of action or create a sense of personal connection to these possible actions. Aims and objectives: Our intent is to foster high-level engagement with possible project findings by policymakers and researchers involved in partnership research. We describe a simple, creative, innovative device: production of co-authored mock (i.e., fake) in-house abstracts of peer reviewed papers as an aid in this process This occurs in advance of knowing real results of the study. The fake abstracts process described here occurs within a research-policy maker-practitioner partnership studying the scaling-up of childhood statewide obesity prevention programs and the electronic monitoring system being used to track progress. Key conclusions: The fake abstracts are a tool for identifying priority interests among a large data set. They act as a trigger to uncovering different interpretations of findings among the team. They foster discussion and mental rehearsal of actions based on different scenarios. And they help the team coordinate participation in the analysis and writing-up of the real findings. They also represent a hypothetical variety of research endpoints which also assist with maintaining project momentum during long phases of analysis. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01