Engaging Public Health Settings in Research Implementation and Translation Activities: Evidence from Practice-Based Research Networks

摘要

BACKGROUNDResearch on how best to deliver efficacious public health strategies in heterogeneous community and organizational contexts remains limited. Such studies require the active engagement of public health practice settings in the design, implementation and translation of research. Practice-based research networks (PBRNs) provide mechanisms for research engagement, but until now they have not been tested in public health settings.