Getting Research Findings into Practice

by Haines, Andy; Haines, Andrew; Donald, Anna

• ISBN13: 9780727915535
• ISBN10: 0727915533
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-09
• Publisher: BMJ Books

Summary

Thoroughly updated and revised, the new edition of this accessible guide aims to outline why there is a gap between research findings and what actually happens in clinical practice. It covers a number of topics including the sources of information on clinical effectiveness and methods of information, how to close the gap between research and pratice, potential roles for lay people, the role of decision support, barriers to the use of evidence in clinical practice, the role of decision analysis, implementing research findings in developing countries and how to encourage the implementation of results from economic evaluation.

Author Biography

Andy Haines, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine LSHTM· Department of Social and Environmental Health Research.

Table of Contents

Criteria for the implementation of research evidence in policy and practice

Sources of information on clinical effectiveness and methods of dissemination

Closing the gap between research and practice

Implementing research findings into practice: beyond the information deficit model

Roles for lay people in the implementation of health care

Implementing research findings in clinical practice

Roles for lay people in the implementation of health care research

Using research findings in clinical practice

Evidence-based policy making

Barriers and bridges to evidence based clinical practice

Decision support

Decision analysis and the implementation of research findings

Implementing research findings in developing countries

Opportunity costs on trial: new options for encouraging implementation of results frm economic eval

Changing clinical practice in the light of evidence

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