Unit of Intervention and Implementation Research for Worker Health, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jul 22;17(15):5283. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17155283.
Despite the rapid growth in research and R&D expenditures, the translation of research into practice is limited. One approach to increase the translation and utilization of research is practice based research networks. With the aim of strengthening evidence-based practice (EBP) within occupational health services in Sweden (OH-Services), a practice-based research network (PBRN-OSH) was developed. The PBRN-OSH includes researchers and representatives from end-users. This paper reports on the development, outputs and lessons learned in the PBRN-OSH. The PBRN-OSH resulted in several practice-based research projects as well as different measures to ensure EBP in OSH such as the governmentally sanctioned national guidelines for the OH-services. Moreover, results show that the competence in EBP increased among practitioners at the OH-services. Conducting research in a PBRN is more resource demanding; however, this does not imply that it is less cost effective. To succeed in increasing the utility of research findings via PBRN, resources must be invested into an infrastructure that supports collaboration in the PBRN, including costs for a variety of means of dissemination. Further, translation activities need to be included in academic career paths and reward systems if a major improvement in the impact and return of investments from research is to be expected.
尽管研究和研发支出迅速增长，但研究向实践的转化仍然有限。增加研究的转化和利用的一种方法是基于实践的研究网络。为了加强瑞典职业健康服务（OH 服务）中的循证实践（EBP），开发了一个基于实践的研究网络（PBRN-OSH）。PBRN-OSH 包括研究人员和最终用户的代表。本文报告了 PBRN-OSH 的发展、产出和经验教训。PBRN-OSH 产生了几个基于实践的研究项目，以及确保 OH 服务中 EBP 的不同措施，例如政府批准的 OH 服务国家指南。此外，结果表明，OH 服务中的从业者的 EBP 能力有所提高。在 PBRN 中进行研究需要更多的资源；但是，这并不意味着它的成本效益较低。要通过 PBRN 成功提高研究结果的实用性，必须投入资源来支持 PBRN 中的协作，包括各种传播手段的成本。此外，如果要期望投资于研究的影响和回报有重大改善，那么翻译活动需要纳入学术职业道路和奖励系统。
