Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Am J Ind Med. 2021 Jan;64(1):3-12. doi: 10.1002/ajim.23201. Epub 2020 Nov 24.
Research organizations, governments and funding agencies are increasingly interested in the impact of research beyond academia. While a growing literature describes research impacts in healthcare and health services, little has focused on occupational health and safety research. This article describes a research impact model that has been in use for over a decade. The model was developed to track and describe the impact of research conducted by a mid-sized institute that focuses on work and health. Model development was informed by existing models, with the goal of contextualizing the institute's case studies describing three types of research impact: evidence of the diffusion of research; evidence of research informing decision-making; and evidence of societal impact. A logic model describes research actions and outcomes, as well as key audiences and knowledge transfer approaches. A unique element is its indication of the level of difficulty in determining types of impact. The model compares well with current research impact models developed or used in healthcare and health services research, and it has been useful in guiding a mid-sized research organization's process for tracking and describing the impact of its research. It may be useful to other small and mid-sized research organizations that focus on workplace health and safety.
研究机构、政府和资助机构越来越关注研究在学术界之外的影响。虽然越来越多的文献描述了医疗保健和卫生服务方面的研究影响，但很少有研究关注职业健康和安全研究。本文介绍了一个已使用十余年的研究影响模型。该模型是为了跟踪和描述一个专注于工作和健康的中型研究所进行的研究的影响而开发的。模型的开发借鉴了现有模型，目标是使研究所描述的三种研究影响的案例研究具有背景：研究扩散的证据；研究为决策提供信息的证据；以及对社会产生影响的证据。逻辑模型描述了研究行动和结果，以及主要受众和知识转移方法。一个独特的元素是它表明了确定影响类型的难度水平。该模型与在医疗保健和卫生服务研究中开发或使用的当前研究影响模型相比非常吻合，并且它在指导中型研究组织跟踪和描述其研究影响的过程中非常有用。它可能对专注于工作场所健康和安全的其他小型和中型研究组织有用。
