Table 1 |
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| Measures to determine effectiveness of the TROPIC knowledge-broking process on evidence-informed policies to reduce obesity | ||||
| Measure | Purpose | Sample | Time applied | Analysis |
| Semi- structured interviews | Identify understanding of and experience with evidence, policy and evidence-informed policy making | All individual participants | Pre-TROPIC | · Descriptive |
| · Thematic | ||||
| Is Research Working for You? survey (CHSRF) | Identify perceived evidence-informed decision making skills and resources at organisational and individual levels | All individual participants | Pre-TROPIC | |
| Semi-structured interviews | Identify perceptions of organisational culture and resources to support evidence-informed policy making | Purposive sampling of one expert per org. | Pre-TROPIC | · Descriptive |
| · Thematic | ||||
| Process diary completed by TROPIC team | Identify resources utilised (time spent; personnel; purpose) in knowledge broking activities at individual and organisational levels | Ongoing | · Descriptive statistics for level of individual participation and TROPIC outputs | |
| Is Research Working for You? Survey (CHSRF) | Identify perceived changes in EIDM skills and resource at organisational and individual levels following TROPIC | All participants | Post-TROPIC | · Repeated measure ANOVAs |
| Interviews | Identify perceived impact of TROPIC on individuals’ roles, organisational position and future careers | All participants | Post-TROPIC | · Descriptive |
| · Structured (electronic) | · Thematic | |||
| · Semi- structured (face-to- face) | ||||
| Structured interviews | Identify perceived impact of TROPIC on organisation | High-level officer from each organisation (n = 6) | Post-TROPIC | · Descriptive |
| · Thematic | ||||
Mavoa et al. BMC Public Health 2012 12:552 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-552
