[EQ] Demonstrating and Communicating Research Impact

DEMONSTRATING AND COMMUNICATING RESEARCH IMPACT

Preparing NIOSH Programs for External Review

 

Valerie L. Williams,  Elisa Eiseman, Eric Landree,  David M. Adamson

US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and was conducted under the auspices of the Safety and Justice Program within RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment (ISE). 2009

 

Available online as PDF file [104p] at: http://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/2009/RAND_MG809.pdf

 

“…..The evaluation of research impact is a topic of enduring interest to research funders and performers of research. Research impact refers to the contribution of research activities to desired societal outcomes, such as improved health, environment, economic, and social conditions. In recent years, this interest has grown because of governments’ desire to understand the impact of publicly funded research for the purpose of budgeting and resource allocation decisions, both nationally and internationally…”

 

“…..The difficulties associated with tracking and measuring the societal outcomes of research has caused this area of evaluation to lag other types of evaluation that seek to assess other dimensions of research, such as quality, relevance, and productivity.

Despite these difficulties, approaches to evaluating the impact of research have progressed substantially in the past decade. Technometrics, sociometrics, bibliometrics, value-mapping, expert review, and case studies represent both quantitative and qualitative means of assessing the benefits of research to industry, government, and the public….”

 

CONTENT

CHAPTER ONE Introduction

CHAPTER TWO Using Expert Evaluation to Measure the Impact of Federal Programs: The National Academies’ Review of NIOSH

CHAPTER THREE Logic Models

Elements of a Logic Model
Importance of Logic Models in Demonstrating and Assessing Impacts

Linking Program Operations to Program Strategy

Generating the Information for the Logic Model

Approaches for Addressing Research Complexity in the Logic Models

Representing the Role of Partners in Logic Models: The Mining and Construction

Research Programs
Describing Multifaceted Research Programs: The Health Hazard Evaluation and

Personal Protective Technology Programs

Concluding Thoughts

 

CHAPTER FOUR The Outcome Worksheet

The Evolution of Historical Tracing

Developing Outcome Worksheets: Building from Logic Models
Gathering Data for the Outcome Worksheet

Analyzing Information in the Outcome Worksheet

Concluding Thoughts

 

CHAPTER FIVE The Evidence Package

Communicating Impact

Communicating to a Different Audience

Communicating for a Different Purpose

The Structure of the Evidence Package

Using Outcome Worksheets to Prepare Outcome Narratives .

Writing the Outcome Narrative

 

CHAPTER SIX Future Considerations for the Improvement and Application of Tools

APPENDIX NIOSH Program Logic Model

References .

 

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