Trial reportBMJ open2017
Strategies for research engagement of clinicians in allied health (STRETCH): a mixed methods research protocol.
Trial report in BMJ open, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Virtual Health Research Capacity Strengthening in Low- and Middle‑Income Countries: A Systematic Integrative Review.Annals of global health · 2025Pooled it
- The value of allied health professional research engagement on healthcare performance: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2023Pooled it
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- Development of a capability framework for Allied Health research careers in health services.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Clinical research nursing pathways: The development and evaluation of a nursing research internship program using the RE-AIM framework.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2024Article
- Research capacity and culture in an Australian metropolitan public mental health service: scoping the skills and experience of social workers and occupational therapists.BMC medical education · 2022Article
- Research training incorporating education and mentoring for rural and regional allied health professionals: An evaluation study.The Australian journal of rural health · 2022Article
- Research Ready Grant Program (RRGP) protocol: a model for collaborative multidisciplinary practice-research partnerships.Health research policy and systems · 2022Article
- Research education and training for nurses and allied health professionals: a systematic scoping review.BMC medical education · 2022Article
- Using knowledge brokering activities to promote allied health clinicians' engagement in research: a qualitative exploration.BMJ open · 2022Article
- "There hasn't been a career structure to step into": a qualitative study on perceptions of allied health clinician researcher careers.Health research policy and systems · 2022Article
- Relationship Between Research Culture and Research Activity of Medical Doctors: A Survey and Audit.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2021Article
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- What happened and why? A programme theory-based qualitative evaluation of a healthcare-academia partnership reform in primary care.BMC health services research · 2019Article
- Development of the Translating Allied Health Knowledge (TAHK) Framework.International journal of health policy and management · 2019Article
- Uncovering the mechanisms of research capacity development in health and social care: a realist synthesis.Health research policy and systems · 2018Review
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Abstract
introductionAllied health professionals (AHPs) report positive attitudes to using research evidence in clinical practice, yet often lack time, confidence and skills to use, participate in and conduct research. A range of multifaceted strategies including education, mentoring and guidance have been implemented to increase AHPs' use of and participation in research. Emerging evidence suggests that knowledge brokering activities have the potential to support research engagement, but it is not clear which knowledge brokering strategies are most effective and in what contexts they work best to support and maintain clinicians' research engagement. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This protocol describes an exploratory concurrent mixed methods study that is designed to understand how allied health research fellows use knowledge brokering strategies within tailored evidence-based interventions, to facilitate research engagement by allied health clinicians. Simultaneously, a realist approach will guide a systematic process evaluation of the research fellows' pattern of use of knowledge brokering strategies within each case study to build a programme theory explaining which knowledge brokering strategies work best, in what contexts and why. Learning and behavioural theories will inform this critical explanation. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: An explanation of how locally tailored evidence-based interventions improve AHPs use of, participation in and leadership of research projects will be summarised and shared with all participating clinicians and within each case study. It is expected that local recommendations will be developed and shared with medical and nursing professionals in and beyond the health service, to facilitate building research capacity in a systematic and effective way.
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