ArticleThe American journal of evaluation2019
Using the Contribution Analysis Approach to Evaluate Science Impact: A Case Study of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
Article in The American journal of evaluation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- An evaluation of programmatic assessment across health professions education using contribution analysis.Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice · 2026Article
- Evaluating the Impacts of Community-Campus Engagement on Population Health in Ottawa and Thunder Bay, Canada: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Contribution Analysis.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Measuring the benefits of occupational safety and health research with economic metrics: Insights from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.American journal of industrial medicine · 2022Article
- A research impact model for work and health.American journal of industrial medicine · 2021Article
- Translation research in occupational health and safety settings: Common ground and future directions.Journal of safety research · 2020Article
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- Preparing Teens to Stay Safe and Healthy on the Job: a Multilevel Evaluation of the Talking Safety Curriculum for Middle Schools and High Schools.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2019Article
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Abstract
Interest from Congress, executive branch leadership, and various other stakeholders for greater accountability in government continues to gain momentum today with government-wide efforts. However, measuring the impact of research programs has proven particularly difficult. Cause and effect linkages between research findings and changes to morbidity and mortality are difficult to prove. To address this challenge, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health program evaluators used a modified version of contribution analysis (CA) to evaluate two research programs. CA proved to be a useful framework for assessing research impact, and both programs received valuable, actionable feedback. Although there is room to further refine our approach, this was a promising step toward moving beyond bibiliometrics to more robust assessment of research impact.
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