Dissemination

=Dissemination=

Proposed definition:
**Definition 4:** Dissemination is the targeted distribution of information and intervention materials to a specific public health or clinical practice audience. The intent is to spread knowledge and the associated evidence-based interventions. Research on dissemination addresses how information about health promotion and care interventions are created, packaged, transmitted, and interpreted among a variety of important stakeholder groups. **Source:** National Institutes of Health http://obssr.od.nih.gov/di2007/about.html **Focus:** Public Health

**Why we chose this definition:** It had a clear context, purpose, evidence, and precise description of the change agent. July 1, 2011 media type="custom" key="9953837"

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 * Current Definitions (n=21)**


 * Definition 1:** [Dissemination is] any process by which information is transmitted (made available or accessible) to intended audiences or target groups.
 * Source:** United States National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/hta101/ta101014.html
 * Focus:** Health Care


 * Definition 2:** Dissemination goes well beyond simply making research available through the traditional vehicles of journal publication and academic conference presentations. It involves a process of extracting the main messages or key implications derived from research results and communicating them to targeted groups of decision makers and other stakeholders in a way that encourages them to factor the research implications into their work. Face-to-face communication is encouraged whenever possible.
 * Source:** Canadian Health Services Research Foundation http://www.chsrf.ca/keys/glossary_e.php
 * Focus:** Health Services Research


 * Definition 3:** Dissemination - Process through which target groups are made aware of, receive, accept, and use information and other interventions.
 * Source:** National Cancer Institute http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/d4d/definitions.html
 * Focus:** Health Care (Cancer)

**Definition 4:** Dissemination is the targeted distribution of information and intervention materials to a specific public health or clinical practice audience. The intent is to spread knowledge and the associated evidence-based interventions. Research on dissemination addresses how information about health promotion and care interventions are created, packaged, transmitted, and interpreted among a variety of important stakeholder groups. **Source:** National Institutes of Health http://obssr.od.nih.gov/di2007/about.html **Focus:** Public Health


 * Definition 5:** [Dissemination] is the communication of information to constituent populations by agencies and organizations.
 * Source:** Sussman S, Valente TW, Rohrbach LA, Skara S, Pentz,MA. Translation in the Health Professions: Converting Science into Action. Evaluation in the Health Professions. 2006; 29 (1): 7-32.
 * Focus:** Health Care


 * Definition 6:** [Dissemination] refers to the spreading of knowledge or research that is done in scientific journals and at scientific conferences.
 * Source:** Estabrooks CA. Research utilization and qualitative research. In: Morse JM, Swanson JM, Kuzel AJ, Eds. The Nature of Qualitative Evidence. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications; 2001: 275-298.
 * Focus:** n/a


 * Definition 7:** [Dissemination is] to spread or diffuse research findings.
 * Source:** Fraelich Phillips LR. A clinician's guide to the critique and utilization of nursing research. Norwalk, Connecticut: Appleton-Century-Crofts; 1986.
 * Focus:** Nursing


 * Definition 8:** [Dissemination] is a planned and active process intended to increase the rate and level of adoption above that which might have been achieved by diffusion alone.
 * Source:** Greenhalgh T, Robert G, Bate P, Macfarlane F, Kyriakidou O. Diffusion of innovations in health service organizations. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.; 2005.
 * Focus:** Health Care

Blackwell Publishing Ltd.; 2005.
 * Definition 9:** [Dissemination] is actively spreading a message to defined target groups.
 * Source:** Greenhalgh T, Robert G, Bate P, Macfarlane F, Kyriakidou O. Diffusion of innovations in health service organizations. Malden, Massachusetts:
 * Focus:** Health Care


 * Definition 10:** Thesaurus: dissemination - The passing out or spreading about of something: circulation, dispersal, dispersion, distribution. See collect/distribute. Literary Dictionary: dissemination - dissemination, in the terminology of deconstruction, the dispersal of meanings among infinite possibilities; the effect of différance in the ‘free play’ of signification beyond the control of concepts or stable interpretation. Whereas ambiguity usually involves a limited number of possible meanings, dissemination is an endless proliferation of possibilities. See also indeterminacy. WordNet: dissemination - Meaning #1: the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate Synonyms: airing, public exposure, spreading Meaning #2: the property of being diffused or dispersed Synonym: diffusion Meaning #3: the act of dispersing or diffusing something Synonyms: dispersion, dispersal, diffusion
 * Source:** http://www.answers.com/topic/dissemination
 * Focus:** Broad

dissemination - noun. 1. the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate 2. the property of being diffused or dispersed 3. the act of dispersing or diffusing something; "the dispersion of the troops"; "the diffusion of knowledge" [syn: dispersion] [WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.]
 * Definition 11:** dis·sem·i·nate –verb (used with object), -nat·ed, -nat·ing. to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse: to disseminate information about preventive medicine. [Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.]
 * Source:** http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dissemination
 * Focus:** Broad


 * Definition 12 :** Dissemination - Roll-out of the policy, directives, procedures, etc., and supporting systems.
 * Source:** http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/policy/definitions.asp
 * Focus:** Policy


 * Definition 13:** Dissemination. "Dissemination" means the transmission of information, whether orally, in writing or by electronic means by or to anyone outside the agency which maintains the information.
 * Source:** http://janus.state.me.us/legis/statutes/16/title16sec611.html
 * Focus:** Law


 * Definition 14:** Dissemination: Making information publicly available.
 * Source:** http://www.athabascau.ca/policy/research/preambleanddefinitions.htm
 * Focus:** Research

“dissemination is understood to be more than distribution of information or making it available in some way. While embracing this aspect, dissemination also implies that some action has been taken to embed and upscale the innovation within its own context (discipline or institution) and/or to replicate or transform an innovation in a new context and to embed the innovation in that new context” (p.2). A useful exploration of the concept ‘dissemination’ is found in Dissemination, Adoption & Adaptation of Project Innovations in Higher Education (2005) (pp.159-163)
 * Definition 15:** Dissemination - In the context of the Grants Scheme the definition in Strategies for effective dissemination of project outcomes (2005) will be applied:
 * Source:** http://www.une.edu.au/tlc/staff/grants/carrick/definitions-and-descriptions.php
 * Focus:** Grant Writing

1. Research dissemination …active process through which the information needs (pull) of target groups working in specific contexts (capacity) are accessed, and information is "tailored" to increase awareness of, acceptance of, and use of the lessons learned from science (Kerner, 2007). 2. Dissemination research …the study of processes and variables that determine and/or influence the adoption of knowledge, interventions or practice by various stakeholders (Lomas, 1997).
 * Definition 16,17:** Dissemination -
 * Source:** http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/d4d/definitions.html
 * Focus:** Cancer


 * Definition 18:** Dissemination relates to the general publication of specific (research) outputs to meet a demand that is often loosely specified. Usually, the 'communication process' is dissemination is one-way. It may form part of a two-way process but this is not implicit in the term. It may also refer to the transfer of research outputs to meet specified demands or requests for 'information'.
 * Source:** http://www.wmin.ac.uk/builtenv/maxlock/KTweb/Report/Annex5.doc
 * Focus:** Research


 * Definition 19:** Dissemination - distribution. Dissemination of project information might mean telling a wider audience about a project and its results. This may be by means of seminars, newsletters, press releases and similar methods. This can enable organisations to learn from others' experience and good practice.
 * Source:** http://www.mos.gov.pl/mos/publikac/Raporty_opracowania/manual/glosry_1.html
 * Focus:** Research


 * Definition:** **20**. To scatter widely, as in sowing seed 2. To spread abroad; promulgate: disseminate information. To become diffused; spread.
 * Source:** http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dissemination
 * Focus:** Broad


 * Definition 21:** Dissemination is the release to users of information obtained through a statistical activity.
 * Source:** http://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=3004
 * Focus:** Statistics