An Australian Example of Translating Psychological Research into Practice and Policy: Where We are and Where We Need to Go

Research findings from psychological science have identified interventions that will benefit human health. However, these findings are not often incorporated into practice-based settings or used to inform policy, in part, due to methodological and contextual limitations. A strategic approach is requ...

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Main Authors:	Werner-Seidler, Aliza, Perry, Yael, Christensen, Helen
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4759571/

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spelling	pubmed-47595712016-02-26 An Australian Example of Translating Psychological Research into Practice and Policy: Where We are and Where We Need to Go Werner-Seidler, Aliza Perry, Yael Christensen, Helen Psychology Research findings from psychological science have identified interventions that will benefit human health. However, these findings are not often incorporated into practice-based settings or used to inform policy, in part, due to methodological and contextual limitations. A strategic approach is required if we are to find a way to facilitate the translation of these findings into areas that will offer genuine impact on health. There is an overwhelming focus on conducting more clinical trials, without consideration of how to ensure that findings from such trials make it to the patients or populations for whom they were intended. The aim of this paper is to outline how the Black Dog Institute, an Australian medical research institute, has created a framework designed to facilitate the translation of research findings into practice-based community settings, and how these findings can be used to inform policy. We propose that the core strategies adopted at the Black Dog Institute to prioritize and implement a translational program will be useful to institutes and organizations worldwide to augment the impact of their work. We provide several examples of how our research has been implemented in practice-based settings at a community-level, and how we have used research in psychology as a platform to inform policy change. Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-19 /pmc/articles/PMC4759571/ /pubmed/26925018 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00200 Text en Copyright © 2016 Werner-Seidler, Perry and Christensen. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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author	Werner-Seidler, Aliza Perry, Yael Christensen, Helen
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title	An Australian Example of Translating Psychological Research into Practice and Policy: Where We are and Where We Need to Go
title_short	An Australian Example of Translating Psychological Research into Practice and Policy: Where We are and Where We Need to Go
title_full	An Australian Example of Translating Psychological Research into Practice and Policy: Where We are and Where We Need to Go
title_fullStr	An Australian Example of Translating Psychological Research into Practice and Policy: Where We are and Where We Need to Go
title_full_unstemmed	An Australian Example of Translating Psychological Research into Practice and Policy: Where We are and Where We Need to Go
title_sort	australian example of translating psychological research into practice and policy: where we are and where we need to go
description	Research findings from psychological science have identified interventions that will benefit human health. However, these findings are not often incorporated into practice-based settings or used to inform policy, in part, due to methodological and contextual limitations. A strategic approach is required if we are to find a way to facilitate the translation of these findings into areas that will offer genuine impact on health. There is an overwhelming focus on conducting more clinical trials, without consideration of how to ensure that findings from such trials make it to the patients or populations for whom they were intended. The aim of this paper is to outline how the Black Dog Institute, an Australian medical research institute, has created a framework designed to facilitate the translation of research findings into practice-based community settings, and how these findings can be used to inform policy. We propose that the core strategies adopted at the Black Dog Institute to prioritize and implement a translational program will be useful to institutes and organizations worldwide to augment the impact of their work. We provide several examples of how our research has been implemented in practice-based settings at a community-level, and how we have used research in psychology as a platform to inform policy change.
publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate	2016
url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4759571/
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An Australian Example of Translating Psychological Research into Practice and Policy: Where We are and Where We Need to Go

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