Research Uptake and Dissemination

The SVRI is committed to increasing and strengthening action-oriented research and its uptake to improve and expand VAW and VAC prevention and response efforts globally. This page provides key resources on research uptake and its dissemination.

Reports
Briefing paper: 10 things to know about how to influence policy with research.
Tilley H, Shaxson L, Rea J, Ball L, Young L. Overseas Development Institute. 2017.
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Revising the script: Taking community mobilization to scale for gender equality
International Center for Research on Women and Raising Voices, 2016.
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Strengthening Civil Society Organizations and government partnerships to scale up approaches to engaging men and boys for gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights.
UNFPA, Promundo and MenEngage Alliance.
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Scaling up normative change interventions for adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health: Literature review findings and recommendations.
Institute for Reproductive Health, Georgetown University and Save the Children for the U.S. Agency for International Development. 2016.
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Strategies for building an organization with a soul.
Chigudu H, Chigudu R. African Institute for Integrated Responses to VAWG & HIV/AIDS (AIR), 2015.
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Human services research dissemination: What works?
OPRE Report #2013-09
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Strengthening research and action on gender-based violence in Africa.
International Center for Research on Women, 2012.
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National Institutes of Health approaches to dissemination and implementation science: Current and future directions.
Glasgow R.E, Vinson C, Chambers D, Khoury M.J, Kaplan R.M, Hunter C. Am J Public Health. 102(7): 1274–1281, 2012.
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Communicating research for evidence-based policymaking: A practical guide for researchers in socio-economic sciences and humanities.
Directorate-General for Research, Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities, Publications Office of the European Union, 2010.
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Making research findings actionable: A quick reference to communicating health information for decision-making.
Measure Evaluation, December 2009.
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Toolkit: Doing media advocacy.
International Women’s Health Coalition
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Research uptake – The impact journey is often a long and winding road
Lloyd-Laney, M., Crawford, S., Bradley, T. (2020). Thematic paper 2. DFID’s What Works to Prevent VAWG Programme, IMC Worldwide: Surrey.
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Friday, October 2, 2020
Learning together: A guide for feminist practice in violence against women and girls research collaborations
Raising Voices and the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (2020). Kampala, Uganda and Pretoria, South Africa.
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Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Aprendiendo juntas y juntos: Una guía para la práctica feminista en las colaboraciones de investigación sobre la violencia contra mujeres y niños
Raising Voices and the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (2020). Kampala, Uganda y Pretoria, Sudáfrica.
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Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Journal articles
Scaling up a multifaceted violence prevention package: county-level impact of the North Carolina Youth Violence Prevention Center.
Smokowski P.R, Cotter K.L, Guo S, Evans C, Robertson B. J. Soc. Social Work Res. 8(1), 19-44, 2017.
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International consultation on long-term global health research priorities, research capacity and research uptake in developing countries.
McConalogue D, Kinn S, Mulligan J, McNeil M. Health Res Policy Syst. 15. Published online 2017 Mar 21, 2017.
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Supporting better evidence generation and use within social innovation in health in low- and middle-income countries: A qualitative study.
Ballard M, Tran J, Hersch F, Lockwood A, Hartigan P, Montgomery P. PLoS ONE 12(1), 2017.
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Research uptake: The value of effectively communicating research to your audience
Nguyen D. European Scientific Journal. Special edition, 2014.
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What shapes research impact on policy? Understanding research uptake in sexual and reproductive health policy processes in resource poor contexts
Sumner A, Crichton J, Theobald S, Zulu E, Parkhurst J. Health Res Policy Syst. 9(Suppl 1): S3, 2011.
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A framework for the dissemination and utilization of research for health-care policy and practice.
Worldviews on Evidence-based Nursing presents the archives of Online Journal of Knowledge Synthesis for Nursing. E9 (1): 149–160, 2002.
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So much research evidence, so little dissemination and uptake: mixing the useful with the pleasing.
Waddell C. Evid Based Mental Health. 2001.
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Organizational theory for dissemination and implementation research.
Birken S.A, Bunger A.C, Powell B.J, Turner K, Clary A.S, Klaman S.L, Yu Y, Whitaker D.J, Self S.R, Rostad W.L, Chatham J.R.S, Kirk M.A, Shea C.M, Haines E, Weiner B.J. Implement Sci.12(1), ePub, 2017.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Translating research to practice for sexual minority youth affected by intimate partner violence.
Plichta S.B. J. Adolesc. Health 62(6), 647-648, 2018.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Links
Resource bank for research uptake.
Wolfe B, Valuks S. RESYST. 2017.
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Thursday, November 9, 2017
Webinar: Learning together - A guide for feminist practice in violence against women and girls research collaborations
This guide, collaboratively developed by Raising Voices and SVRI, is designed to support activist and feminist civil society organisations in LMICs to navigate and build meaningful, long lasting collaborations in VAWG research.
Featured: 
1
Link date: 
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Reports
Learning together: A guide for feminist practice in violence against women and girls research collaborations
Raising Voices and the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (2020). Kampala, Uganda and Pretoria, South Africa.
0
2021-06-29 00:00:00
Aprendiendo juntas y juntos: Una guía para la práctica feminista en las colaboraciones de investigación sobre la violencia contra mujeres y niños
Raising Voices and the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (2020). Kampala, Uganda y Pretoria, Sudáfrica.
0
2021-06-29 00:00:00
Research uptake – The impact journey is often a long and winding road
Lloyd-Laney, M., Crawford, S., Bradley, T. (2020). Thematic paper 2. DFID’s What Works to Prevent VAWG Programme, IMC Worldwide: Surrey.
0
2020-10-02 00:00:00
Briefing paper: 10 things to know about how to influence policy with research.
Tilley H, Shaxson L, Rea J, Ball L, Young L. Overseas Development Institute. 2017.
0
Revising the script: Taking community mobilization to scale for gender equality
Pdf.
International Center for Research on Women and Raising Voices, 2016.
0
Strengthening Civil Society Organizations and government partnerships to scale up approaches to engaging men and boys for gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights.
UNFPA, Promundo and MenEngage Alliance.
0
Scaling up normative change interventions for adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health: Literature review findings and recommendations.
Institute for Reproductive Health, Georgetown University and Save the Children for the U.S. Agency for International Development. 2016.
0
Strategies for building an organization with a soul.
Chigudu H, Chigudu R. African Institute for Integrated Responses to VAWG & HIV/AIDS (AIR), 2015.
0
Human services research dissemination: What works?
OPRE Report #2013-09
0
Strengthening research and action on gender-based violence in Africa.
International Center for Research on Women, 2012.
0
National Institutes of Health approaches to dissemination and implementation science: Current and future directions.
Glasgow R.E, Vinson C, Chambers D, Khoury M.J, Kaplan R.M, Hunter C. Am J Public Health. 102(7): 1274–1281, 2012.
0
Communicating research for evidence-based policymaking: A practical guide for researchers in socio-economic sciences and humanities.
Directorate-General for Research, Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities, Publications Office of the European Union, 2010.
0
Making research findings actionable: A quick reference to communicating health information for decision-making.
Measure Evaluation, December 2009.
0
Toolkit: Doing media advocacy.
International Women’s Health Coalition
0
Journal articles
Translating research to practice for sexual minority youth affected by intimate partner violence.
Plichta S.B. J. Adolesc. Health 62(6), 647-648, 2018.
1
2018-06-12 00:00:00
International consultation on long-term global health research priorities, research capacity and research uptake in developing countries.
McConalogue D, Kinn S, Mulligan J, McNeil M. Health Res Policy Syst. 15. Published online 2017 Mar 21, 2017.
1
Organizational theory for dissemination and implementation research.
Birken S.A, Bunger A.C, Powell B.J, Turner K, Clary A.S, Klaman S.L, Yu Y, Whitaker D.J, Self S.R, Rostad W.L, Chatham J.R.S, Kirk M.A, Shea C.M, Haines E, Weiner B.J. Implement Sci.12(1), ePub, 2017.
0
2018-06-12 00:00:00
Scaling up a multifaceted violence prevention package: county-level impact of the North Carolina Youth Violence Prevention Center.
Smokowski P.R, Cotter K.L, Guo S, Evans C, Robertson B. J. Soc. Social Work Res. 8(1), 19-44, 2017.
0
Supporting better evidence generation and use within social innovation in health in low- and middle-income countries: A qualitative study.
Ballard M, Tran J, Hersch F, Lockwood A, Hartigan P, Montgomery P. PLoS ONE 12(1), 2017.
0
Research uptake: The value of effectively communicating research to your audience
Nguyen D. European Scientific Journal. Special edition, 2014.
0
What shapes research impact on policy? Understanding research uptake in sexual and reproductive health policy processes in resource poor contexts
Sumner A, Crichton J, Theobald S, Zulu E, Parkhurst J. Health Res Policy Syst. 9(Suppl 1): S3, 2011.
0
A framework for the dissemination and utilization of research for health-care policy and practice.
Worldviews on Evidence-based Nursing presents the archives of Online Journal of Knowledge Synthesis for Nursing. E9 (1): 149–160, 2002.
0
So much research evidence, so little dissemination and uptake: mixing the useful with the pleasing.
Waddell C. Evid Based Mental Health. 2001.
0
Links
Webinar: Learning together - A guide for feminist practice in violence against women and girls research collaborations
This guide, collaboratively developed by Raising Voices and SVRI, is designed to support activist and feminist civil society organisations in LMICs to navigate and build meaningful, long lasting collaborations in VAWG research.
1
2021-06-29 00:00:00
Resource bank for research uptake.
Wolfe B, Valuks S. RESYST. 2017.
0
2017-11-09 00:00:00