Use of Research Evidence

Evidence-informed policies have significant potential to improve population health outcomes, but despite efforts to increase the availability and accessibility of timely, credible, and relevant research to policymakers, use of research in health policymaking remains inconsistent and selective. A...

One of the biggest threats to youth and family policy is growing pessimism among scholars that engaging policymakers is worth their time and effort (Bogenschneider, Corbett, & Parrott, 2019). New studies ...

Over the past decades, research-practice partnerships (RPPs) have proliferated across the United States. In one common RPP design, the research alliance (RA), a group of researchers—typically situated within a research university—enters into a long-term partnership with a practice-focused ...

Introduction Research-practice partnerships (RPPs) involve long-term partnerships aimed at improving or transforming a wide-range of outcomes through collaboration and research inquiry across a diversity of partner groups. As RPPs proliferate, ...