Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: TRANSLATING RESEARCH INTO POLICY

Department: Sociology

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 2

Description: Research efforts seldom take into account the practical consequences of findings, particularly, how they might best be put to use by whom. Consequently results may never find their way into practice, either because of their technical complexities or because they never reach the people who need them the most. Translation deals with getting the results into a form that meets users' needs in language they can understand. Dissemination deals with the issue of getting those results to the right users. Reaching the diverse users of prevention and population health research with results in a form that they can use presents new challenges. The purpose of this course is to examine these challenges and consider strategies for bridging the gap between research and practice. Course taught at the UT School of Public Health.