Table 1 Models of decision- maker involvemet

Characteristics Models of decisión- maker involvemet

Formal support Responsive audience Integral parther
Types of decision  Provides explicit support  Responds to researches  Engaged as a significant
-maker involvemet of the research goals effors to in from and engage parther in the research
and objectives him/her process
 Not infomed about or  Involvement occurs primarily  Involvement occurs primarily
actively involed in the througth researcher initated througth decision-maker
research process activities, ranging from initiated activities (i.e.
informal telephone and im- meetings with researchers
person meetings to formal organized by decision-maker,
researcher advisory meetings or researchers participation
 Involvement facilitated by in decision-maker activities )
written material prepared by  Involvement reflected in
the researcher prior to these written material prepared by
activities researcher following these
activities
Nature of decision-  Provides research  Provides ideas,  Helps to shape the
maker contibitions “legitimacy” information and tactical research process and
 Facilitates access to advice outscomes
resources (including
other decision-
makers) and
information

Stanges of the research  Research methods  Data collection  Reserch

process in which and tool (identification of data conceptualizaton
models of involvement development sources and/or  Formulation of
most common  Data management facilitating acces) knowledge-transfer
and analysis  Results interpretation messeges
 Knowlendge-transfer  Execution of knowledge-
strategies transfer strategies
TABLE 1. Decision-makers partners could play more than one these roles in any give stages of the research process Note. Recovered
from: Ross, S., Lavis, J., Rodríguez, Ch., Woodside, J., Jean-Louis D. (2003). Partnership experiences: involving decision-makers inthe
research process. J Health Serv Res Policy, 8(2), S2:26-S2:34.

Table 2. Perceived benefits and costs of decision-makers involvement in the research process for the research, the
researcher and the decision -maker
For what/whon
Research being contucted
Benefits costs
 Kept research “grounded in
reality” by, for example,
helping to make research
more useful to decision-
makers and helping
researchers communicate
how researc in useful (R6,
DM3)
 Provided access to
(sometimes unique) data
sources (R5)
 Provided “original ideas” and
expert advice (R5)
 Facilitated the involvement
of other
 Decision-makers in the
research (R3)
  Provided access to
expertisewithin the decision-
maker’s organization (R2)
Participating researcher  Gained greater
understanding and
appreciation of
Participating decision 