DESCRIPTION
In this concurrent session, Dr. Jonathan Purtle will discuss Dissemination to Policymakers and how to translate evidence into policy. He will discuss the three stage approach for dissemination research: formative audience research, audience segmentation research, and dissemination effectiveness research. At each stage, Purtle focuses on specific goals and assessments with results from his research.
PRESENTER(S)
Associate Professor, Public Health Policy & Management
New York University School of Global Public Health
Jonathan Purtle, DrPH is an Associate Professor in Department of Public Health Policy & Management and Director of Policy Research of the Global Center for Implementation Science at the New York University School of Global Public Health. He is an implementation scientist whose research focuses on mental health policy. His work examines questions such as: how research evidence can be most effectively communicated to policymakers and how it is used in policymaking processes, how social and political contexts affect policymaking and policy implementation, and how the implementation of policies "on the books" can be improved in practice.