@article{41ec4b851f3a492c98763461af89097f,
title = "Creating and disseminating a resource for state policy makers about injury and violence prevention: A case example of translating research to policy",
abstract = "The gap between evidence and policy is a challenge that can be bridged through strategic outreach and translation efforts. We developed and disseminated the Resource for State Policy Makers (the Resource) to lessen the information gap between state policy makers and injury prevention researchers in Maryland. Our goal was to produce and disseminate a resource for policy makers that could be replicated by public health professionals in other states and regions. The Maryland Department of Health assumed production of the Resource in 2017, with assistance from our team. Several states and regions have replicated the Resource for their own jurisdictions. This experience provides an informative case example of one approach to increasing the role of evidence in policy making.",
keywords = "dissemination, evidence to policy, injury and violence prevention, policy, translation",
author = "Shannon Frattaroli and {Pollack Porter}, Keshia and Elise Omaki and Vernick, {Jon S.} and Gielen, {Andrea C.}",
note = "Funding Information: A university nongovernmental discretionary fund paid for the production costs of the Resource in 2010 and 2012. Alicia Samuels, former Communications Director with the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy, provided valuable vision throughout the process of developing and disseminating the Resource. The Center for Injury and Sexual Assault Prevention within the Maryland Department of Health led the adaptation of the Resource for the Mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes regions through the Regional Network Leaders funded by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. The Center for Injury and Sexual Assault Prevention also produced the 2017 version of the Maryland Resource. A pediatric advocacy guide developed by the Blank Children{\textquoteright}s Hospital provided a model for the Maryland Resource described herein. The authors have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose. Correspondence: Shannon Frattaroli, PhD, MPH, Center for Injury Research and Policy, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 North Broadway, #545, Baltimore, MD 21205 (Sfratta1@jhu.edu). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. All rights reserved.",
year = "2020",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1097/PHH.0000000000001012",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "26",
pages = "457--460",
journal = "Journal of Public Health Management and Practice",
issn = "1078-4659",
publisher = "Lippincott Williams and Wilkins",
number = "5",
}