Table 3.

Preferred research evidence to receive/read

	Total %	Post-graduates (N = 22) %	Bachelor degree or lower (N = 38) %
Which type of information is useful to the decision-making process?
Epidemiological data	71	86	61
Surveillance data	71	82	66
Statistical data	89	91	90
Program evaluation data	90	91	92
Current practices in your organization	65	64	63
Organizational values and beliefs	65	64	66
What others are doing	76	86	71
Research evidence from individual studies	45	64	34
Systematic reviews/meta-analyses	55	82	40
Professional journals	53	73	40
Media	39	46	34
Regional/National/Provincial standards/policies	73	73	73
Which of following ways do you prefer to receive research evidence?
Websites	69	68	74
Email	67	68	71
Newsletter	58	50	66
Listserv	18	34	8
Media releases	32	23	40
Health related research journals	50	59	45
Professional journals from your field	53	55	50
Colleagues	47	46	47
Conferences/workshops	77	77	76
Short summaries of research	74	77	76
Other	3	9	3
Constantly searching for new ideas to use	28	32	24
Make use of new ideas I am made aware of	53	55	54
Prefer to see how it gets used somewhere else	15	14	16
Skeptical of new ideas, but can be convinced	3	0	5

Only 60 of 62 participants provided their education levels