Table 2.

What is transferred frequently or always from researchers to target audiences?

Activity	Percentage frequently or always
Developed messages for policy makers and/or decision makers that specified possible action (i.e., recommendations, take-home messages, actionable messages)	30
Provided syntheses of the research literature to policy makers and/or decision makers (not including formal systematic reviews of the research literature that follow explicit rules to reduce bias in searching the literature, identifying eligible articles)	29
Developed brief summaries of articles and/or research reports for policy makers and/or decision makers (not including brief summaries of syntheses and/or formal systematic reviews)	25
Provided reprints/copies of articles published in scientific journals to policy makers and/or decision makers (not including syntheses or formal systematic reviews of the research literature)	21
Developed brief summaries of syntheses and/or formal systematic reviews of the research literature for policy makers and/or decision makers	21
Provided formal systematic reviews of the research literature to policy makers and/or decision makers	8