Table 5.
Perceived outcomes of knowledge brokering
| Number of Participants | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School (n = 13) | Public Health (n = 4) | COMPASS Team (n = 8) |
Co-Investigators (n = 5) |
Total Participants (n = 30) |
|
| i) Outcomes for Knowledge Users | |||||
| Added value of knowledge brokering over SHP | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| Motivation, support for next steps | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Access to additional data, further analyses, comparison data | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |
| Clarification of findings | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ideas for programming | 3 | 3 | |||
| Find out about opportunities | 3 | 3 | |||
| Relationship building | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| School-public health unit | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| School-researcher | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| School-level changes | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| Schools winning healthy school grants, awards | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Changes to school facilities, new programs implemented | 2 | 2 | |||
| Increased awareness and priority of school health issues | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Unsure if KB led to change at student-level | 3 | 3 | |||
| Unsure of long-term impacts | 3 | 3 | |||
| ii) Outcomes for COMPASS Team & Study | – | – | 8 | – | 8 |
| Feedback led to changes within study, will lead to future changes | 5 | 5 | |||
| Keeping schools engaged & returning year-to-year | 4 | 4 | |||
| Active involvement of graduate students in research project | 4 | 4 | |||
| Understanding implementation and context of interventions | 3 | 3 | |||
| Will incorporate knowledge brokering into future research | 3 | 3 | |||
| iii) Outcomes for Knowledge Brokers | – | – | 7 | – | 7 |
| Greater understanding of realities of school environment | 3 | 3 | |||
| Influenced future career prospects | 3 | 3 | |||
| Thinking about knowledge translation in own research | 3 | 3 | |||
- Not relevant to participant group