Table 1.

Operationalisation of the RE-AIM components at network and project levels

RE-AIM component	General description	Operationalisation	Data source
Reach
Network	The amount and type of information that is sent out to the community from the CDPP network yearly	Total number of academic papers, academic presentations, community presentations, non-academic papers, policy briefs and reports, articles, blogs and papers on websites, social media posts, mass media press releases, guides, toolkits, videos and aids (KT products) yearly	Logs + project documents
Project	The amount and type of information that is sent out to the community by each CDPP research project	Mean, ranges and frequencies of academic papers, academic presentations, community presentations, non-academic papers, policy briefs and reports, articles, blogs and papers on websites, social media posts, mass media press releases, guides, toolkits, videos and aids (KT products) per project	Logs + project documents
Effectiveness
Network	Multidirectional flow of knowledge: an increase in the multidirectional flow of knowledge across disciplines and sectors within the CDPP network over time	Changes in the network analysis measures (e.g. density, reciprocity, core-periphery structure) of the CDPP network over time	Logs + project documents, exit interviews
	Researchers’ capacity for KT activities: an increase in researchers’ capacity for KT activities before and after the support from the KT consultation service, and an increase over the time of the study period (2018–2021)	Changes in researchers’ capability, opportunity and motivation to translate their research findings to a non-academic audience before and after they received support from CDPP’s KT consultation service Changes in researchers’ capability, opportunity and motivation to translate their research findings to a non-academic audience over time (2018–2021)	Project surveys, annual surveys, exit interviews
Project	Partnership quality and synergy: an optimisation of partnership quality and synergy in the process of conducting and/or disseminating research in a research partnership	Identification of partnership profiles based on indicators of partnership quality and synergy Changes in indicators of partnership quality and synergy over time	Project surveys, annual surveys, timeline interviews
Adoption
Network	The extent to which CDPP researchers decide to contact the KT consultation service to translate their research findings to an academic and non-academic audience	Percentage of CDPP researchers that contacted the KT consultation service Number of times that CDPP researchers have consulted KT consultation service The total number and duration of the support provided by the KT consultation service	Logs + project documents
Project	The extent to which CDPP research projects are conducted and disseminated in a research partnership	Percentage of CDPP research projects that are conducted in partnership with community stakeholders Percentage of CDPP research projects that are disseminated in partnership with community stakeholders Percentage of CDPP research projects that are conducted and disseminated in partnership with community stakeholders Percentage of CDPP research projects that are not conducted or disseminated in partnership with community stakeholders	Logs + project documents
Implementation
Network	The extent to which goals stated by the directors and team leads of the CDPP are achieved (i.e. implementation as intended)	Conformity of intended network’s goals and achieved goals	Logs, project documents, exit interviews
Project	The extent to which the CDPP partnerships have conducted and/or disseminated their research according to the KT plan (i.e. implementation as intended)	Conformity of intended KT plan and KT evaluation	Logs, project documents
Maintenance
Network	A sustainable multidirectional flow of knowledge across disciplines and sectors within the CDPP network		Annual survey (T3), exit interviews
	The long-term capacity among CDPP researchers for KT activities		Annual survey (T3), exit interviews
Project	The continuation of conducting and/or disseminating research projects in a research partnership (i.e. ‘sustainable partnerships’)		Project surveys, timelines interviews

CDPP Canadian Disability Participation Project, KT knowledge translation