Text alternative - Public health research progression model

​​Understanding the problem

Types of research

  • Epidemiology and demography
  • Biomedical
  • Descriptive
  • Etiological
  • Social behavioural and ​​​organisational research
  • Measurement
  • Systematic reviews

Action: Describe the nature and scope of the problem and develop solutions​.

Testing for efficacy

Types of research

  • Efficacy studies

Action: Assess causal relationships between exposure to an intervention and an outcome.

Testing for replicability​ 

Types of research

  • Replication studies

Action: Assess practicality of implementing efficacious interventions in new populations or settings under real world conditions.

Testing for dissemination

Types of research

  • ​Intervention dissemination studies

Action: Assess widespread intervention roll-out in communities and across systems.

​Note: ​Impact and outcome assessment and process evaluation (collectively known as intervention research) spans from the testing for efficacy stage to the testing for dissemination stage.

Source: Milat AJ, Bauman A, Redman S, Curac N. Public health research outputs from efficacy to dissemination: a bibliometric analysis. BMC Public Health 2011; 11: 934.

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