Research communication and uptake

Key challenge Mitigation strategies
Evidence generation teams must consider from the outset how to communicate their research in ethical and inclusive ways, and identify what impact they hope it will achieve.

Research communication and uptake must be treated as an integral part of the evidence generation process. Accordingly, an inclusive and accessible research communication or uptake plan must be developed from the outset.

Ideally, this will be devised in consultation with the participants, who may have their own ideas about where the evidence should be shared, in what formats and with whom.

Participants should have an opportunity to validate the interpretation of their data.

Evidence should be communicated in a number of formats and at various levels of complexity suited to different audiences, including children with disabilities and their families.

Organizations of people with disabilities should assist with research communication and uptake.

Visual methods have a strong emphasis on communication, which can lead to challenges in relation to anonymity. For methodologies where visual communication forms an important part of the evidence generation process (such as the generation of drawings, photos or videos), masking techniques can be used to anonymize subjects (e.g., turning photographs into cartoons).

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