PMID- 32707983
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20201124
LR  - 20201124
IS  - 1660-4601 (Electronic)
IS  - 1661-7827 (Print)
IS  - 1660-4601 (Linking)
VI  - 17
IP  - 15
DP  - 2020 Jul 22
TI  - Promoting Evidence-Based Practice for Improved Occupational Safety and Health at 
      Workplaces in Sweden. Report on a Practice-Based Research Network Approach.
LID - 10.3390/ijerph17155283 [doi]
LID - 5283
AB  - Despite the rapid growth in research and R&D expenditures, the translation of 
      research into practice is limited. One approach to increase the translation and 
      utilization of research is practice based research networks. With the aim of 
      strengthening evidence-based practice (EBP) within occupational health services 
      in Sweden (OH-Services), a practice-based research network (PBRN-OSH) was 
      developed. The PBRN-OSH includes researchers and representatives from end-users. 
      This paper reports on the development, outputs and lessons learned in the 
      PBRN-OSH. The PBRN-OSH resulted in several practice-based research projects as 
      well as different measures to ensure EBP in OSH such as the governmentally 
      sanctioned national guidelines for the OH-services. Moreover, results show that 
      the competence in EBP increased among practitioners at the OH-services. 
      Conducting research in a PBRN is more resource demanding; however, this does not 
      imply that it is less cost effective. To succeed in increasing the utility of 
      research findings via PBRN, resources must be invested into an infrastructure 
      that supports collaboration in the PBRN, including costs for a variety of means 
      of dissemination. Further, translation activities need to be included in academic 
      career paths and reward systems if a major improvement in the impact and return 
      of investments from research is to be expected.
FAU - B Jensen, Irene
AU  - B Jensen I
AD  - Unit of Intervention and Implementation Research for Worker Health, Institute of 
      Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
FAU - Bjork Bramberg, Elisabeth
AU  - Bjork Bramberg E
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0204-5144
AD  - Unit of Intervention and Implementation Research for Worker Health, Institute of 
      Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
AD  - Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, 
      University of Gothenburg, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden.
FAU - Wahlin, Charlotte
AU  - Wahlin C
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7847-7528
AD  - Unit of Intervention and Implementation Research for Worker Health, Institute of 
      Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
AD  - Occupational and Environmental Medicine Center and Department of Health Medicine 
      and Caring Sciences, Unit of Clinical Medicine, Linkoping University, 581 83 
      Linkoping, Sweden.
FAU - Bjorklund, Christina
AU  - Bjorklund C
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9024-1809
AD  - Unit of Intervention and Implementation Research for Worker Health, Institute of 
      Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
FAU - Hermansson, Ulric
AU  - Hermansson U
AD  - Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Centre for Psychiatry Stockholm Center for 
      Dependency Disorders, Stockholm, Sweden Department of Public Health, Karolinska 
      Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
FAU - Lohela Karlson, Malin
AU  - Lohela Karlson M
AD  - Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Uppsala University and 
      Region Vastmanland-Uppsala University, Centre for Clinical Research, Hospital of 
      Vastmanland Vasteras, 721 89 Vasteras, Sweden.
FAU - Schafer Elinder, Liselotte
AU  - Schafer Elinder L
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7270-1162
AD  - Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet and Centre for 
      Epidemiology and Community Medicine, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
FAU - Munck Af Rosenschold, Peter
AU  - Munck Af Rosenschold P
AD  - Swedish Association of Occupational Health and Safety, 102 04 Stockholm, Sweden.
FAU - Nevala, Tarja
AU  - Nevala T
AD  - Swedish Agency for Government Employers, 103 33 Stockholm, Sweden.
FAU - Carter, Ned
AU  - Carter N
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2240-0286
AD  - Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions, 118 82 Stockholm, Sweden.
FAU - Mellblom, Bodil
AU  - Mellblom B
AD  - The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, 114 82 Stockholm, Sweden.
FAU - Kwak, Lydia
AU  - Kwak L
AD  - Unit of Intervention and Implementation Research for Worker Health, Institute of 
      Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20200722
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Int J Environ Res Public Health
JT  - International journal of environmental research and public health
JID - 101238455
SB  - IM
MH  - Evidence-Based Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Occupational Health
MH  - *Occupational Health Services
MH  - Sweden
MH  - Workplace
PMC - PMC7432656
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - guidelines
OT  - implementation research
OT  - occupational health services
OT  - occupational safety and health
OT  - practice-based research network
OT  - workplace interventions
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2020/07/28 06:00
MHDA- 2020/11/25 06:00
PMCR- 2020/08/01
CRDT- 2020/07/26 06:00
PHST- 2020/06/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/07/12 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/07/13 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/07/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/07/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/11/25 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ijerph17155283 [pii]
AID - ijerph-17-05283 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ijerph17155283 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Jul 22;17(15):5283. doi: 
      10.3390/ijerph17155283.