Short title | Study design | Main impacts | Main mechanisms of impact |
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BELLS (Dundee) [36] | Randomised controlled trial | Improved cure rate | Commissioned as ‘high clinical priority’ study by Health Technology Assessment Programme |
Reduced referral to hospitals | Ex ante and ongoing engagement of clinicians | ||
Widespread involvement of clinical research networks nationally | |||
High-impact publication in international journal | |||
Cot death (Bristol) [37] | Case–control | Reduced mortality | Well-established and mature programme of ‘niche’ research |
Ex ante and ongoing engagement of third sector charity | |||
Skilled knowledge translation (working with knowledge translation experts) to disseminate key messages for lay audiences | |||
Commitment of researchers to the ‘moral work’ of linking the contribution of research participants (bereaved parents) and potential beneficiaries (new and prospective parents) | |||
Social inequality (York) [38] | Systematic review of observational studies | Shifting the focus of public debate | Energetic and proactive dissemination campaign run through a newly established charitable trust |
Achieving political commitment to addressing the issues | Extensive lobbying of prospective and existing politicians and policymakers | ||
Authors’ input to commissions and working parties | Primary focus on outputs for a lay/civic audience with ‘academic’ outputs as a secondary priority | ||
Production of cultural artefacts | Researcher commitment to ‘moral work’ | ||
Lay people in public health (Leeds Beckett) [39] | Co-production, systematic review, service evaluation | Lay health trainer programmes established locally | Local multi-stakeholder partnerships |
Online public information resource | Co-production model | ||
Emphasis on ensuring all voices were heard | |||
Ex ante linkage with (and preferred provider status to) national policymakers |