Knowledge brokering between researchers and policymakers in Fiji to develop policies to reduce obesity: a process evaluation Waqa, Gade, Mavoa, Helen, Snowdon, Wendy, Moodie, Marj, Schultz, Jimaima, McCabe, Marita, Kremer, Peter and Swinburn, Boyd 2013, Knowledge brokering between researchers and policymakers in Fiji to develop policies to reduce obesity: a process evaluation, Implementation science, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 1-11, doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-8-74. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads waqa-knowledgebrokering-2013.pdf Published version application/pdf 274.61KB 228 Title Knowledge brokering between researchers and policymakers in Fiji to develop policies to reduce obesity: a process evaluation Author(s) Waqa, Gade Mavoa, Helen Snowdon, Wendy Moodie, Marj orcid.org/0000-0001-6890-5250 Schultz, Jimaima McCabe, Marita Kremer, Peter orcid.org/0000-0003-2476-1958 Swinburn, Boyd Journal name Implementation science Volume number 8 Issue number 1 Start page 1 End page 11 Total pages 11 Publisher BioMed Central Place of publication London, England Publication date 2013-07-01 ISSN 1748-5908 Keyword(s) knowledge exchange knowledge brokering evidence-informed policy making evidence-informed decision making obesity prevention Summary The importance of using research evidence in decision making at the policy level has been increasingly recognized. However, knowledge brokering to engage researchers and policymakers in government and non-government organizations is challenging. This paper describes and evaluates the knowledge exchange processes employed by the Translational Research on Obesity Prevention in Communities (TROPIC) project that was conducted from July 2009 to April 2012 in Fiji. TROPIC aimed to enhance: the evidence-informed decision making skills of policy developers; and awareness and utilization of local and other obesity-related evidence to develop policies that could potentially improve the nation’s food and physical activity environments. The specific research question was: Can a knowledge brokering approach advance evidence-informed policy development to improve eating and physical activity environments in Fiji. Language eng DOI 10.1186/1748-5908-8-74 Field of Research 160508 Health Policy Socio Economic Objective 940204 Public Services Policy Advice and Analysis HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2013, BioMed Central Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30054484 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Population Health Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 19 Jul 2013, 10:44:49 EST Sun, 21 Jul 2013, 18:06:53 EST Mon, 22 Jul 2013, 11:19:06 EST Mon, 22 Jul 2013, 11:20:39 EST Tue, 21 Jan 2014, 12:12:07 EST Fri, 14 Feb 2014, 15:42:18 EST Wed, 27 Aug 2014, 23:36:34 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 12:41:18 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 16:34:27 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 33 times in TR Web of Science Cited 32 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 687 Abstract Views, 228 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 19 Jul 2013, 10:44:36 EST by Barb Lavelle