Question

Imagine that you are asked to create a dissemination plan for a health promotion program. You have just learned that most of the stakeholders that you planned to present to are leaving the country in two weeks and will be gone for the next six months, so you must present your findings to them before they leave. Originally, you had three months to prepare your dissemination plan. Do you think that the plan should be disseminated as it would be if there were no time constraints, or do you believe you should create your plan differently now that there is a tight deadline? Explain your answer.

The subject is Public Health

Answer 1

I think for a dissemination plan for a health promotion program shouldn't have any flaws at all. Hence it had to be disseminated as it would be if there were no time constraints. We can negotiate issues of health with literally nothing. Even the stake holders will handle everything with atmost sensitivity and dispose you of at the first notable mistake.

Dissemination refers to the process of sharing research findings with stakeholders and wider audiences. Dissemination is essential for uptake, and uptake and use of research findings is crucial for the success and sustainability of practice-based research networks (PBRNs) in the long term.

dissemination plan must address: the purpose of the outreach, the audience for the outreach, the message or messages to be shared, the methods for sharing the messages, the timing for the outreach, and the process for evaluating the success of the dissemination effort . Each of these are formulated through thorough analysis and research and literature referral , discussions with subjects experts, opinion from the sample population etc. These can't be fast tracked in two weeks time.

While there are a wide variety of dissemination methods, it is important to select the right one(s) to get your message to the target audience and achieve your purpose.

• Newsletters, flyers, and press releases can create awareness about the project.
• Reportsjournal articles, and Web sites can transmit information about the project.
• Conference presentations and Web sites are ways to promote the project and its outcomes.

In addition to more traditional dissemination methods, it can be useful to use less typical strategies. For example, workshops or online discussion lists can yield a higher level of engagement from stakeholders. This may be particularly relevant for conflicting information or information that is likely to meet resistance.All this methodologies require planning knowledge and time.

Like all other elements of a project, dissemination activities are met with varying degrees of success. To determine if a dissemination strategy was well chosen and executed, build an evaluation component into dissemination activities to see if they have achieved their aims. For example, measure the success of a Web site by checking the usage logs; evaluate training sessions by asking participants to complete an evaluation questionnaire; and evaluate publications by the number of citations.

Once you lose the confidence if the stake holders it's very difficult to convince and make them the idea. So let the first impression be the best impression in this scenario.