The utility of Twitter as a tool for increasing reach of research on sexual violence |
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| Institution: | 1. McMaster University, Canada;2. Dalhousie University, Canada;3. University of Toronto, Canada;1. Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah;2. Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas;3. Program for Liver, Pancreas, and Foregut Tumors, Department of Surgery, Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania;4. Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas;5. Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio;6. Division of Pediatric Surgery, Nationwide Children''s Hospital Columbus, Ohio;1. Delft University of Technology, Department of Intelligent Systems, P.O. Box 5031, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands;2. TNO Perceptual & Cognitive Systems, P.O. Box 5031, 3769 ZG Soesterberg, The Netherlands;1. University of Southern California, Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University Park Campus, MRF, MC 0411, Los Angeles CA 90089, United States;2. University of Southern California, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, 2001 N. Soto St., Los Angeles, CA 90034, United States;1. Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA;2. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham St., Little Rock, AR 72205, USA;3. Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 6001 Research Park Blvd, Madison, WI 53719, USA;4. Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Obstetrics & Gynecology, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 1120 NW 14 Street, Suite 1446, Miami, FL 33136, USA;1. Department of General Practice, University of Poitiers, France: 3 rue de la Milétrie, 86000 Poitiers, France;2. Department of gynecology obstetrics and reproductive medecine, University of Poitiers, France;3. Department of General Practice, University of Poitiers, France;4. Poitou-Charentes Educational Authority, France;5. Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Poitiers, France;6. University Institute of Public Health, University of Poitiers, France |
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| Abstract: | Researchers in violence prevention areas seek to disseminate work for impact to practice and policy. Knowledge transfer, exchange, and mobilization are common terms for research knowledge utilization where public communication platforms are playing an increasing role, having unique capacity to connect stakeholders in advocacy and lived experience, academia, non-governmental organizations, government-supported organizations, such as child welfare, and research funding bodies. Social networking platforms provide a communication intervention opportunity to test the effectiveness of the research reach. A Canadian Institutes of Health Research- funded team grant in boys’ and men’s health, focusing on sexual violence (SV) victimization, health, and resilience undertook an evaluation to examine whether a strategic approach involving a cadre of SV experts (n = 46) and their research increased engagement. Using a unique identifier (#CIHRTeamSV) content was shared on social media (Twitter) within an ABABAB experimental monthly format (A = no sharing; B = sharing content), following a baseline entry of researchers. Active Twitter engagement lead to increases in the number of individuals’ profile views, article downloads, and citations. These findings encourage further research into the utility of social media for disseminating sexual violence research, and that social media has developed as a forum for evidence-based conversation on sensitive topics of public health import. |
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| Keywords: | Child maltreatment Social media Sexual violence Knowledge mobilization Knowledge transfer Research impact |
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