title: Moving research to practice through partnership: a case study in Asphalt Paving.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Multi-stakeholder partnerships play a critical role in dissemination and implementation in health and safety. To better document and understand construction partnerships that have successfully scaled up effective interventions to protect workers, this case study focused on the collaborative processes of the Asphalt Paving Partnership. In the 1990s, this partnership developed, evaluated, disseminated, and achieved near universal, voluntary adoption of paver engineering controls to reduce exposure to asphalt fumes.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used in-depth interviews (n = 15) and document review in the case study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We describe contextual factors that both facilitated and challenged the formation of the collaboration, central themes and group processes, and research to practice (r2p) outcomes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Asphalt Paving Partnership offers insight into how multi-stakeholder partnerships in construction can draw upon the strengths of diverse members to improve the dissemination and adoption of health and safety innovations and build a collaborative infrastructure to sustain momentum over time.
authors.affiliation: Labor Occupational Health Program, University of California, Berkeley, California.
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Labor Occupational Health Program, University of California, Berkeley, California.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nixon
authors.affiliation: CPWR-Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland.|Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of California, Berkeley, California.
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D060389:Construction Industry / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003252:Construction Materials / Q000633:toxicity; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004738:Engineering; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D019570:Inhalation Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical
chemical_list: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D006838:Hydrocarbons; C006647:asphalt
keywords: asphalt; construction; engineering controls; partnerships; research to practice