title: Evidence-Informed, Evidence not Used: A Pilot Study of a Sustained Flawed Process and Unfinished Business.
abstract: An anonymous, online survey using a convenience sample of global researchers was implemented during 2013-2014 to explore the actual use or nonuse of their research outcomes in a range of interventions in the area of substance use and related disorders. Eighty-seven researchers from 19 countries responded. Based on their self-reports, the utilizability of their findings were either unknown to them or had no effects in terms of substance use treatment, prevention, policies, or professional education. Most respondents did believe, however, that their investigations had an influence on substance use research. The study's limitations are noted.
authors.affiliation: a 1 Middle Eastern Summer Institute on Drug Use (MESIDU) , Jerusalem , Israel.
authors.forename: Stan-Shlomo
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Einstein
authors.affiliation: b 2 Silver School of Social Work, New York University , New York , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Shulamith Lala Ashenberg
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Straussner
authors.affiliation: c 3 Survey Research Laboratory , University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago , Illinois , USA.
authors.forename: Timothy P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: d 4 Department of Communication , University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago , Illinois , USA.
authors.forename: Will
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gartside
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012108:Research Personnel; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: diffusion of knowledge; evidence informed; substance use intervention; utilization of research