title: Transfer Entails Communication: The Public Understanding of (Social) Science as a Stage and a Play for Implementing Evidence-Based Prevention Knowledge and Programs.
abstract: Many social science-based interventions entail the transfer of evidence-based knowledge to the "target population," because the acquisition and the acceptance of that knowledge are necessary for the intended improvement of behavior or development. Furthermore, the application of a certain prevention program is often legitimated by a reference to science-based reasons such as an evaluation according to scientific standards. Hence, any implementation of evidence-based knowledge and programs is embedded in the public understanding of (social) science. Based on recent research on such public understanding of science, we shall discuss transfer as a process of science communication.
authors.affiliation: Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bromme
authors.affiliation: Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany. andreas.beelmann@uni-jena.de.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beelmann
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D032882:Comprehension; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012942:Social Sciences; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical
keywords: Implementation; Naïve theories; Prevention; Public understanding of science