Disseminating to maximize reach of employment research: Crossing the researcher/stakeholder gap by co-production

Project Team:

Marsha Ellison, Dee Logan, Jean Wnuk, Ally Murray

Project Goal: 

To co-produce relevant informational products with NIDILRR grantees that increase awareness and use of disability employment knowledge among stakeholders.

Importance:

To bridge the divide between researchers and stakeholders (e.g., cultures, processes, frameworks, agendas, values) to promote adoption and use of NIDILRR funded research through dissemination.

Objectives & Activities:

• Identify priority employment findings to translate into information products.
• Co-produce, with NIDILRR grantees and stakeholders, information products that are in familiar/useable formats.
• Disseminate disability employment products through CeKTER website and platforms.