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Communication and Dissemination of Longitudinal Study Findings
Catherine Chojenta
Julie Ellen Byles
Research Centre for Gender, Health and Ageing (RCGHA), Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, NSW
Deborah Loxton
Rosemary Mooney
Abstract
Communication of the results is one of the most important outputs of a longitudinal study.
The findings may be disseminated to fellow researchers, through conference presentations and journal articles, to funding bodies through reports, and to the general public through mass media interviews. In each case, a different style of communication is required that is suitable to the audience as well as to the purpose of the study.
In this paper, we discuss some of these different communication channels and describe some important distinctions in writing for different audiences.
Keywords
longitudinal studies, research administration, research publications, communications strategy
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