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Table 4 Program knowledge exchange practices and preferences (not mutually exclusive)

From: Program manager perspectives on the service system to meet the needs of youth with concurrent disorders: findings from a Canadian national survey

Strategy

Currently used

Preferred

 

n

%

n

%

Workshops/presentations

129

81.13

117

73.58

Discussion with colleagues

122

76.73

not asked

--

Clinical literature/journal articles

99

62.26

69

43.40

Research literature/journal articles

88

55.35

63

39.62

Treatment manuals/service workbooks

75

47.17

not asked

--

Meeting with experts

71

44.65

77

48.43

Needs assessment

60

37.74

62

38.99

Program evaluations

57

35.85

not asked

--

Websites

56

35.22

99

62.26

Newsletters

20

12.58

54

33.96

Media

17

10.69

20

12.58

List serves

15

9.43

25

15.72

Social media (Facebook; blogs)

3

1.89

10

6.29

Other strategies

9

5.66

0

0.00

  1. Responses were strategies endorsed as currently used to inform practice or as preferred strategies for knowledge gained from research to be shared with them. N = 159