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03/22/17
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Annotated Bibliography
Annotated bibliography based on the research question,
Why does it take society so long to adapt to new scientific research?
Brownson, R. C., Kreuter, M. W., & Arrington, B. (2006, Feb 20). Public Health
Reports. Retrieved from US National Library of Medicine:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1497798/
The health report given by the authors focuses on providing an explanation as to why
scientific findings sometimes are not translated for the general public. The authors
explain that sometimes researchers focus merely on finding a major health contributions,
however they do not focus on disseminating their research for the general public. The
authors however, came up with a plan that will help translate these findings for a positive
outcome that will benefit the public. In their four-phase plan, they discuss their ideas
starting with discovery then moving towards translation to the general public, to
dissemination and change. This report has given me some insight into answering part of
the main question this research is focused on.