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Stategles and processes for the effective dissemination and diffusion of research findings on healthrelated quallty of life (HQL) into practical applications were explored at a workshop held in Montreal in April, 1994. A conceptual model for dissemination and diffusion of evidence about HQL was used to identify five different target groups: HQL assessors, policy makers, planners of clinical trials, developers of clinical practice guidelines, and those at the level of patient-practitioner clinical decision making. A framework designed to facilitate the translation of fundamental research knowledge into effective action was then used as a starting point for discussions about priorities for research on HQL. The most important problem identified at the workshop was how best to strike an appropriate balance between priorities deemed to be important to those directly involved in HQL research, and priorities deemed to be important to potential users of the results of HQL research?
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Report of a workshop on health-related quality of life held in Montreal on April 26 and 27, 1994. The workshop was sponsored by the Advisory Committee on Cancer Control of the National Cancer Institute of Canada, with funds from the Canadian Cancer Society. To foster informal discussion, attendance was limited to a total of 32 participants, chosen to reflect a variety of perspectives. Speakers at the plenary and breakout sessions were: N. Aaronson, F. Ashbury, D. Cella, P. Ganz, N. Iscoe, M. Levine, W. Mackillop, C. Moinpour, D. Osoba, H. Schipper, J. Till and J. Young. Facilitators of breakout groups were J. Clinch, P. Goodwin, N. MacDonald and E. Maunsell, D. Beatty, E. Kaegi, J. Pater and D. Warr reported on the discussions of the breakout groups.
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Till, J.E., Osoba, D., Pater, J.L. et al. Research on health-related quality of life: dissemination into practical applications. Qual Life Res 3, 279–283 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00434902
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