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General literature

• Bardach, E. (1984). The dissemination of policy research to policymakers. Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 6, 125-144.
• Crosswaite, C., & Curtice, L. (1994). Disseminating research results - the challenge of bridging the gap between health research and health action. Health Promotion International, 9(4), 289-296.
• Ford, S. (1987). Getting mileage out of one naturalistic inquiry. Evaluation Practice, 8(4), 12-20.
• Greene, J. C. (1988). Communication of results and utilization in participatory program evaluation. Evaluation and Program Planning, 11, 341-351.
• Jason, L.A. & Rose, T. (1984). Influencing the passage of child passenger restraint legislation. American Journal of Community Psychology, 12, 485-495.
• Kirkhart, K E. & Attkisson, C. C. (1986). Characteristics of useful evaluation data: An example from community mental health centers. American Journal of Community Psychology, 14, 323-338.
• Lomas, J. (1997). Research and evidence-based decision making. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 21(5), 439-441.
• Manango, M. (1991). Using the media to disseminate evaluation results. Evaluation Practice, 12, 115-120.
• McClintock, C. (1987). Administrators as information brokers: A managerial perspective on naturalistic evaluations. Evaluation and Program Planning, 10, 315-323.
• Patton, M.Q. (1986). Utilization-focused evaluation (2nd ed.). Beverly Hills: Sage. Chapter 12: Utilization-focused evaluation.
• Robertson, N. R. (1985). Evaluation of research feedback: The Mobile Workforce Project (Report No. 6). Hamilton, New Zealand: Department of Psychology, University of Waikato.
• Seidel, A. D. (1983). Producing usable research: A selected review. Policy Studies Review, 3, 52-56.
• Tyson, T. (1992). Review of 'Internal Evaluation' by Arnold Love. Evaluation Practice, 13(3), 209-210.
• Weiss, C.H., & Bucuvalas, M.J. (1981). Truth tests and utility tests: Decision makers frames of reference for social science research. Evaluation Studies Review Annual, 6, 693-706.
• Yin, R. K. & Gwaltney, M. K. (1981). Knowledge utilization as a networking process. Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 2, 555-580.

Writing and editing research reports and manuscripts

• Becker, Howard, Writing in the Social Sciences
• Lanham, Richard A. Revising Prose.
• Matthews, Janice R. Successful scientific writing : a step-by-step guide for biomedical scientists.
• Morris, L.L. & FitzGibbon, C. (1978). How to present an evaluation report. Beverly Hills: Sage. pp. 7-26.
• Thomas, D. R. (1995). Communicating evaluation findings: Writing executive summaries. Proceedings of the Australasian Evaluation Society Annual Conference, Sydney, 27-29 September.
• Whimster, W.F. (1997). Biomedical research: How to plan, publish and present it. Springer. 

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Requirements for manuscripts submitted to journals

For medical journals

• W.F. Whimster (1997). Biomedical research: How to plan, publish and present it. Springer. (Appendix 1, International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, pp. 175-198).

For psychology journals

• American Psychological Association. (1994) Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (4th ed.). Washington DC: Author.

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