CENTER FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION ON POPULATION RESEARCH

描述(申请人提供)：人口科学决策者中心翻译和传播人口与健康研究成果及其政策含义。考虑到政策制定者和广大公众获取信息方式的现有变化，中心的传播战略依靠广泛使用网络技术来提供背景信息，并提供与重要政策问题和当前公共辩论有关的人口和健康研究专家的机会。该中心为整个人口研究领域提供服务，帮助转化研究成果，促进将其用于政策进程，并为个人和家庭的健康和福祉服务。该中心的总部设在人口参考局，专门向非技术性受众传播人口和公共卫生问题。PRB提出的研究传播战略包括七个方案组成部分，旨在使PRB与研究结果和传播战略保持同步，并将这些成果送到决策者手中。这些活动是：(1)中心传播方案；(2)信息渠道和用户联系方案；(3)咨询委员会结构；(4)网络设施--面向决策者的人口科学(PSD-Web)；(5)在线社区；(6)政策研讨会和专题讨论会；(7)为学生和教职员工举办的人口传播讲习班。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Population Science for Decision Makers Center translates and disseminates population and health research findings and their policy implications. In recognition of extant changes in how policymakers and the public at large access information, Center strategies for dissemination rely on extensive use of web technology to provide background information and access to experts on population and health research related to important policy issues and current public debates. The Center serves the entire field of population research, helping to translate research results and to promote their use in the policy process and for the health and well-being of individuals and families. The Center is based at the Population Reference Bureau, which specializes in communication about population and public health issues to non-technical audiences. The research dissemination strategy proposed by PRB includes seven program components designed to keep PRB abreast of research results and dissemination strategies and to get these results into the hands of decision makers. These activities are: (1) a Center communications program; (2) an information outlets and user contacts program; (3) an advisory committee structure; (4) a web facility, Population Science for Decision Makers (PSD-Web); (5) online communities; (6) policy seminars and symposia; and (7) population communications workshops for students and faculty.