ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the final stages of the PBR process. Never has the expression “last but not least” been truer, because without interpretation and dissemination PBR has not achieved its primary objective of informing practice. Naturally, that includes those like yourself who have conducted these studies and other practitioners and potentially academics, researchers, and program funders. So in this chapter we will discuss the importance of interpreting your findings and their practice implications. Here, as in previous chapters, we remind you that the term “practice” is used quite broadly to include multiple levels from work with a single client to program and policy. We will also discuss different ways in which you can disseminate the results to maximize their usefulness (Patton, 2008). After all, PBR is essentially applied research, and it ain’t applied research if it ain’t applied (you can quote Dodd and Epstein on that).
