Role/Translation tasks | Facilitators of translation | Barriers to translation |
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Researchers | ||
 • Negotiate funding for translation activities  • Translate research intervention into pre-packaged program materials  • Develop and deliver training program for community facilitators  • Develop and maintain program website and update program materials as required  • Meetings with actual and potential program delivery agents  • Point of contact for expertise on the Program for policy makers and practitioners  • Custodian of program intellectual property  • Advice on program sustainability and evaluation | • Well established relationships between researchers and policy makers  • Funding of researcher involvement in translation activities  • Researcher/institutional commitment to research translation  • Coordinating role for research translation activities  • Intervention program initially designed to be scalable and feasible to implement within existing service delivery structures. | • Staff turnover amongst policy makers  • Researcher capacity – translation not core business  • Translation activities not traditionally rewarded for researchers  • Funding for researcher involvement in translation time limited |
Policy makers | ||
 • Funding prevention areas  • Funding researchers involvement in translation activities  • Selection of evidence based programs for implementation  • Facilitate meetings and connections between implementers and researchers  • Printing and distribution of program materials | • Prevention funding available for 12 prevention areas  • Personnel available to support program implementation  • Well established relationships with researchers and program implementers  • Awareness and knowledge of the InFANT Program throughout the research phase  • The InFANT Program addressed a gap and aligned with policy context of using programs within a complex systems approach | • Changes in government and funding arrangements  • Resistance to programs as part of a systems based approach to prevention |
Local implementers | ||
 • Plan program delivery  • Engage delivery partners,  • Program administration, delivery and evaluation | • Prevention area funding  • The InFANT Program addressed a gap in services  • Access to a pre-packaged evidence based program  • Program training and local mentoring  • Access and support from researchers who designed the Program  • Strong partnerships with delivery agents  • Coordinators / champions/leadership  • Congruence with existing programs, services and policy  • Program adaption to suit local context | • Heavy administrative burden of the Program  • Availability of workforce to deliver the Program  • Competition with existing programs (one area)  • Lack of centralised program evaluation |