This document outlines the final step of the research process - disseminating findings. It discusses selecting appropriate channels to communicate results, such as publishing in professional journals. The researcher must know their target audience and develop an effective writing plan that decides authorship, content outline, and responsibilities when multiple researchers are involved.

1. STEP V: DISSEMINATION
PHASE

2. Communicating the findings
• Introduction:
 A research project cannot be considered complete
until its results are effectively communicated to its
users and consumers.
 Therefore communication of research findings is one
of the essential and final step of research process.
 The communication of research findings is
communicated through either oral or written means.

3. Criteria for communicating the
research
• Selecting proper channel for communication: the
researcher has to select suitable and appropriate
channel to disseminated his or her findings.
Professional academicians generally publish their
research articles through professional journals,
books etc
• Knowing the consumer: the researcher must know
in advance to whom they want to communicate their
findings, such as nursing research findings to nurse
educators, clinical nurses

4. • Developing an effective plan for writing a research
report:
- Decide on authorship: the researchers have to
decide among themselves as to who will be the
leading author and the contributing author.
- Deciding on content: the resesrchers also have to
decide how man papers are required to
communicate the findings of research effectively.
- Preparing outline of report: it is important that if
there are multiple researchers each one has
responsibility for different section of manuscript.