Aim of special session New advances in moving research into practice has greatly assisted in delivering our OSH information and making an impact. Increasingly OSH researchers and their organisations must make a concerted effort to better translate the findings of their research to their stakeholders, partners, workers, employers and especially to the general public to assist in making better health decisions. This session will address the key factors and relevant case studies that help us understand the factors that improve systemic planning as well as what strategies assist communicating with hard to reach audiences, the general public, key organisations, health professionals, policy makers and assess the impact and relevance of the information and the messages we are delivering. Sustainability of the activities will be addressed.

¹W. Kent Anger, ²Garrett Burnett, ³Jani Rotusalainen, ^4,5Van Eerd, ⁶Inger Schaumburg

¹Oregon Health and Science Centre, Portland, Oregon

²National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH USA

³Cochrane Work, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Kuopio, Finland

⁴1nstitute for Work and Health, Toronto, Canada

⁵University of Waterloo, Canada

⁶National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark