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Masood, Sara; Kothari, Anita; Regan, Sandra – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2018
Background: ways of perceiving evidence by public health managers, practitioners and policymakers is one of the key determinants of evidence uptake. Recent public health policy in Ontario requires programmes to be based on evidence. Therefore, understanding views about evidence in both practice and policy contexts is important to bridge the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Health, Evidence, Theory Practice Relationship
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Pettman, Tahna Lee; Armstrong, Rebecca; Waters, Elizabeth; Allender, Steven; Love, Penelope; Gill, Tim; Coveney, John; Boylan, Sinead; Booth, Sue; Bolton, Kristy; Swinburn, Boyd – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2016
Coordinated systems are required to ensure evidence-informed practice and evaluation of community-based interventions (CBIs). Knowledge translation and exchange (KTE) strategies show promise, but these require evaluation. This paper describes implementation and evaluation of COOPS, a national KTE platform to support best practice in obesity…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Prevention, Theory Practice Relationship, Research and Development
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Hanafin, Sinéad; Roche, Gillian; Brooks, Anne-Marie; Meaney, Bairbre – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2013
This paper presents a case study on the transfer of research into policy and describes how evidence was used to inform, develop, frame and ultimately agree a national strategy for research and data on children's lives in Ireland. The paper highlights key issues arising in the research-policy exchange, but also argues that evidence on its own,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Research Problems, Evidence Based Practice
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South, Jane; Cattan, Mima – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2014
Effective knowledge translation processes are critical for the development of evidence-based public health policy and practice. This paper reports on the design and implementation of an innovative approach to knowledge translation within a mixed methods study on lay involvement in public health programme delivery. The study design drew on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Health, Evidence Based Practice, Public Policy
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Cherney, Adrian; Head, Brian – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2011
The processes for moving research-based knowledge to the domains of action in social policy and professional practice are complex. Several disciplinary research traditions have illuminated several key aspects of these processes. A more holistic approach, drawing on systems thinking, has also been outlined and advocated by recent contributors to…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Research Utilization, Information Dissemination, Theory Practice Relationship
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Duda, Michelle A.; Riopelle, Richard J.; Brown, Jacquie – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2013
Using principles of Applied Implementation Science, this paper examines strategies for systematically selecting and operationalising National clinical practice guidelines and intentionally creating implementation supports to ensure high fidelity use and sustainable application and outcomes. In the spirit of participatory action research, key…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Theory Practice Relationship, Capacity Building, Public Health