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Prevention Policy Directory. A regularly updated, searchable inventory of Canadian policies as well as legal instruments (legislation, regulations, codes). The Directory is on Cancerview Canada.

How can the health equity impact of universal policies be evaluated? Insights into approaches and next steps. 
6.26 MB. Milton, B., et al. (Eds.) (2011). On the site of the World Health Organization. 

Practitioner opinions on health promotion interventions that work: Opening the “black box” of a linear evidence-based approach. Kok, M., et al. (2012). Social Science and Medicine, 74, 715-723. doi:10.1016/j. socscimed.2011.11.021   Abstract on the site PubMed.

Assessing equity in systematic reviews: realising the recommendations of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health. Tugwell, P., et al. (2010). BMJ 2010; 341: bmj.c4739. On the site of the BMJ.

Real world reviews: A beginner's guide to undertaking systematic reviews of public health policy interventions. Bambra, C. (2009). Abstract available on the site the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. doi:10.1136/jech.2009.088740 

Conceptualizing and Combining Evidence for Health System Guidance.  By Lomas, J., et al. (2005). Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF). On the site of the CHSRF

Systematic reviews in social policy: To go foward, do we first need to look back? By Pearson, M. 2007. In Evidence & Policy : A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 3 (4) pp. 505-526. Abstract on the site of ingentaConnect. 


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Florence Morestin

Project Update - Analyzing Public Policies - November 2012
We recently published a new document as part of this project: a practical guide for analyzing public policies. This paper proposes a structured approach, based on a health-focused analytical framework that integrates other considerations that are important to public policy decision making.

In addition to this, we have continued to offer training workshops on our method for synthesizing knowledge about public policies, as part of a series of workshops during 2011-2012.

Our next workshop will be a day-long event (in French) at les Journées annuelles de santé publique (JASP – annual public health days) in Montréal on November 26, 2012.

You can view the workshop description here, in French only, on the JASP website.     

Image: Florence Morestin. Click to read the workshop description (in French) - JASP 2012 website.

This will be our second time at JASP presenting this workshop as part of this series. To learn more about the previous workshops, click on the following: TOPHC (April 2012), CPHA (June 2011) or JASP (November 2011).

Finally, we are considering producing short introductory videos / online training relating to the method for synthesizing knowledge about public policies. Stay tuned to see what arrives in 2013.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you are interested in methodological support, workshops or webinars, whether related to the method for synthesizing knowledge about public policies or more specifically to the framework for analyzing public policies.



Project Update - Analyzing Public Policies - November 2011
For the moment, the project is focused on training activities on how to apply the method for synthesizing knowledge about public policies.
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Project Update - Analyzing Public Policies - June 2011
We are now sharing this work with public health actors in Canada and elsewhere.
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Project Update - Analyzing Public Policies - February 2011
Four documents have recently been published as part of this project:
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Project Update - Analyzing Public Policies - October 2010
We are currently finalizing several documents that present the method developed by the NCCHPP for synthesizing knowledge about public policies.
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Pilot project: Three deliberative dialogues on obesity in March 2008
The NCCHPP gathered different stakeholders in the fight against obesity for a series of deliberative processes to discuss three promising policy instruments in the Canadian context.
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The production of the NCCHPP website has been made possible through a financial contribution from the Public Health Agency of Canada.