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Method for Synthesizing Knowledge About Public Policies
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Public Policies on Nutrition Labelling: Effects and Implementation Issues
A Knowledge Synthesis
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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.

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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Highlights - Public Policies on Nutrition Labelling: Effects and Implementation Issues
This is a ten-page summary of the knowledge synthesis on nutrition labelling, produced to show an applied case of the NCCHPP's proposed new method for synthesizing knowledge about public policies.
Published in February, 2011.  Description.  Download   222 K.
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Public Policies on Nutrition Labelling: Effects and Implementation Issues - A Knowledge Synthesis
This document shows how the new method for synthesizing knowledge about public policies proposed by the NCCHPP has been applied to study nutrition-labelling policies.
Published in February, 2011.  Description.  Download   1.04 MB.
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Summary - Method for Synthesizing Knowledge about Public Policies
This seven-page summary outlines the method proposed by the NCCHPP for overcoming the difficulties underlying the study of public policies.
Published in February 2011.  Description.  Download  104 K.
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Method for Synthesizing Knowledge About Public Policies
The Centre proposes this method as a way to overcome the difficulties underlying the study of public policies.
Published in September, 2010.  Description.  Download  323 K.
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What is Evidence? A philosophical perspective
Summary of a presentation by philosopher Daniel Weinstock.
Published in January 2010.  Description.  Download  122 K
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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.