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Method for Synthesizing Knowledge About Public Policies
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Public Policies on Nutrition Labelling: Effects and Implementation Issues
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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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Florence Morestin

TOPHC 2012 - Producing Knowledge Syntheses that are Both Rigorous and Relevant to Policy-Makers
Florence Morestin introduced the NCCHPP's method for synthesizing knowledge about public policies.
Published in May 2012.  Description.  Download  1.97 MB
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Workshop - A Method for Synthesizing Knowledge to Inform Public Policy Decision Makers - JASP 2011
The Centre's Florence Morestin and François-Pierre Gauvin, in collaboration with Maude Chapados of the Institut national de santé publique du Québec, led a workshop during Québec's Journées Annuelles de Santé Publique (Annual Public Health Days) in Montréal on November 30, 2011. 
Published in January 2012.  Description.  Download    3.31 MB
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Framework for Analyzing Public Policies
The Centre's Florence Morestin presented a framework for analyzing public policies as part of a workshop on public policies, organized and presented in collaboration with Maude Chapados of the Institut national de santé publique du Québec.
Published in November 2011.  Description.  Download   308 K
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Workshop - Method for Synthesizing Knowledge about Public Policies - CPHA 2011
Florence Morestin and François-Pierre Gauvin presented  the NCCHPP's Method for synthesizing knowledge about public policies in a preconference workshop at the Canadian Public Health Association's (CPHA's) annual Conference.
Published in June 2011.  Description.  Download  761 K.
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Presentation of our method for synthesizing knowledge about public policies
In May 2010, Florence Morestin and François-Pierre Gauvin presented a progress report on our knowledge synthesis method project to the NCCHPP's Advisory Board. This included orientation on the project as well as an outline of the material being developed for publication.
Published in September, 2010.  Description.  Download   223 K.
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Deliberative dialogues: A different way to gather evidence
In this workshop at the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health 2008 Summer Institute, Marie-Christine Hogue presented the knowledge review methodology developed by the Centre.
Published in August 2008.  Description.  Download   344 K.
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Methodological Challenges and Perspectives on Knowledge Synthesis in Public Policy
François-Pierre Gauvin and Marie-Christine Hogue presented the Centre's knowledge synthesis project on public policy and obesity, at the 19th International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) World Conference, held in Vancouver in June 2007. 
Published in June, 2007.  Description.  Download   456 K.
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