The document discusses practice-based tools to support evidence-informed decision making (EIDM) within Canadian health units, emphasizing capacity development across various levels. It outlines barriers to implementation such as time and resource limitations and provides strategies, checklists, and resources for improving EIDM. Acknowledgments are given to study participants and organizations that contributed to the development and field-testing of these tools.

1. Practice-based Tools to Support
Evidence-informed Decision
Making
Paula Robeson, RN, MScN
Heather Husson, BA
Maureen Dobbins, RN, PhD
Kara DeCorby, MSc
Lori Greco, MHSc

2. Context
• Knowledge brokering in Canadian health units
• RCT (2003 -2007)
• Case studies (2006/7, 2008/9, 2010-12)
• Capacity development
• Individual
• Team/Division
• Organization
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3. Evidence-informed decision making
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4. Organizational barriers
• Reinventing the wheel
• Workload
• Lack of:
• Time
• EIDM framework/process
• resources
• communication
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5. Capacity development
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7. EIDM Checklist
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8. Developing an efficient search strategy
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9. Levels & sources of ph evidence
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10. Resources to guide/track your search
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11. Keeping track of search results
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12. Briefing note
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13. Improving future decisions: Lessons learned
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14. Our Funders
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15. Additional acknowledgements
Health Evidence gratefully acknowledges
• study participants in the randomized controlled trial
for their participation in developing these tools
• Peel Public Health, Communicable Disease Division,
for its assistance in field-testing previous versions of
many of these tools
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16. Contact Information
Maureen Dobbins
905 525-9140 ext 22481
dobbinsm@mcmaster.ca
Paula Robeson
613 841-7665
probeson@health-evidence.ca
General Inquiries
info@health-evidence.ca
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