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Evidence-Informed Decision Making
Methods and Tools for Students in
Public Health Programs
Susan Snelling, PhD and colleagues
October 8, 2019 1:00 – 2:30 PM EDT
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After Today
The PowerPoint presentation in English will be
made available.
These resources will be available at:
http://www.nccmt.ca/previous-webinars
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Agenda
1. Introduction to the NCCMT and the NCCs
2. What is evidence-informed decision making?
3. Student perspectives: Resources to support
evidence-informed practice
4. Q and A / Discussion
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Learning Objectives
After attending this webinar, participants will:
• Be able to articulate the key features of a model for evidence-
informed decision making and a process for evidence-informed
public health.
• Know where to access tools and resources to support students
(and others) in public health to find and use best-available research
evidence in decision making.
• Appreciate the perspectives of current and recent public health
graduate students on the value of evidence-informed practice and
the tools that they have found helpful.
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What is your role?
Poll Question #1
A. Undergraduate student
B. Graduate student
C. Program faculty
D. None of the above
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How many people are watching
today’s session with you?
Poll Question #2
A. Just me
B. 2-3
C. 4-5
D. 6-10
E. >10
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Poll Question #3
Have you visited the NCCMT
website or used its resources
before?
A. Yes
B. No
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Poll Question #4
If you stated YES on the previous
question, how many times have
you used the NCCMT’s resources?
A. Once
B. 2-3 times
C. 4-10 times
D. 10+ times
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What is
Evidence-Informed Public Health?
The process of distilling and disseminating the
best available evidence from research, context and
experience, and using that evidence to inform and
improve public health practice and policy.
Put simply, it means finding, using and sharing
what works in public health.
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A Model for Evidence-Informed
Decision-Making in Public Health
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Poll Question #5
From your observation, which of
these has the greatest influence on
decisions about public health
programs?
A. Community health issues and local context
B. Research evidence
C. Community and political preferences
D. Resources (money, time, skills)
E. Public health expertise
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We asked recent MPH and MHE grads…
• How are evidence-informed decision-making
(EIDM) skills important in your studies and/or in
your work in the public health field?
• What’s an EIDM resource you have found
useful?
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Our presenters:
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Martha Andrews
Health Promoter
Public Health Sudbury & Districts
Master of Health Evaluation
University of Waterloo
Bandna Dhaliwal
Research Assistant
National Collaborating Centre for
Methods and Tools
Health Evidence™
Master of Public Health
University of Toronto
Nga Dang
Master of Public Health
Candidate
Queen’s University
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How are EIDM skills important in your
studies/work in the public health field?
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What’s an EIDM resource you have
found useful?
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Stages in the process of
Evidence-Informed Public Health
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Resources to support use of research evidence in
public health
• http://www.nccmt.ca/knowledge-
repositories/search
A free, searchable, online collection of knowledge
translation methods and tools for public health
• Summary statements
• Web links (when available) to Methods and Tools
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NCCMT Registry of Methods and Tools
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NCCMT Registry of Methods and Tools
for Knowledge Translation
http://www.nccmt.ca/knowledge-repositories/search
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Using the Registry:
Partnership Evaluation in Practice
Partnership Self-Assessment
Tool
https://www.nccmt.ca/knowledge-
repositories/search/10
Internal Coalition
Effectiveness (ICE)
Instrument
https://www.nccmt.ca/knowledge-
repositories/search/292
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Canadian Best Practices Portal
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https://cbpp-pcpe.phac-aspc.gc.ca/
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Health Evidence™
www.healthevidence.org
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Demonstration of Health Evidence™
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Health Evidence™Quality Assessment Tool
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https://healthevidence.org/documents/our-appraisal-
tools/quality-assessment-tool-dictionary-en.pdf
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Funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada | Affiliated with McMaster University
Production of this presentation has been made possible through a financial contribution from the Public Health Agency of Canada. The
views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of the Public Health Agency of Canada..
For more information about the
National Collaborating Centre
for Methods and Tools:
NCCMT website www.nccmt.ca
Contact: nccmt@mcmaster.ca
Editor's Notes
Martha
Nga
Bandna
Susan
Martha (two slides for Registry)
Martha (two slides for Registry)
Martha
They were a source of inspiration for the preparation of a partnership evaluation that was requested by a community coalition called the Mental Health and Addictions System Priority Action Table. This was an evaluation deliverable that was identified in this group’s Terms of Reference. The tools was constructed using elements from the partnership evaluation tools in the registry, the group’s Term’s of Reference as well as consultation with the group for their perception of coalition effectiveness.