[EQ] Public health science and practice: From fragmentation to alignment

The Population Health Intervention Research Initiative for Canada
 L'Initiative de recherche interventionnelle en santé des populations du Canada

 

January/February 2009, Vol. 100, No. 1, Special Insert

Canadian Journal of Public Health

 

A network of researchers and decision-makers from funding agencies, health related non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and public health organizations came together to form the Population Heath Intervention Research Initiative for Canada (PHIRIC).

 

The aim is to build capacity in population health intervention research – its quantity, quality and use by policy-makers and practitioners. This special insert in the Canadian Journal of Public Health has been created by PHIRIC to promote discussion and increase awareness about population health intervention research.

 

Table of Contents: http://journal.cpha.ca/index.php/cjph/issue/view/270

 

Articles

 

Public health science and practice: From fragmentation to alignment (Foreword)  PDF

Science et pratique de la santé publique : de la fragmentation à la concordance (Avant-propos)  PDF

 

“….There continue to be gaps between science, policy and practice in population and public health.1 Several influential reports,2,3 literature reviews4 and project-specific needs analyses have identified persistent issues and gaps in knowledge development and use with respect to informing public health decisions, especially about healthy living and chronic disease prevention. Some of these issues and gaps highlight several needs:

• to develop more congruence between the needs of research users (including but not limited to policy-makers) and the research questions being formulated and addressed by investigators;

• to improve linkages between databases of surveillance and research evidence (e.g., National Diabetes Surveillance System);

• to develop explicit strategies, structures and partnerships to facilitate knowledge uptake into practice and policy decisionmaking (e.g., improving access to and use of systematic reviews; decision-making skills in accessing, appraising and using evidence); and

• to learn from practice (e.g., generate “practice-based evidence”)…………………..”

 

Introduction to the Population Health Intervention Research Initiative for Canada

Abstract PDF

Voice l'Initiative de recherche interventionnelle en santé des populations du Canada
Abstract PDF

What is population health intervention research?
Abstract PDF

Canadian Institutes of Health Research support for population health intervention research in Canada
Abstract PDF

Can the Canadian Heart Health Initiative inform the Population Health Intervention Research Initiative for Canada?
Abstract PDF

The imperative of strategic alignment across organizations:
The experience of the Canadian Cancer Society's Centre for Behavioural Research and Program
Abstract PDF

 

Commentary on Population Health Intervention
Abstract PDF

 

 

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