CAPTURE’s first ’10-minute Challenge’ resulted in 60 new programs being added to the Platform. Due to its popularity we’ve launched a NEW 10-minute Challenge. Take the 10-minute challenge Take 10 minutes to tell us about your health promotion program or intervention by filling out this form and returning it to us. Once we have uploaded your information … Read the full post »
What is CAPTURE?
The CAPTURE Project will revolutionize how chronic disease prevention practitioners and program managers learn from what they do.
We are building a web-based evaluation platform to help them understand what works in their community and under what context. More info »
Sage Advice report strikes a chord with CAPTURE stakeholders
CAPTURE is receiving a great deal of interest from Canada’s primary prevention community for a report we recently released about practical suggestions for improving program evaluation in Northern, rural and Aboriginal communities. Sage Advice: Real-World Approaches to Program Evaluation in Northern, rural and Aboriginal Communities documents the results of an online survey completed by more … Read the full post »
Evaluation in Northern, Remote and Aboriginal Communities
With funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, CAPTURE embarked on a project to understand and support the evaluation needs of organizations working with northern, remote and Aboriginal communities. Reciprocal Consulting (Dr. Kim van der Woerd, Billy Joe Rogers, Kylee Swift, and Samantha Tsuruda) was engaged … Read the full post »
And now for something completely different… admitting our mistakes
One of my favourite Monty Python gags is the recurring theme of …” and now, for something completely different…”: and now for something completely different.. a man with three buttocks. or and now for something completely different… a man in an evening dress, sitting in a cage at the zoo. I love this kind of … Read the full post »
Join us November 18th for a Fireside Chat
The CAPTURE Project Fireside Chat Friday, November 18th, 2011 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Eastern Session Title: (Shared) Knowledge is Power! Subtitle: Introducing a FREE web-based platform to reflect upon and share our practice-based learnings of what works and how to strengthen local interventions. Brief Description: Imagine being part of a national community where you … Read the full post »
Help CAPTURE populate its repository and you could win!
CAPTURE recently launched its free web-based repository for finding and sharing practice-based evidence in health promotion and chronic disease prevention. Now, we need to populate it with a critical mass of information and real-life learnings about programs, projects and policy initiatives across Canada. Take the 10-minute challenge Take 10 minutes to tell us about your … Read the full post »
CAPTURE determines its ongoing business model
In 2009, the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer provided a three-year grant to support the development of the CAPTURE Project. Now nearing the end of this initial building phase, CAPTURE must plan for the ongoing sustainability of its operations. In the spring of 2011, the CAPTURE Project engaged Imprint Consulting Inc. to lead a business model … Read the full post »
Report on the third IAB meeting
CAPTURE’s IAB met for the third time on May 17 and 18, 2011, with nine members in attendance. The objectives for the meeting were: To update the IAB on progress to date To engage the IAB in discussion about priorities going forward To engage the IAB in discussion about business models for sustainability Click here … Read the full post »
The CAPTURE Platform is now available!
Visit the CAPTURE Platform: http://www.thecaptureplatform.ca Platform features: Share your work – Post summaries of your interventions, upload evaluation reports and intervention material, and share your real-life learnings. Find resources – Search the database for information and links to chronic disease prevention programs and policies. Connect with others – Search for practitioners and organizations that share … Read the full post »
CAPTURE Evaluation Needs Assessment Summary Report
Purpose and Objectives of the Needs Assessment This report is an extension of the pilot needs assessment conducted in the spring of 2010 among chronic disease prevention practitioners and evaluators in Ontario. As before, the main purpose is to understand the perspectives of practitioners, evaluators and managers who work in chronic disease prevention programming, policy … Read the full post »
