The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer has received funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada to engage organizations working on chronic disease prevention in Canada’s Northern and Remote Regions through the Partnership’s Coalitions Linking Action and Science for Prevention (CLASP) initiative. The purpose of this engagement is to understand their evaluation needs and develop a … Read the full post »
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What we did The CAPTURE Project, the Propel Centre for Population Health Impact and the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control at the Public Health Agency of Canada held a Knowledge Exchange Forum in Ottawa on March 29 – 30, 2010. The Forum addressed how to advance the documentation, sharing and use of evaluation … Read the full post »
The first year of The CAPTURE Project was spent gathering information from a variety of chronic disease prevention informants including public health practitioners, evaluators, public health decision-makers, and public health and intervention researchers. Close to 500 participants were involved. A number of different consultations and information gathering activities were undertaken and are summarized in this … Read the full post »
As I write this blog, David, Marla and I are all on a flight back from the 3rd Annual NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation and my head is spinning! We went because we were given the opportunity to host a think tank titled “How can we CAPTURE practice-based evidence?” We thought … Read the full post »
The CAPTURE Project, the Propel Centre for Population Health Impact and the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control at the Public Health Agency of Canada are sponsoring a knowledge exchange forum to be held in Ottawa on March 29 and 30, 2010. This invitation only event will bring together approximately 50 participants from community-based … Read the full post »
The CAPTURE Project is hosting a Think Tank entitled “How can we CAPTURE practice-based evidence?” on March 16, 2010 from 9:30-11:00am at the 3rd Annual NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation being held in Bethesda, Maryland. The Think Tank will introduce The CAPTURE Project and engage researchers and experts in identifying the … Read the full post »
In March 2009, The CAPTURE Project launched a concept mapping exercise as part of its initial engagement activities to obtain feedback from the chronic disease prevention community on the nature, elements and eventual design of the CAPTURE platform. What we did Using concept mapping methodology, we asked stakeholders to complete the following statement: “An element … Read the full post »
The CAPTURE Project is a highly collaborative initiative, drawing on the expertise and experiences of a broad range of chronic disease prevention stakeholders. We have been in consultations for a few months now and plan to wrap things up at a workshop this fall. We sought initial guidance for the project from an expert panel … Read the full post »
On March 9, 2009, some of Canada’s brightest minds gathered for a half-day meeting to provide insights into CAPTURE’s foundational planning. We convened a panel of experts with links to the chronic disease prevention community to obtain their input on issues such as CAPTURE’s breadth and scope, finding an appropriate fit for the platform amidst … Read the full post »
