ARCHIVED - Formative Evaluation of the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health Program (NCCPH)

Appendix F: NCC Profiles and Summary of Activities and Achievements

Narrative Description of NCCs

National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health

The National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH), hosted at the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George, signed a Contribution Agreement on December 22, 2005. The target audiences for this Centre include First Nations, Inuit and Métis organizations and communities across Canada as well as researchers, public health practitioners, and policy-makers. The majority of the NCCAH activities relate to three areas of KSTE including child and youth health, indigenous social determinants of health, and emerging public health priorities, particularly environmental health and HIV/AIDS. Features reported to be unique to this Centre include addressing the health of a population (i.e., First Nations, Inuit and Métis) and a commitment to provide tools and information to make a concrete difference at the community level in issues that matter to them.

National Collaborating Centre for the Determinants of Health

The National Collaborating Centre for the Determinants of Health(NCCDH), hosted at St. Francis Xavier University, signed a Contribution Agreement on August 18, 2006. The target audiences for this Centre include public health and population health promotion practitioners, researchers, policy-makers including senior managers, managers and supervisors. The majority of the NCCDH activities relate to early childhood development. Features reported to be unique to this Centre include a rural location, a mandate that cross-cuts all NCCs and is core/foundational to public health, and a focus on equity and social justice.

National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health

The National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health(NCCEH), hosted at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, signed a Contribution Agreement on July 14, 2006. The target audiences for this Centre include environmental health practitioners responsible for delivering environmental health services/programs at the local and regional level across Canada, and environmental health policy-makers responsible for setting policy related to these services/programs. The majority of the NCCEH activities relate to the effects of environmental factors such as drinking water, food, air, and shelter on human health and identifies evidence-based interventions to reduce risks from environmental hazards. Features described as unique to this Centre include a clearly defined and relatively small target audience and the involvement of users groups in the decision making process.

National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy/Centre de collaboration nationale sur les politiques publiques et la santé

The National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy (NCCHPP), hosted at the Institut national de santé publique du Québec in Montréal and Québec City, signed a Contribution Agreement on December 20, 2005. The target audiences for this Centre include public health officers at provincial and regional levels, NCCs, policy analysts, NGOs, think tanks, community groups, population health planners, others in the system who are concerned with healthy public policy, policy-makers and researchers in ethics and policy. The majority of the NCCHPP activities relate to health impact assessment, public policy analysis and the obesity case study, intersectoral action and community organizations, public policy processes and health public policy, and health inequities. Features described as unique to this Centre include bilingual capacity, a focus on healthy public policy versus traditional health policy, and a provincial organization as host.

National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases

The National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases(NCCID), hosted at the International Centre for Infectious Diseases, signed a Contribution Agreement on December 23, 2005. The target audiences for this Centre include Chief Medical Officers of Health, Medical Officers of Health, public health nurses, provincial epidemiologists, communicable disease control unit directors, public health inspectors, public health program managers, public health policy advisors, AIDS service organizations, public health agency, NCCs, chief veterinary officers, and health librarians. The majority of the NCCID activities relate to HIV and sexually transmitted blood borne infection (STBBI) prevention, integrating new technologies into public health for prevention and control of infectious diseases, community acquired antimicrobial resistant, and zoonoses. Features reported as unique to this Centre include project planning by topic area versus activity, knowledge translation process and model, and monitoring and evaluation processes.

National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools

he National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools(NCCMT), hosted at McMaster University, signed a Contribution Agreement on December 1, 2006. The target audiences for this Centre include NCCs, public health program managers, provincial epidemiologists, public health clinical educators, and health librarians. The major of the NCCMT activities relate to identifying, developing and evaluating methods/ tools for the process of KSTE, improving access to and use of relevant KSTE methods/tools for people involved in policy-making, program decision making, practice and research, identifying gaps in KSTE methods/tools and encouraging researchers and others to fill these gaps, raising awareness for evidence-informed practice among those involved in public health, developing the capacity of those involved in public health to use KSTE methods/tools, and building active and sustainable networks of KSTE experts and public health policy-makers, practitioners and researchers, as well as partnerships with other NCCs and create linkages with their stakeholder groups. Features described as unique to this centre include a focus on the “how to” and supporting NCCs in the transfer of knowledge, a focus on tools for KT, not for practice, and a mandate that cross-cuts all NCCs.

Summary of Activities & Achievements by NCC

Data were reported using the following sources: individual NCC completion of a document review instrument; interviews with Managing Directors of NCCs; site focus groups; and available documents. Items are presented as they were reported. Further detail regarding the names of partners, collaborators, and key connections by NCC is available in Appendix H.

**National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health**
Overview
National Collaborating Centre:	National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health
Contribution Agreement signed:	December 22, 2005
Host organization:	University of Northern British Columbia
Target audience(s):	First Nations, Inuit and Métis organizations and communities across Canada Researchers, public health practitioners, and policy-makers
Key content area(s):	Child and youth health Indigenous social determinants of health Emerging public health priorities, particularly environmental health and HIV/AIDS
Unique Features of NCC:	Address the health of a population- First Nations, Inuit and Métis Grounded in commitment to provide tools and information to make a concrete difference at the community level in issues that matter to them.
Resources & Infrastructure
Resources leveraged:	Approximately $250,000: From FNIH, Health Canada: $99,385 for First Nations Environmental Health Innovation Network $24,172 for scan of Aboriginal health research in Canada $24,885 to develop a community-based evaluation framework in partnership with AFN for pilot projects in Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan $25,000 to support the Forum on Social Determinants of Aboriginal Health with national Aboriginal organizations From PHAC: $25,000 to develop paper on health inequalities From CIDA: $45,000 for international forum for input to WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health From UNICEF: $1,600 to host a special lecture on Children’s Rights in Canada
Infrastructure developed:	Developing an Information Management System database for reports, work plans, and activities Facilities belong to host organization Host organization assistance, e.g., website development
Networking
Type	Status (Planned/ Developed/ Implemented)	Description
Website	Implemented	FNEHIN is the best example of a database for front-line workers, as is our ‘Who is Who’ in Aboriginal Health through our website
Workshops/Forums	Implemented	For managers and frontline workers: e.g., working with NCCHPP on a Conference for public health workers in Quebec; NCCDH and AH forum in Saskatoon on Early Childhood Development and Home Visiting conducted by public health nurses, and Aboriginal Community Health Representatives; Forum on the Social Determinants of Aboriginal Health
Tools	Implemented	DVD for frontline workers, created tools with partners, e.g., Canadian Association for School Health. The ‘Red Moon’ Report on the Social Determinants of Aboriginal Health
Web symposia	Implemented	On FASD, in collaboration with the University of Ottawa, and existing networks of researchers and decision-makers
Communications Plan	Implemented	Identifying target audiences and main communication mechanisms, e.g., how to access Aboriginal Youth
Child Rearing Conference	Planned	Bring public health workers working in Aboriginal Health together in March 2009 in Ottawa, planned with Health Canada
Conference participation	Planned	Take part in learning opportunities and conferences, e.g., Canadian Public Health Association and Conference on School Health International in Florida in Nov/08
Further gatherings on social determinants of Aboriginal Health	Planned	Health Canada proposal to collaborate with others on social determinants of Aboriginal Health
Partners/Collaborators/Key Connections
Total # identified:	47
Gap Identification
Type	Description
Environmental Scan report: NCCAH Landscapes of Indigenous Health	Identified gaps in existing literature on Aboriginal Health, e.g.,: social determinants of health; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder/Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; mental health; maternal and child health; addictions and injury violence
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome & Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Among Aboriginal Canadians: Knowledge Gaps	Paper prepared for NCCAH through searches of Medline and Web of Science databases and gaps identified by authors of published literature
First Nations Environmental Health Innovation Network (FNEHIN) State of the Knowledge on Indoor Air Quality	Literature review on indoor air quality in First Nations populations as a determinant of health
Proposed Comprehensive Research Agenda for First Nations Inuit Health Branch	Paper containing targeted literature review and key informant interviews
KSTE Products & Activities
Products/Services			Type	Date
Notes on Knowledge Translation			A synthesis of KSTE definitions	2006/2007
Teachings from the Land: Indigenous People, Our Health, Our Land, and Our Children			Article
Leading from the people: The National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health at the University of Northern British Columbia			Article submitted	2007/2008
In their Very Small Steps: Understanding Children and Childhood as New Beginnings to Bettering Social Determinants of Aboriginal peoples’ Health in Canada			Article to be published	2007/2008
Indigeneity			Article to be published	2007/2008
Latin American Case Studies on Indigenous Social Determinants of Health			Case studies	2006/2007
NCCAH Strategic Plan – abbreviated format for distribution			Communication document	2006/2007
NCCAH Brochure			Communication document	2006/2007
NCCAH Communications Strategy			Communication document	2006/2007
Closing the Circle E-Bulletin			Communication document	2006/2007
NCCAH-Annual Report			Communication document	2006/2007
Database of Who’s Who in Aboriginal Health			Data base	2006/2007
First Nations Wholistic Policy and Planning Model			Discussion Paper	2006/2007
The Social Determinants of Inuit Health: A discussion of research, actions and recommendations			Discussion Paper	2006/2007
Métis concepts of health: Placing health within a social-cultural context. Social, Economic and Environmental (Ecological) Determinants of Métis Health			Discussion Paper	2006/2007
Aboriginal/Social Exclusion Discussion Paper			Discussion Paper	2006/2007
An Evaluation Framework for the Community Public Health Pilots			Document for AFN, FNIHB	2007/2008
Scientific Vision NCCAH			Document internal to NCCAH	2007/2008
Dialogue Circle Video Recording (DVD)			DVD	2006/2007
Circles of Health (DVD)			DVD	2007/2008
Yukon First Nations Health Promotion Spring School 2007 (DVD)			DVD	2007/2008
Many Hands, One Dream: Final Evaluation Report			Evaluation report	2007/2008
The Importance of Disaggregated Data Collection in Aboriginal Child Welfare			Fact sheet	2006/2007
Reconciliation in Aboriginal Child Welfare and Child Health			Fact sheet	2006/2007
Understanding Neglect in Aboriginal Families			Fact sheet	2006/2007
Comparing Primary Types of Child Maltreatment in Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Families in Canada			Fact sheet	2006/2007
Overview of Aboriginal Child Welfare Delivery in Canada			Fact sheet	2006/2007
First Nations, Inuit and Métis Social Determinants of Health: Housing			Fact sheet	2006/2007
First Nations, Inuit and Métis Social Determinants of Health: Language and Culture			Fact sheet	2006/2007
First Nations, Inuit and Métis Social Determinants of Health: Poverty			Fact sheet	2006/2007
First Nations, Inuit and Métis Social Determinants of Health: Self Determination			Fact sheet	2006/2007
First Nations, Inuit and Métis Social Determinants of Health: Employment			Fact sheet	2006/2007
First Nations, Inuit and Métis Social Determinants of Health: Education			Fact sheet	2006/2007
First Nations, Inuit and Métis Social Determinants of Health: Family Violence			Fact sheet	2006/2007
First Nations, Inuit and Métis Social Determinants of Health: Health Status			Fact sheet	2006/2007
Fact sheet - Tobacco			Fact sheet	2006/2007
Fact sheet – Healthy Choices in Pregnancy			Fact sheet	2006/2007
Fact sheet – Physical Activity and Nutrition			Fact sheet	2006/2007
BC Initiatives for Aboriginal Health – Fact Sheet			Fact sheet	2007/2008
BC Initiatives for Aboriginal Health – Fact Sheet – Preschool Vision Screening			Fact sheet	2007/2008
Landscapes of Indigenous Health			Paper	2006/2007
Conceptual Discussion Paper: Knowledge Translation, Synthesis and Exchange, National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health			Paper	2006/2007
Discussion Document for the Aboriginal Dialogue on Self Determination as a Determinant of Health			Paper	2006/2007
Definitions of Public Health			Paper	2006/2007
Social Determinants of Health: First Nations, Inuit and Métis Perspectives			Paper	2006/2007
Health Inequalities and Social Determinants of Aboriginal Peoples' Health			Paper	2007/2008
Knowledge Transfer and Exchange Models: Relevance to Aboriginal Environmental Health			Paper	2007/2008
Environmental scan of existing reports and literature on parenting practices			Paper	2007/2008
A History of Special Needs Discourse			Paper	2007/2008
First Nations Environmental Health Innovation Network: State of the Knowledge Draft on Indoor Air quality			Paper	2007/2008
Forum with Aboriginal Organizations on Indigenous Social Determinants of Health: A Background Report, Feb 20-21, 2008			Paper	2007/2008
Fetal Alcohol & Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder among Aboriginal Canadians-A Review of Prevalence			Paper	2007/2008
Inuit Public Health Scan			Report	2006/2007
Métis Research Project Environmental Scan			Report	2006/2007
Exploring Evidence in Aboriginal Health			Report	2006/2007
Summary Report Quality Care: It’s in Our Hands			Report	2006/2007
Summary Report Strategy Session On Social Change for Aboriginal Children and Youth			Report	2006/2007
Summary Report Indigenous Evaluation Forum			Report	2006/2007
Proceedings from General Comment on Indigenous Children and their Rights Consultations			Report	2006/2007
Yukon First Nations Health Promotion Spring School 2007 Report			Report	2007/2008
Red Moon Dialogues 1: An NCCAH-hosted Gathering on Indigenous Determinants of Health			Report	2007/2008
Final Report: National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health Evaluation of Three Meetings			Report	2007/2008
Overview of Culturally Relevant Approaches & Inventory of Good/Promising Programs in Aboriginal School Health and Well-being 2008			Report	2007/2008
Social Determinants and Indigenous Health: The International Experience and its policy Implications			Report	2007/2008
Proposed Comprehensive Research Agenda for First Nations Inuit Health Branch			Report for FNIHB internal use	2007/2008
Research Perspectives on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Prevalence and Future Research			Scoping review document	2006/2007
Summary of the health and well-being section of the report Indigenous Children: Rights and Reality			Summary document	2006/2007
The Global Health of Indigenous Children and Youth – Summary			Summary document	2006/2007
Web-Symposium on FASD			Web symposium	2006/2007
Quality Improvement & Evaluation Activities
Processes	Description
Quality Assessment Reviews	Peer review process and translation for academic soundness & to reflect views of Aboriginal peoples
Program Evaluation	Evaluation plan developed and implemented by Ference Weicker and Company - evaluation questions, issues to address, performance indicators, and data sources finalized Internal formative evaluation of three sponsored gatherings resulting in Final Report 2006/2007

**National Collaborating Centre for the Determinants of Health**
Overview
National Collaborating Centre:	National Collaborating Centre for the Determinants of Health
Contribution Agreement signed:	August 18, 2006
Host organization:	St. Francis Xavier University
Target audience(s):	Public health and population health promotion practitioners, researchers, policy-makers Including senior managers, VPs, managers and supervisors
Key content area(s):	Early Childhood Development
Unique Features of NCC:	Rural centre DH cross-cuts all NCCs and is core/foundational to public health Focus on equity & social justice
Resources & Infrastructure
Resources leveraged:	Received contract from the PHAC Chief Public Health Officer to complete background paper for the CPHO report on public health of Canadians
Infrastructure developed:	Built off-site office (renovated, new furniture, computers, printers, etc.)
Networking
Type	Status (Planned/ Developed/ Implemented)	Description
Communication plan	Implemented/ planned	None provided
Website	Implemented	None provided
Workshops, meetings, & forums	Implemented/ planned	None provided
Booth at workshops, meetings & forums	Implemented	None provided
Partners/Collaborators/Key Connections (Note: detailed list provided in Appendix X)
Total # identified:	17
Gap Identification
Type	Description
Environmental scan	Interim Report – Environmental Scan and Reviews: The Social Determinants of Health and Implications for Public Health Policy and Practice in Canada (Prepared by Wellesley Institute)
KSTE Products & Activities
Products/Services	Type		Date
Health & Education Research Group – Literature Scan: Applied Health Research & Knowledge Exchange	Literature scan		Unknown
Quality Improvement & Evaluation Activities
Processes	Description
Quality Assurance plans	QA plan provides recommendations for enhancing quality of NCCDH work Developed peer & user review process for knowledge products Staff participated in a focus group to reflect on activities, products, and process and findings from phase 1 evaluation; team discussed opportunities for learning from experience and the feedback to our knowledge translation activities and knowledge gap identification process.
Staff meetings	Scientific Director meets regularly with staff to provide feedback and direction received from Advisory Council, Advisory Board, & PHAC Secretariat. Staff applies feedback & suggestions.
Evaluation plan	Mapping NCCDH KT activities against PHAC Evaluation Framework Health & Education Research Group – Phase 1 NCCDH Evaluation Results

**National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health**
Descriptive
National Collaborating Centre:	National Collaborating Center for Environmental Health
Contribution Agreement signed:	July 14, 2006
Host organization:	BC Centre for Disease Control
Target audience(s):	Environmental health practitioners responsible for delivering environmental health services/programs at the local and regional level across Canada, and environmental health policy-makers responsible for setting policy related to these services/programs
Key content area(s):	Numerous content areas, including: Air pollution (health effects, individual protection measures) Cellular/mobile phone use and intracranial tumours Drinking water treatment devices, Environmental tobacco smoke Food safety Heat episodes (effectiveness of interventions during, effects in combination with high air pollution levels) Impact of pig farming on health Individual health protection measures related to short-term air pollution Indoor air quality from First Nations perspective Indoor radon exposure Infection risks associated with tick-borne zoonoses Mercury spills (clean-up instructions) Pesticide exposure and child health effects Water quality (practice/policy gaps re: potable water within Aboriginal communities) Public perception and expectation re: government role in health protection
Unique Features of NCC:	Involvement of users groups Documents produced Defined client group
Resources & Infrastructure
Resources leveraged:	BC Occupational and Environmental health Research Network travel bursary of $5000 Time of users, peers, Advisory Board, LHA Summer course Leveraged NCC presence and funding for NCC to get dollars from province to increase Scientific Director/staff time/flexibility
Infrastructure developed:	Office, computer, IT, & personnel Built on host infrastructure - IT contracting & financial system
Networking
Type	Status (Planned/ Developed/ Implemented)	Description
Communication plan	Implemented	Calendar of events, conferences, contact database & >200 distribution list
Website (available to everyone)	Implemented	None provided
National and other meetings	Implemented	None provided
E-mail blasts	Implemented	None provided
Conferences, e.g., CPHA.	Planned	None provided
Partners/Collaborators/Key Connections
Total # identified:	182
Gap Identification
Type	Description
Environmental Scan	Needs, Gaps and Opportunities Assessment for the NCCEH, September 2006 – involving literature review, survey and interviews with practitioners, policy makers and researchers
KSTE Products & Activities
Products/Services	Type	Date
Summer course on safe drinking water	Course	Jul/2008
Legislation	Directory	May/08
Training and Practicum Directories	Directory	Nov/07
Reducing health risks from indoor radon exposure	Guidance document	May/08
ETS summary of eight major reviews	KT document	Feb/08
Clandestine amphetamine-derived drug laboratory cleanup procedures	KT document	Mar/08
Evaluation of interventions designed to reduce UV exposure	KT document	Apr/08
Radon testing and remediation programs: What works?	KT document	Jul/08
Effective interventions to reduce indoor radon levels	KT document	Jul/08
Residential indoor radon testing	KT document	Aug/08
When can point of use filters be used for removal of protozoa?	KT document	Aug/08
Cellular/mobile phone use and intracranial tumours	KT document	Sep/08
Current evidence on the effect of interventions during heat episodes	KT document	Sep/08
Polybrominated diphyenyl ethers (PBDEs)	KT document	Nov/07, update Sep/08
Clean-up instructions for small mercury spills	KT document	Nov/07
What is the state of the evidence on plastics used for food storage and preparation? (phlalates, BPA)	Presentation, Discussion session	In progress
Needs, Gaps, Opportunities Assessment	Report	Sept/06
Indoor air quality from a First Nations perspective	Review	In progress
CPHA 2008 session on environment and health inequalities (Aboriginal EH)	Session	Jun/08
Health effects of acute environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure: A review of experimental studies	Systematic review	Mar/07
How efficacious and how practical are personal health protection measures recommended to reduce morbidity and mortality during heat episodes?	Systematic review	Mar/08
How does coincident exposure to high temperature and high levels of air pollution affect morbidity and mortality: what do we know, what do we not know, and what should we do in consequence?	Systematic review	Mar/08
Can individual health protection measures decrease morbidity and/or mortality among persons with cardiovascular diseases exposed to short-term air pollution?	Systematic review	Mar/08
What is present level of knowledge on health effects of residential radon especially as related to lung cancer? What is the total burden of lung cancer attributed to radon exposure in homes in Canada? What is the proportion of lung cancer cases attributed to residential radon exposure in smokers and non smokers?	Systematic review	Apr/08
What are the impacts of pig farms on the psychological and social health of surrounding populations in conditions comparable to the Quebec context?	Systematic review	Apr/08
What is currently known about the population health effects of short-term and long-term exposures to traffic air pollution? What programs/policies have been implemented in different countries or cities around the globe to reduce exposures from transportation sources and what is known about their effectiveness?	Systematic review	Apr/08
The effectiveness of point of use drinking water treatment devices in reducing the risk of drinking water related gastrointestinal illness to the public during turbidity events: A review of the current evidence	Systematic review	May/08
What is the average level of exposure in Canadians in specific populations to specific environmental contaminants of concern?	Systematic review	May/08
Have surveillance initiatives for emerging infectious diseases been developed and evaluated using evidence-based methods? Are there effective public health surveillance initiatives for emerging zoonotic diseases?	Systematic review	Jun/08
Is there an increased risk of tumours of the head and neck from the use of cellular telephones?	Systematic review	Jun/08
What is the state of knowledge concerning residential and bystander pesticide exposure during the critical exposure windows (preconceptual pregnancy, pregnancy, childhood) and risk of childhood leukemia?	Systematic review	Jun/08
What is the effectiveness of risk reduction methods on the preparation and storage of safe Aboriginal traditional/country foods whether at home or for public consumption?	Systematic review	Jun/08
What are the existing environmental health practice and/or policy gaps with respect to potable water quality and quantity within the Aboriginal communities in Canada (including but not limited to waterborne diseases - infectious and non-infectious, surveillance, burden of illness, and water supply management - source management, treatment, purification, distribution etc.)?	Systematic review	Jun/08
How can new geospatial technologies help environmental health practitioners and policymakers to go beyond traditional Web-Mapping and Geographic Information Systems applications to better support decision making in everyday practice and surveillance?	Systematic review	Jul/08
What is the state of knowledge concerning residential and bystander pesticide exposure and adverse child health effects, particularly adverse pregnancy outcomes, childhood cancer and allergies?	Systematic review	Jul/08
The Impact of Household Food Preparation and Cooking Methods on Levels of Dioxin-Like Contaminants (PCDDs; PCDFs; dl-PCBs) in Food: A Review of the Literature	Systematic review	Jul/08
What are the methodologies currently used to quantify the health benefits of consuming fish and other marine animals, and to compare them with the risks associated with contaminants, so that they can be taken into account in the dietary recommendations given to an indigenous population?	Systematic review	Jul/08
What evidence-informed guidance can balance effectively the potential health risks posed by disinfection by-products in drinking water with the known health risk of microbial pathogens?	Systematic review	Jul/08
What is the evidence on applicability and effectiveness of public health interventions to reduce morbidity and mortality during heat episodes?	Systematic review	Sep/08
Do organic and conventional food animal production differ in the prevalence of zoonotic enterpathogens with potential environmental impact?	Systematic review	In progress, expect Sept/08
What is the public perception and expectation of the role of government agencies in protecting the health of the public through food safety and water safety regulation?	Systematic review	Nov/07
Systematic review on whether transient exposure to high particulate levels is associated with acute cardiovascular health outcomes	Systematic review	In progress, expect Dec/08
Production of a systematic review regarding the following questions: 1. What are the determinants of the infection risk to tick-borne zoonoses (e.g., Lyme disease, Rickettsia), from the most proximate determinants (e.g., tick densities) to the most distal (e.g., land use, habitat fragmentation)? 2. What are the different intervention strategies (e.g., use of pesticides, risk communication) that could decrease the infection risk to tick-borne zoonoses, and that could respectively target the different proximate and distal determinants? These intervention strategies will be taken from the disciplines of infectious disease epidemiology, pest management and conservation management.	Systematic Review	In progress, expect Dec/08
CPHA 2008 workshop on building a national EH agenda	Workshop	Jun/08
Quality Improvement & Evaluation Activities
Processes	Description
Program Evaluation Study	Detailed work plan 2007 06 12 Initial evaluation 2007 12 13

**National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy**
Overview
National Collaborating Centre:	National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy/Centre de collaboration nationale sur les politiques publiques et la santé
Contribution Agreement signed:	December 20, 2005
Host organization:	Institut national de santé publique du Québec
Target audience(s):	Public health officers at provincial and regional levels NCCs Policy analysts NGOs, think tanks, community groups Population health planners Others in the system who are concerned with healthy public policy Policy-makers Researchers in ethics and policy
Key content area(s):	Health impact assessment Public policy analysis and the obesity case study Intersectoral action and community organizations Public policy processes and health public policy Health inequities
Unique Features of NCC:	Bilingual capacity Focus on healthy public policy versus traditional health policy Hosted in a provincial organization
Resources & Infrastructure
Resources leveraged:	None identified
Infrastructure developed:	Host organization infrastructure
Networking
Type	Status (Planned/ Developed/ Implemented)	Description
Communication plan	Implemented	None provided
Website	Implemented	None provided
Contact list	Implemented	In the process of centralizing all databases
Email blasts	Implemented	None provided
Presentations at public health conferences	Implemented	None provided
Network of “multipliers”	Implemented	Tap into Executive Directors of public health associations to identify gaps and disseminate products
Partners/Collaborators/Key Connections (Note: detailed list provided in Appendix X)
Total # identified:	28
Gap Identification
Type	Description
Environmental scan	Ongoing yearly via network of “multipliers” and user meetings 2006 – with provincial medical officers of health and key informants via regional meetings 2007 – user meetings 2008 – plan to meet public health association users from provinces and territories with knowledge products in hand
Survey of medical officers of health	None provided
Networking at conferences	None provided
KSTE Products & Activities
Products/Services			Type	Date
Meeting of Not for Profit Organizations (1)				2007-03-20
Meeting of Not for Profit Organizations (2)				2008-03-27
The Quebec Public Health Act’s Section 54			Background information	2008-03
Health Impact Assessment (HIA): a Promising Action Path For Promoting Healthy Public Policies			Background paper	2008-02
2007 consultation with Ontario users			Consultation
2006 Fall User Meeting			Consultation	2006-Fall
Three deliberative dialogues on obesity			Deliberative dialogue	2008-03
NCCHPP Electronic Bulletin 01 2008			Electronic bulletin	2008-05
NCCHPP Electronic Bulletin 02 2008			Electronic bulletin	2008-06-27
NCCHPP Electronic Bulletin 03 2008			Electronic bulletin	2008-09-10
Health Impact Assessment in Quebec: when the law becomes a lever for action			English translation	2008-Fall
The Difficulty of Balancing Work and Family Life: Impact on the Physical and Mental Health of Quebec Families			English translation (knowledge synthesis)	2007-03
Road Speed: Health Impacts and Counteractive Measures			English translation (Scientific review)	2008-Fall
Public Health Advisory on the Effects of Cell Phone Use While Driving, with Recommendations			English translation (systematic review)	2008-03
Economic Evaluation Across the Four Faces of Prevention: A Canadian Perspective			French translation (report)	2008-09
Health Impact Assessment Guides and Tools			Guide	2008-06
Health Challenge Think Tank- Childhood Obesity in Canada: a Societal Challenge in Need of Public Policy			Paper	2007-02
Assessing the Role of Evidence in Developing Healthy Public Policy			Paper	2008-05
The Use of the Precautionary Principle in Public Health			Paper	2008-Fall
Integrated Governance and Healthy Public Policy: Two Canadian Examples			Paper	2008-Fall
2008 annual Summer Institute: NCCDH, NCCAH & NCCHPP and the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH)			Plenary session	2008-08
2008 annual Summer Institute: NCCAH, NCCDH, & NCCHPP – Determinants of Health NCCAH			Plenary session	2008-08
Two Canadian examples of "Whole-of-Government" Approaches Presentation			Presentation	2007-06
Presentation on Knowledge translation to the Senate subcommittee on population health			Presentation	2008-05-07
CPHA-Halifax 2008: Health Impact Assessment as a tool to reduce health inequalities			Presentation	2008-06
CPHA-Halifax 2008: Social Cohesion/Social capital as Crosscutting Determinants of Health: The need for Intersectoral Policy Initiatives			Presentation	2008-06
Presentation on HIA to the Senate subcommittee on population health			Presentation	2008-06-18
CPHA-Halifax 2008: Station 20 West Through the Lens of the WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health’s Key Dimensions and Directions for Policy			Presentation and group session	2008-06
Report on the Canadian Roundtable on Health Impact Assessment (HIA)			Report	2008-09
HIA Round table			Round table	2008-02-22
Collaborative Models for Improving Public Health Knowledge			Session	2007-06
2008 annual Summer Institute: Deliberative dialogues: A different way to gather evidence			Session	2008-08
CMOH Survey			Survey	2007-12
HIA Training Session (Baddeck)			Training session	2008-04
Toronto workshop on Health Impact Assessment			Training session + video	2008-04
Daniel Weinstock Conference on ethics			Video	2007-10
www.ncchpp.ca			Website
CPHA-Halifax 2008: National Collaborating Centres for Public Health and Their Work on Social Inequality. KSTE (knowledge synthesis, translation and exchange) in Action: The National Collaborating Centres for Public Health Models for Effecting Systems Change			Workshop	2008-06
2008 annual Summer Institute: Interactive Workshop: influencing public policies			Workshop	2008-08
2008 annual Summer Institute: Not-for-profit organizations and influencing healthy public policy: one experience			Workshop	2008-08
Quality Improvement & Evaluation Activities
Processes	Description
Regular multidisciplinary meetings	Ask who we are targeting, what did we do, did our approach work?
Reports	At each stage of a project.
User and expert feedback	Users and experts who review products and processes and provide feedback.

**National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases**
Descriptive
National Collaborating Centre:	National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases
Contribution Agreement signed:	December 23, 2005
Host organization:	International Centre for Infectious Diseases
Target audience(s):	Chief Medical Officers of Health Medical Officers of Health Public Health Nurses Provincial Epidemiologists Communicable Disease Control Unit Directors Public Health Inspectors Public Health Program Managers Public Health Policy Advisors AIDS Service Organizations Public Health Agency NCCs Chief Veterinary Officers Health Librarians
Key content area(s):	HIV and STBBI prevention Integrating new technologies into public health for prevention and control of infectious diseases Community acquired antimicrobial resistant Zoonoses
Unique Features of NCC:	Project planning by topic area vs. activity Knowledge translation process & model Monitoring and evaluation processes
Resources & Infrastructure
Resources leveraged:	None
Infrastructure developed:	Contribution agreements outline NCCs cannot establish physical infrastructure. Infrastructure through host.
Networking
Type	Status (Planned/ Developed/ Implemented)	Description
Communication plan	Implemented	None provided
Website	Implemented	None provided
Forums	Implemented	None provided
Knowledge Exchange Networks	Implemented	None provided
Evidence reviews	Implemented	None provided
Learning Site	Planned	None provided
Partners/Collaborators/Key Connections (Note: detailed list provided in Appendix F)
Total # identified:	81
Gap Identification
Type	Description
Foresight exercise on infectious disease in Canada (2005)	Includes environmental scan on infectious diseases research and related activities in Canada (2006)
NCCID Environmental Scan: Infectious Disease information needs of public health practitioners (no date)	None provided
KSTE Products & Activities
Products/Services			Type	Date
NCCID knowledge translation Concept note			Concept note	Oct/07
Integrating New technologies into public health meeting			Concept note, Expert meeting, summary of meeting	Feb/08
KSTE Forum- Building and exchanging knowledge for reaching vulnerable populations			Concept note, Forum, Summary of proceedings	Feb/08
KSTE Forum – New approaches for effective HIV/STBBI prevention			Concept note, Forum, Summary of proceedings	Mar/08
Community Acquired Antimicrobial resistance			Concept note, Meeting, Proceedings	Apr/08
HIV Prevention Paper on ”Rapid tests for HIV”			Evidence Review	Jan/08
HIV Prevention Paper on “Programs for people who inject drugs- a harm reduction approach”			Evidence Review	Feb/08
HIV Prevention Paper on “Reducing the risk of sexual HIV transmission for adult women”			Evidence Review	Mar/08
HIV Prevention Paper on “Primary HIV prevention interventions in prisons and upon releaser”			Evidence Review	Apr/08
HIV Prevention Paper on “Behavioural Interventions for People Living with HIV in the Clinical Setting”			Evidence Review	May/08
HIV Prevention Paper on “Integrating HIV prevention with Care: Antiretroviral Treatment for HIV Prevention”			Evidence Review	May/08
HIV Prevention Paper on “HIV prevention for men who have sex with men:”			Evidence Review	May/08
HIV prevention paper on “Routine (opt-out) HIV screening			Evidence review	Jun/08
Foresight exercise on Infectious Diseases in Canada			Report	Dec/05
PHAC & NCCID HIV Prevention Forum: Summary of Meeting			Report	Apr/07
Sexual health and HIV/STI training of public health practitioners in Canada: Survey, literature review and webscan. (Printed and posted on website)			Report	Jan/08
Revised Environmental Scan			Report on Environmental scan	Mar/08
Structured Review based on survey of priority HIV Prevention Interventions - HIV testing.			Review	Apr/07
Survey of Public Health Practitioners on HIV and Other STI Prevention Interventions, Sexual Health Practices, and Sexual Health Training Needs in Canada document			Survey report (not released publicly)	Apr/07
Quality Improvement & Evaluation Activities
Processes	Description
Evaluation & feedback component	Built into NCCID logic model, ensuring lessons learned are applied to other project areas/activities
Weekly staff meetings	Provide staff opportunity to discuss issues
Advisory Board	Built into NCCID logic model, ensuring lessons learned are applied to other project areas/activities
User surveys	Survey of members’ use of the CNPHI network (Jun/08); Survey of evidence reviews in progress
Feedback	Feedback is collected after every forum and informs the planning of subsequent forums

**National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools**
Descriptive
National Collaborating Centre:	National Collaborating Center for Methods and Tools
Contribution Agreement signed:	December 1, 2006
Host organization:	McMaster University
Target audience(s):	NCCs Public Health Program Managers Provincial Epidemiologists Public Health Clinical Educators Health Librarians
Key content area(s):	Identify, develop & evaluate methods/ tools for the process of KSTE Improve access to and use of relevant KSTE methods/tools for people involved in policy-making, program decision making, practice and research Identify gaps in KSTE methods/tools and encourage researchers and others to fill these gaps Raise awareness for evidence-informed practice among those involved in public health Develop the capacity of those involved in public health to use KSTE methods/tools Build active and sustainable networks of KSTE experts and public health policy-makers, practitioners and researchers, as well as partnerships with other NCCs and create linkages with their stakeholder groups
Unique Features of NCC:	Focus on the “how to” and supporting NCCs in the transfer of knowledge Focus on tools for KT, not for practice Cross-cutting centre across all NCCs
Resources & Infrastructure
Resources leveraged:	No additional external dollars at this time Caution when source is identified as part of government Unable to benefit from the affiliation with host regarding infrastructure and human resources
Infrastructure developed:	Host provides offsite office space, IT & HR systems
Networking
Type	Status (Planned/ Developed/ Implemented)		Description
Communication plan	Implemented		Hired a Communications Coordinator to focus on communication and marketing activities for the NCCMT.
Website – Public Health plus	Implemented		Sharing of ongoing activities, events and projects for target audiences.
Network	Developed/ implemented		Recruited members through health-evidence.ca consisting of managers and others responsible for or promoting evidence informed decision-making
Contact list	Planned		In collaboration with other NCCs and PHAC would like to develop a broader contact list to promote events and materials to the public health community.
List of KSTE Resources	Completed/ implemented		Using the KSTE Consultation participants as the foundation, we prepared a list of national and international KSTE Resource People. This list is intended to be a resource to the other NCCs. It will include the volunteered names and contact information of people with skills and experience in knowledge synthesis, translation and exchange
Registry of Methods and Tools	Developing		The development of the registry involves identifying and evaluating existing KSTE methods and tools and the context of their use in Canada and internationally.
Presentations at CPHA and NCC Summer Institutes	Completed		NCCMT staff have attended and made presentations about the program and MT focus.
Workshops with NCCDH	Completed		NCCMT has assisted in the development and delivery of focused workshops for PH practitioners (nurses) related to using evidence on the topic of child health.
Canadian Best Practices System – Advisory Group	Ongoing		The Advisory Committee (formerly the Steering Committee) – a focus on broad strategic issues, building relationships, advice on new areas of work. NCCMT invited to serve on their peer review panel. This is an excellent opportunity to support an initiative that meets the needs of our target groups.
Canadian Best Practices System - Portal Advisory Group (membership)	Ongoing		The Portal Working Group (an extension of the former group) – a focus on the feasibility of searches within other sites; new content areas of obesity, mental health, determinants of health, multiple intervention approaches; and managing the current content. This is an excellent opportunity to support an initiative that meets the needs of our target groups.
Canadian Best Practices System – Knowledge Exchange Working Group	Ongoing		Provide advice to PHAC related to KTSE. Benefit from building the linkages in the KT field.
Collaborative Portal Project for the NCC	Developing		A collaborative portal for all NCCs which is the go-to place for public health information.
Satellite for the Cochrane Health Promotion and Public Health Field	Developed		Help with the coordination and production of Cochrane protocols and systematic reviews related to PH.
Partners/Collaborators/Key Connections (Note: detailed list provided in Appendix F)
Total # identified:	11
Gap Identification
Type	Description
Environmental scan (initial)	Part of the initial planning phase; intent to develop another e-scan in future
Consultations for Work plans	Consultations with key stakeholders informed preparation of 2007-2009 Work plans.
KT-EBDM Working Group (December 7, 2006)	Helen Thomas and Kathie Clark met with the members of the PHAC Knowledge Translation Evidence-based Decision Making Working Group to provide an introduction to the NCCMT and its goals, objectives and current activities. It was an excellent opportunity to learn about some of the many knowledge translation (KT) projects in PHAC. There is a clear need to develop an inventory or registry of the KT activities in PHAC.
KSTE Consultations & Interviews (January 16 and 17, 2007)	The NCCMT hosted a consultation with 34 public health and KSTE experts (12 were by interview). This consultation brought together national and international experts in knowledge synthesis, transfer, and exchange to assist the Scientific Co-Directors (Helen Thomas and Donna Ciliska) and staff of the NCCMT to prepare the initial activity and evaluation plans of the Centre.
Consultation with the Other National Collaborating Centres (January to March, 2007)	Throughout January, February and March, we met with each of the other five NCCs. The sessions served as an orientation to the NCCMT and identified areas of mutual interest and potential collaboration. As well, in Feb/07, Helen Thomas attended the Aboriginal Health Dialogue Circle and presented a session on the process of systematic reviews of the literature. She was also a participant in the NCCDH workshop on the Role of Evidence.
Strategic plan	Planned for early November (affiliated with conference event)
KSTE Products & Activities
Products/Services				Type	Date
Knowledge Translation Search Strategy project				3 projects - reports	2008/2009
Assessing Applicability and Transferability of Evidence				Background paper/literature review	Mar/07
Knowledge Management in Public Health: Exploring Culture, Content, Process and Technology				Conference hosted by NCCMT	Nov/08
List of KSTE Resource People				Document	Jul/07
What is Knowledge Synthesis Translation and Exchange?				Fact sheet
What is evidence informed public health?				Fact sheet
Networking Briefing Paper				Literature review	Sep/08
Knowledge Management Background Paper				Literature review and key informant interviews	Sep/08
Quarterly newsletters				Newsletter	May/07
KSTE registry of methods and tools				On-line interactive database	Summer 2008
Public health knowledge gaps and research priorities				Report	Jan/08
Compendium of critical appraisal tools				Report	Mar/08
KSTE definitions and frameworks				Report	Apr/08
Pan-Canadian CMOH survey				Survey	Annual
Portal for public health best practices				Website
NCCMT website				Website	Feb/08
NCCPH website				Website	Jun/08
Health-evidence.ca				Website enhancement	Jan/07–Apr/08
Regional KSTE workshops				Workshop
Quality Improvement & Evaluation Activities
Processes		Description
Formal evaluation		Consultant and report has provided useful feedback regarding products and processes
Monthly staff reviews		None provided
Debriefings		Formal and informal
Work plan development		Planning sessions for the Senior Managers occurred in July and December.
Environmental scan		The next scan being planned will give us an opportunity to plan 5 and 10 years into the future

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