Welcome to the NCCMT Registry of Knowledge Translation
Methods and Tools for Public Health
Find accessible, quality appraised and searchable Knowledge Translation methods and tools
WHAT'S INSIDE?
Search the Registry
View all resources contained in the Registry or use keyword, targeted, or matrix searches to find specific types of methods and tools or search for methods and tools with particular features.
What's New?
Find out which methods and/or tools have been recently added to the Registry or updated.
About the Registry
Provides background information about the Registry including a Project Overview.
Glossary
Key terms and definitions used throughout the Registry.
Icon Legend
A list of method and tool characteristics with corresponding icons that are used throughout the Registry to identify resources with these attributes. Alternatively, place your cursor on any icon and the corresponding label will appear.
Suggest a Method or a Tool
Let us know about new and in-development methods and/or tools that should be considered for inclusion in the Registry.
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Let us know if you have a comment or question about the Registry or a particular item in the Registry, or if you have experienced technical problems with the website.
Discussion Forum
A moderated discussion board where you can post comments or questions about methods and tools for knowledge translation, or read and respond to comments from other users.
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The Registry of Knowledge Translation Methods and Tools for Public Health can help:
- Front-line public health practitioners to find resources that help communicate new knowledge to clients and colleagues;
- Public health decision-makers locate methods that support innovation uptake in their organization;
- Program evaluators obtain tools to synthesize and appraise public health related research;
- Knowledge brokers find methods to apply a new technique for working with community partners;
- Policy-makers locate tools to summarize relevant evidence for public health policy decisions;
- And more...
The Registry for Knowledge Translation Methods and Tools for Public Health is designed for anyone interested and involved in public health across Canada needing access to current, summarized, information about Knowledge Translation Methods and Tools. This site aims to help various individuals who work in public health, such as frontline practitioners, knowledge brokers, health promoters, managers, decision-makers, policy makers, evaluators and researchers, Search for applicable methods and tools.
When using the Registry, you will find summaries of different tools and methods applicable to Public Health that help in the "planning, doing, and evaluating" of different types of Knowledge Translation activities, including:
Knowledge Translation defined by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
When you find a summary of a Knowledge Translation Method or Tool for use, you can:
- Print or save the PDF version of the summary
- Download any tools or methods available to the public that are free of charge
- Use the links provided to connect with method or tools directly for purchase
- Contact the developer of the method or tool using updated contact information provided
The Registry is an expanding resource:
As the field of knowledge translation continues to grow, the Registry will expand to include the newest methods and tools developed for public health. The Registry is a new and evolving resource and as such does not provide an exhaustive list of methods and tools for knowledge translation; however, within the next two years the Registry database will include resources from as far back as 1985 to the present.