This paper contains a summary of the current literature, including a process to help you evaluate the feasibility and generalizability of evidence to your public health practice. The associated tool (included in paper or available separately) helps you make decisions about program priorities in your own community.

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A network designed to help you and your colleagues share methods and tools that will facilitate knowledge synthesis, translation and exchange within and across public health departments in Canada.

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To ensure that DialoguePH is meaningful and relevant we administered a survey to the network membership. The findings from this survey will be used to shape the design, format and content of the tools that will support the network, such as the NCCMT website, discussion forums and technological options for linking the membership.

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The NCCMT has undertaken this environmental scan to inform its strategic planning activities for the next five years (2010–2015). At this point, the NCCMT is interested in refreshing its perspective on the public health environment and expects this environmental scan will highlight and summarize new and emerging developments, pressures and potential opportunities in the broad health care landscape.

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A web-based collection of systematic reviews focused on the effectiveness of interventions to prevent chronic disease. The reviews are categorized and readily searchable by disease, audience, setting or intervention strategy. This resource was created in collaboration with health-evidence.ca. (By opening this resource, you are entering the Health Evidence website. Health Evidence is a registry of review level evidence relevant to public health.)

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An interactive, step-by-step online guide to help you implement the best available evidence into your public health program and policy decisions.

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The NCCMT Strategic Plan for 2010-2015 describes the background to the creation of the Centre and its achievements over the initial two and one-half years (2007-2009). Looking ahead to the next five years, the plan outlines the revised vision, mission, principles, goals, target audiences and core capabilities of the NCCMT.

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This paper defines and summarizes the concept of evidence-informed public health. The paper also includes a compendium of critical appraisal tools to help you incorporate the best research evidence into public health practice and policy development.

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