History of the Registry

The Registry is a fundamental product of the NCCMT. The NCCMT's mandate defined the boundaries and guided the Registry's early development in 2007.

An Environmental Scan, key informant interviews and surveys identified the need for knowledge translation methods and tools and a quick and easy way to access these resources. This led to the development of the online Registry of knowledge translation methods and tools for public health.

The first phase of the Registry’s development involved setting priorities. In the second phase, an International Advisory Group and a development team were established to design processes for:

The process of searching for resources has since expanded to include a list of search strategies, an Inclusion Screening tool, a data extraction tool (MADI) and a summary writing template