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The National Collaborating Centres translate existing knowledge to produce and exchange relevant, accessible, and evidence-informed products with researchers, practitioners, and policy makers. These products can take many different forms and formats: presentations, evidence reviews, reports, inventories of resources, annotated bibliographies, fact sheets, summaries, electronic resources, workshops, courses, etc. Discover them by clicking on the following links, or select a specific theme or product using the “keywords” or “Centre” searches.

Information Grids - Canadian HIA Initiatives, NCCHPP, May 2010
Posted on : 7/13/2010. Categorized as : health impact assessment
To support Health Impact Assessement (HIA) at the local level, NCCHPP has developed a model for an HIA information grid, and then worked with three local HIA initiatives to develop information grids relating to their work.
RE'SEAU-WATERNET, NCCPH, May 2010
Posted on : 5/18/2010. Categorized as : Small Drinking Water Systems
The NCCs have published this overview of the RE'SEAU-WATERNET. Click here to access this document, developed for the NCC's Small Drinking Water Systems Project.
Supporting Children to be Ready for School : An Environmental Scan, March 2010, NCCDH
Posted on : 7/14/2010. Categorized as : children
This environmental scan developed by NCCDH dentifies the best practices for public health practitioners and communities in the promotion of school readiness. It also presents new trends and programs being considered for enhancing school readiness from an ecological framework.
Home Water Test Kits, NCCPH, May 2010
Posted on : 5/18/2010. Categorized as : Small Drinking Water Systems
Do commercially available water test kits accurately test what they claim to
measure? is one of the questions asked by participants who attended the consultations organized by the NCCs for the Small Drinking Water Systems Project. To consult the Fact sheet developed by the NCCMT on Home Water Test Kits commercially available, please click here.
Deliberative Processes and Knowledge Translation, April 2010, NCCHPP
Posted on : 4/26/2010. Categorized as : deliberative process, knowledge translation
This fact sheet produced by NCCHPP, briefly describes the deliberative model of knowledge translation and its objectives. Two concrete examples are also given to illustrate this discussion.
Effectiveness of Outreach and Care Coordination Interventions in Engaging and Retaining Hard-to-Reach People Living with HIV/AIDS in Medical Care, March 2010, NCCID
Posted on : 4/28/2010. Categorized as : AIDS, HIV
Engaging hard-to-reach populations in care is often described as cyclical. The challenge that outreach programs face is not only to engage hard-to-reach populations in medical care but to retain them once they have accessed care. Find out more, read the Evidence Review developped by NCCID.
Case Studies of Ethics During a Pandemic, April 2010, NCCHPP
Posted on : 4/26/2010. Categorized as : ethics
The general aim of this series of cases, developped by NCCHPP,  is to illustrate a wide range of pandemic and infectious disease control scenarios in which professional roles and responsibilities generate ethically complex situations. The cases aim to assist in the development and application of moral reasoning through concrete examples.
Content Analysis of Media Coverage of Health Inequalities in Canada 2008, January 2010, NCCHPP
Posted on : 1/28/2010. Categorized as : health inequalities
In order to find out whether the release of several public health reports and the publicizing of conferences and events would receive significant press coverage, the NCCHPP commissioned the Caisse Chartier Press Analysis Laboratory at the Université du Québec à Montréal to find out.
Strategies to Control Community-Associated Antimicrobial Resistance Among Enteric Bacteria and MRSA in Canada: A Comprehensive Review, January 2010, NCCID
Posted on : 2/8/2010. Categorized as : infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance
Resistance to antimicrobial drugs is a concern that exists worldwide and has a significant impact on human and animal health. Knowledge and practice gaps exist around the control of antimicrobial resistant infections in Canada, particularly in the community setting. To learn more, please consult this comprehensive review prepared for the NCCID.
Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Children in Child Protection Services, NCCAH
Posted on : 1/15/2010. Categorized as : aboriginal health, children
This fact sheet from NCCAH summarizes research findings exploring the differences between First Nations, Inuit, Métis and non-Aboriginal children served by the child welfare systems in Canada.
Contraception Methods for HIV-Positive Women and Women at Risk of HIV, February 2010, NCCID
Posted on : 2/9/2010. Categorized as : infectious diseases, HIV
Twenty-five percent of women living with HIV/AIDS (WHA) worldwide have an unmet need for contraception. More importantly, contraceptive methods must not increase the risk of HIV transmission to women at risk of HIV, increase disease progression or mortality rate in WHA, or increase incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and/or other related infections in this already vulnerable population. NCCID has produced this evidence review outlining some contraceptive methods for women living with HIV/AIDS and women at risk of HIV.
Health in Political Philosophy: What Kind of Good is it?, January 2010, NCCHPP
Posted on : 1/28/2010. Categorized as : healthy public policy
As part of a collaborative project between the NCCHPP and the Centre de recherche en éthique de l'Université de Montréal-CRÉUM (Research Centre on Ethics, University of Montréal) philosopher and Professor Daniel Weinstock gave a presentation on distributive justice in health.

What is Evidence? A philosophical perspective, January 2010, NCHPP
Posted on : 1/28/2010. Categorized as : healthy public policy
Professor Daniel Weinstock's keynote address at the NCCs 2007 Summer Institute starts out with the claim that 'Evidence is not proof.' He then goes on to discuss what evidence is, clarifying our understanding of the concept using a philosophical perspective. This transcript from Dr. Weinstock's presentation lends some valuable perspective in a short read. To download the document, click here.
Interventions to Prevent HIV Transmission in Serodiscordant Couples, January 2010, NCCID
Posted on : 2/10/2010. Categorized as : infectious diseases, HIV
Many people living with HIV/AIDS (PHA) are in an ongoing sexual relationship with an HIV negative partner. These couples are referred to as discordant, serodiscordant, or serodivergent couples. The purpose of this paper, developed by the NCCID, is to review the literature for prevention interventions that target either men who have sex with men (MSM) or heterosexual discordant couples.
A Review of Alternative Practices to Antimicrobial Use for Disease Control in the Commercial Feedlot, January 2010, NCCID
Posted on : 2/8/2010. Categorized as : infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance
Prepared for NCCID, this comprehensive review has two purposes; to give an overview of the modern feedlot industry in North America to provide context, and to search the scientific literature in order to identify alternative practices to antimicrobial use for disease control in that same industry.
The Importance of Disaggregated Data, NCCAH
Posted on : 1/15/2010. Categorized as : aboriginal health, children
What is the difference between aggregated and disaggregated data? In this fact sheet, NCCAH explores the importance of collecting disaggregated data on the distinct experiences of First Nations, Métis and Inuit children.
Child Welfare Services in Canada: Aboriginal and Mainstream, NCCAH
Posted on : 1/15/2010. Categorized as : aboriginal health, children
This fact sheets explore the different child welfare services in Canada and the role of First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities.
Wind Turbines and Health, January 2010, NCCEH
Posted on : 1/12/2010. Categorized as : environmental health
This document synthesizes available research relating to the potential for wind turbines to affect the health of nearby residents.
Environmental Scan 2009, NCCMT
The NCC for Methods and Tools has undertaken this environmental scan to inform its strategic planning activities for the next five years (2010–2015). This environmental scan will highlight and summarize new and emerging developments, pressures and potential opportunities in the broad health care landscape.
A Model for Evidence-Informed Decision-Making in Public Health, NCCMT
Evidence-informed public health involves integrating the best available research evidence into the decision-making process. The NCC for Methods and Tools has developed a fact sheet providing various sources of evidence and examples to consider in the evidence-informed public health decision-making process.