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NCCMT (Methods and Tools)

Mandate

The National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools (NCCMT) focuses on improving access to and use of methods and tools for getting evidence into decision making for practice, programs and policy making.

Goals

  • Develop the organizational capacity and individual skills of those involved in public health to share what works in public health.
  • Identify, develop and evaluate relevant methods and tools for knowledge translation (KT) and make those methods and tools accessible to people involved in practice, program decision making, policy making and research.
  • Identify gaps in methods and tools for sharing what works in public health and encourage researchers and others to fill these gaps.
  • Build active and sustainable networks that enable practitioners, program decision makers, knowledge experts, policy makers and researchers to share what works in public health; and strengthen partnerships and linkages with other NCCs and their target audiences.

Work to Date

  • Developed and shared a variety of initiatives for skill development and capacity building related to evidence-informed decision making at both the individual and organizational level. Examples include in-person workshops, online learning modules (Introduction to Evidence-informed Decision Making and Critical Appraisal of Intervention Studies), a series of webcasts to support each of the seven steps of evidence-informed public health.
  • Prepared publications and fact sheets on a variety of KT-related issues, including networking in public health; the methods and implications of the rapid review process; a comparison of various methods for knowledge synthesis; risk communication for environmental health (a systematic review); barriers and facilitators associated with the implementation of the nurse practitioner (NP) role in Ontario; and, lessons learned from a case study of organizational capacity to implement EIDM.
  • Produced an online KT story illustrating evidence use in a public health media campaign. Videos and translated transcripts are posted online.
  • Established the Registry of Methods and Tools, an online collection of evidence-informed resources to support KT in public health.
  • Launched the Online Health Program Planner (OHPP), a tool developed in collaboration with The Health Communication Unit (THCU) at the Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto.
  • Created the DialoguePH knowledge translation network, including online discussion forum for network members.
  • Facilitated the creation of the Public Health Knowledge Translation Network (PHKTN) with representation from national and provincial/territorial public health associations; public health discipline associations; and academic institutions with graduate programs in public health.
  • Partnered with CHNET-works! on a pilot initiative to supplement Fireside Chats.

Current Activities 2011-2012

  • Launching revised website with redesigned look and navigation in response to feedback from target group and results of usability testing.
  • Identifying and, where necessary, developing methods and tools to support each step in the evidence-informed public health (EIPH) process.
  • Launching and promoting the Online Business Case Creator, a tool developed in collaboration with THCU.
  • Continuing to find and share stories to highlight public health initiatives that have used a KT method or tool.
  • Continuing to identify, evaluate and share existing KT resources.
  • Exploring creative, innovative and effective ways to engage target users.
  • Developing and promoting additional online learning modules with optional self-assessments and certificates of completion.
  • Engaging in collaborative projects with the NCCs.
  • Continuing to evaluate NCCMT partnerships, communications, capacity-building and networking activities.
  • Engaging graduate and post-doctoral students in the work of NCCMT through our partnerships with the Population Health Intervention Research Network (PHIRNET) and other universities.
  • Facilitating the Public Health Knowledge Translation Network (PHKTN) working group initiated to address the EIPH capacity-building needs of member organizations.
  • Building relationships with public health organizations across Canada to raise awareness of KT methods and tools; support and implement EIPH capacity development opportunities; and foster networking among public health professionals.

Host

McMaster University

Contact Information

National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools
McMaster University
1685 Main Street West, Suite 302
Hamilton, ON L8S 1G5

Phone: 905-525-9140, ext 20450
Fax: 905-529-4184
email:  nccmt@mcmaster.ca

www.nccmt.ca