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Michelle'Halligan,'' Program'Manager,'Preven2on' Canadian'Partnership'Against'Cancer' August'30,'2012'

A(Canadian(tool(for( healthy(public(policy( development(in(cancer( and(chronic(disease( preven&on

Why(invest(in(an(online(repository(of( healthy(public(policies?(

• Finding'+'accessing'policies'

='&me<consuming(

• Environmental'scans'='

costly(and(point<in<&me(

• Lessons'from'tobacco'

control'='policy(diffusion(an' important'process'

– Process'of'‘learning’'by'one' jurisdic2on'from'another’s' policy'solu2on''

'(Nykiforuk,'et'al.,'2008)'

policy(A(

policy(a(

Nykiforuk, C. I., Eyles, J., and Campbell, H.S. (2008). Smoke-free spaces over time: a policy diffusion study of bylaw development in Alberta and Ontario, Canada. Health and Social Care in the Community, 16(1), 64-74.

Preven&on(Policies(Directory(

• ↑(access(to'Canadian'cancer'and'chronic'

disease'preven2on'policies'

• Regularly(updated(by'custom'webPcrawling'

technology'

• Source'of'prevalence(evidence'
• Facilitates(policy(diffusion(across'geographic'

boundaries'

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Facilita&ng(Policy(Diffusion(

indoor(tanning(example(

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• Emula&on(

Original'policy'' “Diffused”'policy''

Policy'scan'on'exis2ng' indoor'tanning'legisla2on' Exis2ng'policies'in'Nova'Sco2a'and'Bri2sh'Columbia' An'Ontario'city'council' uses'these'documents'to' develop'and'enact'a'local' bylaw''

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Link'to'partners' and'other'

• nline'policy'

databases' Learn'more'about' using'the'Directory' through'webinars,' guides'and'reports' Follow' @PrevPolicies'for' updates'on'hot' topics'and'content' Search'by'keyword,'risk' factor,'policy'type,'or' loca2on'

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Opportuni&es(+(Challenges(

• Harnessing'the'power'of'social(media(
• Linking'evidence(on(policy(effec&veness(to'

the'Directory’s'prevalence'evidence'

• Monitoring(and(evalua&on(tool'for'cancer'

and'chronic'disease'preven2on'ini2a2ves'in' Canada' '

• Evalua2ng'impact'is'challenging'

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Evalua&ng(Impact(

• Awareness((

– web'metrics'(e.g.,'web'traffic,'#'followers)' – crossPlinks'

• Use((

– web'metrics'(e.g.,'#'searches,'requests'for'export)' – surveys'(e.g.,'inten2on'to'use'/'have'used)'

• Applica&on((

– cita2ons' – surveys/interviews'(e.g.,used'to'inform'policy'work)' – retrospec2ve'case'studies?''

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michelle.halligan@partnershipagainstcancer.ca(

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www.cancerview.ca/preven&onpolicies( www.vuesurlecancer.ca/poli&quesdepreven&on(

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Thank(you

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