Apologies for cross-posting. This is a very interesting posting, and could
have implications for the health promotion field.  What will we do with the
Best Practices in Health Promotion project learnings (see
http://www.utoronto.ca/chp/bestp.html
<http://www.utoronto.ca/chp/bestp.html> ) in relation to linking
practitioners and researchers with questions and with practice evidence?  To
a small degree we try to do that here in CLICK4HP, and in various health
promotion e-bulletins or journals like the Ontario Health Promotion Email
Bulletin ( http://www.ohpe.ca <http://www.ohpe.ca> ), Health Promotion
Atlantic ( http://www.chpna.ca/newsite/index.cgi?newsletter
<http://www.chpna.ca/newsite/index.cgi?newsletter> ) Cross Links from
Alberta's Centre for HP Studies (
http://www.chps.ualberta.ca/publications/cross_links.htm
<http://www.chps.ualberta.ca/publications/cross_links.htm> ) and our
listservs and newsletters. 
 
Perhaps we need to promote our work of making information more accessible
and meaningful in a way that captures attention and is widely discussed.
 
Alison
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-----Original Message-----
From: Moore Chamberlin & Associates
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Sent: December 16, 2003 12:53 PM
To: HPLink
Subject: Knowledge brokering


For some time now, the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
(somewhat like our former Health Services Utilization and Research
Commission, now Health Quality Council) has been interested in "knowledge
brokering" - the business of linking practitioners and policy makers with
research-based evidence about good practice and linking researchers with
policy makers and practitioners about questions that need researching. 

The CHSRF has conducted a number of meetings and consultations across
Canada, and reviewed the literature on knowledge brokering.  Think about the
work that you often do in linking people with relevant information and
talking about what people really want to find out about with colleagues,
supervisors and managers and researchers. That "intersection" work is
knowledge brokering.  Making information more accessible and meaningful so
that people can use it as a resource for everyday living.  

I thought you might be interested in a background paper on knowledge
brokering, one new phrase for what health promotion folks have been doing
forever. 

Meredith. 

From: [log in to unmask]
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Date: Monday, December 15, 2003 10:32
Subject: The Theory and Practice of Knowledge Brokering / La théorie et la
pratique du courtage de connaissances

***Le message français suit***


The Canadian Health Services Research Foundation is making progress in the
area of knowledge brokering. To find out what  brokering is and what skills
are needed to do it, check out a new report on the foundation's new and
improved web site. "The Theory and Practice of Knowledge Brokering in
Canada's Health System" is the result of a national consultation and a
literature review on knowledge brokering, led by the foundation.

The report can be viewed at the following link:
http://www.chsrf.ca/brokering/professional_development_e.php

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La Fondation canadienne de la recherche sur les services de santé continue
de progresser dans le domaine du courtage de connaissances. Pour en savoir
davantage sur le courtage et sur les compétences nécessaires pour devenir
courtier, veuillez consulter le nouveau rapport affiché sur le site Web de
la Fondation nouvellement restructuré. "La théorie et la pratique du
courtage de connaissances dans le système de santé canadien" est le fruit
d'une consultation nationale et d'une revue de la littérature sur le
courtage de connaissances, dirigées par la Fondation.

Le rapport peut être consulté au lien suivant:
http://www.chsrf.ca/brokering/professional_development_f.php

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