Promoting Action on Equity Issues: A Knowledge-to-Action Handbook

Description

This toolkit provides guidance on evidence-informed decision making to address health equity issues. Drawing on the results of the Knowledge-to-Action Research Project, this resource provides a framework and worksheets that can be used to develop an equity-focused knowledge translation strategy. The toolkit contains four major sections:

• Section 1: Knowledge translation 101
• Section 2: Getting ready to frame a strategy
• Section 3: Starting in the right place
• Section 4: Developing a comprehensive strategy

Steps for Using Method/Tool

The toolkit guides users through an iterative decision-making process:

• Build a coalition of partners – Use practical considerations for building a team to support your knowledge translation strategy.
• Determine the current challenge – Use worksheets to tease out contextual factors to give a comprehensive understanding of the issue.
• Inform a response – Develop a policy/program response to your issue.
• Inform implementation – Assess evidence to inform how your proposed solution will address the issue through an implementation strategy.
• Change practice – Implement new practice.
• Maintain support – Keep the policy/program agenda, ensure stakeholder and staff engagement