This project comprises the implementation and
evaluation of a new research communication (or “knowledge translation”)
intervention. Building on our long-term
research-policy partnership with British
Columbia’s (BC’s) Ministry of Children and Family
Development (MCFD), the Children’s Mental
Health Research Quarterly is a
new electronic publication compiling pragmatic systematic reviews of the best
available research evidence in rigorous yet reader-friendly formats. The aim is to foster evidence-informed
approaches in policy and practice in order to benefit children. The Quarterly
is distributed through our website with supplementary education and policy
consultation. Policy partners are
involved as partners in the design and implementation. The Quarterly
will be evaluated prospectively using qualitative and quantitative methods to
assess the impact on policy-makers’ and practitioners’ ideas and behaviours
over time
