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Literature Review of home visiting programs similar to KidsFirst

Submitted by Fleur Macqueen Smith on Tue, 2010-06-01 14:56

This home visiting literature review was conducted to inform the KidsFirst evaluation.

kidSKAN: a community of practice

Submitted by Fleur Macqueen Smith on Mon, 2010-05-17 12:56

What is a community of practice? kidSKAN as a community of practice. Touring the kidSKAN web community. Presentation by Fleur Macqueen Smith, Research and Knowledge Transfer Officer, Healthy Children research team, Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit (SPHERU, www.spheru.ca), kidSKAN Connectors Forum, May 13, 2010 in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Paediatricians say better health depends on ending child and youth poverty: new report

The Canadian Paediatric Society is calling upon governments at all levels to commit themselves to ending child and youth poverty in Canada. As part of its new report, Are We Doing Enough?, the CPS calls for a national child poverty strategy, with provincial/territorial targets and timetables to address disparities in income and opportunities. The CPS also suggests 10 ways to advocate for child and youth health (see http://www.cps.ca/English/Advocacy/StatusReport.htm)

“As Canadians, we insist on our right to universal health care, yet we do not recognize the right of children and youth to grow up with adequate resources,” said pediatrician Dr. Andrew Lynk, chair of the CPS Action Committee for Children and Teens. “Good health outcomes for growing children are seriously compromised by poverty.” Read more...

Using research to impact policy and practice

Submitted by Fleur Macqueen Smith on Tue, 2009-11-10 06:02

This poster describes the decision-maker based approach that the Healthy Children research team in Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit uses to conduct research with decision-makers, its development, and its impact in the Saskatoon Understanding the Early Years study.

The steps are: 1) Identify decision-makers; 2) Involve them early; 3) Involve them often; 4) Conduct research they can use; and 5) Give them results they understand.

Child Health Outcomes Policy Report (2004)

Submitted by Fleur Macqueen Smith on Mon, 2009-11-09 12:28

The purpose of this report, Understanding the Policy Landscape of Early Childhood Development in Saskatchewan, is twofold: to survey the policy landscape of early childhood development provincially and nationally, and to report on our knowledge transfer efforts to bring our research results to policy-makers and improve its uptake. This policy work is part of the Child Health Outcomes project, which examined how children’s health outcomes, from birth to age eight, are critically influenced by a combination of family circumstances and neighbourhood conditions. The technical report on this research is located here.

Child Health Outcomes Technical Report (2004)

Submitted by Fleur Macqueen Smith on Mon, 2009-11-09 12:23

This report describes research conducted to understand how children’s health outcomes, from birth to age eight, are critically influenced by a combination of family circumstances and neighbourhood conditions. While it has been known intuitively for many generations that family circumstances and neighbourhood conditions play a critical role in shaping healthy childhood development, there is much to learn about how specific family or neighbourhood characteristics, either alone or in combination, work to affect specific childhood outcomes. This research project attempts to understand the seemingly intuitive but complex question of how families and neighbourhoods help or hinder children in the earliest years of their lives. Read more...