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Citizen brief [37]
A plain-language citizen brief mobilizes relevant research evidence about a problem, options for addressing it, and/or barriers and facilitators to implement these options. Citizen briefs are prepared to inform a citizen panel and are made publicly available after the citizen panels have taken place.
Citizen panel summary [27]
A panel summary highlights the views and experiences of panel participants about a problem, options to address it, and potential barriers and facilitators to implement these options. A panel summary describes areas of common ground and differences of opinions among participants and (where possible) identifies the values underlying different positions. Panel summaries are made publicly available after the citizen panels have taken place.
Citizen panel topic overview [26]
Two-page overview of what was learned from a citizen panel.
Dialogue summary [70]
A summary of what was learned from a stakeholder dialogue that addressed problems, options for addressing these problems, key implementation considerations, and the next steps. Dialogue summaries are made publicly available after the stakeholder dialogues have taken place.
Evidence brief [66]
An evidence brief starts with a policy issue, for instance strengthening the provision of primary healthcare or the need for wider support across health systems to manage chronic pain. It identifies the available research evidence on these high-priority issues. Elements of each brief include: the problem and its causes, possible policy and program options, and a review of barriers of implementation and strategy.
Horizon scan brief [0]
A horizon scan brief is designed to inform horizon-scanning panel deliberations focused on identifying, refining and prioritizing pressing health- and social-system topics that can be considered by government policymakers, system and organizational leaders, professional leaders and citizen leaders. It provides insights from key-informant interviews, evidence documents and the experiences of jurisdictions in Canada and internationally that help explain why a particular topic may warrant attention.
Horizon scan summary [0]
A horizon scan summary provides a thematic summary of what was learned during horizon-scanning panel deliberations, focused on identifying, refining and prioritizing pressing health-and social-system topics that can be considered by government policymakers, system and organizational leaders, professional leaders and citizen leaders.
Issue brief [23]
An issue brief mobilizes research evidence about a problem, possible options for addressing it, and key implementation considerations. Issue briefs are undertaken on policy issues where an evidence synthesis has already been prepared (so a comprehensive search for research evidence is not needed), or a 'one-stop shop' for systematic reviews doesn't exist (so a comprehensive search for research evidence could not be conducted in a timely way).
Knowledge synthesis [1]
An assessment of what is known about problems related to a healthcare topic.
Living citizen brief [0]
A living citizen brief is a plain-language version of a living evidence brief, and synthesizes what is known, based on the best available global and local research evidence, about a priority health- or social-system topic. It provides context for the issue(s) being addressed, clarifies the problem (and it’s causes), frames elements of a potentially comprehensive approach for addressing it, and outlines key implementation considerations. It serves as an input into a citizen panel.
Living dialogue summary [0]
A living dialogue summary provides thematic summary of what was learned from a living stakeholder dialogue that convened government policymakers, system and organizational leaders, professional leaders, and citizen leaders to engage in an ongoing deliberation about a health- or social-system problem (and its causes), elements of a potentially comprehensive approach for addressing it, key implementation considerations, and possible next steps. Living dialogue summaries are updated after each dialogue interaction and made publicly available after it has taken place.
Living evidence brief [1]
A living evidence brief synthesizes what is known, based on the best available global and local research evidence, about a priority health- or social-system topic. It provides context for the issue(s) being addressed, clarifies the problem (and it’s causes), frames elements of a potentially comprehensive approach for addressing it, and outlines key implementation considerations. It serves as an input into a living stakeholder dialogue, and is updated at regular intervals to reflect shifts in how the issue(s) are understood and to incorporate new evidence as it becomes available.
Living evidence profile [0]
Living evidence profiles (LEPs) address specific questions posed by decision-makers about urgent health- and social-system issues. They are prepared in hours or days and then updated at regular intervals as new evidence on the topic becomes available. They provide an overview – not a fulsome synthesis of the best available evidence from around the world (i.e., evidence syntheses) and local research evidence (i.e., single studies) as well as experiences from other countries and from Canadian provinces and territories.
Living evidence synthesis [0]
Living evidence syntheses (LESs) address specific questions posed by decision-makers about urgent health- and social-system issues. They can be prepared within weeks or months, and then updated at regular intervals as new evidence on the topic becomes available. They aim to provide an in-depth synthesis of what is known based on the best available research evidence from around the world (i.e., evidence syntheses) and local research evidence (i.e., single studies).
Living panel summary [0]
A living citizen panel summary provides a thematic summary of what was learned during a living citizen panel about participants’ views about and experiences with a health- or social-system problem (and its causes), elements of a potentially comprehensive approach for addressing it, key implementation considerations, and possible next steps. Living panel summaries are updated after each panel interaction and made publicly available after it has taken place.
Post-dialogue interviews [33]
Video interviews with participants in a stakeholder dialogue (on YouTube).
Rapid evidence profiles [5]
Rapid evidence profiles (REPs) are prepared in hours or days to address specific questions posed by decision-makers about the COVID-19 pandemic response and other urgent health- and social-system issues, and they draw on both the best available synthesized research evidence and experiences from other countries and from Canadian provinces and territories.
Rapid synthesis [120]
The rapid-response service provides a summary of evidence based on a systematic search for information about problems, options and/or implementation considerations related to a specific health system challenge. The service can be requested in a three-, 10- or 30-day time frame.
RISE briefs [0]
RISE briefs are prepared to support Ontario Health Teams (and comparable initiatives in other jurisdictions) seeking to use a population-health management approach to improve quadruple-aim metrics for defined populations and to put in place the building blocks of a more integrated local health system.
Student publication [3]
Students in both the Global Health Advocacy and the Global Health Governance, Law and Politics courses are given the opportunity to have their insights related to numerous global health topics included in a series of publications titled Student Voices. Support for the design, production and printing of the publications is provided by the McMaster Health Forum and the Bachelor of Health Sciences program.
Topic overview [56]
Two-page overview of what was learned from a stakeholder dialogue topic.
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