Canada On The Move: A Response

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Canada On The Move A Response

• Diane T. Finegood, PhD
• Scientific Director
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism, and Diabetes

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What do I know now that I didnt know 24 hrs ago?

• The concept of a national platform for research
  and evaluation has traction with
• Practitioners
• Policymakers
• Researchers

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Why does the concept of COTM have traction?

• Multiple sectors are engaged
• There is a demand for accountability
• The time is right (creation of PHAC)
• The idea is innovative

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What is Canada on the Move?

• Is it a research platform?
• Yes, but barely because more participants are
  necessary
• Is it an evaluation platform?
• No, but it has the potential to deliver aggregate
  information
• Is it health promotion?
• No, but it has the potential to provide program
  enhancement tools (without interfering with the
  above)

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What are program enhancement tools?

• Steps tracking tool
• Graphing of steps
• Information on how to use a pedometer
• Guide to using COTM (increased usability)
• Increase visibility of participating groups
• Feedback on what works, what does not work (best
  or better practices)

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How valid is the data collected?

• Survey instruments were/are developed and
  validated by qualified researchers
• Self-report is an acceptable form of data
  collection
• We can control for the fact that COTM
  participants self-select

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Barriers to participation

• Access to computers
• Non English or French speaking
• Literacy
• Mental health issues
• Ability to give informed consent (eg children)
• Others?

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Next Steps

• Complete meeting and feasibility report (March
  31, 2005)
• Distribute report and copies of presentations to
  meeting participants
• Develop proposal and business case for group
  engagement tools (Adria, David)
• Complete move to Research Net (David)
• Complete CJPH Supplement (Patricia)

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When we get the money we will

• Create a presentation for groups to engage their
  stakeholders
• Develop phased-in plan for organizational
  development including
• Advisory structure
• Succession plan
• Business plan
• Partnership plan
• Revise the website according to what we have
  learned
• Expand upon the research linked to COTM

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What do these terms mean to you

• Program enhancement tools
• Principles of partnership engagement
• Input on the data collection
• Access to the data (beware of ethical constraints)