A presentation at the

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A presentation at the Think Tank What is an
effective chronic disease prevention system and
how do we build it together? CDPAC, November 6,
2006, Ottawa, ON By Dexter Harvey Volunteer,
Canadian Cancer Society Manitoba Division
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• Alliance for the Prevention of Chronic Disease
• Canadian Cancer Society Manitoba Division
• CancerCare Manitoba
• Heart and Stroke Foundation of Manitoba
• Interlake Regional Health Authority

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Partners in Planning for Healthy Living Adapted
from Riley Harvey, Mar 2006
Policy and Program Evaluation
P R O V I N C I A L
Implementation of Policies and Programs
Surveillance
PRACTICE-BASED EVIDENCE
N A T I O N A L / I N T E R N A T I O N A L
Interaction of Manitoba Knowledge
System (CCSCCMBHSFM Health Regions Regional
Community Committees) In Knowledge Translation
Exchange
Capacity Building
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
Best Practices Identification and Dissemination
Strategic and Investigator Driven Research
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Partners in Planning for Healthy Living

• Regional Youth Survey Results
• Regional-level results show areas of concern
• 1 out of 2 Interlake youth receive the
  recommended amount of daily physical activity
• 9 out of 10 Interlake youth do not eat fruit and
  vegetables 5 or more times per day
• By grade 11, 1 out of 3 Interlake youth smoke
• These results are also available at the
  community level.

• Partners in Planning for Healthy Living uses an
  integrated approach to use knowledge in the
  planning of healthy living policies and programs.
  This integrated approach involves interaction
  between
• Surveillance
• Effective (best) practice identification and
  dissemination
• Strategic and investigator driven research
• Policy and program implementation
• Policy and program evaluation

How We Operate Our Values We are inclusive and
flexible We are non-judgmental We are community
friendly Our Principles We focus on evidence We
support the development of knowledge and
capacity within communities We support
integrated, community planning for healthy
living

• What do We Offer?
• Workshops and mentoring to develop community
  capacity for developing, evaluating and improving
  healthy living programs and policies.
• Assistance in developing surveys to gather data
• Systems for compiling, analyzing and integrating
  data from surveys
• Evidence on effective programs and policies from
  research
• Support in evaluating healthy living programs and
  refining them based on evaluation results and
  other evidence
• Access to an emerging Manitoba database ( Risk
  factors and practice-based evidence)

Community-led Actions
Partners
Alliance for the Prevention of Chronic
Disease Canadian Cancer Society, MB
Division Cancer Care Manitoba Heart and Stroke
Foundation of Manitoba Interlake Regional Health
Authority
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Integrated Knowledge System
Best Practice
Surveillance
Evaluation
Whats working
Integration
Communities
Program Planning