NCCMT Webinar: Mental Health-Focused Methods and Tools to Support Evidence-Informed Decision-Making

Editor's Notes

• #9: EIPH provides a systematic approach to incorporate research evidence in program and policy decisions. EIPH is defined as the process of distilling and disseminating the best available evidence from research, context and experience, and using that evidence to inform and improve public health policy and practice. Put simply, it means finding, using and sharing what works in public health.
• #11: Where would you go to find resources to help you use research in your work? Within the Registry of Methods and Tools, we have mapped out which methods and tools could help you with each step of the wheel. -the Registry is a collection of KT resources which are relevant for public health =the purpose of the Registry is to make KT resources more accessible -we do this by: -by identifying and filtering knowledge translation resources that are relevant to public health, and -by creating summary statements of those resources to save time for practitioners -our summary statements contains web-links to methods and tools, in addition to supplemental resources that you may find helpful in using the resource
• #12: -here’s a screenshot of the Registry - visitors can access a number of user stories about how people have used methods and tools in their work, recent updates and new resources which have been added, and browse resources in the Registry
• #13: So why is there a distinction between methods and tools? Why is it important that there is a difference? -methods can help you to organize the approach that you use to accomplish a task through a process or series of steps -sometimes methods can help you to learn about a particular aspect of KT and how you think about it -for example, you may want to learn about knowledge management and a method would be a good place to start -tools provide a way to do a task, whether it is critical appraisal of evidence or adapting evidence to your setting -tools can include workplans, instruments, checklists, some sort of tangible product =the value add of having both methods and tools is that you can use both together to accomplish a task – for example, you may access a method on stakeholder engagement to learn why you need to reach out to your stakeholders during your project and what you hope to achieve in doing so -a tool on stakeholder engagement would help your group identify and document the steps you’ve taken in the process
• #15: -the EIPH wheel illustrates the steps involved in evidence-informed practice -the wheel is a guide for practitioners and decision makers to determine how to address a particular issue by systematically incorporating research evidence in the decision making process -there are 7 steps in the EIPH process that starts with clearly defining the problem, Searching the research literature Appraising the evidence you find Synthesizing or summarizing the research on your issue Adapting and interpreting the findings to your local context Implementing the evidence or appropriate intervention Evaluating your implementation efforts.
• #16: Will develop further
• #18: Can help to have a framework to help define the kind of evidence you are searching for. This framework is drawn from a Report from our colleagues at NCCHPP. Worth noting in this framework that in terms of outcomes, you could look at mental disorder indicators and mental health indicators. This framework is presented as part of a paper looking at the two-continuum model of mental health, which present the perspective that mental health and mental disorder can co-exist – it’s possible to have various states of mental disorder and also experience varying levels of mental health. I won’t go into the two continuum model in detail, but as a scenario to follow through this webinar, I am going to posit that I am interested in finding and using research evidence that speaks to interventions to improve health among a homeless population that experiences mental illness.
• #19: Or if a qualitative question, Population and Situation (P and S)
• #21: -posted on the Registry of Methods and Tools
• #22: gives useful prompts to help you come up with a searchable question
• #24: And other pyramid topics Free access; Need to log-in
• #28: As noted under syntheses, HE is a good source for systematic reviews of research evidence related to public health
• #35: Not a method or tool, but another source where you may find evidence related to mental health interventions
• #48: Second is from CRICH- an adaptation with additional health equity content – so might be very relevant for our evidence-informed decisions related to improving health in homeless populations
• #50: Determine whether to reduce or drop services currently being offered?
• #52: Source document: http://www.mentalhealthcommission.ca/English/node/568
• #59: -the EIPH wheel illustrates the steps involved in evidence-informed practice -the wheel is a guide for practitioners and decision makers to determine how to address a particular issue by systematically incorporating research evidence in the decision making process -there are 7 steps in the EIPH process that starts with clearly defining the problem, Searching the research literature Appraising the evidence you find Synthesizing or summarizing the research on your issue Adapting and interpreting the findings to your local context Implementing the evidence or appropriate intervention Evaluating your implementation efforts.
• #65: thank you for attending today’s workshop For more information about the NCCMT or to access any of the resources noted in these slides, please consult the NCCMT website or contact the Centre directly.