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HCBD – Funder & National Partners

Incubating Inter-sectoral Collaboration to Foster Active Transportation: Building a Community of Practice to Support Policy Change Kim Perrotta, HCBD Knowledge Translation & Communications Heart and Stroke Foundation CPHA National Conference, Toronto, May 2014.

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HCBD – Funder & National Partners

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  1. Incubating Inter-sectoral Collaboration to Foster Active Transportation: Building a Community of Practice to Support Policy Change Kim Perrotta, HCBD Knowledge Translation & Communications Heart and Stroke Foundation CPHA National Conference, Toronto, May 2014

  2. HCBD – Funder & National Partners Funder: Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC) CLASP 5 National Organizations: • Heart & Stroke Foundation (HSF) - Lead Agency • Urban Public Health Network (UPHN) • Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) • Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers (CITE) • National Collaborating Centre Healthy Public Policy (NCCHPP)

  3. HCBD – Health Authorities HCBD CLASP I Quebec & Ontario & BC • Montreal Public Health • Toronto Public Health • Peel Public Health • Vancouver Coastal Health • Fraser Health Authority • Vancouver Island Health Authority (CLASP I only) HCBD CLASP Renewal NFLD & New Brunswick & Nova Scotia, Manitoba & Saskatchewan • Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Wellness Advisory Council/Eastern Health Region • Capital DistrictHealth • New Brunswick Department of Health • Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region • Winnipeg Region Health Authority • Ottawa Public Health (unfunded)

  4. HCBD – Other Partners NGOs • Toronto Centre for Active Transportation • Montreal Urban Ecology Centre Academic Partners • Simon Fraser University • Memorial University • Dalhousie University • University of Montreal Governmental Partners • Canadian Institute of Health Information • Public Health Agency of Canada

  5. HCBD CLASP Vision Statement Health officials, planners, engineers and NGOs in communities across Canada collaborate seamlessly to: • ensure built environments are designed to promote health and well-being, • thus contributing to the reduction of risk factors for chronic diseases

  6. HCBD Objective #1 – Deepening Impact Two Transportation & Health Data Projects • Simon Fraser University & BC Health Authorities • University of Montreal & Montreal Public Health Community Engagement & Active Transportation • Toronto Centre for Active Transportation & Toronto Public Health Piloting Traffic Calming Policies • National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy • Heart and Stroke Foundation Innovative Street Design Case Studies • Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers

  7. HCBD Objective #2: Broadening Impact • Six new health authorities: • Five new provinces • Extend work - rural & remote contexts • Bring health considerations into local policies • Create communities that foster physical activity & active transportation • Twin Goals: • Affect policy at a local level • Build Capacity within Health Authorities

  8. Knowledge Translation & Communications Five Layered Plan: • Build Capacity within Health Authorities • Build awareness within Local Communities • Build a Multi-Community Collaborative • Build a Multi-Sectoral Community of Practice • Share Resources & Lessons Learned with Broader Network

  9. Layer 1: Building Capacity Planner Facilitator for each Health Authority Team: • Identify strategic opportunities to influence land use & transportation planning processes at a local level • Facilitate relationship-building with planning & transportation professionals • Build capacity within Health • Learn by Doing • Build health into local policies

  10. Layer 2: Building Support in LocalCommunities Building awareness & support with Local Stakeholders by: • Providing access to a Prominent Speaker (Dr. Karen Lee) • Organizing local workshops & Meetings with: • Municipalities • Provincial Departments • Health Stakeholders • Chamber of Commerce • the Public

  11. Layer 3: Building a Multi-Community Collaborative Peer to Peer Sessions for Health Authority Teams • Presentations & Discussions • HCBD Resources &Tools • Pilot Projects & Leaders • Speakers: • HCBD Members • Other Health Authorities • Transportation Professionals • Planning Professionals

  12. Layer 3: Building a Multi-Community Collaborative Foster Information Sharing between Project Teams: • HCBD resources & other resources on website • Member & Peer to Peer PPTs & Recordings on website • Members Only Pages for: • Project Action Plans & Updates • HCBD Member contact list • Encourage relationships between project teams

  13. Layer 4: Building a Multi-Sectoral Community of Practice Face to Face Meeting for HCBD Members • Updates from all Project Teams & Partners • Presentations on Deep Projects • Strategic Panel with Medical Officers of Health • Round-Table Discussions • Networking

  14. Layer 4: Building a Multi-SectoralCommunity of Practice Peer Mentoring Sessions • Multi-Sectoral Guest Speakers • Early Adopters & Leaders in the Field • For HCBD members plus Guests from partner organizations • Identifying Strategies, Challenges & Lessons Learned

  15. Layer 4: Building a Multi-SectoralCommunity of Practice E-Newsletters for HCBD Plus • Keep HCBD members informed about other partners • Keep members & decision- makers within our partner organizations aware of our work • High level summary presented in attractive format • Circulated through e-mail, listserves, twitter & LinkedIn • Sent directly to over 200 people • High open & click through rate

  16. Layer 5: Communicating with the Broader Network Website Articles: • Articles on HCBD resources, tools, reports & key events organized by HCBD partners • Reach out to planning, public health & transportation professionals • Circulated through members, e-mail list, listserves, twitter & LinkedIn • 17 produced to date • Generated 450 hits each on website

  17. Layer 5: Communicating with the Broader Network HCBD Webinar Series: • Showcase 12 HCBD CLASP Projects in 4 national Webinars • Focus on tools developed, strategies employed, interventions piloted & lessons learned • First two drew > 160 & 110 participants across Canada 3 National Conferences to: • Showcase 12 HCBD Projects in Panel presentations to three national conferences • CPHA, CITE & CIP Annual Conferences

  18. KTE - Lessons Learned – Organizer’s Perspective • Access to Planner for Health Authorities • Health authorities found this very helpful • Peer to Peer Sessions • Fewer guest speakers & more time for discussion • Begin with: • Primer in health & the built environments • Primer on planning process & health communities • Primer on strategies employed by other health authorities • Face to Face Meetings • Do them early on so HCBD Members from different sectors & jurisdictions get to know each other sooner • Focus more on Partner’s Projects

  19. KTE - Lessons Learned – Organizer’s Perspective • Local Stakeholders • Very useful to have a prominent speaker to draw an audience • Peer Plus Sessions • Very popular with decision-makers & members within partners • More sets of sessions targeting different audiences: for health, planning & transportation professionals • Social Media • E-Newsletterswere welcomed; start earlier in the process • Articles on Website were welcomed by partners & broader community • Twitter was important for building website audience

  20. Contact Information: Kim Perrotta, HCBD Knowledge Translation & Communications & HSF kperrotta@hsf.ca 905-627-2157, Hamilton, Ontario Gene, HCBD Project Manager & HSF gchin@hsf.ca ne Chin604-685-7036, Vancouver, BC Twitter@hcbdclasp http://hcbd-clasp.com/

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