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Preven&on(Policies(Directory ( ( A(Canadian(tool(for( healthy(public(policy( ( development(in(cancer( ( and(chronic(disease( ( preven&on Michelle'Halligan,'' Program'Manager,'Preven2on' Canadian'Partnership'Against'Cancer' August'30,'2012'

Why(invest(in(an(online(repository(of( healthy(public(policies?( • Finding'+'accessing'policies' =' &me<consuming( • Environmental'scans'=' costly(and(point<in<&me( • Lessons'from'tobacco' control'=' policy(diffusion( an' policy(A( important'process' policy(a( – Process'of'‘learning’'by'one' jurisdic2on'from'another’s' policy'solu2on'' '(Nykiforuk,'et'al.,'2008)' Nykiforuk , C. I., Eyles, J., and Campbell, H.S. (2008). Smoke-free spaces over time: a policy diffusion study of bylaw development in Alberta and Ontario, Canada. Health and Social Care in the Community , 16(1), 64-74.

Preven&on(Policies(Directory( • ↑(access( to'Canadian'cancer'and'chronic' disease'preven2on'policies' • Regularly(updated( by'custom'webPcrawling' technology' • Source'of' prevalence( evidence' • Facilitates(policy(diffusion( across'geographic' boundaries' 3

Facilita&ng(Policy(Diffusion( indoor(tanning(example ( • Emula&on( Policy'scan'on'exis2ng' indoor'tanning'legisla2on' Exis2ng'policies'in'Nova'Sco2a'and'Bri2sh'Columbia' An'Ontario'city'council' uses'these'documents'to' develop'and'enact'a'local' Original'policy'' “Diffused”'policy'' bylaw'' 4

Follow' Learn'more'about' @PrevPolicies'for' using'the'Directory' updates'on'hot' through'webinars,' topics'and'content' guides'and'reports' Link'to'partners' and'other' online'policy' databases' Search'by'keyword,'risk' factor,'policy'type,'or' loca2on' 5

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Opportuni&es(+(Challenges( • Harnessing'the'power'of' social(media( • Linking' evidence(on(policy(effec&veness( to' the'Directory’s'prevalence'evidence' • Monitoring(and(evalua&on(tool 'for'cancer' and'chronic'disease'preven2on'ini2a2ves'in' Canada' ' • Evalua2ng' impact 'is'challenging' 7

Evalua&ng(Impact( • Awareness(( – web'metrics'(e.g.,'web'traffic,'#'followers)' – crossPlinks' • Use(( – web'metrics'(e.g.,'#'searches,'requests'for'export)' – surveys'(e.g.,'inten2on'to'use'/'have'used)' • Applica&on(( – cita2ons' – surveys/interviews'(e.g.,used'to'inform'policy'work)' – retrospec2ve'case'studies?'' 8

Thank(you '' michelle.halligan@partnershipagainstcancer.ca ( ( visit(us:( www.cancerview.ca/preven&onpolicies( www.vuesurlecancer.ca/poli&quesdepreven&on ( (( ( 9