A pragmatic evaluation of a public health knowledge broker mentoring education program: a convergent mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Public health professionals are expected to use the best available research and contextual evidence to inform decision-making. The National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools developed, implemented, and evaluated a Knowledge Broker mentoring program aimed at facilitating organization-wide evidence-informed decision-making in ten public health units in Ontario, Canada. The purpose of this study was to pragmatically assess the impact of the program.

Methods

A convergent mixed methods design was used to interpret quantitative results in the context of the qualitative findings. A goal-setting exercise was conducted with senior leadership in each organization prior to implementing the program. Achievement of goals was quantified through deductive coding of post

SUBMITTER: Clark EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8845284 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature