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Politis CE, Halligan MH, Keen D, et al. Supporting the diffusion of healthy public policy in Canada: the Prevention Policies Directory. Online J Public Health Inform. 2014;6(2):e177doi: 10.5210/ojphi.v6i2.5372.
Politis, C. E., Halligan, M. H., Keen, D., & Kerner, J. F. (2014). Supporting the diffusion of healthy public policy in Canada: the Prevention Policies Directory. Online journal of public health informatics, 6(2), e177. https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i2.5372
Politis, Christopher E, et al. "Supporting the diffusion of healthy public policy in Canada: the Prevention Policies Directory." Online journal of public health informatics vol. 6,2 (2014): e177. doi: https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i2.5372
Politis CE, Halligan MH, Keen D, Kerner JF. Supporting the diffusion of healthy public policy in Canada: the Prevention Policies Directory. Online J Public Health Inform. 2014 Oct 16;6(2):e177. doi: 10.5210/ojphi.v6i2.5372. eCollection 2014. PMID: 25379125; PMCID: PMC4221084.
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Online J Public Health Inform. 2014 Oct 16;6(2):e177. doi: 10.5210/ojphi.v6i2.5372. eCollection 2014.

Supporting the diffusion of healthy public policy in Canada: the Prevention Policies Directory.

Online journal of public health informatics

Christopher E Politis, Michelle H Halligan, Deb Keen, Jon F Kerner

Affiliations

  1. Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, Policy Analyst, Prevention, ON.
  2. Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, Program Manager, Prevention, ON.
  3. Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, Director, Prevention & Research, ON.
  4. Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, Senior Scientific Lead for Population Health and Knowledge Management, ON.

PMID: 25379125 PMCID: PMC4221084 DOI: 10.5210/ojphi.v6i2.5372

Abstract

Healthy public policy plays an essential role in a comprehensive public health approach to preventing cancer and chronic disease. Public policies spread through the 'policy diffusion' process, enabling governments to learn from another's enacted policy solutions. The Prevention Policies Directory (the Directory), an online database of municipal, provincial/territorial, and federal cancer and chronic disease prevention policies from across Canada, was developed to facilitate the diffusion of healthy public policies and support the work of prevention researchers, practitioners, and policy specialists. This information technology solution was implemented, through a participatory engagement approach, as a communication channel or policy knowledge transfer tool. It also addressed the intrinsic shortcomings of environmental scanning for policy surveillance and monitoring. A combination of quantitative web metrics and qualitative anecdotal evidence have illustrated that the Directory is becoming an important tool for healthy public policy surveillance and policy diffusion in Canada.

Keywords: cancer prevention; chronic disease prevention; healthy public policy; knowledge transfer and exchange; policy diffusion; policy informatics

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