Grant: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis

Our team has been working on CIHR-sponsored projects to answer the question "What are the most effective ways to use administrative data for chronic disease surveillance?" Our knowledge translation proposal will disseminate what we have learnt so far. Our targeted audiences include the stakeholder groups who are currently working to build surveillance strategies, using administrative databases across our nation. We have planned an iterative, interactive knowledge translation and exchange process, tailored to stakeholder needs. The first level of knowledge dissemination and discussion will involve presenting of the findings in teleconferences that include key stakeholder groups. In the next level of dissemination, we will further communicate our findings to a larger audience, presenting the findings of our research at stakeholder meetings attended by mixed audiences of health care providers, decision-makers and planners, and consumers. These meetings are expected to occur regionally across Canada, and will culminate in a final half-day workshop towards the end of our knowledge exchange project. This workshop will bring together representatives from all stakeholder groups across Canada. Through these ongoing activities, we hope to heighten the interest and involvement of stakeholders regarding improving care for Canadians with chronic diseases, and also guide future research and surveillance activities.