Developing a Research-Policy Partnership to Improve Children’s Mental Health in British Columbia

February 11, 2007

Charlotte Waddell, Cody A. Shepherd, and Jayne Barker. (2007). Developing a research-policy partnership to improve children’s mental health in British Columbia. In James A. LeClair and Leslie T. Foster (Eds.), Contemporary issues in mental health: Concepts, policy and practice. Canadian Western Geographical Series, vol. 41 (pp. 183–198). Victoria, BC: Western Geographical Press.

ABSTRACT

Our partnership was motivated by our common commitment to improving children’s mental health in the population. From the outset, we believed that more policy-making should be informed by research evidence and that more research should be relevant to policy-making. By developing a research-policy partnership, we hoped to raise children’s mental health on the public policy agenda, to promote a comprehensive strategy for improving children’s mental health, and to increase upstream investments. Encouraging “evidence-based” policy and practice has been an ongoing underlying objective of our partnership.

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