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I'll be live tweeting "Knowledge Mobilization in the time of COVID: Valuable practices we are learning and employing" at #CKF20 with the all-star line up of @DalVPR @gailtomblin @jmllhfx @LisaBarrettID @Peterlevesque
After speakers' bios, it's clear Halifax is a powerhouse!
Knowledge mobilization in health is especially important in the days of COVID.
Vaccination is one of the 10 interventions (along with clean water) that have improved human life.
Knowledge mobilization in health is especially important in the days of COVID.
Vaccination is one of the 10 interventions (along with clean water) that have improved human life.
@jmllhfx describing how vaccines are approved. Covid vaccine taskforce was in unique place at its start because there wasn't much knowledge to mobilize. The taskforce brought together a multidisciplinary team of experts.
The method of learning:
Review litt
Robust consultation with experts where no one was attached to ideas
All members had willingness to identify the strongest ideas.
Output:
Recommendations for various ministries
Review litt
Robust consultation with experts where no one was attached to ideas
All members had willingness to identify the strongest ideas.
Output:
Recommendations for various ministries
@gailtomblin talking about @NSHAResearch's Skunkworks team. Very innovative interdisciplinary approach to work quickly in this context.
Involves partners from industry, healthcare, and startups.
Involves partners from industry, healthcare, and startups.
Impressive participation of companies from Atlantic Canada. I wonder if the relatively small Atlantic population has something to do with people's drive to get involved within their community.
@LisaBarrettID The amount of change you should expect to see in the knowledge you're translating in the COVID context is large.
Wave 1 context: little info, huge demand.
Public: Scared
Government: Needed info for important decisions
Researchers: Needed data
Wave 1 context: little info, huge demand.
Public: Scared
Government: Needed info for important decisions
Researchers: Needed data
Thinks social media is an important channel to communicate good knowledge, otherwise it can be filled by other, less credible, sources.
At the start of COVID, knowledge translation relied on expert opinion, not so much data.
A facebook "step up, not out" campaign, based on expert opinion, became a nation-wise campaign: https://revolve.ca/work/step-up-not-out/
A facebook "step up, not out" campaign, based on expert opinion, became a nation-wise campaign: https://revolve.ca/work/step-up-not-out/
Understanding "Symptoms vs Being contagious": Led to a package for policy makers that turned out the current rapid testing capacity.
@jmllhfx on Canada's lack of vaccine manufacturing capacity. Likely a month difference between when vaccines are first available and when we get them here.
@gailtomblin on expert opinion: NS has a process for rapid reviews where experts can quickly be mobilized.
@gailtomblin on expert opinion: NS has a process for rapid reviews where experts can quickly be mobilized.
@jmllhfx Changes about COVID come faster than in any other context: very difficult challenge. How do we communicate this, maintain trust, and manage expectations?
@LisaBarrettID Important to include people who don't share perspectives, lots input from lots of people builds trust.
@LisaBarrettID Important to include people who don't share perspectives, lots input from lots of people builds trust.
Interesting paper in the comments: The Visual Vaccine Debate on Twitter: A Social Network Analysis
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2847
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/2847
No point in making science based recommendations that aren't implementable.
Recommendations should focus on: Here's what's helpful, here's what will be helpful along the road.
Recommendations should focus on: Here's what's helpful, here's what will be helpful along the road.
Can meaningful changes of attitude happen through social media? Unclear.
Vaccine hesitancy is along a spectrum. Some people just have some questions they want answered.
Vaccine hesitancy is along a spectrum. Some people just have some questions they want answered.
Who is doing a good job communicating what is happening (on a political level)?
@StrangRobert is a great example of humility, doing his best, and earning the public's trust.
Communication and maintaining public trust is hard when it has to be fast and things change often.
@StrangRobert is a great example of humility, doing his best, and earning the public's trust.
Communication and maintaining public trust is hard when it has to be fast and things change often.
Was there something there in NS/Atlantic that helped with their COVID response?
Atlantic Canadians follow rules and partner very well.
Learned from others in other regions.
Atlantic Canadians follow rules and partner very well.
Learned from others in other regions.
