Turning a community-led youth health survey into a provincial risk factor surveillance system

Public Health 2014May 28, 2014Tannis Erickson

To build… Prevention capacity in Manitoba A province-wide chronic disease risk factor surveillance system

that is integrated with community planning and best practices A sustainable system which fits into the planning cycles at all levels

Our Vision

Development of Partners in Planning for Healthy Living

• Integrated knowledge system to inform local planning

• Common mandate for the prevention of chronic diseases

Manitoba Risk Factor Surveillance System

Best Practices Identification and

DisseminationEvidence-Based

Practice

Strategic and Investigator Driven

Research

Evaluation

Practice-Based Evidence

Knowledge Development / Exchange

Surveillance

Policy & Program Development

purp seprovide current community-specific information on youth

health, with a particular focus on risk factors for chronic disease

http://partners.healthincommon.ca/reports/

Manitoba Youth Health Survey 2012/13 User Guide

Manitoba Youth Health Survey Report 2012/2013 – coming soon

2012 YHS Results

38%

46%

13%

25%

Where We Are Now?

"Data to Wisdom"

Data organized is information

Information made meaningful is

knowledge

Knowledge applied to other

knowledge is intelligence

Intelligence granted

experience is wisdom

Next steps