1. Incubating Inter-sectoral Collaboration to Foster Active Transportation: Building a Community of Practice to Support Policy Change Kim Perrotta, HCBD Knowledge Translation & Communications Heart and Stroke Foundation CPHA National Conference, Toronto, May 2014

2. HCBD – Funder & National Partners Funder: Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC) CLASP 5 National Organizations:  Heart & Stroke Foundation (HSF) - Lead Agency  Urban Public Health Network (UPHN)  Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP)  Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers (CITE)  National Collaborating Centre Healthy Public Policy (NCCHPP)

3. HCBD – Health Authorities HCBD CLASP I Quebec & Ontario & BC  Montreal Public Health  Toronto Public Health  Peel Public Health  Vancouver Coastal Health  Fraser Health Authority  Vancouver Island Health Authority (CLASP I only) HCBD CLASP Renewal NFLD & New Brunswick & Nova Scotia, Manitoba & Saskatchewan  Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Wellness Advisory Council/Eastern Health Region  Capital District Health  New Brunswick Department of Health  Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region  Winnipeg Region Health Authority  Ottawa Public Health (unfunded)

4. HCBD – Other Partners NGOs  Toronto Centre for Active Transportation  Montreal Urban Ecology Centre Academic Partners  Simon Fraser University  Memorial University  Dalhousie University  University of Montreal Governmental Partners  Canadian Institute of Health Information  Public Health Agency of Canada

5. HCBD CLASP Vision Statement Health officials, planners, engineers and NGOs in communities across Canada collaborate seamlessly to:  ensure built environments are designed to promote health and well-being,  thus contributing to the reduction of risk factors for chronic diseases

6. HCBD Objective #1 – Deepening Impact Two Transportation & Health Data Projects  Simon Fraser University & BC Health Authorities  University of Montreal & Montreal Public Health Community Engagement & Active Transportation  Toronto Centre for Active Transportation & Toronto Public Health Piloting Traffic Calming Policies  National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy  Heart and Stroke Foundation Innovative Street Design Case Studies  Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers

7. HCBD Objective #2: Broadening Impact  Six new health authorities:  Five new provinces  Extend work - rural & remote contexts  Bring health considerations into local policies  Create communities that foster physical activity & active transportation  Twin Goals:  Affect policy at a local level  Build Capacity within Health Authorities

8. Knowledge Translation & Communications Five Layered Plan: 1. Build Capacity within Health Authorities 2. Build awareness within Local Communities 3. Build a Multi-Community Collaborative 4. Build a Multi-Sectoral Community of Practice 5. Share Resources & Lessons Learned with Broader Network

9. Layer 1: Building Capacity Planner Facilitator for each Health Authority Team:  Identify strategic opportunities to influence land use & transportation planning processes at a local level  Facilitate relationship-building with planning & transportation professionals  Build capacity within Health  Learn by Doing  Build health into local policies

10. Layer 2: Building Support in Local Communities Building awareness & support with Local Stakeholders by:  Providing access to a Prominent Speaker (Dr. Karen Lee)  Organizing local workshops & Meetings with:  Municipalities  Provincial Departments  Health Stakeholders  Chamber of Commerce  the Public

11. Layer 3: Building a Multi-Community Collaborative Peer to Peer Sessions for Health Authority Teams  Presentations & Discussions  HCBD Resources &Tools  Pilot Projects & Leaders  Speakers:  HCBD Members  Other Health Authorities  Transportation Professionals  Planning Professionals

12. Layer 3: Building a Multi-Community Collaborative Foster Information Sharing between Project Teams:  HCBD resources & other resources on website  Member & Peer to Peer PPTs & Recordings on website  Members Only Pages for:  Project Action Plans & Updates  HCBD Member contact list  Encourage relationships between project teams

13. Layer 4: Building a Multi-Sectoral Community of Practice Face to Face Meeting for HCBD Members  Updates from all Project Teams & Partners  Presentations on Deep Projects  Strategic Panel with Medical Officers of Health  Round-Table Discussions  Networking

14. Layer 4: Building a Multi-Sectoral Community of Practice Peer Mentoring Sessions  Multi-Sectoral Guest Speakers  Early Adopters & Leaders in the Field  For HCBD members plus Guests from partner organizations  Identifying Strategies, Challenges & Lessons Learned

15. Layer 4: Building a Multi-Sectoral Community of Practice E-Newsletters for HCBD Plus  Keep HCBD members informed about other partners  Keep members & decision- makers within our partner organizations aware of our work  High level summary presented in attractive format  Circulated through e-mail, listserves, twitter & LinkedIn  Sent directly to over 200 people  High open & click through rate

16. Layer 5: Communicating with the Broader Network Website Articles:  Articles on HCBD resources, tools, reports & key events organized by HCBD partners  Reach out to planning, public health & transportation professionals  Circulated through members, e-mail list, listserves, twitter & LinkedIn  17 produced to date  Generated 450 hits each on website

17. Layer 5: Communicating with the Broader Network HCBD Webinar Series:  Showcase 12 HCBD CLASP Projects in 4 national Webinars  Focus on tools developed, strategies employed, interventions piloted & lessons learned  First two drew > 160 & 110 participants across Canada 3 National Conferences to:  Showcase 12 HCBD Projects in Panel presentations to three national conferences  CPHA, CITE & CIP Annual Conferences

18. KTE - Lessons Learned – Organizer’s Perspective  Access to Planner for Health Authorities  Health authorities found this very helpful  Peer to Peer Sessions  Fewer guest speakers & more time for discussion  Begin with: o Primer in health & the built environments o Primer on planning process & health communities o Primer on strategies employed by other health authorities  Face to Face Meetings  Do them early on so HCBD Members from different sectors & jurisdictions get to know each other sooner  Focus more on Partner’s Projects

19. KTE - Lessons Learned – Organizer’s Perspective  Local Stakeholders  Very useful to have a prominent speaker to draw an audience  Peer Plus Sessions  Very popular with decision-makers & members within partners  More sets of sessions targeting different audiences: for health, planning & transportation professionals  Social Media  E-Newsletters were welcomed; start earlier in the process  Articles on Website were welcomed by partners & broader community  Twitter was important for building website audience

20. Contact Information: Kim Perrotta, HCBD Knowledge Translation & Communications & HSF kperrotta@hsf.cakperrotta@hsf.ca 905-627-2157, Hamilton, Ontario Gene, HCBD Project Manager & HSF gchin@hsf.cagchin@hsf.ca ne Chin604-685-7036, Vancouver, BC Twitter@hcbdclasp http://hcbd-clasp.com/