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Sarah Janac

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Knowledge Mobilisation in Public Health. Part of the PHIRST Elevate Team based at the University of Edinburgh.

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Sarah Janac @sarahjanac.bsky.social · Mar 20

You’ve just agreed to evaluate a public health intervention. How and when do you kick-start the knowledge mobilisation process?

First steps outlined in the blog below 👇

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Sarah Janac @sarahjanac.bsky.social · Mar 19

NIHR PHIRST @nihr-phirst.bsky.social · Mar 19

Do you work in Local Government and have a #PublicHealth scheme in need of evaluation?

The PHIRST scheme is now accepting Expressions of Interest ➡️ nihr.ac.uk/funding/publ...

@local.gov.uk @adphuk.bsky.social @cosla.gov.uk @nhswalesexecutive.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social

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Sarah Janac @sarahjanac.bsky.social · Feb 17

First KM blog post: What is Knowledge Mobilisation? I have come across lots of definitions, but not many visuals, so I gave it a go myself. If you know of any good visuals on Knowledge Mobilisation – please send them my way!

blogs.ed.ac.uk/thekmblog/20...

Sarah Janac @sarahjanac.bsky.social · Feb 3

I spend a lot of time “doing Knowledge Mobilisation” for public health evaluations.

So I've started a blog to capture all the things I learn, tweak and develop along the way.

Have a read, open to feedback or discussions!

blogs.ed.ac.uk/thekmblog/

Sarah Janac @sarahjanac.bsky.social · Jan 28

Great insights into what works in academic-policy engagement!

UCL Public Policy @uclpublicpolicy.bsky.social · Jan 23

Our final report, The Art of the Possible: Catalysts, Collaborations, and Capabilities in Academic-Policy Engagement, is here!

🌟 What’s inside?
• CAPE’s role in evolving the #academic-policy ecosystem
• Key insights on collaboration
• Tips for academic-policy engagement

bit.ly/CAPE-final-r...

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Sarah Janac @sarahjanac.bsky.social · Jan 20

A little bit of background on how we kicked off our first PHIRST evaluation. Full details on the Evaluability Assessment in the link below.

Full results from this evaluation are expected May 2025.

NIHR PHIRST @nihr-phirst.bsky.social · Jan 16

More PHIRST research @northumbriaideas.bsky.social futures of evaluation symposium. Describing the Elevate teams Evaluability Assessment for @lb-southwark.bsky.social Healthy Lifestyle Service, read the full report 👉https://phirst.nihr.ac.uk/evaluations/southwark-ihls/

Scientific poster displayed on a poster board at a conference. Title is Evaluability assessment of integrated healthy lifestyle service for weight management and exercise referral in Southwark

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NIHR PHIRST @nihr-phirst.bsky.social · Jan 16

PHIRST Light sharing their Newcastle School Streets evaluation phirst.nihr.ac.uk/evaluations/... @northumbriaideas.bsky.social #FutureofEvaluationinHealthandSocialCareSymposium

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NIHR PHIRST @nihr-phirst.bsky.social · Jan 15

PHIRST South Bank colleagues have been busy sharing initial findings on their evaluation with Lambeth Council 'How a violence reduction strategy interacts with its context: a process evaluation'. Full details: phirst.nihr.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
@northumbriauni.bsky.social @susiesykes.bsky.social

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Sarah Janac @sarahjanac.bsky.social · Jan 20

Really enjoyed the @northumbriaideas.bsky.social Symposium on Evaluation in Health and Social Care last week. Leaned lots, and shared some bits on Knowledge Mobilisation.

NIHR PHIRST @nihr-phirst.bsky.social · Jan 17

End of an excellent meeting on the Future of Evaluation @northumbriaideas.bsky.social
the last but definitely not least PHIRST poster from @sarahjanac.bsky.social
sharing her thoughts on knowledge mobilisation @paul-j-kelly.bsky.social @mariehmurphy.bsky.social @eagraham.bsky.social

Dr Sarah Janac standing next to her scientific poster at a conference. The poster is titles Knowledge Mobilisation in NIHR PHIRST Evaluations

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