Tools and other resources

Let’s collaborate

• McMaster Health Forum programs
• A brief primer on rapid-learning health systems

Learn how

• Finding and using research evidence (Policy analysis) | Summary sheet
• Finding and using research evidence | Course description
• Setting agendas and developing and implementing policies | Summary sheet
• Setting agendas and developing and implementing policies | Course description
• SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health policymaking
  Also available in French, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese.
  
• Implementing health systems guidance: A workbook to support the contextualization of recommendations at the national or subnational level
• Prompts to assist in executing five strategies to be more efficient, systematic and transparent in using evidence in policy work
  Also available in French

Find global evidence

• Health Systems Evidence: Summary of key features and functions
• Health Systems Evidence: Taxonomy of governance, financial and delivery arrangements and of implementation strategies within health systems (Français)
• Social Systems Evidence: Summary of key features and functions
• Social Systems Evidence: Taxonomy of program and service areas, governance, financial and delivery arrangements, and implementation strategies within social systems
• McMaster Optimal Aging Portal: Rationale and features
• McMaster Optimal Aging Portal: Information about healthy aging that you can trust: Handout for professionals
• McMaster Optimal Aging Portal: Information about healthy aging that you can trust: Brochure

Find domestic evidence

• Rapid Response program: Summary of service timelines
• Engaging with citizen partners in evidence syntheses (resource)
• McMaster Forum citizen partners for evidence synthesis (infographic)

Spark action

• Stakeholder Dialogues program
• Overview of the McMaster Health Forum’s approach to convening citizen panels

Leverage networks

• Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges outputs (which are available in other languages, including Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish)
  • Report 2022 and executive summary 2022
  • Update 2023
  • Update 2024
  • Update 2025
• ‘SHOW ME the evidence’ consensus statement (2024)
• Rapid evidence-support system assessment (RESSA) tool, including:
  • Tool with detailed criteria
  • Procedures document
  • Data-collection template

 About us

1. 15 years of providing timely demand-driven evidence support
2. Biennial report - April 2021
3. Ten years of supporting evidence-informed policymaking