Week 1: Course Intro & Getting our feet wet in the literature

NO SEMINAR IN WEEK 1.  JUST PRE-RECORDED VIDEOS AND READINGS

Key questions:

What is KT, according to the mainstream Pop Health literature?

What has been the role of social movements in the history of public health, and how does this relate to the profession's core values, concepts, functions and leadership roles?

What attracts you to a course on KT? 

Objectives for Week 1

• • Overview of course theme
  • Review syllabus
  • Preparing for next week

Readings for week 1

See the "welcome to the course" video for guidance about how to focus attention when reading the two articles below.

Graham, Ian D, et al. 2006. "Lost in Knowledge Translation:  Time for a Map?" The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions 26 (1):13-24.  Please Skim

Brown, Theodore M, and Elizabeth Fee. 2014. "Social Movements in Health." Annual Review of Public Health 35:385–398.

Reference Material (not assigned reading)

Commission on the Social Determinants of Health. 2008. Closing the gap in a generation:  health equity through action on the social determinants of health. Final Report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health, chapter 14, “Political Empowerment – Inclusion and Voice”. http://www.who.int/social_determinants/thecommission/finalreport/en/index.html Links to an external site.. Accessed August 22, 2018.

Videos

Overview of course theme

Preparing for next week