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We’ve moved. Our new contact information is as follows:

Program in Policy Decision-making (PPD) / CHEPA
McMaster University
1280 Main St. West, CRL-209C (previously 1200 Main St. West, HSC-2D3)
Hamilton, ON, Canada  L8S 4K1 (previously L8N 3Z5)
Tel: +1 905 525 9140 ext. 22521 (previously 22907)
Fax: + 1 905 546 5211

We have contributed to the development of three resources that are now available on the McMaster Health Forum website:

• a one-page tool for finding and using research evidence to inform policymaking
• a two-page listing of the SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP)
• a two-page description of Health Systems Evidence, a continuously updated repository of synthesized research evidence about health systems

New presentations

• Lavis JN. Improving health systems with knowledge translation. Knowledge Translation 2010: Improving Health Care and Health Systems with Knowledge Translation, Halifax, NS, Canada, 8 June 2010.

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New publications

• Lavis JN, Guindon GE, Cameron D, Buopha B, Dejman M, Osei EJA, Sadana R, Sadana R, Research to Policy and Practice Study Team. Bridging the gaps among research, policy and practice in ten low- and middle-income countries: Survey of researchers. Canadian Medical Association Journal; 2010, DOI:10.1503/cmaj.081164.
  
• Guindon, GE, Lavis JN, Becerra-Posada F, Malek Afzali H, Shi G, Yesudian CAK, Hoffman SJ, Research to Policy and Practice Study Team. Bridging the gaps among research, policy and practice in ten low- and middle-income countries: Survey of health-care providers. Canadian Medical Association Journal; 2010, DOI:10.1503/cmaj.081165.
  
• Lavis JN, Panisset U. EVIPNet Africa’s first series of policy briefs to support evidence-informed policymaking. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 2010; 26(2):229-232.
  

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