The University-Public Health Partnership for Public Health Research Training in Quebec, Canada
Gilles Paradis1, Anne-Marie Hamelin1, Maureen Malowany1
1Gilles Paradis, Anne-Marie Hamelin, and Michel Rossignol are with the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Gilles Paradis and Pierre Bergeron are with the Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Montreal Quebec. Maureen Malowany is with the Braun School of Public Health & Community Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem-Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel. Joseph Levy is with the Département de sexologie, Université du Québec, Montreal. Natalie Kishchuk is with Program Evaluation and Beyond Inc., Montreal.
Abstract:
Enhancing effective preventive interventions to address contemporary public health problems requires improved capacity for applied public health research. A particular need has been recognized for capacity development in population health intervention research to address the complex multidisciplinary challenges of developing, implementing, and evaluating public health practices, intervention programs, and policies. Research training programs need to adapt to these new realities. We have presented an example of a 2003 to 2015 training program in transdisciplinary research on public health interventions that embedded doctoral and postdoctoral trainees in public health organizations in Quebec, Canada. This university-public health partnership for research training is an example of how to link science and practice to meet emerging needs in public health.
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