Connecting for Care

Please take 15 minutes to help improve health care for Canadian kids

Vancouver, BC—April 26, 2023— A network of researchers from across Canada are conducting a national survey to understand how groups of people involved in child development and rehabilitation connect with others to share and use knowledge. The goal is to improve families’ access to safe, effective health care and knowledge.  The findings can be used to create strategies and to support connections that help move knowledge into action.

The Connecting for Care survey has two aims:

1. To learn about the connections and gaps between people involved in knowledge translation in Canada, we will ask you to name up to 5 people (including researchers, health care providers, families, and knowledge translation support people) with whom you connect for knowledge translation. This will allow us to make a map that shows where strong connections and gaps in connections exist across Canada.
   Note: No names will be used in any reports of the findings. Names are needed to create the map of the connections between people who complete this survey, and then names will be deleted from the data set.
2. To help us understand who took part in this survey from across Canada, we will ask you questions about you and your background.

Who is this survey for?

This survey is for people who are involved in child development and rehabilitation in Canada, including family members and caregivers, health care providers, researchers, and knowledge translation support people.

• Family members (parent, grandparent, etc.) or caregivers (including kinship care, foster care)
  • If your child has an exceptionality (what the health community considers a disability, for example autism, cerebral palsy, ADHD)
  • If you have accessed specialized services to support a child’s development.
• Researchers who want child development or rehabilitation research to have more impact
• Healthcare providers who work in child development or rehabilitation
• Supporters focused on moving child development or rehabilitation knowledge into practice

Participate in the survey by May 31

The survey should take about 15 minutes to complete. You can save your answers and come back to finish the form later. Answers will be stored in a secure database called REDCap, hosted by the University of Manitoba.

This project is led by researchers at the University of Manitoba and Sunny Hill Health Centre at BC Children’s Hospital, and our team includes parent, family and Indigenous partners, health care providers, knowledge translation support people, and researchers from across Canada.

About the research team

The Connecting for Care research team has received national funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and is independent of any government ministries. With a commitment to to the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action, they aim to ensure that Indigenous peoples are represented in this work. Indigenous representatives are part of the team, which engages in ongoing learning about cultural safety and trauma. The team is committed to using the utmost care to ensure that anyone choosing to take part in the survey has a safe, confidential space to share their perspectives.

Learn more about the study.