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Strengthening child and youth programs: A look at inter-organizational mentoring strategies

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  • Lachance, Lisa
  • Watson, Crystal
  • Blais, Daniel
  • Ungar, Michael
  • Healey, Gwen
  • Salaffie, Moriah
  • Sundar, Purnima
  • Kelly, Laura
  • Lagace, Marie Claude

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Community-based non-profit organizations rarely have access to research or evaluation evidence to inform their programs and often lack the capacity to gather or use this information independently. In 2016, Wisdom2Action—a network of knowledge mobilization (KMb) experts, policy makers and service providers across Canada—launched an inter-organizational mentorship program to facilitate the implementation and sharing of best and promising practices within community-based programs for young people. This article outlines the findings from a developmental evaluation of eight mentoring relationships. Drawing on the Promoting Action on Research in Health Sciences (PARiHS) model of KMb, we look at mentoring as a type of facilitation that supports the increased use of evidence and evaluation information by non-profit organizations and identify key themes that support effective organizational mentorship in this sector. Findings reinforce the importance of establishing connected relationships and understanding context in mentoring relationships, creating adaptive and responsive work plans, ensuring consistent communication, and maintaining a focus on capacity-building if knowledge mobilization is to occur.

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  • Lachance, Lisa & Watson, Crystal & Blais, Daniel & Ungar, Michael & Healey, Gwen & Salaffie, Moriah & Sundar, Purnima & Kelly, Laura & Lagace, Marie Claude, 2019. "Strengthening child and youth programs: A look at inter-organizational mentoring strategies," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 1-1.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:epplan:v:76:y:2019:i:c:9
    DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2019.101679
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    1. Hamid Golhasany & Blane Harvey, 2023. "Capacity development for knowledge mobilization: a scoping review of the concepts and practices," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-12, December.

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