The Canadian Platform To Increase Usage of Real-World Evidence (CAPTURE)
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The Canadian Platform To Increase Usage of Real-World Evidence (CAPTURE)

April 2012 marks the beginning of the Partnership’s second five-year mandate and the next phase of implementing Canada’s national cancer strategy. The priorities and initiatives for the next five years are outlined in our 2012-2017 strategic plan, Sustaining Action Towards a Shared Vision, which will be available in the coming weeks. Our website will soon be updated to reflect the activities supporting the strategic plan. The information below reflects the priorities and accomplishments of our work between 2007 and 2012.

Gathering knowledge to help improve prevention programs and policies

The Canadian Platform to Increase Usage of Real-World Evidence (CAPTURE) is a web-enabled platform to support cancer-control and health-system planners in collecting and reviewing existing chronic disease practice and policy evidence as they evaluate which primary prevention programs are most effective for whom and in what context. CAPTURE will also enable chronic disease prevention practitioners and program managers to assess and report on the results of their work and to learn from one another’s experience. Creating common reporting systems and evaluation measurement tools that help gather knowledge about current chronic disease prevention initiatives helps to improve prevention programs and policies.

Progress to date

  • In 2009, an International Advisory Board was formed to guide development of CAPTURE.
  • A stakeholder workshop of 50 potential CAPTURE users was held in October 2009 to discuss a draft framework and examine priority and implementation strategies for the platform.
  • The first CAPTURE platform features were unveiled in the fall of 2010 and tested by users. Stakeholders responsible for community-based primary prevention programs also participated in a national needs assessment.
  • The Partnership’s CLASP initiative continues to use the CAPTURE platform as a tool to evaluate and report on common indicators on the collective impact of its work.
  • With additional funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada, a project to identify the evaluation needs of communities working with northern, remote and Aboriginal populations was completed. Results will inform development of the CAPTURE client service model and its tool repository.