Experimentation, evaluation, and science-informed policy. That’s the approach that the 3-year coalition called Change in Mind is taking to accelerate and infuse brain science into the work of community-based agencies and to align existing policies and systems with the latest neuroscientific discoveries.
Dr. Mosaico, one of our family doctors at Boyle McCauley Health Centre (BMHC) in Edmonton, Alberta, started using the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) survey to therapeutically engage with his clients after he learned about the impact of early toxic stress on later health outcomes. He learned that the link between toxic stress in childhood and a higher burden of disease later in life has been scientifically proven, and that the implication for society and government systems is clear.
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The Alliance for Strong Families and Communities partnered with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Palix Foundation’s Alberta Family Wellness Initiative on the three-year initiative, Change in Mind: Applying Neurosciences to Revitalize Communities.The Change in Mind initiative ran from 2015-2018 in 5 sites in Alberta and 10 US sites.
Click on the link for the following reports:
- Final evaluation
- Overview, Findings & Lessons Learned
- Transformation through Organizational Change
- Transformation through Systems and Policy Change
- Advancing the Use of Data Through Rapid Testing and Evaluation
- Using a Brain Science-Infused Lens in Policy Development: Achieving Healthier Outcomes for Children
http://alliance1.org/change-in-mind
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