title: Innovations in Policy and Practice: Engaging practitioners as scholars.
abstract: The Canadian Journal of Public Health is launching a new section entitled Innovations in Policy and Practice, which will be a showcase for and reflection on innovative public health policy and practice in Canada. The section will focus on articles that describe the development and implementation of innovative policies and practices in Canada and/or that reflect on the experience of practitioners in implementation. The section is explicitly intended to attract practitioners as both readers and authors. This will involve a number of innovations for the Journal that will make the role of author easier for practitioners and result in published material that is attractive and useful, while retaining a scholarly approach. In addition, the review process for this section will be oriented to the reality of practice and undertaken by 'practitioner-scholars' in a collegial and non-anonymous manner.
authors.affiliation: Senior Editor, CJPH, Canadian Journal of Public Health and School of Public Health and Social Policy University of Victoria. thancock@uvic.ca.
authors.forename: Trevor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hancock
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Barr
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Potvin
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011634:Public Health; D015980:Public Health Practice
keywords: Publishing; diffusion of innovation; peer review; policy; public health practice; research