A Research Translation, Implementation and Impact Strategy for the Australian Healthy Environments and Lives (HEAL) Research Network

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Lyne, K
Williams, C
Vardoulakis, S
Matthews, V
Farrant, B
Butt, A
Walker, I
Chu, C
Dennekamp, M
Espinoza Oyarce, DA
Ivers, R
Jalaludin, B
Jones, PJ
Martin, K
Rychetnik, L
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2023
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Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) is the Australian national research network established to support improvements to health, the Australian health system, and the environment in response to the unfolding climate crisis. The HEAL Network comprises researchers, community members and organisations, policymakers, practitioners, service providers, and other stakeholders from diverse backgrounds and sectors. HEAL seeks to protect and improve public health, reduce health inequities and inequalities, and strengthen health system sustainability and resilience in the face of environmental and climate change, all with a commitment to building on the strengths, knowledge, wisdom, and experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culture, and communities. Supporting applied research that can inform policy and practice, and effective research translation, implementation, and impact are important goals across the HEAL Network and essential to achieve its intended outcomes. To aid translation approaches, a research translation, implementation, and impact strategy for the HEAL Network was developed. The strategy has been created to inform and guide research translation across HEAL, emphasising communication, trust, partnerships, and co-design with communities and community organisations as well as the decision-makers responsible for public policies and programs. Development of the strategy was guided by research translation theory and practice and the Health in All Policies and Environment in All Policies frameworks. As described in this paper, the strategy is underpinned by a set of principles and outlines preliminary actions which will be further expanded over the course of the HEAL Network’s activities. Through these actions, the HEAL Network is well-positioned to ensure successful research translation and implementation across its program of work.

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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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20

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14

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© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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Public health

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environmental change

knowledge exchange

research translation

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Lyne, K; Williams, C; Vardoulakis, S; Matthews, V; Farrant, B; Butt, A; Walker, I; Chu, C; Dennekamp, M; Espinoza Oyarce, DA; Ivers, R; Jalaludin, B; Jones, PJ; Martin, K; Rychetnik, L, A Research Translation, Implementation and Impact Strategy for the Australian Healthy Environments and Lives (HEAL) Research Network, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023, 20 (14), pp. 6383

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