Linking Knowledge to Action: Advocating for Vaccine Confidence and Trust (ACT) in Parc-Extension

We propose this knowledge translation intervention as an extension to The Advocating for Vaccine Confidence and Trust (ACT) project co-led by McGill University in partnership with Afrique au Féminin. The ACT project provides community members in Parc-Extension, Montreal to narrate the social, economic, and political constraints of their lives that contribute to COVID-19 vaccine decision making.The findings from this project are not limited to vaccines but emphasize the barriers for residents in accessing all health and social services prior to the pandemic and to this present day. Our knowledge translation intervention will be developed using a social justice lens to hold team members accountable and to prevent further data extraction or distributive injustice experienced by the Parc-Extension community. Inspired by Armstrong, Waters et al. 's logic model and Boyko, Riley et al.'s framework for establishing knowledge translation activities, for our ACT project knowledge translation we aim to focus on: (1) co-creation of knowledge translation activities; (2) co-creation of processes through which knowledge is effectively accessible to Parc-Extension community stakeholders (e.g., community organizers, activists etc.); and (3) translating knowledge and implementing it to improve and facilitate evidence informed decision-making (EIDM) in the Parc-Extension community. Our translation event will have two phases. First, we will host a large community meeting 1 that will consist of community residents, clinicians, academics, activists, educators, and policy makers in Parc-Extension to discuss our findings from the ACT project. Our second phase will be dedicated to collaborating with organizations to provide them with communications and evidence summaries that serve their community work, ultimately improving living conditions in this equity-denied and immigrant-dense neighbourhood.