OBJECTIVES: One Child Every Child (OCEC) is a Canada-First Research Excellence Fund research and knowledge mobilization initiative to optimize better outcomes and impact for our children and communities. Our goal is to reverse Canada’s downward trend in child health outcomes in the UNICEF rankings. We are co-designing and co-implementing a value, impact and KM framework aligned with our research strategy in partnership with our research team, patients and their families and local and national communities.

METHODS: Through a series of engagement activities with researchers, partners, patients and end users, we are developing the value, impact and KM framework and associated key performance indicators. Leads of each OCEC theme and accelerator will be surveyed and interviewed about their planned research, anticipated impact on outcome measures, and possible KM strategies in short, medium and long term. Using priority setting and modified Delphi consensus exercises with our internal and external partners we will identify core and specific indicators and metrics.

RESULTS: The overall child-health-specific measurement framework includes three main pillars: 1)Operational Performance Measurement Plan including traditional (ie. research excellence) and non-traditional measures (intergenerational healing); 2)Canadian Academy of Health Science framework to measure research impact through advancing knowledge, capacity building and informing decision making; 3)UNICEF indicators to capture broad physical and mental well-being metrics and impacts on health and social policies. Our co-developed framework applies best practices from existing KM models as pathways to impact. This framework informs KM strategies, plans and tools enabling uptake and implementation through meaningful partnerships between researchers, patient partners, health professionals, and policymakers through continuous performance monitoring and evaluation.

CONCLUSIONS: Our novel co-created patient and community partner-driven model for assessing value and impact in child health and wellness research will be applied to further drive impact through alignment with applying best practices in KM to optimize implementation.