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Knowledge Mobilisation Training in Communities to Share Evidence-Based Information about the First 1001 Days: Using Community Champions as Trusted Messengers

11 October 2024

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Georgie Marks (Action for Children), Siobhan Mitchell and Kath Wilkinson (University of Exeter)

11th Oct 2024, 1pm to 2pm

Georgie, Siobhan and Kath discussed how training non-professionals who interact with parents in communities (e.g. breastfeeding peer supporters) has been used to mobilise knowledge about the First 1001 Days.

They shared the theory behind this ‘community champion’ approach as well as the outcomes of research investigating how it works in practice.

Please find below the two research papers referred to in the webinar (both papers are open access and free to download):

  1. The role of community champions in place-based early years support: how can we successfully share knowledge and build parent confidence?
  2. Understanding Knowledge Mobilisation between Community Champions and Parents: Evidence from a Community-Based Programme to Support Parents with Young Children

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