Phase IV
Impact assessment

For the fourth phase of the cycle, the follow-up committee can participate in the evaluation of the translation activities. This involves documenting, first, the use of the research results by the workplaces (common step in phases III and IV) and, second, the actual outcomes for OHS. For this phase, the committee pursues the following objectives:

• becoming familiar with the evaluation objectives and commenting on them;
• establishing mechanisms for following up on translation;
• collaborating in the development or choice of simple data collection tools relating to the use of the results in the targeted workplaces;
• facilitating the collection of data in the field;
• commenting on the data collection tools;
• becoming familiar with the results of the evaluation and giving its viewpoint;
• helping to determine recommendations for reinforcing and encouraging good translation practices.