Backgrounder: Population Health Intervention Grants

Backgrounder

The Government of Canada, through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, has funded 13 research projects focused on evaluating the impact of policies, programs and other interventions on population health and health equity. These projects will provide health system managers and policy makers with evidence on which to make decisions regarding the interventions. They represent an investment of $3M over two years.

Principal Investigator Project Title Funding
Dr. Laura Anderson
McMaster University
Evaluation of the Healthy Kids Community Challenge in Early Childhood $248,669
Dr. Cecilia Benoit
University of Victoria
The Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act: A structural intervention impacting health equity for sex workers $249,834
Dr. Jeffrey Brubacher
University of British Columbia
Evaluation of speed limit changes in British Columbia $249,662
Dr. Geetanjali Datta
Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal
The impact of a cervical cancer screening policy change in Ontario, Canada on social inequalities in screening: Quasi-experimental analyses $153,515
Dr. Mélanie Levasseur Université de Sherbrooke Capturing how age-friendly communities foster positive health, social participation and health equity: Towards identification of key components and processes that promote population health in aging Canadians $250,000
Dr. Craig Mitton
University of British Columbia
Evaluation of Vancouver Coastal Health's Second Generation Strategy for the Downtown Eastside (DTES): a population health intervention study $250,000
Dr. Sarah Wakefield
University of Toronto
Evaluating Hamilton's "Neighbourhood Action Strategy": A community-based approach to reducing neighbourhood-level health inequalities $245,338
Dr. Malek Batal
Université de Montréal
Evaluation of the Health and Health Equity Outcomes of Okanagan Sockeye Salmon Reintroduction Initiatives $249,994
Dr. Marni Brownell
University of Manitoba
Envision: Evaluating Home Visiting Interventions for Manitoba First Nations Families $250,000
Dr. Elham Emami
Université de Montréal
Oral Health Integrated into Primary Care: Participatory Evaluation of Implementation and Performance in Quebec Cree Communities $237,692
Dr. Heather Manson
Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Cultivating community partnerships to assess the impact of a population health intervention targeting Aboriginal children and youth for promoting healthy weights in Ontario $248,454
Dr. Robert Schroth
University of Manitoba
A mixed methods evaluation of Health Canada's Children's Oral Health Initiative (COHI). Does it lead to improved oral health for young First Nations and Inuit children? $250,000
Dr. Beverley Shea
Bruyère Research Institute
Outpost Program: A Cultural Intervention for Suicide Prevention for the Innu of Labrador $240,865

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2016-11-01