The Canadian Institutes of Health Research is launching an Initiative to fund research that supports the delivery of high-quality, community-based primary healthcare across Canada. Its goals are to improve access to appropriate community-based primary healthcare, enhance the patient experience, and contribute to better health outcomes.
Primary healthcare has evolved beyond its origins in family medicine to encompass a broad range of preventative and healthcare services, provided by a range of healthcare providers in diverse community settings. The term community-based primary healthcare emphasizes this evolution.
As the first and most frequent point of contact with the healthcare system for most Canadians, community-based primary healthcare is at the heart of our country's health system. Most diseases are first discovered in primary healthcare settings, where early diagnosis and effective treatment can mitigate the effects of many health conditions.
Community-based Primary Healthcare is also often the hub of patient care, helping to coordinate referrals to specialized care and providing follow-up and rehabilitation services after hospitalizations and major illness episodes.
This CIHR Roadmap Signature Initiative in Community-Based Primary Healthcare (CBPHC) will support researchers to conduct original research on innovative models of care delivery, build capacity for research excellence, and translate evidence for uptake into practice and policy. It will achieve this through two major funding tools:
- CBPHC Team Grantswill support inter-disciplinary, cross-jurisdictional teams of researchers and decision-makers to conduct excellent research and provide superior research training and mentorship across two key research priorities:
- Better Systems: Chronic Disease Prevention and Management
- Access to CBPHC for Vulnerable Populations
- CBPHC Scientist Awards will provide support to a range of clinicians to conduct, translate, and use practice-relevant research.
We recognize the tremendous support of our partners that will help to make the initiative a success:
- Government Agencies and Departments
- International Funding Agencies
- National Alliance of Provincial Health Research Organizations (NAPHRO)
- Not-for-Profit / Voluntary Sector
- Professional Organizations
Engagement with the various partners has helped to: broaden the reach and relevance of the initiative to a range of stakeholders; ensure the initiative is addressing key priorities; facilitate access to new networks and data sources; increase the likelihood of successful dissemination and utilization of research; leverage valuable financial and in-kind resources; and help to ensure the initiative contributes to meaningful improvements in primary healthcare delivery. Please contact us to learn more about partnership opportunities.
Visit us on the web to learn more about the CIHR Roadmap Signature Initiative in Community-Based Primary Healthcare and to stay up-to-date about funding launches, information sessions, and other important news.
Meghan McMahon , Assistant Director
CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research
mmcmahon.ihspr@mcgill.ca
Dr. Nancy Edwards, Scientific Director
CIHR Institute of Population and Public Health
e.diruggiero@utoronto.ca
