New projects funded under the Enhanced Surveillance for Chronic Disease Program
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Under the Enhanced Surveillance for Chronic Disease Program (ESCDP), the Public Health Agency of Canada is exploring new tools and approaches to collect, analyse, and disseminate timely surveillance information. The Program builds new, non-traditional partnerships and focuses on risk and protective factors for the prevention of chronic diseases.
BikeMaps: A citizen web-mapping surveillance tool for safe and accessible bicycling and healthy living promotion
Traffic Injury and Research Foundation (TIRF)
February 16, 2016 to March 31, 2019
$929,739
TIRF will promote safer cycling by expanding a BikeMaps website and innovative mobile app that allows cyclists to identify potential trouble spots on their routes. BikeMaps will pinpoint areas where bicycle crashes and near misses have occurred, and where other hazards exist. The project will start in Victoria, Edmonton and Ottawa first, and later expand into Montreal, Halifax and Vancouver.
Surveillance of dietary patterns and the food environment among youth and young adults in Canada
University of Waterloo
March 1, 2016 to March 31, 2019
$999,989
The University of Waterloo will develop a national surveillance resource to examine eating habits among youth and young adults. This resource will help identify the reasons why this age group sometimes chooses unhealthy foods.
Establishing an Occupational Disease Surveillance System for Ontario
Occupational Cancer Research Centre (OCRC)
March 3, 2016 - March 31, 2019
$536,614
The OCRC will establish a new surveillance system for Ontario that will identify work-related risk factors for chronic disease. This information will help to identify high risk groups based on occupation, industry or exposure to workplace risk factors.
Applying Innovations in Digital Epidemiology to Scale-Up Chronic Disease Surveillance
McGill University
TBD - March 31, 2019
$998,556
McGill University will expand the use of existing software to document interventions that impact diet-related behaviours. Point-of-sale scanning data and loyalty card data will be linked to databases of nutritional quality to enhance current chronic disease prevention initiatives.
The implementation of a 'Data Presentation Tool' in primary care clinics to enhance the surveillance, prevention and management of chronic disease
Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (CPCSSN)
March 3, 2016 - March 31, 2019
$997,163
This project will facilitate the use of data from de-personalized Electronic Medical Records, resulting in better public health practices in primary care clinics.
The Public Health Agency of Canada invites eligible organizations to submit "Letters of Intent" for the Enhanced Surveillance for Chronic Disease Program (ESCDP) under the Healthy Living and Injury Surveillance for Chronic Disease Prevention Initiative.
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