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Geographical Locations - Canada
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- (Statistical) Number of Inhabitants per Doctor: 450
- CIA - World Factbook : Canada
Organisations and Networks
UN and Multinational
Government
Non-Government
- ACPD Action Canada for Population and Development - ACPD is a non-partisan organisation working to mobilise public support for international population and development issues.
- Association of Ontario Health Centres
- Breast Cancer Society of Canada
- Canadian Association for Community Living - fights for more meaningful lives for people with intellectual disabilities in Canada
- Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention - "incorporated in 1985 by a group of professionals who saw the need to provide information and resources to the community at large to reduce the suicide rate and minimize the harmful consequences of suicidal behaviour"
- Canadian Association on Gerontology
- Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety - they provide the most comprehensive list of links regarding all aspects of health and safety
- Canadian Children's Environmental Health Network
- Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children - "to ensure a collective voice for Canadian organizations and youth concerned with the rights of children as described in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the World Summit for Children Declaration"
- Canadian Council on Social Development - "national, self-sustaining, not-for-profit organization. Since 1920, the Council has been advancing social programs and policies to serve children, families and communities -- programs that are central to the well-being of our society. In recent years, our work has focused on the research and analysis of social and economic trends and their effects on the lives of Canadians"
- The Progress of Canada's Children 2001 Report
- Canadian Health Network - “CHN is a national, non-profit, bilingual web-based health information service. CHN's goal is to help Canadians find the information they're looking for on how to stay healthy and prevent disease. CHN does this through a unique collaboration - one of the most dynamic and comprehensive networks anywhere in the world. This network of health information providers includes Health Canada and national and provincial/territorial non-profit organizations, as well as universities, hospitals, libraries and community organizations.”
- Canadian Health Coalition
- Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
The Canadian Health Services Research Foundation supports the evidence-based management of Canada's healthcare system by facilitating knowledge transfer and exchange - bridging the gap between research and healthcare management and policy.
- Canadian Infectious Disease Society
- Canadian Institute of Child Health - "a national non-profit organization with a membership of more than 550 individuals and organizations. Founded in 1977, the Institute is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of children and youth in Canada"
- Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors - "the only professional association for Public Health Inspectors in Canada. It continually works to protect the health of all Canadians, advance the sanitary sciences and enhance the field of public health inspection"
- Canadian Mental Health Association
- Canadian National Literacy Secretariat - works to promote literacy as an essential component for a learning society and to make Canada's social, economic and political life more accessible to people with weak literacy skills
- Canadian Public Health Association
- National AIDS Clearinghouse
- Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists
- Canadian Safety Council
- Canadian Society for International Health
- Canadian Women's Health Network
- CCISD - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Santé et Développement
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health - “The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada's largest health sciences centre devoted to mental illness and addiction. We have a clinical role caring for people with severe mental illness and addiction, with an inpatient capacity of more than 600 beds and extensive hospital and community-based outpatient services. As well, we have research, education and health promotion mandates”
- Children's Aid Society of Metropolitan Toronto - dedicated to protecting children and preventing child abuse and neglect
- Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada (CDPAC) - "The Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada (CDPAC) is a networked community of organizations and individuals who share a common vision for an integrated system of chronic disease prevention in Canada. Its mission is to foster and help sustain a coordinated, countrywide movement towards an integrated population health approach for prevention of chronic diseases in Canada through collaborative leadership, advocacy, and capacity building."
- CyberIsle (Canada) - "The purpose of TeenNet, CyberIsle and their associated Web pages are to provide public access to a wide range of health information, not to give professional advice or interpretation. Our aim is to provide an interactive, autonomy supporting environment where teens can learn about relevant (self-identified) health issues"
- Electrical Utilities Safety Association of Ontario (EUSA) - the oldest of Ontario's Safe Workplace Associations (SWAs), providing accident/illness prevention programs and hazard awareness services, serving firms in the electrical utility, telecommunications, waterworks and pipeline sectors, as well as their related contractors
- Health in Action - on-line access to health promotion and injury prevention information in Alberta
- Health Promotion Bookmarks / Hot Links - provided by Alison Stirling
- Industrial Accident Prevention Association (Ontario) - IAPA is a not-for-profit association with over 120,000 member firms across Ontario. Established in 1917, IAPA is dedicated to helping firms achieve safe, healthy and productive workplaces.
- Institute for Work & Health - "an Ontario-based research, quality improvement and education organization. The role of the Institute since its formation in 1989, has been to research the underlying factors which contribute to workplace health and disability, evaluate designated Ontario rehabilitation facilities, and provide pertinent and timely information on workplace health and rehabilitation to health care workers and stakeholders through education products and workshops."
- Sex Information and Education Council of Canada - "a national non-profit educational organization established in 1964 to foster public and professional education about human sexuality"
- Social Research and Demonstration Corporation - "Since 1991, the Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) has been building knowledge and experience about "learning what works" in social policy, as well as about what does not work. SRDC is recognized across Canada and internationally as a leader in social policy research and experimentation. Our mission is to work to improve the well-being of all Canadians, with a special concern for the disadvantaged, by helping to ensure that social policies are based on evidence, rather than hope, intuition or political expediency"
- Virtual Clearinghouse Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs - "a collaborative effort of a number of organizations having an interest in disseminating high quality information about the nature, extent and consequences of alcohol, tobacco and other drug use. The scope of this information encompasses prevention, treatment, research, enforcement, and development of policy"
Academic Institutions
- British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health - "a research centre created by feminist researchers, health care providers, community groups, and policy makers dedicated to improving women's health"
- British Columbia Injury Research and Prevention Unit
- Camosun College
- School of Health and Human Services
- Canadian Institute of Child Health
- Canadian Social Research Links - "a comprehensive, current and balanced collection of links to Canadian social program information for those who formulate Canadian social policies and for those who study and critique them"
- Centre for Families, Work and Well-Being - "committed to using its research and teaching expertise to promote individual and family well-being, responsive and productive work environments, and strong, sustainable communities"
- CIHI / ICIS - Canadian Institute for Health Information - a federally chartered but independent, not-for-profit organization. It brings programs, functions and activities from The Hospital Medical Records Institute (HMRI), The MIS Group, Health Canada (Health Information Division) and Statistics Canada (Health Statistics Division) together under one roof
- Dalhousie University
- Environmental Health Clinic
- School of Nursing
- Kwantlen University College, serving the communities of Richmond, Delta, White Rock, Surrey, and Langley (British Columbia)
- Human Services Worker Program
- McCreary Centre Society - "a small non-profit society concerned with the health of young people in British Columbia. Since 1977 McCreary has conducted community-based research and projects addressing current youth health issues"
- McGill University
- Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Department of Occupational Health
- McMaster University
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Institute of Environment and Health
- Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Mount Saint Vincent University
- PromoSanté - "un projet conjoint d'Innovaction et du Groupe de recherche et d'intervention en promotion de la santé de l'Université Laval (GRIPSUL). Ces deux organismes ont souvent travaillé ensemble et collaborent une fois de plus pour réaliser le présent projet en association avec le Consortium canadien pour la recherche en promotion de la santé, le Réseau canadien de la santé (RCS) et le Réseau francophone international pour la promotion de la santé (RÉFIPS)"
- Queen's University
- Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
- Health Policy Research Unit
- School of Physical and Health Education
- Ryerson Polytechnic University
- School of Occupational and Public Health
- Université de Moncton
- École de nutrition et d'études familiales
- Université de Montréal
- Le centre de recherche en gérontologie clinique et en gériatrie de l'Université de Montréal
- University College of the Cariboo
- School of Nursing
- University of Alberta
- Centre for Health Promotion Studies
- Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences
- Department of Public Health Sciences
- University of British Columbia
- Department of Health Care and Epidemiology
- Institute for Health Promotion Research
- Student Health Service - "To provide UBC students with access to the best Internet information on illness, health promotion, and preventive medicine. Initially we will provide "mouse click" access to the top sites currently available on a subject. We will provide UBC generated material when we believe this is superior to that available elsewhere"
- University of Calgary
- University of Lethbridge
- University of Manitoba
- Department of Community Health Sciences
- Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation
- Northern Health Research Unit
- University of Northern British Columbia
- University of Prince Edward Island
- University of Ottawa
- Community Health Research Unit
- Epidemiology and Community Medicine
- University of Saskatchewan
- Community University Institute for Social Research
- Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
- Prairie Region Health Promotion Research Centre - "established in 1993 at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada to support and foster health promotion research across communities and five universities in the provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan"
- University of Toronto
- Centre for Health Promotion
- Department of Family and Community Medicine
- Department of Health Management, Policy and Evaluation
- Department of Public Health Sciences
- Occupational and Environmental Health Unit
- School of Physical and Health Education
- University of Victoria
- Centre for Environmental Health
- Faculty of Human and Social Development
- University of Waterloo
- Faculty of Applied Health Sciences
- University of Western Ontario
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Department of Family Medicine
- Population and Community Health Unit
- York University
- School of Health Policy and Management
- School of Kinesiology and Health Science
National Policy and Related Documents
Reports, Guidelines, and Projects
- Canada - Health Indicators 2008
“This year’s report [published by The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI and Statistics Canada in May 2008] includes results for more health regions with a population greater than 50,000 (encompassing about 98% of Canada’s population) and for provinces and territories. This enhancement [from previous year] increases the number of regions included in this report from 71 up to 80. Health Indicators 2008 also provides an in-depth analysis of one indicator — hospital admissions for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC). This indicator includes seven chronic conditions that can potentially be effectively managed in the community but may result in hospitalization in an acute care facility. They are: angina; asthma; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); diabetes; grand mal status and other epileptic convulsions; heart failure and pulmonary edema; and hypertension.”
- Canada's Rural Communities: Understanding Rural Health and its Determinants
The report focuses on the analyses of several pan-Canadian data sources in order to examine whether there are differences in health between rural and urban Canadians. The overarching objective of the report is to create a broader understanding of rural health needs and to inform and support policy and program development. This report is a collaborative effort of the Canadian Population Health Initiative (CPHI) at the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and the Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (CRaNHR) at Laurentian University.
- CHSRF Synthesis: Interprofessional Collaboration and Quality Primary Healthcare
“…This synthesis was initiated to help the gain a better understanding of the evidence surrounding interprofessional collaboration in Canadian primary healthcare, and the potential benefits for patients and healthcare providers. It focuses on existing evaluations of interprofessional collaboration initiatives in the literature and projects funded through the Primary Health Care Transition Fund. The synthesis report incorporates: findings from initiatives or projects that involved primary healthcare provision; a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature regarding outcomes of interprofessional collaboration in primary healthcare; and a Canadian environmental scan to obtain stakeholder feedback.”
- CLICK4HP - On-Line Discussion Forum on Health Promotion at York University
- Comprehensive School Health, Canada
- Distribution and Internal Migration of Canada’s Health Care Workforce
This 2007 report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information states that, "The distribution of health care providers is constantly changing. It is influenced by many factors such as both internal and external migration. Understanding and measuring where exactly these health professionals are located and how they move within the country is critical to the proper planning and management of the health care system. This series of reports uses a combination of Statistics Canada Census of Population and Scott's Medical Database data to examine internal migration - the movement of health care workers within provinces or territories or from one province or territory to another."
- Drug Expenditure in Canada, 1985 to 2007
"Since 1985 drug expenditure has consumed an increasing share of Canada's health care dollar. In 2007, spending on drugs is expected to have reached $26.9 billion, representing 16.8% of total health care spending. Among major categories of health expenditure, drugs account for the second largest share, after hospitals. This report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information, in the series of National Health Expenditure Database Reports, updates trends in drug spending in Canada between 1985 and 2007, primarily from retail establishments, in total, by public and private payers, and by type of drug (prescribed and non-prescribed). Provincial and territorial comparisons are included. International trends are updated based on data from the OECD."
- Equity in the use of health services in Canada and its provinces
"Responsibility for the administration and delivery of most public health care services is devolved to the provinces and territories in Canada. There is variation across provinces and territories in the level and sources of health care financing, resource allocation and payment mechanisms, benefits packages, supply of health services and personnel, and level of further decentralization to regional and local level. This paper quantifies the extent of provincial/territorial variation in utilization by income and determines its impact on equity. Specifically, income-related inequity in utilization of any physician, GP, specialist, hospital (inpatient) and dentist visit is measured...."
- Exploring the 70/30 Split: How Canada's Health Care System is Financed
Today, about 70% of total Canadian health expenditures comes from the public purse. The remainder (about 30%) comes from private sources. In this report, the authors look at trends in financing and at variations in this 70/30 split across provinces and territories.
- Health in the Americas 2007: Canada
As a health agency, the Pan American Health Organization’s core discipline is epidemiology, which enables the measurement, definition, and comparison of health problems and conditions and their distribution from the perspectives of population, geography, and time. This publication on Canada addresses the issue of health as a human right, taking into account both the individual and community contexts, and examines various critical determinants of health, including those of a biological, social, cultural, economic, and political nature. That examination reveals the existence of gaps, disparities, and inequities that persist in Canada, especially those related to access to basic services, health, nutrition, housing, and adequate living conditions as well as to the lack of opportunities for human development—all of which contribute to the greater vulnerability to diseases and health risks of some population groups. [Adapted from the preface of Health in the Americas 2007]
- Health Systems in Transition - Canada
Published by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, the Health Systems in Transitions profiles are country-based reports that provide a detailed description of a health system and of reform and policy initiatives in progress or under development in a specific country. Each profile is produced by country experts in collaboration with the Observatory’s research directors and staff.
- How Good is Canada's Health Care?
This report by Esmail Nadeem and Michael Walker is published by the Fraser Institute, an independent Canadian, economic and social research and educational organisation. It compares the effectiveness of Canada's health care system in comparison to other countries that also have universal access, publicly funded, health care systems.
- Improving the Health of Canadians: Mental Health, Delinquency and Criminal Activity
"The pathways linking mental health, delinquency and criminal activity are interrelated. Mental health can be influenced by various individual, social, cultural, physical and socio-economic determinants. These factors can, in isolation or combination, be related to delinquency and criminal activity. Among youth, for example, research shows that various factors related to mental health within the individual, family, school/peer and community setting are linked to youth's risk of engaging in aggressive behaviour and delinquency. Research also shows that youth involved with the criminal justice system are at high risk for compromised mental health, mental illness, suicide and addictions. A similar pattern is seen among incarcerated adults. Further, in some cases, mental health issues can precede criminal activity; in others, they may develop or worsen with continued criminal involvement and for some, with incarceration. The Improving the Health of Canadians: Mental Health, Delinquency and Criminal Activity report provides an overview of the latest research, analyses and policy initiatives related to mental health, delinquency and criminal activity. It also presents data on the characteristics of and issues facing individuals with a mental illness who were or are involved with the criminal justice system."
- Improving the Health of Canadians: Promoting Healthy Weights
Promoting healthy weights and treating obesity is a complex issue that involves a variety of factors including genetics and personal choices as well as our social, cultural, physical and economic environments. Improving the Health of Canadians: Promoting Healthy Weights, the second individual report in the Improving the Health of Canadians 2005-2006 Report Series, looks at the features of the environments in which we live, learn, work and play that make it easier - or harder - for Canadians to make choices that promote healthy weights.
- Population Health Policy: Issues and Options
This report purpose is to: outline the major issues facing the development of population health policy in Canada; present policy options to a) improve overall health status, and b) reduce health disparities; and launch a public debate on the role of the federal government in the development and implementation of population health policy.
- Primer to Action: Social Determinants of Health
Primer to Action: Social Determinants of Health is an electronic resource that helps us understand and influence how the social determinants of health impact chronic disease. Set in an electronic format, with hundreds of links and resources, it is a practical resource for busy health and community workers, activists, in their capacity as staff, volunteers or community members. Primer to Action provides a point of entry to understand and take action on six health determinants: Income, Employment, Housing, Food Security, Education and Inclusion. It offers concrete suggestions for change in the community, the workplace and the broader society. This new, improved and expanded second edition of the Primer (May 2008) provides: expanded content on all six determinants of health; new sections on how each determinant links to chronic disease; and updated and wide-ranging links and resources from Canada and around the world.
- Promising Practices in Research Use
Many healthcare organisations would like to ensure they are routinely making better use of research as they develop policies or make day-to-day decisions. Promising Practices in Research Use highlights organizations that have invested their time, energy and resources to try and improve their ability to use research. Each story in this series highlights the experience of one organisation in identifying an area to improve, developing a strategy to do so, and experiencing the benefits.
- A Results Based Logical Model for Primary Health Care: Laying an evidenced based foundation to guide performance, measurement, monitoring and evaluation
"This Canadian project analyzed the stated goals and objectives of primary health care outlined in federal and provincial legislation, and by primary health care stakeholder groups, to understand the expected outcomes of investments. Existing conceptual models of health, health care and primary health care were reviewed, as well as literature on linkages between the structure, process and outcomes of primary health care. Key stakeholder input on a draft logic model was sought in a multi-stage iterative feedback and revision process. Stakeholder consultations included approximately 650 individuals across British Columbia "
- State of the Evidence Review on Urban Health and Healthy Weights
“…The relationship between urban environments and obesity has received little systematic attention. Our purpose was to review and synthesize the evidence on: a) structural and community level characteristics of urban environments that promote or inhibit the achievement of healthy weights; and b) the effectiveness of interventions to assist urban populations in achieving healthy weights. Research findings were categorized and tabulated within a framework that examines social determinants of health and multiple levels of the environment (i.e. community-level vs. structural). Four outcome areas were considered: obesity/healthy weights, food/diet/nutrition, physical activity and sedentary behaviour. The resulting analyses provide a high-level overview of the strengths of and gaps in the research on associations between urban environments and healthy weights. The report also identifies priorities for future policy-relevant research and presents the author suggestions for promising interventions that may help to reduce population obesity levels in urban places…”.
- Tides of Change: Addressing Inequity and Chronic Disease in Atlantic Canada
Published by Health Canada, the purpose of this discussion paper is to explore the relationships between inequity and chronic disease in Atlantic Canada in the context of the particular social and economic patterns that may influence health in this region.
Educational Resources
- Canadian Conference on International Health: "Global Change and Health: Who are the Vulnerable?"
This conference to be held in Ottawa Canada, 4-7 November, 2007, "... will focus on threats to health from these changes, factors increasing vulnerability, and ways of responding to challenges, and their results."
- Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Funding Roadmap
The Funding Road Map is provided by the Canadian Coalition for Health Research. The Road Map contains summary information about funding sources for global health projects, both within Canada and internationally, including eligibility criteria, application procedures and contact information. It includes funding sources that support specifically global health research, as well as those that support global research projects that involve health elements and global health projects that involve research elements.
- ISUMA. Canadian Journal of Policy Research
- Journal of Health Communication
Original website founded Lucien E. Schlosser and Eberhard Wenzel, 1997.
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