NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Redvers, Nicole
Licensed Year(s): 2023 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5117. The Principal Investigator (PI) will carry out focus groups with public and community stakeholders, and interviews with physicians to help identify views on planetary health informed healthcare, views on the introduction of planetary health informed prescribing into the regional health care system, and the potential b...

Principal Investigator: Vedam, Saraswathi
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4895. The goal of this project is to develop a valid and reliable person-centered survey to measure the quality of maternity care in Canada among people with various identities, according to the WHO criteria for Respectful Maternity Care and mistreatment. The research team consists of a Steering Council of 10 community m...

Principal Investigator: Cruz, Sheila
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4973. The aim of this project is to understand what the escort policy means to the pregnant women and their escorts and what impacts it has on their overall birthing experience. The objectives of this study are: to understand the relationship of the escort to the pregnant woman and the rationale for escort choice when t...

Principal Investigator: Myles, Richard G
Licensed Year(s): 2020 2018 2017 2015 2014
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4684. The 2019-2021 Physical Activity Monitor (PAM), specifically, will examine physical activity levels of Canadians and will permit the comparison of activity levels over time, sport participation, and furthermore will examine physical activity and sport opportunities available in Canadian communities, such as availabilit...

Principal Investigator: Cueva, Katie
Licensed Year(s): 2019
Summary: This project aims to learn about the scope of work, strengths, and areas for improvement of the Community Health Worker (CHW) and Community Health Representative (CHR) programs in the Northwest Territories, Canada. All CHWs and CHRs employed in March-April, 2019 will be invited to participate in interviews, as well as all CHR and CHW managers. Where possible, interviews will be conducted in pe...

Principal Investigator: Janus, Magdalena
Licensed Year(s): 2019 2018
Summary: Annually collected Early Development Instrument (EDI) data provides information to guide decision-making, monitor trends and measure the impacts of changes to programs and services provided for children in the early years. The five domains of early childhood development measured by the EDI are predictive of school outcomes, including academic achievement, and so the data is also used by schools an...

Principal Investigator: Pickett, William
Licensed Year(s): 2018 2005 2002
Summary: The study titled, Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC), is a cross-national research project conducted by the Social Program Evaluation Group (SPEG) at Queen’s University in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO Europe) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). The HBSC study aims to gain insight into, and increase understanding of, the health behaviours and attitud...

Principal Investigator: Goodman, Karen J
Licensed Year(s): 2018 2017
Summary: The practitioner consultation project aims to engage targeted health care practitioners to describe current patterns of health care practice pertaining to H. pylori infection and related diseases, and to identify obstacles to best practices for managing this infection. Initial testing and treatment for H. pylori infection usually occurs in the primary care setting.The research team will target ...

Principal Investigator: Wagner, Anne
Licensed Year(s): 2016
Summary: To explore the attitudes, beliefs and experiences of service users related to STBBI-related (sexually transmitted and blood-born infection-related) services as well as sexual health services in Canada, and to explore the primary barriers and facilitators to positive experiences. The proposed study consists of a collection of focus groups across Canada to determine the attitudes, beliefs and exp...

Principal Investigator: Abele, Frances
Licensed Year(s): 2016
Summary: The overall purpose of the study is to document the range of projects that communities have developed, to explore and document the impact of the projects, and to share this knowledge across the north and with the public. The project is organized in four phases. Phase One involves documentary research and analysis of the Health Canada database of projects. Phase Two involves scoping interviews ...