NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Alexie, Elaine D.
Licensed Year(s): 2012
Summary: The purpose of this research project is to gather information on practices of Indigeneity: the spiritual, physical, and cultural practices of the Teetl’it Gwich’in from the community of Fort McPherson. The researcher will be interviewing Teetl’it Gwich’in knowledge holders who can provide insight to the concept of Indigeneity and the significance it holds for them. A major focus of this project ...

Principal Investigator: Young, Barbara M
Licensed Year(s): 2012
Summary: To determine the potential cost savings and health-related quality of life benefits of implementing point-of-care (POC) international normalized ratio (INR) testing in remote communities in the NWT and Kitikmeot region. Canada’s Non-Insured Health Benefits Program drug prescription database will be used to determine the number of individuals receiving warfarin in each of the remote regions in t...

Principal Investigator: Mitton, Craig
Licensed Year(s): 2012 2011
Summary: The intent of this project is to develop an evaluative framework that identifies how health care organizations can be transformed to achieve excellence in priority setting and resource management. The ultimate aim is to form a benchmark of behaviors, processes and structures that can aid in directing organizations towards high performance. Phase One: On-line survey of senior administrators in ...

Principal Investigator: Hammond, Merryl
Licensed Year(s): 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007
Summary: This research aims to empower local Inuvialuit community members to better understand tobacco and its health and other effects (e.g. high costs of tobacco affects family budgets), and to motivate them to consider quitting or reducing their use of tobacco. As well, it aims to reach young children and youth before they start smoking, and to spread the message that smoking is not “cool”. Our method o...

Principal Investigator: Gagnon, Graham
Licensed Year(s): 2011
Summary: The Canadian Water Network (CWN) and Health Canada are interested in examining social, economic, governance and cultural factors affecting the successful implementation and sustainability of measures of improvement to the safety and quality of drinking water in small communities in Canada. To initiate this work, CWN is looking to compile case studies of successful efforts made to improve the safe...

Principal Investigator: Archie, Billy
Licensed Year(s): 2010
Summary: The goal of this research project is to gather current and traditional knowledge directly from local Elder's/Hunter's that have made observations of the climate changes experienced/observed within the last two decades, and help identify what species have benefited, or what species they think are at risk from climate change. It will validate the elder's and hunter’s knowledge and contribute to com...

Principal Investigator: Simor, Andrew
Licensed Year(s): 2010
Summary: Primary Study Objectives: • To determine the prevalence of MRSA and VRE colonization and infection among adults hospitalized in Canadian hospitals; • To determine the prevalence of C. difficile infection among adults hospitalized in Canadian hospitals. Secondary Study Objectives: • To describe demographic and select clinical/epidemiologic features of patients with prevalent MRSA, VRE, and C....

Principal Investigator: Benerji, Anna
Licensed Year(s): 2010 2008 2008
Summary: Primary Objectives: 1) To identify the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and other respiratory viruses associated with lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) admissions to regional and tertiary centres over a 18 month period for infants <1 year old living in the Canadian Arctic 2) To stratify the RSV LRTI admissions into categories by location (town with a hospital verses rural) and age (<1 ye...

Principal Investigator: Smith, Jane E
Licensed Year(s): 2010
Summary: The goal of this research is to strengthen community health and partnerships to address childhood obesity in Inuvialuit and Gwich'in populations through intake of healthy food, exercise, and self-esteem; to establish practice guidelines within the Beaufort Delta Health and Social Services Authority (BDHSSA) on the management and prevention of childhood obesity that focus on communities as well as ...

Principal Investigator: Rose, Louise
Licensed Year(s): 2010
Summary: The goal is to survey critical care nurses across Canada to obtain a comprehensive description of nurses’ current knowledge and practice of pain assessment and management in critically ill adults. The researchers hypothesize that considerable variation exists for pain assessment, documentation, and management as well as the education received regarding pain assessment and management priorities for...