NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Seddon, Laura
Licensed Year(s): 1995 1994
Summary: Women are introduced to the program at community Health Centres. Those women who give voluntary consent are first given a short survey to complete. Once at Stanton Yellowknife Hospital to deliver their babies, as part of routine hospital procedure, blood samples samples are taken during delivery....

Principal Investigator: Harris, Ronald W.
Licensed Year(s): 1994
Summary: Nurses presently employed in the various health delivery settings across the NWT will be surveyed to identify the factors contributing to longer tenure. Data will be collected and analyzed in order to assess trends and models for recruitment screening and nurse hiring practices will be developed....

Principal Investigator: Kuhnlein, Harriet V
Licensed Year(s): 1994
Summary: The researchers will collect information about levels of food comsumption in Aklavik, Arctic Red River, Deline, Ft. Good Hope, Colville Lake, Ft. Simpson, Ft. Rae, Lutsel K'e, Ft. Resolution, Ft. Smith, Ft. McPherson, Edzo, Wrigley, Jean-Marie River, Ft. Providence, Hay River, and Ft. Smith. 3 types of surveys will be delivered by trained community members: (1) a 24-hour diet recall; (2) a socio-c...

Principal Investigator: Hall, Barbara
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993 1992
Summary: The resarchers will continue their study, started in 1992, on assessing the health-related knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours of children and youth in the NWT. Data will be collected through a survey administered through NWT schools. Teachers will also be surveyed with regard to the implementation of the NWT School Health Program. Researchers from selected communities will be trained t...

Principal Investigator: Norwich, Ed
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993
Summary: The researchers will complete their assessment of different health care systems in order to determine the most cost-effective, flexible and appropriate system for the Inuvik region. The primary goal of this study is to compare costs associated with delivery health care through the `community-based nurse' model and the `medical' model. By collecting information from Dept. of Health sources, this ...

Principal Investigator: Usher, Peter J.
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993
Summary: The researchers will be continuing their interviews with community members on identifying contaminant issues and information needs related to those issues. Interviews will be conducted with a wide range of individuals, including harvesters, elders, women, youth and professionals. An appropriate communication strategy will be developed in an appropriate cultural and social context....

Principal Investigator: Palacios, Carolina
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1992 1991 1990
Summary: In its final year of research, information will be collected concerning how, where and why injuries happen in the N.W.T.. This research will aid the present health system in targeting specific concerns and improving intervention programs....

Principal Investigator: Corkal, J.
Licensed Year(s): 1993
Summary: Certain defects of the lumbar spine are thought to occur at a very high rate in the Canadian Inuit. This has been previously documented in the literature by anthropological studies of Inuit skeletons dating back some 400 years: these studies have found a particular type of defect to be present at an incidence of 30-40%. The incidence in a Caucasion population is 5%....

Principal Investigator: Squires, Bert
Licensed Year(s): 1992
Summary: The Canadian Standardized Test of Fitness will be administered to ascertain selected components of fitness. A modified version of the Campbell's (1988) Lifestyle Questionnaire will be administered to ascertain selected aspects of lifestyle. The researcher will determine if the lifestyle of the study participants is adequate or detrimental to their well-being....

Principal Investigator: Graham, Karen
Licensed Year(s): 1991 1990
Summary: Ms. Graham and Ms. Haywood will continue to administer the Inquiry Mode Questionnaire of Harrison and Bramson. The investigation will compare thinking styles of nurses in Outpost Health Centres with urban hospital nurses....