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Do tailored messages promote evidence-informed decision making in breast cancer prevention?
Principal Investigator: Dobbins, Maureen
Licensed Year(s): 2010
Summary: The objectives of this study are: 1) To evaluate a knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) strategy to improve the provision of public health services for breast cancer prevention and early detection and 2) to determine if tailored messages (active knowledge transfer) are more effective than access to a website housing rigorous systematic reviews in breast cancer prevention and early detection (pass...


Northern Treatment of Hypertension (NORTH)
Principal Investigator: Makowsky, Mark J.
Licensed Year(s): 2009
Summary: This license has been issued for the scientific research application #781. The overall objective of this study is to demonstrate the feasibility of a community pharmacy-based approach to the management of hypertension in patients with diabetes residing in northern communities. Eighty-two patients will be approached to participate in the study and the pharmacist will work with them to measure...


The Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus and Its Impact to Cervical Dysplasia in the Northwest Territories
Principal Investigator: Mao, Yang
Licensed Year(s): 2009 2008
Summary: The primary objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cervical dysplasia in women of the Northwest Territories using a DNA technology (HPV-DNA Test). The study will also aim to determine whether cervical cancer screening programs should include the use of the HPV-DNA test to increase effectiveness of cervical cancer screening. Th...


Planning for Community Health
Principal Investigator: Cliff, Amanda
Licensed Year(s): 2007 2006
Summary: The objective of this Master’s-level study is to evaluate community health in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the context of planning initiatives. Health and well-being can be linked to both environmental and socio-economic factors as well as physiological factors. Therefore, examining variations in services and facilities between communities and any correlated differences in health outcomes ...


Surveillance and Management of Climate Change Impacts in the North: Implications for northern public health policy and infrastructure
Principal Investigator: Gosselin, Pierre L
Licensed Year(s): 2007 2005
Summary: The proposed research approach is action research. The initial phase of this four year project will develop case studies describing the current state of environmental health surveillance and monitoring related to climate change health impacts in addition to their links to public health action for each of the four Inuit regions: Nunatsiavut, Nunavik, Nunavut, and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. T...


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