Principal Investigator:Sharma, Sangita Licensed Year(s):
2016
20152014 Summary:
Cancer is the leading cause of death in the Northwest Territories (NT). Cancer screening is a test to detect cancer at earlier stages, and can increase successful treatment. Screening can also increase survival rates and prevent up to 35% of premature deaths due to cancer. Three screening programs have been established in Canada for early detection of breast, colorectal, and cervical cancers. How...
Principal Investigator:Champion, Caitlin E Licensed Year(s):
2015
Summary:
The objective of this research project is to determine how current health care processes and system-level factors within the Northwest Territories (NWT) health care system are influencing patient access to colorectal cancer screening.
Specific objectives are to:
1) conceptualize colorectal cancer screening to identify and describe the health care processes (health system agents, interactions, ...
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...