NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Pickett, William
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5391. The study titled, Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC), is a cross-national research project conducted by the HBSC research team at Queen’s and Brock Universities in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO Europe) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). The HBSC study aims to gain insig...

Principal Investigator: Rice, Kathleen
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5280. The overarching purpose of the study was originally to understand pregnant and birthing people's concerns about pregnancy and childbirth during the pandemic, and to connect this to particular decisions and behaviours (e.g. the decision to give birth at home); to capture how pandemic-related policy changes (e.g. remote...

Principal Investigator: Crooks, Claire
Licensed Year(s): 2022 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5102. The goal of the project is to build capacity and evaluate the efforts in the area of violence prevention and mental health promotion programming for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Two-Spirit, Queer/Questioning (LGBT2Q+) youth. The research team provide educators and other professionals who work directly with LGBT2Q+ Y...

Principal Investigator: Sharma, Sangita
Licensed Year(s): 2022 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5167. Led by Arctic communities and informed by Indigenous methodologies, the research team aim to work with Indigenous people to immediately explore knowledge gaps in 18 Arctic communities of varying size to document and understand: 1) The experiences, challenges, and consequences (positive and negative) of COVID-19 and CO...

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: Bettinger, Julie
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5142. The main objectives of this project are to estimate in individuals vaccinated against COVID-19 the frequency of adverse events following immunization (AEFI) of sufficient severity to cause medical consultation or prevent daily activities and to determine whether severe AE rates in vaccines are higher than severe AE ra...

Principal Investigator: Chan, Laurie H. M.
Licensed Year(s): 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5010. The Health Effects Monitoring Program is a human biomonitoring study aimed to assess the exposure and health impact of arsenic and other contaminants on the human population of Yellowknife, Ndilo and Dettah in the Northwest Territories, as part of the Giant Mine Remediation Project. The overall objective of the pro...

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: Irlbacher-Fox, Stephanie
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4953. The objectives of this research is to 1) contribute evaluation and health economics analyses for the purposes of quality improvement for the integrated care teams (ICTs), and 2) develop a deeper understanding of how Indigenous patients of the ICTs experience health care in this new service delivery model through story...

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...