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:Janssen, Patricia A Licensed Year(s):20172014
2013
2012 Summary:
The objective of this project is to analyze the birth outcomes from the Fort Smith Midwifery Program. The hypothesis of this research is that the outcomes for mothers and babies of this midwifery-based birth centre in the rural and remote town of Fort Smith, Northwest Territories (NWT) will be comparable to birth outcomes from women using the midwifery services in Nunavik, Quebec and to women resi...
Principal Investigator:Seddon, Laura Licensed Year(s):1995
1994
Summary:
This activity will help expand the human health baseline on exposure and effects of environmental contaminants on humans in the NWT. Blood will be sampled from participating mothers and from the umbilical cord to determine the levels of specific organochlorines and heavy metals. This activity will involve the participation of communities and community health workers in all aspects including desi...