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Yellowknife Family Medicine Residency Site: A Longitudinal Study
Principal Investigator: Horvey, Samantha
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5593. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of the Yellowknife family medicine (YK-FM) residency site – Canada’s first circumpolar family medicine (FM) residency training site – on physician workforce and patient care delivered to the people in the NWT, and the community more broadly. The objectives of thi...


Assessment of developmental hip dysplasia by 3D ultrasound - correlation with clinical and imaging findings at initial infant screening and follow-up
Principal Investigator: Jaremko, Jacob
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5539. The objective of this project is to determine whether it is feasible to integrate a portable ultrasound/AI screening tool for hip dysplasia into routine primary-care practice, particularly in communities where access to tertiary care is difficult; and, to estimate rates of DDH in NWT in non-Indigenous and Indigenous p...


Performance Measurement in a Circumpolar Context: Developing indicators of health system responsiveness for maternity care
Principal Investigator: Rich, Rebecca
Licensed Year(s): 2016 2015
Summary: To develop a set of contextually appropriate health system performance indicators for maternity care in circumpolar regions. Specific attention will be placed on indicators that reflect the responsiveness of the health system to the needs of the population. This study will be conducted in two phases. First, a scoping review (broad literature review) of available performance/quality indicator...


Outcomes of primary maternity care in Fort Smith, NWT
Principal Investigator: Janssen, Patricia A
Licensed Year(s): 2017 2014 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...


Comparison of costs of health services provided in the Inuvik region: preparation for future oil and gas development
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 ...


Devolution of Health Care Services to the Yukon and the Northwest Territories
Principal Investigator: Weller, Geoffrey
Licensed Year(s): 1989
Summary: Geoffrey Weller is part of a group of researchers investigating the process of devolution and its impact on constitutional development in the North. He will be detailing the federal-territorial process of negotiating devolution of health care services with particular attention to the personnel and administrative arrangements....


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