NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Manca, Donna P
Licensed Year(s): 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Summary: The aim is to create a longitudinal data repository for primary care chronic disease that will form the basis of surveillance reports, research projects and feedback to participating practices. A regional and a central data repository will be a resource for surveillance and research in primary care to answer questions about the treatment and management of chronic diseases. This data will be used t...

Principal Investigator: Affleck, Ewan
Licensed Year(s): 2016 2015 2014
Summary: To determine whether an electronic medical record (EMR) based clinical alert system, which uses digital inference rules to notify providers of undocumented problems, improves problem list documentation in the Northwest Territories. The EMR study will attempt to replicate the findings from a study by Wright, et al. (2012). The objective of this study was “to determine whether a clinical alerting...

Principal Investigator: Manca, Donna P
Licensed Year(s): 2014
Summary: The overarching aim of BETTER 2 is to improve chronic disease prevention and screening. The purpose of the proposed evaluation is to examine how the BETTER 2 approach can be adapted to different settings in the Northwest Territories and how it can be sustained. The qualitative evaluation will draw on the perspectives of health care providers, administrators, and patients involved in the program. T...

Principal Investigator: Young, Kue
Licensed Year(s): 2008
Summary: This license has been issued for the scientific research application #957. The objectives of this study are to: 1) determine prevalence and identify risk factors of arthritis and other chronic conditions among First Nations in the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Canada; 2) assess the impact of these conditions on health, well-being and access to health services; 3) enhance the capacity of the ...

Principal Investigator: Archie, Billy
Licensed Year(s): 2006
Summary: Statistics indicate a burden of chronic diseases in the community of Aklavik, with 17.6% of individuals receiving care for one or more chronic conditions. Driven by elders and youth of the community, measurement of risk factors and associated diseases is planned so that programs to promote wellness can be implemented and evaluated. A mechanism for youth to collect and manage data around risk fac...

Principal Investigator: Szathmary, Emoke J.E.
Licensed Year(s): 1985
Summary: To study the nutritional, fitness and genetic aspects of impared glucose tolerance and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in Dogrib Indians....

Principal Investigator: Moroz, Paul J.
Licensed Year(s): 1984
Summary: To conduct an epidemiological survey of the respiratory health status of a statistically significant population of northern native children and then to relate this data to the environmental factors relevant to the respiratory health of these children....

Principal Investigator: Oen, Kiem
Licensed Year(s): 1984
Summary: To carry out a study of rheumatic diseases among the Inuit in the Keewatin....

Principal Investigator: Chalmers, Ian
Licensed Year(s): 1984
Summary: To carry out a study of rheumatic diseases among the Inuit in the Keewatin....

Principal Investigator: Postl, Brian
Licensed Year(s): 1984
Summary: To carry out a study of rheumatic diseases among the Inuit in the Keewatin....