The Canadian Child & Youth Health Coalition's multi-disciplinary partnership means we can look at the big picture when it comes to child and youth health. Indeed, leveraging the broad expertise of our membership, the Coalition has implemented and/or supported several Canada-wide programs. Some of our activities include:

Child and Youth Health Indicators Development Program. This initiative aims to help researchers and decision makers develop and apply meaningful indicators of child and youth health and health care to ensure that decisions are evidence-based and reflect real needs. More

National Paediatric Surgical Wait Times Strategy. The Canadian Paediatric Surgical Wait Times Project builds on an initiative, led by the CCYHC, to develop recommendations for a national strategy on this issue. The Coalition seeks to apply the surgical wait times strategy to a broader set of wait-time issues in other high-priority areas in the future. More

Maternal, Infant, Child, and Youth Research Network (MICYRN). This is a multi-disciplinary initiative to support world-class clinical research. It aims to address gaps in the clinical research environment and build Canada’s maternal, infant and child health researchers into a single community dedicated to improving the health of mothers and children in Canada. More

The Child & Family in the Healthcare System. The Coalition has decided to take a fresh look at how children and their families experience and are dealt with in today's health care system. With the Canadian Family Advisory Network (CFAN) centrally engaged in this initiative, we aim to share best practice and develop a common vision of how this interaction should occur. More

Child & Youth Health Human Resource Strategy. The CCYHC is committed to promoting sustained excellence in education and training to ensure a workforce prepared to meet the health needs of children and youth across the spectrum of promotion, prevention and care. A working group has been established to review the state of health human resources across the child/youth sector and identify gaps and pressing issues. More

Child Rights Education for Health Professionals (Boulton Initiative). This project seeks to provide a strategy for educating health professionals about the practical application of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. More

Advocacy. The Coalition is passionate about child and youth health. Thus, our work also has an advocacy dimension, providing support and valuable feedback on policy issues that we believe stand to benefit from the Coalition’s expertise and influence.
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