CCYHC CIHR Child and Youth Health Indicators RFA

In December 2006, CIHR-IHDCYH and the Coalition, in collaboration with 13 other partner organizations, launched a Request for Applications (RFA) to validate and/or develop child and youth health indicators. The purpose of this initiative is to support teams of researchers and decision makers to develop and apply indicators of child and youth health and health care.

» Launch - Partnerships for Child and Youth Health Indicators RFA
» Results - Partnerships for Child and Youth Health Indicators RFA
» CIHR-IHDCYH / CCYHC - Health Services Research and Indicators Workshop

February 2010
CIHR-IHDCYH / CCYHC Invitational Workshop
A Health Services Research Agenda: Building Capacity within the Maternal, Child, & Youth Sector

On February 18 and 19, 2010, the Canadian Child & Youth Health Coalition (CCYHC), in partnership with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Institute for Human Development, Child & Youth Health (CIHR-IHDCYH), hosted an invitational workshop entitled “A Health Services Research Agenda: Building Capacity within the Maternal, Child, & Youth Sector”.

The health care system in Canada is an area in critical need of new and innovative research.  Research in maternal, child, and youth health services is no exception – there is a need to better define research priorities, identify gaps, plan for future research, and build capacity in this area.  This workshop brought together Canadian experts and key stakeholders in health services research in an effort to improve the quantity and quality in this important domain.  In addition, the opportunity was taken to assess the progress of projects funded under the Partnerships for Child and Youth Health Indicators - now underway for almost two years - within this context.  This event provided an excellent opportunity to engage in dialogue towards identifying and prioritizing strategies for improving capacity in maternal, child, and youth health services research and to explore collaborative strategies for promoting indicator uptake, implementation, and knowledge-transfer across the funded projects.

» Agenda
» Participant List
» RFA Project Summaries
» Proceedings (coming soon)

Workshop Presentations:

Day 1

» Building Capacity in Health Services and Policy Research
Colleen M. Flood, Scientific Director, CIHR – Institute of Health Services and Policy Research

» Maternal, Child, & Youth Health Services Research - Capacity Building Challenges
Shoo K Lee, Professor of Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Head, Division of Neonatology, University of Toronto; Women’s Auxiliary Chair & Head, Division of Neonatology, Hospital for Sick Children; Paediatrician-in-Chief & Director, Maternal-Infant Care Research Centre (MiCare), Mount Sinai Hospital; Head, Department of Neonatology & Developmental Paediatrics, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

» Growing Up? Parenting Strategies for the MCHSR Field
Lisa Simpson, Director, Child Policy Research Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati

Day 2

» Canadian Injury Indicators Team: Policy Indicators
Alison Macpherson, Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology & Health Science, York University; Adjunct Scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)

» Development of Measures of the Quality of Hospital Care for Children
Astrid Guttmann, Clinician Scientist, Paediatric Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children;
Scientist, Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)

» Developing an Assessment Framework and Indicators for the Pediatric Cancer Control System in Ontario (POGO)
Corin Greenberg, Executive Director, Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO)
Dr. Anne Klassen, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University
CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research

» Child Maltreatment and the Risks of Deliberate Self Harm (DSH)
Anne Rhodes, Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine; Research Scientist, Suicide Studies Unit St. Michael's Hospital and the Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital; Adjunct Scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)

» Development of an indicator of the impact of assistive devices in children and their families
Steve Ryan, Bloorview Research Institute, Bloorview Kids Rehab & Dept of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

» Evaluating the validity and responsiveness of the FOCUS: Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six
Nancy Thomas-Stonell, Scientist, Bloorview Research Institute, Bloorview Kids Rehab

» A comparison of the WeeFIM and PEDI questionnaires for measuring change in functional status of young children with cerebral palsy or developmental delay
Virginia Wright, Clinician Scientist, Bloorview Research Institute, Bloorview Kids Rehab; CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research

» Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI) Program
Meghan McMahon, Assistant Director, CIHR – Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR)

January 29, 2008

CCYHC is pleased to announce that the competition results for the Partnerships for Child and Youth Health Indicators Funding Opportunity are now available on the CIHR website at: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/35667.html

December 2006
Launch of the Partnerships for Child and Youth Health Indicators - Operating Grants

CIHR-IHDCYH, the Canadian Child & Youth Health Coalition (CCYHC), and their 13 partners (see below) are pleased to announce the launch of a Request for Applications on Partnerships for Child and Youth Health Indicators. The purpose of this initiative is to support teams of researchers and decision makers to develop and apply indicators of child and youth health and health care. More specifically, successful applicant teams will conduct research projects of up to 3 years duration on pediatric indicators in thematic areas identified as high priority by CIHR, CCYHC and their partners. The registration deadline is March 1st, 2007. More information is available on the Institute’s Website at: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/32843.html

Partnerships are the strength of the Coalition Indicator Program:

• CIHR - Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (Lead Institute)
• CIHR - Institute of Gender and Health
• CIHR - Institute of Health Services and Policy Research
• CIHR - Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction
• CIHR - Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes
• Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research
• BC Mental Health and Addictions Research Network
• Bloorview Childrens Hospital Foundation/Bloorview Research Institute
• Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation (CCHSA)
• Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
• Child Health BC and BC Child and Youth Health Research Network
• Healthy Child Manitoba Office, Healthy Child Committee of Cabinet, Government of Manitoba
• Public Health Agency of Canada - Division of Childhood & Adolescence
• Public Health Agency of Canada - Health Surveillance & Epidemiology Division
• The Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child & Youth Mental Health at CHEO
• Transport Canada

Request for Applications: Important Dates