Grant: Applied Public Health Chair
Unity Health Toronto
$693,500.00
Clearing the Pathways to Health Equity: CIHR Applied Public Health Chair in Indigenous Health Information and Knowledge Systems
FY 2014-15
Summary
Aboriginal people in Canada experience a high burden of illness compared to the general Canadian population. In this research Chair Program, Dr. Smylie proposes to work with Aboriginal health leaders, health researchers, and Aboriginal communities. Her goal is to make sure that health research projects aimed to address the health problems for Aboriginal peoples build on Indigenous leadership, worldviews, knowledge, and practices.
Department
Program
Applied Public Health Chair
Recipient
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Other
Type
Grant
Source
CIHR Funding Decisions Database
As published
Id
309327
Name
Smylie Janet K
Region
Ontario
Country
Canada
Orgtype
Institution Paid; Research Institution
Partnername
Public Health Agency of Canada
Instname2
Indigenous Peoples' Health
Theme2
Social / Cultural / Environmental / Population Health
Prcname2
IPPH / PHAC Applied Public Health Chair
Projecttitle
Clearing the Pathways to Health Equity: CIHR Applied Public Health Chair in Indigenous Health Information and Knowledge Systems
Programtype2
Salary Programs
Orgnameinp2
Unity Health Toronto
Cihramount2
$693,500
Cihrequipment2
$0
Programname2
Applied Public Health Chair
Keyworddelim
Aboriginal Population Health; Data Quality; Epidemiology; Health Information Systems; Health Intervention Research; Health Service Evaluation; Indigenous Knowledge Systems; Indigenous Knowledge Translation; Knowledge Networks; Participatory Action Research
Abstract
Aboriginal people in Canada experience a high burden of illness compared to the general Canadian population. In this research Chair Program, Dr. Smylie proposes to work with Aboriginal health leaders, health researchers, and Aboriginal communities. Her goal is to make sure that health research projects aimed to address the health problems for Aboriginal peoples build on Indigenous leadership, worldviews, knowledge, and practices.
Competitiondate
201405
Approvedterm2
5 yrs 0 mth
Pinamesdelim
Smylie, Janet K
Approvedterm
5 ans 0 mois
Cihrcontribution2
Inst of Hlth Serv & Policy Res~ $205,000~ $0~Inst of Indigenous Health~ $42,500~ $0~Inst of Population &Publ Hlth~ $246,000~ $0~Institute of Genetics~ $200,000~ $0~
