Grant: Team Grant: Community-Based Primary Healthcare - LOI

The overall goal of the proposed program of research is to implement and evaluate the expanded and locally adapted models based on our previous research and work of our partners and collaborators to improve prevention and management of chronic disease as on going, year-round programs available to all Canadians. In collaboration with our partners, the provincial and national decision-makers, we propose to select one health region in each province (1 of 14 Local Health Integration Networks in Ontario and 1 of 18 Agences de la santé et des services sociaux in Québec) that are broadly representative of other health regions to carry out the majority of our program of research. This programatic research will include a series of inter-related pilots, demonstration projects and evaluation studies focusing on local adaptation and enhanced spread, increased impact, and sustainability of chronic disease prevention and management models. Three cross cutting areas of work to advance research design and methods, encourage knowledge translation, and establish training and mentorship opportunities will be carried out to support the research program. Addressing these issues will enable our team to fill important knowledge gaps and generate refinements and improvements required for large-scale implementation of chronic disease models in Canada and beyond.