The research conducted by members of the Canadian Consortium for Health Promotion Research reflects the range of concepts and topics possible in health promotion. Each Centre is focussing on applied research and is responsive to the views and interests of its partners. The following represents a brief summary of the breadth of research conducted by the Consortium. Please refer to individual Centre profiles and web pages to know more about the research underway.
Research Focused on Populations Groups
(e.g. seniors, women, health professionals) |
| Centre for Applied Health Research
(Waterloo) |
Functional abilities of seniors within long
term care facilities & quality of life research
for Alzheimer patients and caregivers |
| Community Health Research Unit (Ottawa) |
Falls injury prevention with the elderly |
| Gerontology Research Centre (Simon
Fraser) |
Health Promotion/Population Health and
Aging; Aging and the Built Environment;
Prevention of Victimization and Exploitation
of the Elderly; Older Adult Education |
| Community Health Promotion Coalition
(Victoria) |
Women-centred health care; health
promotion with health professionals |
| Prairie Region Health Promotion Research Centre (Saskatchewan) |
Health promotion capacity of individual practitioners and their organizations |
| Institute of Health Promotion Research
(Vancouver) |
Research on health professionals' role in
health promotion, use of medications in
seniors, women living in poverty, patient
education. |
Determinants of Health, Behaviour Change and Disease Prevention
(e.g. social, psychological, economic and cultural determinants of health, physical activity, smoking/ tobacco, injury prevention, AIDS/HIV, coping with chronic illness and disability) |
| Alberta Centre for Active Living |
Benefits of physical activity, plus trends,
determinants and best practices related to
physical activity promotion. |
| Atlantic Health Promotion Research
Centre (Dalhousie) |
Bikeways and active living; illness and
disability integration and relationship issues. |
| Centre for Applied Health Research
(Waterloo) |
Behavioural research on tobacco control. |
| Centre for Health Promotion Studies (Alberta)
(Waterloo) |
The social, psychological, economic, and cultural determinants of health. |
| Community Health Research Unit (Ottawa) |
Falls injury prevention with the elderly;
smoking cessation; HIV/AIDS prevention |
| Centre for Health Promotion (Toronto) |
Tobacco research via Ontario Tobacco
Research Unit |
| Groupe de recherche et d'intervention en
promotion de la santé de l'Université de
Laval |
Research on behaviour change in the domain
of health (especially behaviours adopted in
the context of disease prevention and health
promotion and behaviours with an ethical
dimension) |
| Gerontology Research Centre (Simon
Fraser) |
Changing Demography and Lifestyles |
| Institute of Health Promotion Research
(Vancouver) |
Examination of health behaviours, self-care,
mutual aid and coping with chronic illness
(particularly in relation to cardiovascular
diseases, cancer and arthritis); evaluation of
health promotion and population health
initiatives in community, school, clinical and
worksite settings (especially worksite health
promotion, injury control and smoking
cessation). |
Research Focused on Health Promotion Interventions
(e.g. healthy public policy, self-care/mutual aid, behaviour change strategies,
multiple intervention strategies, building capacity) |
| Atlantic Health Promotion Research
Centre (Dalhousie) |
Furthering the impact of health promotion
research on healthy public policy |
| Community Health Research Unit (Ottawa) |
Community capacity for health action; stages
of change, and multiple intervention
strategies. |
| Centre for Health Promotion Studies
(Alberta) |
Different stages of life |
| Community Health Promotion Coalition
(Victoria) |
Collaboration in nonprofit community
agencies; empowerment and self-agency |
| Groupe de recherche et d'intervention en
promotion de la santé de l'Université de
Laval |
Research on socio-political environments (in
particular, the healthy cities movement and
methods to intervene politically in health
promotion) |
| Prairie Region Health Promotion Research
Centre (Saskatoon) |
The effectiveness of approaches to building
health promotion capacity at the individual
and organizational levels |
| Institute of Health Promotion Research
(Vancouver) |
Research on community participation in
health reform; factors influencing the use of
health promotion research by policy makers;
the study of health goals and health impact
assessment; examination of health
behaviours, self-care, mutual aid and coping
with chronic illness (particularly in relation to
cardiovascular diseases, cancer and arthritis) |
Research Focused on Where Health Promotion takes place
(e.g. workplace, environment, rural settings) |
| Atlantic Health Promotion Research
Centre (Dalhousie) |
School environmental health; rural health |
| Centre for Applied Health Research
(Waterloo) |
Ergonomic assessments and workplace
evaluations |
| Gerontology Research Centre (Simon
Fraser) |
Aging and the Built Environment |
| Institute of Health Promotion Research
(Vancouver) |
Evaluation of health promotion and
population health initiatives in community,
school, clinical and worksite settings
(especially worksite health promotion, injury
control and smoking cessation); the role of
health promotion in primary care |
Research Focused on Research and Practice Techniques
(e.g. participatory research, evaluation of health promotion initiatives,
teaching/learning methods for community practice, methods of reflective practice) |
| Centre for Health Promotion Studies
(Alberta) |
The effectiveness and accessibility of health
and health-related programs and services |
| Centre for Health Promotion (Toronto) |
Health promotion indicators and evaluation;
best practices in health promotion; and health
communications |
| Community Health Promotion Coalition
(Victoria) |
Specialized methodology for community
research |
| Prairie Region Health Promotion Research
Centre (Saskatoon) |
Nature and challenges of health promotion
practice; methods of reflective practice; the
effectiveness of approaches to building health
promotion capacity at the individual and
organizational levels; transformative
teaching/learning methodologies for
community health practice |
| Institute of Health Promotion Research
(Vancouver) |
Participatory research and the study of
community participation in health promotion;
development and dissemination of health
promotion technologies; evaluation of health
promotion and population health initiatives in
community, school, clinical and worksite
settings (especially worksite health
promotion, injury control and smoking
cessation); qualitative methods in health
promotion research |
