NWT Health Research
This database is under construction. Health research projects are being added regularly. Contact us to ensure your past or present health research project is featured.
Learning from Mothers, Grandmothers and Great Grandmothers about Breastfeeding in the Northwest Territories
OBJECTIVE
To collect data on breastfeeding initiation and duration rates; to learn about past practices and...
Maternal Health Project
OBJECTIVE
To understand the barriers to health and the opportunities for improving maternal and newborn health....
Northern Territories Alcohol Labels Study
OBJECTIVE
To test if labelling alcohol containers with a health message, national drinking guidelines, and...
Northern Water Futures Baseline Environmental Monitoring
OBJECTIVE
To understand existing and potential impacts of climate change and resource development in the Sahtú...
Nuts and Bolts of Research: Community Based Skills Development and Training Program
OBJECTIVE
To provide participants with a better understanding of health research and training on how to build a...
Outcomes of Primary Maternity Care in Fort Smith, NT
OBJECTIVE
The objective is to compare the outcomes from the perinatal database at the Fort Smith midwifery service...
Dr. Janssen and MSc student Caitlin Frame, who worked with Dr. Janssen on the perinatal...
Performance Measurement in a Circumpolar Context: Developing indicators of health system responsiveness for maternity care
OBJECTIVE
To develop a set of contextually appropriate health system performance indicators for maternity care in...
Physical Activity Monitor (PAM)
OBJECTIVE
To examine physical activity levels of Canadians that will permit the comparison of activity levels over...
Policy Opportunity Windows: Enhancing Research Uptake in Practice! (POWER UP!)
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the effectiveness of the POWER UP! program in the NWT.
RESEARCH PROPOSAL
POWER UP! (Policy...
Project Jewel: Using Inuvialuit ways of Knowing to Understand How On-the-Land Programming Can Foster Wellness
OBJECTIVE
To better understand how Project Jewel’s on-the-land programming offers culturally safe and trauma and...