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Population Health Intervention

Research Centre

University of Calgary

3rd Floor, TRW Building

3280 Hospital Drive NW

Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6

CANADA

tel: (403) 210-9316

fax: (403) 210-3818

Email: phirc@ucalgary.ca

Projects & Activities

Schools and Youth

CORE Creating Opportunity for Resilience and Engagement

Youth Engagement and Action Research (YEAR)

Health risk screening and counselling of adolescents in primary care: a cluster randomised controlled trial (PARTY project)

Neighbourhoods

Social affiliations created by places and events: a network analysis of a neighbourhood

An economic evaluation of urban design as a means of promoting physical activity and health (EcoRESIDE)

EcoEUFORIA: An economic evaluation of using urban form to increase activity

Worksites

Evaluation of a worksite health promotion program

Systematic review of the cost effectiveness literature in worksite health

Public Health Policy

Radical policy in a conservative environment: moving smoking entirely off property

Public health preparedness and responsiveness in Alberta

Systematic review of the effect of financial benefits to low income or socially disadvantaged families for child health outcomes in the developed world

Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Community Interventions for Diabetes in Vulnerable and Special Populations and Identification of Best Practices to Reach the most Vulnerable Populations

A synthesis of the economic evidence supporting early child development programs

Community Alcohol Bylaws in Canada’s Northern Territories

Methods Development

Feasibility of Sen's Capabilities Approach for addressing disparities in health and well-being

Methods for assessing the economic value of Canada's investment in early child development

Contextualizing the social capital of seniors living in congregate housing

Mothers and Children

A clinical trial of the effectiveness of a dental caries prevention program for Cree mothers and their infants

Cost effectiveness of community-based prenatal care

Cultural Understandings of Health

Patients, models and therapeutic agents: Animal-human relationships in Western health care

Health information, beliefs and values in sociocultural contexts: Animal-human bonds as a window into human health