Category: Population and public health

Featured Project: Vaccine+

in Health services and policy research, Implementation science, Infection and immunity, Population and public health

Residents and staff of long-term care and retirement homes suffered greatly during the COVID-19 pandemic. How do we make sure they’re protected?
Digital Health Literacy for Older Adults: A Rapid Scoping Review

in Aging, Population and public health, Rapid Scoping Review

Summary This research topic was initially submitted by a patient-partner through the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research – Evidence Alliance (SPOR-EA). Following careful review by a multi-stakeholder panel of researchers, healthcare professionals, and policy-makers, it was identified as a high-priority area and refined into a research question with the support of patient-partners’ lived experiences. The project…
Efficacy of falls prevention interventions: A living systematic review and network meta-analysis

in Aging, Health services and policy research, Population and public health, Systematic review with network meta-analysis

Summary Falls among adults over 65 years are an ongoing public health concern, associated with fractures, hospitalization, and even death. Given the aging global population, the incidence of falls continues to rise. Therefore, reducing falls among older persons with fall-prevention interventions is increasingly important. Given the rapid production of new evidence, World Falls Guidelines (WFG)…
Implementation of Vaccine+: A co-created intervention to improve vaccine confidence among long-term care and retirement home staff in Ontario

in Evaluation, Implementation science, Infection and immunity, Mixed methods (qualitative & quantitative), Population and public health

Summary This project builds on the Wellness Hub study (www.wellness-hub.ca) which aimed to support Ontario’s Long-Term Care Homes (LTCHs) and Retirement Homes (RHs) to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. Over a 2-year period, our team co-created a virtual community of practice for 72 LTCH/RH through which we delivered educational resources, newsletters, training (e.g., vaccine champions course),…
Co-creating a new model of long-term care home for older adults experiencing homelessness: Long-term caring

in Aging, Dissemination, Evaluation, Health services and policy research, Implementation science, Population and public health

Summary More than 25% of people experiencing homelessness in Canada are older adults (>50 years); in Toronto alone, more than 3000 adults older than 50 years are homeless. They are at higher risk of adverse outcomes such as death compared with people who have stable housing. These numbers grew during COVID-19 because of the increased…
World Health Organization – Technical Support Centre: Research to Enhance the Adaptation and Implementation of Health Systems Guidelines (RAISE)

in Health services and policy research, Implementation science, Population and public health

Summary Funded by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, the KT Program formed a technical support centre to support six low- and middle-income country (LMIC) research teams to adapt and implement health systems guidelines. We designed our support program using co-creation approaches with input from 22 participants from six…
Assessing a specialized geriatric care outreach initiative

in Aging, Evaluation, Health services and policy research, Implementation science, Mixed methods (qualitative & quantitative), Population and public health, Thematic analysis

Summary Many older adults in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) are in unaffordable living situations and/or are experiencing multimorbidity. This, coupled with a lack of supportive housing options, leaves this population at high risk of homelessness and inappropriate placement in shelters. The purpose of this study is to evaluate an outreach initiative that provides specialized…
TARGet Kids! PARENT trial

in Dissemination, Evaluation, Health services and policy research, Population and public health

Summary The KT Program conducted two focus groups related to the TARGet Kids! PARENT Trial. The first, conducted with parents who could be eligible, gathered feedback and suggestions for changes to the planned protocol for the trial. The second, conducted with participants from the trial, gathered information on the barriers and facilitators to participation they…
Stigma during the COVID-19 pandemic

in Evaluation, Health services and policy research, Population and public health

Summary The KT Program conducted interviews with health care providers, policymakers and members of the public in Canada and Singapore to understand their experiences with misinformation and stigma during the COVID-19 pandemic and compare experiences across countries. Project Resources Funded By Principal Investigator Co-Investigators Collaborators KTP Project Staff