Fact Sheet – Harper Government supports Community-Based Primary Health Care

[ Press Release 2013-26 ]

CIHR Signature Initiative in Community-Based Primary Health Care (CBPHC): CBPHC Innovation Teams

Government of Canada Funding

• CIHR: $28,964,735

Partner Funding

• Provincial: $750,000 (collectively from QC and BC)
• Australia: CAD$2,500,000
• New Zealand: NZ$1,200,000

Total Funding:

• Just over $33,200,000 over five years

Description

Canada, like other nations, faces major health care challenges with regard to its aging population and an increasing burden of chronic disease. The hospital-centric care delivery model of the last century is no longer appropriate to address today's urgent health needs. The symptoms that flag the need for transformation are evident: high rates of emergency department visits for conditions that are better managed in primary healthcare; poor access to timely first line health services; social, cultural, and environmental conditions that make unhealthy lifestyle choices the easier choices; and higher rates of injury and mortality for vulnerable subgroups of the population.

Improved health and chronic disease prevention management, and reduced inequities in access to care, are within our reach if new approaches to patient and family-centered CBPHC are developed through interdisciplinary, inter-professional, and community-based partnerships.

The inter-disciplinary research teams supported through these CIHR Innovation Team Grants will seek to do just that. Their research will aim to improve the delivery of CBPHC across Canada, with the ultimate goal of improving the health and well-being of Canadians and other citizens. This CBPHC research will focus on nation-wide challenges such as chronic disease, access issues for vulnerable populations, increasing health care costs, and underperforming health care systems.

The CBPHC Innovation Teams are the first component of CIHR's Signature Initiative in CBPHC. The initiative's goals are to: improve access to appropriate community-based primary healthcare; enhance the patient experience; and contribute to better health outcomes. The second component of this initiative will support CBPHC Health Professional Scientists.

About the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is the Government of Canada's health research investment agency. CIHR's mission is to create new scientific knowledge and to enable its translation into improved health, more effective health services and products, and a strengthened health care system for Canadians. Composed of 13 Institutes, CIHR provides leadership and support to more than 14,100 health researchers and trainees across Canada. This initiative was led by the Institutes of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR) and Population and Public Health (IPPH).

Background on the 12 Funded CBPHC Innovation Teams

Principal Investigator: Rick Audas
Institution: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Project Title: Barriers and Facilitators in Access to Child/Youth Mental Health Services: A Mixed Methods, Inter-sectorial Study in Atlantic Canada

Principal Investigator: Eva Grunfeld
Institution: University of Toronto
Project Title: Canadian Team to Improve Community-Based Cancer Care along the Continuum (CanIMPACT

Principal Investigator: Jeannie Haggerty
Institution: St. Mary's Hospital Centre, McGill University (Australia partnership)
Project Title: IMPACT: Supporting the Implementation of Organisational Innovations in Community-Based Primary Health Care to Improve Population Coverage and Access for Vulnerable Groups

Principal Investigator: Stewart Harris
Institution: University of Western Ontario
Project Title: Transformation of Indigenous Primary Healthcare Delivery (FORGE AHEAD): Community-driven Innovations and Strategic Scale-up Toolkits

Principal Investigator: Janusz Kaczorowski
Institution: Université de Montréal
Project Title: Canadian Chronic disease Awareness and Management Program (C-CHAMP)

Principal Investigator: Alan Katz
Institution: University of Manitoba
Project Title: Innovation in Community Based Primary Healthcare Supporting Transformation in the Health of First Nations and Rural/remote Manitoba Communities: iPHIT

Principal Investigator: Clare Liddy
Institution: Bruyère Research Institute
Project Title: Advancing Primary Healthcare for persons living with HIV in Canada

Principal Investigator: Jenny Ploeg
Institution: McMaster University
Project Title: Innovative Community-Based Approaches to Promote Optimal Aging for Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions and their Caregivers

Principal Investigator: Moira Stewart
Institution: University of Western Ontario
Project Title: Patient-Centred Innovations for Persons with Multimorbidity

Principal Investigator: Walter Wodchis
Institution: University of Toronto (New Zealand partnership)
Project Title: Implementing Models of Primary Health Care for Older Adults with Complex Needs

Principal Investigator: Sabrina Wong
Institution: University of British Columbia
Project Title: Transforming CBPHC Delivery through Comprehensive Performance Measurement and Reporting

Principal Investigator: Kue Young
Institution: University of Toronto
Project Title: Transforming Primary Health Care in Remote Northern Communities: The Circumpolar Health System Innovation Team