Fact Sheet - Harper Government Invests in a Stronger Health Care System

[ Press Release 2012-46 ]

CIHR's Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI) program supports teams of researchers and health care decision makers that work together to develop and implement solutions to health care challenges. Projects are co-funded by partners in the public and private sectors.

The two projects announced today are funded through Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI) program. They are part of 27 projects that recently received funding.

The Government of Canada and partners from across Canada are providing a total of $10.7 million to fund the 27 successful projects. The Government of Canada will be providing $8.5 million, and partners are providing an additional $2.2 million.

Projects:

Dr. Patrick J. McGrath and his team will study parent training for challenging behaviour in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). In partnership with the Nova Scotia Ministry of Health, the IWK Health Centre and Public Health Agency of Canada, their objective is to engage parents, guardians, and experts in FASD, as well as the parent training specialists, to develop and evaluate a new version of a distance parent-training program using a rigorous randomized controlled trial.  

  1. Project title: Parent training for challenging behaviour in children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD): Strongest Families for FASD

    Funding:

    • Government of Canada funding: $414,858
      • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
      • Public Health Agency of Canada
    • Partner funding: $118,486
      • Queen's University, IWK Health Centre, NeuroDevNet

    Dr. Isabel M. Smith and her team will evaluate the effectiveness of intervention models for preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). They will compare two provincial intensive behavioural intervention programs for children with ASD, one in New Brunswick and the other in Nova Scotia. Their objective is to obtain information about the costs of these programs and the aspects that are helping children to make the most progress before they enter school.

  2. Project title: Intervention models for preschoolers with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD): A population-based comparative effectiveness study

    Funding:

    • Government of Canada funding: $465, 987
      • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
    • Partner funding: $149,959
      • Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation, New Brunswick Health Research Foundation

    Total funding:  The Government of Canada and its partners have committed $1.1 million.

The remaining 25 projects and funding amounts will be announced in due course.