Research

This study aims to better understand which universal public health promotion and prevention services are most needed from the perspectives of caregivers in British Columbia.

Nurse-home visiting programs are a promising approach to preventing early adversities. We are conducting secondary analyses of data from a landmark nurse-home visiting trial to explore differences in program benefits for diverse families.

With our longstanding Fraser Health Authority partners, we are conducting an evaluation of Enhanced Family Visiting, an intensive nurse-home visiting program that serves diverse families experiencing disadvantage.

This forthcoming report aims to identify effective universal maternal and early child health programs developed and implemented by and within Indigenous communities.

This project brings together researchers, practitioners and policymakers to tackle the challenge of evaluating “upstream” public health interventions.

We are analyzing evidence from BC’s population-based child development monitoring data to identify early mental health indicators, common trajectories and mental health promotive factors.

We conducted a systematic review of school-based substance use prevention programs to determine which programs were most effective.

This project gathers evidence on the effectiveness and health service delivery impacts of adapted early behaviour intervention programs, including telehealth and group-based delivery models.

This international collaboration investigates the extent to which things that happen in a person’s life before they became a parent predict their children’s early health and development.

The purpose of the BC Healthy Connections Project (BCHCP) trial was to evaluate the effectiveness of Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), a nurse-home visiting program, in improving child outcomes.

Conducted with the Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver (EFry), this study centred mothers’ expert voices as they identified barriers to accessing support services and proposed solutions to address them.

In this report, we identified research evidence for British Columbia (BC) policymakers on the best options for nurse-home visiting interventions with children and mothers experiencing adversity.

This report investigated the prevalence of mental health concerns for trans and nonbinary young people with the aim of informing efforts to improve service planning, delivery and equity.

Using data from Statistics Canada, this study estimated the number of children in Canada who experience parental incarceration and examined available health status indicators. The research team worked with community stakeholders to develop future research and policy work.

CRPOI is a connected research community that aims to increase evidence about the impacts of incarceration in Canada on individuals, families, communities and society.

DIVERT Mental Health is a transdisciplinary mental health training platform dedicated to changing the course of mental health research and practice in Canada with children, youth and their families.

This project seeks to address knowledge gaps about the sexual, reproductive and maternal-child health experiences of Indigenous people experiencing incarceration, with the goal of making a difference in care and outcomes.

The British Columbia Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research creates supportive research environments for Indigenous health research led by, and grounded in, Indigenous communities in BC.

This project builds on the Nuu-Chah-Nulth First Nations’ strengths and aims to improve child health and wellness using both Indigenous knowledge and Western scientific methods.

The Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth explores issues that have an impact on the physical and mental health of children and youth, with the goal of informing child health policy and monitoring.

This sub-study of the BC Healthy Connections Project that examined the impact of Nurse-Family Partnership on biological outcomes in women and their infants.