Current projects

The current research and evaluation projects showcase the breadth of research that occurs both throughout Public Health Sudbury & Districts and with our many external partners.

Child and Youth Health

• Neighbourhood parents together (2018)
• City of Greater Sudbury Healthy Kids Community Challenge: Overall evaluation (2018)
• Early years PLAY group evaluation (2018)
• Triple P community implementation 5-year evaluation (2016)
• Triple P ELCC pilot project (2016)
• Triple P school-based evaluation (2015)
• Evaluation of the Sudbury & District Health Unit’s pilot tooth brushing program in child care centres (2015)

Communicable and Chronic Diseases

• Sleep practices and outcomes among residents of Public Health Sudbury & Districts (2018)

Environmental Health

• Factors affecting compliance with mandatory rabies vaccination among low-income animal owners in the Public Health Sudbury & Districts area (2018)
• Lyme disease migration and projections for the Sudbury & District Health Unit (2016)
• Wildfire evacuation experiences and preparedness in North East Ontario (2015)
• Food handler training program: A guide to accommodating people with disabilities (2015)

Health Equity

• Bridges Out of Poverty, Circles and Getting Ahead collaborative community intervention and research project (2018)
• You Can Create Change campaign developmental evaluation (2018)
• Investigating the suitability, benefits, and effectiveness of an arts-based mindfulness group intervention for youth with mental health challenges (2018)
• Exploring social inequities for vulnerable environmental health service users (2018)
• You Can Create Change campaign developmental evaluation – Phase I (2016)
• Public health responses to housing complaints involving marginalized populations (2015)
• Voices and vision: Perspectives and experiences of teen mothers in Sudbury (2015)

Injury Prevention

• Anti-texting and driving strategies: Youth perceptions, attitudes and behaviours (2018)
• Evaluating the effectiveness of public health materials related to distractive driving (2018)
• Community car seat strategy consultation (2015)

Nutrition-Healthy Weights-Physical Activity

• Northern Ontario Dietetic Internship Project: Using food as a reward – The impact on early childhood development (2018)
• Physical literacy for communities: Research and evaluation in Greater Sudbury (2018)
• Food access – Around the table: Residents tell a story about their food journeys (2017)
• Celebrate You! pilot project and evaluation (2016)
• Examining residents’ viewpoints of the impacts of Ridgecrest Playground on their physical, social and psychological health (2016)
• Northern Fruit and Vegetable Program (NFVP): Program evaluation (2016)
• LaCloche Foothills Food Network healthy eating in older adults (2015)
• Food skills programming at the Sudbury & District Health Unit (2015)
• Craving Change pilot: Program evaluation (2015)
• Laurentian Nordic Ski Club evaluation (2015)

Population Health Assessment

• The impact of including cell phone interviews on the sample representativeness and results of a telephone-based public health survey (2016)

Public Health Resources

• Evaluation of the Sudbury Academic Detailing Program (ADP): First year of implementation (2017)
• Renewal of Public Health Systems (RePHS) project (2015)
• Health ambassadors and health navigators: A rapid review (2015)

Reproductive Health

• Prenatal in-person evaluation (2017)

School Health

• Measuring student’s resiliency levels— Partnership with Conseil scolaire public du Grand Nord de l’Ontario (CSPGNO) (2018)

Substance Use

• Community Drug Strategy evaluation for the City of Greater Sudbury (2018)
• Tobacco minimal contact intervention situational assessment (2017)
• Summary of the Academic Detailing Program (ADP) evaluation results of the Alcohol, Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral (SBIR) topic (2017)
• Characterizing factors that contribute to improved opioid agonist therapy in Northern Ontario (2016)
• Patch4Patch evaluation (2016)
• Building the network of services for women on methadone (2016)

Inventories of research and evaluation projects

• 2014 Inventory (PDF)
• 2013 Inventory (PDF)

Public Health Sudbury & Districts has a rich history of research and evaluation, anchored by Knowledge and Strategic Services. Affiliated with Laurentian University and NOSM University, we conduct research and program evaluations that lead to effective and innovative public health practice. The inventories showcase the breadth of research that occurs both throughout Public Health Sudbury & Districts’ service area and with our many external partners.

The inventories are also an acknowledgement and expression of gratitude to our many partners who invariably help us conduct high-quality research and evaluation, and increase our capacity for generating public health evidence. The inventories summarize research and evaluation projects in which a Public Health Sudbury & Districts’ staff member has participated. Each summary includes a list of all investigators as well as individuals who can be contacted for further information regarding the project.

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This item was last modified on October 5, 2023