CRICH Research Flash

Centre for Research on Inner City Health - Keenan Research Centre

Highlights from recent CRICH publications, including key findings and implications for health policy and practice. To subscribe, please contact Emily Holton at holtone@smh.ca.

	CRICH Research Flash - 2012, Vol. 2 Issue 4 Striking statistics, documented for the first time: the health of urban First Nations people Community programs in Toronto: what do Torontonians value? Community-based drug treatment helps women offenders stay out of prison How does it feel to get off the streets and move into a place of your own? View Research Flash (140 kb pdf file)
	CRICH Research Flash - Special Issue for the 2011 Federal Election Good health depends on good housing It’s time to invest in the health of Aboriginal children Of all the ways to pay for rising health care costs, progressive income taxation is the fairest Some countries are starting to put "health in all policies", to take the burden off health care View Research Flash (127 kb pdf file)
	CRICH Research Flash - 2011, Vol. 2 Issue 2 Making it easier to ask questions about abuse Canadians are reluctant to share sociodemographic information with health care providers Beyond the health care system: “Whole-of-government” approaches to improving population health High hospitalization costs for homeless patients are due to lack of appropriate services in the community View Research Flash (158 kb pdf file)
	CRICH Research Flash - 2010, Vol. 2 Issue 1 People who are vulnerably housed face the same severe health problems as people who are homeless Options for financing Canada’s rising health care costs and expenditures Clients report good HIV counselling and testing experiences in Ontario Forecasting global spread of disease: a tool to help prepare Canada for pandemics View Research Flash (158 kb pdf file)
	CRICH Research Flash - 2010, Vol. 1 Issue 5 Women who are older, immigrants and/or live in poor areas are significantly less likely to have a regular Pap test 1 in 6 homeless people in Toronto - and 1 in 5 homeless women - aren’t getting the health care they need A cost-benefit analysis of HIV testing strategies Recommendations for integrating community-based participatory research principles into research ethics review View Research Flash (158 kb pdf file)
	CRICH Research Flash - 2010, Vol. 1 Issue 4 A new approach to supporting Toronto’s most vulnerable homeless people - with encouraging results Immigrants of South Asian and African descent are extremely vulnerable to diabetes There are serious gaps in Canada’s Aboriginal health data New CRICH tool: a website that everyone can use to get detailed health information on every Toronto community View Research Flash (152 kb pdf file)
	CRICH Research Flash - 2010, Vol. 1 Issue 3 We've developed a framework that can be used to help stakeholders better understand HIV-related disability Why randomized controlled trials aren’t appropriate for evaluating complex health interventions Recommendations for conducting research on neighbourhoods and health Unaddressed cognitive deficits could be keeping many homeless people from getting and staying housed View Research Flash (134 kb pdf file)
	CRICH Research Flash - 2010, Vol. 1 Issue 2 We’ve found significant inequities in Ontario’s mental health care system Men and women experience problem gambling differently; gender-specific treatment may be appropriate Homeless and marginally-housed people nationwide are dying earlier than even the poorest Canadians The most successful programs for homeless people with concurrent disorders promote the client’s sense of autonomy View Research Flash (132 kb pdf file)
	CRICH Research Flash - 2009, Vol. 1 Issue 1 Women in low-income neighbourhoods are at greater risk of high blood pressure A parent’s stress can affect her child’s risk for asthma The “healthy immigrant effect” is evident in homeless populations Striking health disparities exist between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children View Research Flash (315 kb pdf file)