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CRICH Research Flash

Centre for Research on Inner City Health - Keenan Research Centre

Bi-monthly highlights of recent CRICH publications, including key findings and implications for health policy and practice. To subscribe, please contact Emily Holton at holtone@smh.toronto.on.ca.

CRICH Research Flash - January 2010 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 January Research Flash (132 kb pdf file)

CRICH Research Flash - Summer/Fall 2009 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 Summer/Fall Research Flash (315 kb pdf file)