Completed Projects
SEARCH IV began in 2003 and wrapped up in 2005; projects were presented at the 2005 Conference.
SEARCH IV - Provincial Projects
| Participants | Question |
| Mark Watt, Chinook Health Region Connie Jones, EMS Calgary Marney Riendeau, Calgary Health Region |
Do frontline managers within the various regional health authorities and other associated health organizations have the necessary knowledge, competencies, and attitudes to be successful when facilitating change in their organization? |
| Dawn Traverse, David Thompson Health Region Tony Irving, Associated Medical Clinic of Pincher Creek Elaine Belseck, Capital Health Susan Tylke, David Thompson Health Region Marilyn MacGillivray, Alberta Health and Wellness |
Given the current electronic health record initiatives and existing data repositories in Alberta, what processes are required for decision makers to access health data of populations? |
| Sherryl Hoskins, Peace Country Health Heather Heinrichs, The Capital Care Group Donna Stewart, Capital Health Leanne McKenzie, Capital Health Judy Corcoran, Northern Lights Health Region |
Does your level of management influence your perception of the culture of safety in your organization? |
| Keltie Paul, Northern Lights Health Region Sheila Tyminski, Calgary Health Heather Dorgan, Regina Qu-Appelle Health Region, Saskatchewan Cathy Scrimshaw, Associated Medical Clinic of Pincher Creek Brenda Kirtzinger, Prairie North Regional Health Authority, Saskatchewan Dianne Shaw, Chinook Health Region |
What kinds of participatory activities support positive involvement of community members in primary health care? |
| Mary Nugent, Taber Associate Medical Centre Edrick Andrews, Alberta Health and Wellness Jeanne Annett, Aspen Regional Health Susan Carriere, Chinook Health Region Karen Jackson, Calgary Health Region Joan Silzer, Calgary Health Region Robert Smith, HIV Network of Edmonton Society Karen Thomas, Chinook Health Region Ellen Tian, Alberta Mental Health Board |
RAVE: reliable, applicable and valid evaluations: Towards a framework for evaluating health promotion and disease prevention programs. |
SEARCH IV - Local Projects
| Participants | Question |
| Edrick Andrews Alberta Health and Wellness |
Among women with diagnosis of breast cancer, what is the relationship of waiting for treatment to survival? |
| Jeanne Annett Aspen Regional Health |
What are the key aspects of peer education that help inform effective and successful implementation of peer education strategies in health promotion? |
| Elaine M Belseck Capital Health |
Do patient centered educational programs assist End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) in understanding their disease; does this understanding allow patient participation in modality choice? |
| Susan Carriere Chinook Health Region |
Will the implementation of a formalized mentoring program for community care RNs positively impact client outcomes? |
| Judy Corcoran Northern Lights Health Region |
What constitutes informed consent/assent for parents and schoolchildren for Hepatitis B immunization in a school setting? |
| Heather Dorgan Regina Qu-Appelle Health Region, Saskatchewan |
In an adult population, what is the effectiveness of different delivery models for administration of pneumococcal vaccine in terms of cost, coverage rates, and retrievability of client records? |
| Heather Heinrichs The Capital Care Group |
What does the relevant literature say is the best communication or behavioural strategies to use when speaking to a person with mind dementia (stage 4 according to Dr. Reisberg FAST) regarding the topics of finance, driving and health care decisions? |
| Sherryl Hoskins Peace Country Health |
Why do rural health regions appear to fare less well than urban regions when comparisons are made with Canadian health Indicators? |
| Dr. Antony Irving Associated Medical Clinic of Pincher Creek |
With what quality can a trained rural general practitioner perform a colonoscopy on rural patients in a small rural hospital in southern Alberta? |
| Karen Jackson Calgary Health Region |
What principles, variables and challenges, as identified by the literature, guide the design and implementation of effective job redesign? |
| Connie Jones EMS, Calgary |
Among lay responders who have minimal or no training in the use of Automated External Defibrillators (AED), what factors affect successful defibrillation and influence their decision to choose one device over another? |
| Brenda Kirtzinger Prairie North Regional Health Authority, Saskatchewan |
Which financial outcome measures are useful in evaluating the direct costs associated with primary care sites? |
| Marilyn MacGillivray Alberta Health and Wellness |
Among Alberta women 30-45 years of age with benign conditions, are there significant differences in the rates of abdominal versus non-abdominal hysterectomy during 1999/00 to 2001/02? |
| Leanne McKenzie Capital Health |
How can reports of patient safety intervention studies be effectively categorized and appraised to support the evidence surveillance needs of the regional quality department for quality improvement purposes? |
| Mary Nugent Taber Associate Medical Centre |
What are the existing delivery models used in a multidisciplinary, evidence-based, nurse-coordinated hypertension program, and what are the key understandings from these models that can be used to inform the development of a multidisciplinary, evidence-based, nurse-coordinated hypertension program within a primary health care setting? |
| Keltie Paul Northern Lights Health Region |
Traffic fatalities in Northwestern Alberta: What are the factors, determinants and discussion of best practices in remote/frontier regions? |
| Marney Riendeau Calgary Health Region |
Does using a structured interview process at the time of referral for children's mental health services within the Calgary Health Region, assist mental health clinicians make better decisions? |
| Dr. Cathy Scrimshaw Associated Medical Clinic of Pincher Creek |
What are the opportunities and barriers for rural physicians to access additional surgical skills training in Alberta? |
| Dianne Shaw Chinook Health Region |
What are barriers and opportunities for public health nurses (and physicians) in primary health care? |
| Joan Silzer Calgary Health Region |
What factors influence the potential to engage in health promotion behaviours in low income families with young children? |
| Robert Smith HIV Network of Edmonton Society |
According to the literature, what indicators should be used to measure the outcomes of prevention programs and projects aimed at gay/bisexual men who have sex with men (MSM)? |
| Donna Stewart Capital Health |
What attributes should be considered by Capital Health practitioners when appraising Clinical Practice Guidelines for local adoption/adaptation? |
| Karen Thomas Calgary Health Region |
What factors are associated with the length of time travelers take to present at travel clinics? |
| Ellen Tian Alberta Mental Health Board |
What is in the literature about conceptual framework for cost comparisons between Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) as treatment for patients with severe depression? |
| Dawn Traverse David Thompson Health Region |
Is Global Information System (GIS) useful health care; how can it be used in health care? |
| Susan Tylke David Thompson Health Region |
What elements are required to build an efficient workload measurement framework into the Non-Metro (Meditech) application to develop an accurate, patient-specific case costing system for the David Thompson Health Region that would meet the requirements of Alberta Costing Partnership? |
| Sheila Tyminski Calgary Health Region |
For health care practitioners, what are the key indicators of community development practice that would distinguish their activities as community development? |
| Mark Watt Chinook Health Region |
What aspects of nursing care and assessment potentially impact patient outcomes and /or costs associated with the management of Community Acquired Pneumonia? |