Meet the Mentors

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SUMMER INSTITUTE 2011
JUNE, 2011 - Montréal, Québec

 We are pleased to announce a call for trainee nominations by PHIRNET Mentors to attend the 2011 PHIRNET Summer Institute in Montréal, Québec. As a PHIRNET Mentor, you are invited to nominate one trainee to attend both the PHIRNET Summer Institute (June 18 to 19 and the afternoon of 20) and the Canadian Public Health Association Conference (June 19 to 22).

Learning Objectives: By the the PHIRNET 2011 Summer Institute, participants will be able to:

• Describe theoretical perspectives employed within PHIR;
• Differentiate and discuss research designs and tools used in PHIR;
• Identify mechanisms for implementing effective KT between policy/program decision-makers and researchers conducting PHIR;
• Discuss how PHIR perspectives, designs, tools and mechanisms can be applied to/in their own research projects/programs of research.

Preparatory Reading Materials:

1. Hawe, P. & Potvin, L. (2009) What Is Population Health Intervention Research? Canadian Journal of Public Health, 100, 1, I-8-I13. Available at: http://journal.cpha.ca/index.php/cjph/article/view/1748
   
2. Hawe, P., Samis, S., Di Ruggiero, E. & Shoveller, J. (2011) Population Health Intervention Research Initiative for Canada: progress and prospects. NSW Public Health Bulletin, 22, 1-2, 27-32. Available at: http://www.publish.csiro.au/index.cfm?paper=NB10072
   
3. Examples of Population Health Intervention Research. (2011) Institute of Population and Public Health, CIHR. Available at: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/43480.html#s1
4. Population Health Intervention Research Profiles (2011). Institute of Population and Public Health, CIHR. Available at: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/41365.html
5. Perspectives on Funding Support for Population Health Intervention Research: Background and Report on Key Informant Interviews. (2009) Institute of Population and Public Health, CIHR. Available at: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/documents/PIHR_key_informant_iview_e.pdf

 Suggested Reading for Louise Potvin's Presentation:

1. Connor, R. F., Attman, D. G., & Jackson, C. (1984). Can We Be Scientific in Applied Social Science? From R. F. Connor, D. G. Attman & C. Jackson (Eds.), Evaluation Studies Review Annual, vol. 9, pp. 26-48. Available at: http://www.phirnet.ca/docs/CanWeBeScientific.pdf
   
2. Hawe, P., Shiell, A., & Riley, T. (2004). Complex interventions: how "out of control" can a randomised controlled trial be? BMJ, 328, 1561-1563. Available at: http://www.phirnet.ca/docs/Hawe 2004.pdf
3. Holland, P. W. (1986). Statistics and Causal Inference. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 81(396), 945-960. Available at: http://www.phirnet.ca/docs/Holland 86.pdf
4. Oakes, J. M. (2004). The (mis)estimation of neighborhood effects: causal inference for a practicable social epidemiology. Social Science & Medicine, 58, 1929-1952. Available at: http://www.phirnet.ca/docs/Oakes Neighbourhood Effects.pdf