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RESEARCH at YIHR

Research at YIHR is conducted in 5 thematic areas:

• Determinants of Health
• Health, Law, Ethics, and Social Justice
• Health Behaviour and Health Education over the Lifespan
• Health and the Environment
• Access to Health Care, Health Governance, Law and Policy

YIHR INITIATIVES

• Disability Rights Promotion International
• Disability Rights Promotion International – Canada
• National Network on Environments and Women’s Health (NNEWH)
• Centre for Disease Modelling
• Program Evaluation Unit
• CW-LHIN Academic and Strategic Collaboration
• Grief Reconciliation Project

YIHR PROJECTS

Determinants of Health

• Social and Cultural Determinants of Health: Chronic Disease and Well-Being in India and Canada
• Youth, Disability and Sexual Health
• Taking Action: Using Arts-Based Approaches to Develop Aboriginal Youth Leadership in HIV Prevention

Health, Law, Ethics, and Social Justice

• Mental Health and Immigrant Women

Health Behaviour and Health Education over the Lifespan

• ADO/YIHR Collaboration: Aging Into  a disability vs. Aging With a disability

Health and the Environment

• Nurses at Risk: Exploring Gender and Race in Workplace Illness, Injury and Violence

Access to Health Care: Health Governance and Policy

• Re-Imagining Long-Term Residential Care: An International Study of Promising Practices
• Identifying Unmet Mental Health Needs in Immigrant and Refugee Communities in the Central West LHIN Health
• Access to Care of Homeless and At-Risk in York Region