Has your child had a concussion?

  April 30, 2020
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Has your child ever had a concussion? We want to hear from you!   Has your child ever had a concussion? We want to talk to you and your child about your experiences. Your story will help us understand how health professionals & researchers can support families affected by concussions. Interviews will be 30-60 minutes, and all information gathered will be kept confidential and private. Participants will receive a $25 Chapters giftcard. Please contact us or email echokt@ualberta.ca for more information about participating in this study! Continue reading →

Parents Needed for COVID-19 Study

  April 20, 2020
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Experiences and Information needs of Canadian parents with a COVID-19 positive child
Has your child tested positive for COVID-19? We want to understand parent experiences and information needs!   We are interviewing Canadian parents of children who tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Our goal is to understand parent experiences and information needs. Interviews will be 30-60 minutes, and all information gathered will be kept confidential and private. Participants will receive a $25 Superstore giftcard. Please contact us or email echokt@ualberta.ca for more information about participating in this study. This study is being conducted at Continue reading →

Award-Winning Videos!

  March 4, 2020
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Did you know our child health videos have won national awards?!    Every year, the  Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH) of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) holds an annual video competition. The competition aims to improve knowledge translation of research within IHDCYH’s strategic research priorities, and help demonstrate the impact that evidence can and does have on maternal, reproductive, child and youth health in Canada.   The following videos were awarded prizes in IHDCYH Talks competitions:  Cough, Cold, and Wheeze: Continue reading →

Undergraduate Nursing Leaders

  March 4, 2020
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From left to right: Eugini Ann Tolentino, Rabail Shahid, Rachel Joffe, Rebecca Campbell   This semester we have been delighted to have 4 students from the after-degree BScN program join our ECHO Team through a Nursing Leadership Course! These 4 students are participating in a new leadership course, designed to provide opportunities to consolidate prior learning and develop confidence while preparing to transition into the role of Registered Nurse. The course focus is on collaboration with interprofessional teams, systems thinking, and healthcare system change. Students Continue reading →

Specially Commended – 2019 IHDCYH Talks Video Competition

  February 11, 2020
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The CIHR Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH) is dedicated to developmental, physical and mental well-being throughout the life cycle from a population perspective. Their annual video competition, called IHDCYH Talks, is intended to improve knowledge translation of research within IHDCYH’s strategic research priorities, and help demonstrate the impact that evidence can and does have on maternal, reproductive, child and youth health in Canada.   We are thrilled to announce that our video on bronchiolitis was awarded a Special Commendation Prize in Continue reading →

Videos, ebooks help parents decide when children need to go to ER

  November 22, 2019
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Healthy Baby
Featured in the University of Alberta Folio, Drs. Shannon Scott and Lisa Hartling talk about their research programs and the health resources we have developed. The best way to inform parents of the latest evidence on the diagnosis and treatment of childhood illnesses is to tell them a story, according to the researchers behind an innovative program at the University of Alberta. “In Canada, one in five kids who go to the emergency room department don’t need to be there and could be treated elsewhere,” Continue reading →

From Clinical Trials to Picture Books: The Creative Challenge of Translating Research 

  November 20, 2019
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Mother and child walking together
Featured in the University of Alberta Quad, our Stakeholder Engagement and Research Coordinator Michelle Chan writes about our research. If you have, or have ever taken care of, a young child, you might have experienced an unsettling panic when they start to exhibit symptoms of being unwell. Is that cough normal? Is it a cold? Is it croup? And what do you do about it? Instead of scrolling through websites with complex and confusing information, you could instead look through a simple and engaging infographic Continue reading →

Help us win the 2019 CIHR IHDCYH Talks Video Competition!

  October 25, 2019
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Mother, Father, Son, Daughter
*This competition is now closed. Thank you to everyone who helped us by voting for our video!   We are thrilled to be in this year’s CIHR IHDCYH Talks Video Competition! We entered one of our newest videos – Cough, Cold, and Wheeze: How to help manage your child’s bronchiolitis.   Bronchiolitis is a viral infection that affects our breathing. It is most common in children under 2 years, and can be stressful for families and caregivers. Our video provides health information based on the Continue reading →

Celebrating CIHR’s Faces of Health Research

  October 24, 2019
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Drs. Shannon Scott and Lisa Hartling
Each year, over 2.3 million children visit hospital emergency departments in Canada. Many of these visits are for minor conditions that could be treated at home or in other settings.   Closing the research-practice gap is fundamental to improving the efficiency of health care delivery to children and their families. Dr. Shannon Scott and Dr. Lisa Hartling are working together to improve health outcomes for children with acute health conditions through knowledge translation. Dr. Scott directs a research program called translating Evidence in Child Health Continue reading →

Spotlight on Shannon Scott: Empowering Parents through Research-Based Evidence

  October 9, 2019
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Shanon Scott CRC Chair, Evidence in Child Health to improve Outcomes (ECHO)
Dr. Shannon Scott uses the power of stories to ensure that up-to-date research on child health is placed in the hands of parents, families, healthcare professionals, and policy-makers. Parents want to be involved in their children’s healthcare, and in order to be included, access to the latest research that is easy to understand has to be readily available. Unfortunately, in Canada, this isn’t always the case. Dr. Shannon Scott—Professor at the University of Alberta Faculty of Nursing, Canada Research Chair for Knowledge Translation in Child Continue reading →

ECHO

The ECHO research program is focused on improving health outcomes for children with acute health conditions through the application of the best available evidence — a process known as knowledge translation (KT).

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