Celebrating CIHR’s Faces of Health Research

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 to enhance Outcomes (ECHO). Dr. Hartling directs the Alberta Research Centre for Health Evidence (ARCHE). Dr. Scott and Dr. Hartling are both Professors at the University of Alberta, Canada Research Chairs, and Distinguished Researchers of the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation.

                          

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Physical treatments can include physiotherapy, prescribed exercise plans, strengthening exercises, massage, and more. 

Psychological treatments can include counselling or talk therapy, supportive therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, mediation, and more. They can be provided on a one-on-one basis or in a group setting.