2018-19
The following Emerging Leaders in Health Promotion Grant program projects received funding in 2018-19.
Heart Heroes Camp
Since its beginnings as a successful recipient of an ELiHP grant in 2016–17, Heart Heroes Camp has grown into a sustainable, resourcefully funded (grants, major fundraising and corporate sponsorship), no-charge(!), wildly successful and popular three-day summer camp for children and youth diagnosed with complex forms of congenital heart disease.
Integrating Health Living for New Canadians/CHANGE McDougall Family Program
With her 2017-18, multi-partner/collaborator Emerging Leaders in Health Promotion project (“Integrating Healthy Living for New Canadians/CHANGE McDougall Family Program”), Dr. Finola Hackett learned that “collaborating with a community, with individuals and families directly, is a very rewarding approach to health promotion: it need not be grandiose, on a society-wide scale, but rather can be incremental, in the forging of joyful and warm relationships …”
Introduction of Canadian healthcare system to new immigrants and assisting them in finding a family physician
In fall 2019, Dr. Reza Ojaghi (currently post-grad year two, orthopedic surgery, University of Ottawa) was the recipient of an Emerging Leaders in Health Promotion (ELiHP) grant which he applied to a project intended to “[connect] with a group of adult new immigrants in Calgary to educate and assist them in finding a family physician.”
Treatment as health promotion for substance use in Indigenous Albertans
Recipient(s): Dr. Maulik Baxi, Dr. Rita Henderson
This project aims to improve access to Opioid Agonist Therapy for Indigenous Albertans. This will be done by offering an innovative approach called Buprenorphine/Naloxone microdose OAT Induction for patients with Opioid Use Disorder and will be done in conjunction with existing resources, relations and cultural knowledge.
The Re:pro Health Podcast – Discussing pro-health topics regarding women’s sexual and reproductive health
Recipient(s): Daphne Cheung
Re:pro health aims to raise awareness about women’s sexual and reproductive health topics. The goal is to provide education about these topics so women may become better advocates for their own health. To do this, a podcast will be created and disseminated via major podcast providers. Each podcast will be roughly 15 minutes in length and will be released every 2 weeks for a total of 15 episodes.
Keeping children living with diabetes safe and healthy at school
Recipient(s): Dr. Sarah Johnson
The aim of this project is to create an information booth in line with Diabetes Canada and the Pediatric Society’s position on Type1 Diabetes Mellitus, then directly address teachers at the Alberta Teachers’ Association meetings in Calgary and Edmonton. By doing this, the expectation is to engage teachers as stakeholders toward generating interest in, and creating standards which will improve the lives and safety of students with T1DM.
’Street Sense’: A harm-reduction program promoting informed decision-making regarding drug use
Recipient(s): Chu Yang Lin, Amanpreet Gill, Jahaan Ali
Street Sense aims to address the increase in opioid-related hospitalizations in youths by filling in the gaps of the current high-school education curriculum. The theme of the project is one of harm reduction, rather than solely drug- use deterrence. The project aims to target about 100 students in Edmonton.
Sexual Health Edition - Doctors Against Tragedies
Recipient(s): Dr. Michiko Maruyama
This project aims to create an innovative sexual health awareness campaign to break the tension and start a conversation about sexual health in a way that is fun, engaging and educational. The focus will be on providing education on STIs and methods of birth control, as well as information about the various sexual health resources in Edmonton, such as the birth control clinic. This will be achieved by creating a card game that uses clever and witty humor with facts and information injected onto each card.
