Community and Organizational Resources Available for Nurses in Research
Established in October 2011, CPHCRIN addresses the needs of the community-based primary health care (CBPHC) community by coordinating research and innovation efforts. The network acts as a diverse forum for creative discussion and debate about the future of CBPHC in Canada. With a research agenda that encompasses a vast number of questions, perspectives and methodologies, the network is one of the best ways to meet today’s most pressing CBPHC challenges.
CPHCRIN’s vision and operations arise from an inclusive approach to research that seeks to improve CBPHC performance and capacity. CPHCRIN is guided by the following six principles:
- Collaboration
- Comprehensive reach
- Sustainable infrastructure
- Capacity building
- Partnerships and participation
- Knowledge translation
The Canadian Health Human Resources Network, established through funds from Health Canada, brings together national experts, researchers and policy-makers interested in health human resource (HHR) research, policy and/or planning.
What the network offers:
What the network offers:
- Access to the latest information and evidence on innovative approaches to HHR development, training, financing, regulation, recruitment and retention.
- A means for gathering, sharing, exchanging and building capacity in high-quality HHR research.
- Access to ongoing research and model development at national, provincial/territorial and local/regional service-delivery levels.
- A way to connect experts, researchers and policy/decision-makers in order to coordinate research and support development and implementation of high-quality, evidence-based, HHR policies and best practices.
Technology Evaluation in the Elderly (TVN) is a not-for-profit network that supports multidisciplinary research in health-care tools, technology and interventions for seriously ill elderly patients and their families. Funded in July 2012 by the national Networks of Centres of Excellence, TVN creates programs and products to enhance Canadians’ quality of life by mobilizing collaboration among researchers, industry and other organizations.
Its mission is to improve care by developing, evaluating and implementing health-care technologies. These technologies include drugs, devices, knowledge products, improvement strategies and tools that ultimately lead to better outcomes for patients, families, health-care professionals and the health-care system as a whole.
Its mission is to improve care by developing, evaluating and implementing health-care technologies. These technologies include drugs, devices, knowledge products, improvement strategies and tools that ultimately lead to better outcomes for patients, families, health-care professionals and the health-care system as a whole.
The Canadian Stroke Network (CSN), one of Canada’s Networks of Centres of Excellence, is a not-for-profit organization headquartered at the University of Ottawa. Since 1999, CSN has been a unique collaborative effort to bring together researchers, students, government, industry and the non-profit sector. Today, with more than 100 researchers at 24 universities across the country, the network puts Canada at the forefront of stroke research through its multi-disciplinary research program, high-quality training for Canadian scientists and clinicians, and national and global partnerships. Through the following aims, CSN is dedicated to decreasing the physical, social and economic consequences of stroke on individuals and society:
- Promoting research excellence
- Training researchers and practitioners
- Maximizing health and economic benefits
- Building national consensus on stroke policy
- Creating added value through partnerships
TRAM is a partnership of the Graham Boeckh Foundation (GBF) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). GBF and CIHR have combined their financial and intellectual resources to support highly-innovative approaches that make a real difference in improving mental health outcomes for young people in Canada.
Through TRAM, these partners will work hand in hand with mental health communities across Canada over the next year to build a unique research-to-practice network. The pan-Canadian network will unite patient/family representatives, policy-makers, researchers, service providers, community organizations and other stakeholders in order to move innovative interventions, practices, therapies or policies out of the research environment and into common use in the real world.
Through TRAM, these partners will work hand in hand with mental health communities across Canada over the next year to build a unique research-to-practice network. The pan-Canadian network will unite patient/family representatives, policy-makers, researchers, service providers, community organizations and other stakeholders in order to move innovative interventions, practices, therapies or policies out of the research environment and into common use in the real world.
- The Canadian Nursing Foundation (CNF) depends on the contributions of the public and private sectors to provide funding to support research addressing policy and to support clinical nursing research. The CNF also provides scholarships for undergraduate and graduate education.
- The Canadian Association for Nursing Research (CANR) is a national organization whose mission is to support research-based nursing practice and provides awards to recognize the outstanding research contribution of nurses.
- The Office of Nursing Policy at Health Canada has a mandate to improve the health of Canadians. One of the priorities is to focus on strengthening nursing sciences by describing issues and opportunities, increasing the number of researchers and identifying actions, and identifying directions to move the nursing science agenda forward (Office of Nursing Policy, 2009).
- The Canadian Consortium for Nursing Research and Innovation (CNRI) was formed under the leadership of the Office of Nursing Policy to gather stakeholders from a variety of nursing organizations to provide leadership and direction to advance nursing science in Canada.