Highlights of Current CHILD Affiliated Projects
Purple Crying Early Intervention Program
The period of purple crying program is a new prevention program produced by the National Centre on shaken Baby Syndrome. It approaches prevention by helping parents and caregivers understand the features of crying in normal infants that are frustrating and can lead to shaking or abuse. (read more)
Canadian observatory on the justice system’s response to intimate partner violence
The Canadian observatory on the justice system’s response to intimate partner violence will maximize the knowledge mobilization impact of the Alliance of Canadian Research Centres on Violence in communities. (read more)
Mobilizing intergenerational support during the transition to motherhood
The purpose of this research is to examine intergenerational social support mobilization during the transition to parenthood and its influence on health among parents and grandparents. (read more)
Raising and leveling the bar: A collaborative research initiative on children, learning, behavioural, and health outcomes
Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council's Initiative on the New Economy Collaborative Research Grant in 2003. This research is being conducted by a team of scholars from across Canada. (read more)
Evaluating success: The Mother Earth’s Children’s Charter School longitudinal study
In the fall of 2002, researchers from the University of Alberta were invited to participate in a three year longitudinal evaluation of the effect of culturally compatible education, as understood and offered by Mother Earth’s Children’s Charter School (MECCS), on the mental and physical health of Aboriginal children. (read more)
Support intervention for low income women smokers
The purpose of this research is to (1) assess the support needs and support intervention preferences of low income women who engage in smoking behaviour; and (2) design and test the impact of a comprehensive support intervention that reflects the support needs of low-income women smokers, the individual and systemic factors influencing their smoking behaviour, and their preferred form of intervention. (read more)
Completed CHILD Affiliated Projects
The Social Support Networks and Need for Social Support Among Adults with Chronic Pain who are Enrolled in Methadone Treatment
The goal of this study is to conduct qualitative research over a two year period to explore and describe needs for social support among adults with chronic pain who are enrolled in a methadone treatment (MT) program. (read more)
The Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Strategies to Promote the Well-Being of Children and Youth with Allergies and/or Asthma
The AllerGen mission is to reduce the morbidity, mortality and socio-economic impact of allergic and related immune disease by undertaking and applying innovative, multidisciplinary research on the development, persistence, prevention and treatment of the allergic state. (read more)