Health research strategy : Saskatchewan, healthy people, a healthy province

Saskatchewan has the including Aboriginal health and seniors; rural and remote potential to be an international leader in the area of food health care delivery; health systems and policy research; the and water safety, given its existing strengths in determinants of health status; public health, water safety and biotechnology and immunology, and the co-existence of food safety; and synchrotron-bas [...] Quality Council and its predecessor, the Health Services Utilization and Research Commission, have made the The end goals of knowledge translation can vary dissemination of their health systems research to the depending on the nature of the research. [...] As part of the framework, SHRF will consider: • the needs and responsibilities of health-related organizations related to knowledge transfer; • the needs and responsibilities of the provincial government and regional health authorities in knowledge transfer; • the roles of various research agencies (including SHRF and the universities) in knowledge transfer; 16 Health Research Strategy Strengtheni [...] Here are just a few examples of research partnerships and programs to encourage partnership: Provincial Research Funding • The Indigenous Peoples’ Health Research Centre Saskatchewan Health provides its health research funding is a partnership of the First Nations University of directly to the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation Canada, the University of Saskatchewan, and the (SHRF), which is [...] Actions Increasing the Profile of Health Research Human Resources in all Health Research Areas The strategy also identifies the need to increase the profile of health research activity in the province.