Saskatchewan Health

About: Saskatchewan Health is a government organization based out in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Health care. The organization has 442 authors who have published 489 publications receiving 7728 citations.

Embedding health equity strategically within built environments.

Abstract: Population health approaches are visible among multidisciplinary methods used in urban design and planning, but attention to health equity is not always an explicit focus. Population and Public Health—Saskatoon Health Region recognized the need for frameworks to prioritize, integrate and measure health equity within local built environments. A cross-department healthy built environment (HBE) initiative coordinated activities involving Health Promotion, Environmental Public Health, Public Health Observatory, and Medical Health Officers engaged with municipal, academic and community partners in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The HBE team conducted evidence reviews and consulted with partners to identify common health equity issues in built environments and best and leading practices to address them. The HBE team then prioritized and undertook projects to model a health equity approach. Projects included the following: (1) developing a Health Equity in Healthy Built Environment Framework; (2) engaging in a partner campaign highlighting built environment and health equity during a municipal election; (3) producing a Health Equity Impact Assessment (HEIA) report on the City of Saskatoon’s growth plan; and (4) developing a monitoring and evaluation framework for health equity outcomes. Other outputs include making new connections between local HBE and poverty reduction efforts and promoting social inclusion guidelines in consultation processes. Within a population health approach to HBE, an explicit focus on health equity can be a catalyst for engaging partners in cross-sectoral action for building inclusive physical and social environments.

Further Studies on Platelet Monoamine Oxidase and Phenolsulfotransferase and Plasma Levels of Acid Metabolites in Aggressive and Non-aggressive Prisoners and Children with Attention Deficit Disorders

Abstract: Trace amines are possibly involved in some psychiatric disorders (Boulton, 1980). β-Phenylethylamine, for example, is chemically similar to amphetamine, and can induce behavioural effects in laboratory animals resembling those of amphetamine (Mantegazza and Riva, 1963). Amphetamine abuse in large doses is often associated with homicidal violence (Ellinwood, 19071; Allen et al., 1975). Paradoxically amphetamine can suppress aggressive behaviour (Miczek, 1974) and hyperactivity in children (Arnold et al., 1978). It has been argued that the hyperactive child syndrome and adult psychopathy are related in that a common pathophysiological condition of low CNS arousal states may underlie both conditions (Satterfield, 1978). β-Phenylethylamine has, therefore, become a center of interest in research on mental disorders. Trace amines are metabolized rapidly (Wu and Boulton 1975; Philips and Boulton, 1979; Durden and Philips, 1980). Enzymes involved in the catabolism of the trace amines, monoamine oxidase (MAO) and phenolsulfotransferase (PST), as well as the trace acid metabolites themselves have been analyzed.

Meanings of therapeutic recreation: professionals’ perspectives

Abstract: Debate regarding definitions and philosophies of therapeutic recreation (TR) is ongoing. Those who favour the recreational therapy approach view leisure as a modality to improved health, whereas th...

Bringing Together Research and Quality Improvement: The Saskatchewan Approach.

Abstract: Improving health and health services requires both better knowledge (a key function of research) and better action to adapt and use what is already known (quality improvement). However, organizational and cultural divides between academic research institutions and health system organizations too often result in missed opportunities to integrate research and improvement. The Saskatchewan Health Quality Council's experience and relationships, from linking research, quality improvement and patient engagement in its leadership of the province's healthcare quality improvement journey, provided core support and leadership in the development of Saskatchewan's Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research SUPPORT Unit. The vision is for the SUPPORT Unit to integrate research and quality improvement into a continuous learning health system.