The Advocates Training Partnership Program

The Nairobi STD program. An international partnership.

Since 1980, Canadian, Belgian, and American scientists have been working together with colleagues in Kenya to understand the epidemiology and biology of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in Africa. The rapid spread of human immunodeficiency virus has dramatically increased the importance of this information. Interventions to slow the spread of all STDs and to reduce their consequences are no...

University/netl Student Partnership Program

Governance and Performance: the Influence of Program Structure and Management on Job Training Partnership Act (jtpa) Program Outcomes

INTRODUCTION The Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), enacted in 1982 as a major initiative of the Reagan Administration, created what became a $5 billion federally-funded employment and training program for disadvantaged workers. 1 The JTPA directs the states to provide services to “those who can benefit from, and are most in need of, such opportunities” and requires that the results “be measu...

Guyana’s paediatric training program: a global health partnership for medical education

Guyana is a low-middle income country on the northern coast of South America between Venezuela and Suriname. Guyana has relatively high child mortality and a notable gap in health care provision. As of 2011, there were no paediatricians in the public sector where approximately 90% of the population seek care. In response to this unmet need, Guyanese diaspora living in Canada, in partnership wit...

Informed Adaptations of a Strength-Training Program through a Research–Practice Partnership

Efficacy and effectiveness data for strength-training programs targeting older adults have been well established, but it is evident that they are not translated within practice-based settings to have a public health impact, as most (~90%) older adults are not meeting strength-training recommendations. Strength-training interventions developed, delivered, and evaluated in highly controlled setti...