Panning for Population Gold: 20 Years of Research at MCHP.

Straw into Gold: Lessons Learned (and Still Being Learned) at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy.

What lessons have we learned at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP) about knowledge translation (KT) over the past 20 years, and what is our vision for the future? How does that KT interrelate with our other activities - research and the Population Health Data Repository? Who first noticed that "there's gold in them thar hills," and what did they do about it? How did we weave administr...

Clinical Research at MCHP Over the Next 20 Years.

Expanding the data repository: new technology and resources for the 21st century.

These are exciting times to be at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP). The size and diversity of databases at MCHP provide an unprecedented opportunity to conduct population health and health services research and research into the determinants of health. Current holdings now represent over 90 databases of health, education, social services, survey and clinical data, as well as instrum...

Leptospirosis and Ebola virus infection in five gold-panning villages in northeastern Gabon.

An exhaustive epidemiologic and serologic survey was carried out in five gold-panning villages situated in northeastern Gabon to estimate the degree of exposure of to leptospirosis and Ebola virus. The seroprevalence was 15.7% for leptospirosis and 10.2% for Ebola virus. Sixty years after the last seroepidemiologic survey of leptospirosis in Gabon, this study demonstrates the persistence of thi...

Using Administrative Data to Develop Indicators of Quality Care in Personal Care Homes

The mission of MCHP is to provide accurate and timely information to healthcare decision-makers, analysts and providers, so they can offer services which are effective and efficient in maintaining and improving the health of Manitobans. Our researchers rely upon the unique Population Health Research Data Repository (Repository) to describe and explain patterns of care and profiles of illness, a...