tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204546602011-09-05T15:37:42.479-04:00These are the ongoing "mental" notes of a 40 year old PhD student as he ventures forth on the frontier of child and youth mental health. Viewed from the dual perspectives of population health and knowledge exchange, he hopes that the bits and pieces presented here will lead to real conversations and actual programs that help us live healthier lives.Peter Levesquenoreply@blogger.comBlogger301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20454660.post-72647576687559913572008-09-03T13:35:00.003-04:002008-09-03T13:44:29.009-04:00

Life has a way of letting things get further and further away from you. It is like hoping that the oar you dropped in the water is going to float back to you but instead it heads out to the ocean. I feel that way about my PhD thesis proposal at the moment. Last November and December, I spent quite a bit of time of putting a proposal together: Experiencing youth mental health: podcasting as a

Peter Levesquenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20454660.post-1148922668090559282006-05-29T13:10:00.000-04:002007-02-25T23:22:29.103-05:00

Students from the 2005 Cohort and Thesis Supervisors,In November 2006 students from the Doctoral program in Population Health, cohort 2005, will be completing their comprehensive examination. You will find enclosed the guidelines.On Wednesday, November 1, a paper copy of the three questions will be available from the PhD in Population Health program office, 1 Stewart Street , room 302B, Roseline

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Bryant, T., Raphael, D., & Travers, R. Identifying and strengthening thestructural roots of urban health: Participatory policy research and theCanadian urban health agendahttp://tinyurl.com/pz2ha

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Position OpenDepartment of PsychologyMiami UniversityThe Coordinator of School Mental Health Projects will support and provide technical assistance for the Evidence-Based Practices for School-Wide Prevention Programs project. Duties include evaluation planning; needs/resource assessment; school-community partnership and capacity building; supervision of graduate research assistants; possible

Peter Levesquenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20454660.post-1148265526836950222006-05-21T22:36:00.000-04:002006-05-24T19:33:54.586-04:00

This was collected by Vivien Runnels:Here are the E-mail responses from previous cohort Pop Health Students concerning Comprehensive Examinations (these are edited slightly) Gail Webber suggests:1. Don't worry too much, they are not exceedingly difficult.2. Prepare in small groups - more fun for everyone. , don’t start until after the courses are all complete. Review the course material and you

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Irwin Schweitzer passed along this website that you will find useful in appraising different study designs on your data abstraction forms. Look under the “BETs CA worksheets” under the Resources tab on the left-hand side. The website is: http://www.bestbets.org/index.html

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Health Students Taking Action Together (HealthSTAT) has announced the debut of the inaugural issue of the only peer-reviewed electronic journal for health professional students engaged in their communities. Context connects students across the nation working to improve the health of our communities. In addition, the journal recognizes insightful, well-designed evaluations of student initiated

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LETTERS OF INTENT DUE JUNE 30, 2006 Continuing in its commitment to support innovation in community-based research (CBR) on the Social Determinants of Health, the Toronto-based Wellesley Institute will award 4 grants of up to $80,000 to support CBR on the impact of income distribution on health. They are looking for research that focuses on community level interventions and/or approaches for

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Reducing Health Disparities -Roles of the Health Sector Discussion Paper Prepared by the Health Disparities Task Group of the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Advisory Committee on Population Health and Health Security, Canada Available online [PDF file 43p.] at:http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ph-sp/disparities/pdf06/disparities_discussion_paper_e.pdf Health disparities are avoidable and can be

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Le Consortium national de formation en santé (CNFS) vous invite au 2e Forum national de recherche sur la santé des communautés francophones en situation minoritaire qui aura lieu les 23 et 24 novembre 2007, à l’Hôtel Crowne Plaza d’Ottawa. Vous aurez alors l’occasion de prendre connaissance des pas qui ont été franchis depuis le 1er Forum national. Vous verrez comment

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The dates for the "dreaded" comprehensive exams have not been set but they look like the following:At this time I am still working on scheduling and to find jury members. But it looks like the questions will be distributed on November 1, responses to be submitted on November 14 and the oral defense on November 27 and November 28. Please note that this information is not confirmed. This will all

Peter Levesquenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20454660.post-1147355344793509342006-05-11T09:43:00.000-04:002006-05-11T09:49:04.806-04:00

It has been a while since I posted. I guess I have been resting from the marathon of the last semester. What a crazy time. I never thought I would say this but turning 40 and doing a PHD is a rough way to go.I passed all my seminars but not with the A's and A+'s that had been the norm at the Master's level. However, I feel like I have learned lots about using a Population Health perspective

Peter Levesquenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20454660.post-1144697230442303362006-04-10T15:19:00.000-04:002007-02-10T06:22:29.573-05:00

Susan Hess, who is on the Centre of Excellence's Consumer Advisory Reference Group (CARG) sent this along. She says that it would be great if "all agencies (School Boards etc.) involved with Education, Health and Children and Youth Services worked together to seek support from the Provincial government on this pressing issue"I agree that it would be great if all parties worked together. The

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My colleague David Zavitz sent this email about podcasts:EXECUTIVE SUMMARYPodcasts have hit the mainstream consciousness but have not yet seen widespread use. One-quarter of online consumers express interest in podcasts, with most interested in time-shifting existing radio and Internet radio channels. Companies that are interested in using podcasts for their audio should focus not only on

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The following paper was submitted to Nancy Edwards and Michelle Giroux in the context of my Population HEalth 8930 seminar.-------------------------------------------This paper briefly discusses the concept of health, the legal powers of the State to promote health, and considers one notable example in the area of mental health, where the State may be preventing health.The World Health

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My friend, colleague, and mentor from the UK, Dr. Joyce Liddle (who will be taking a new position as Associate Professor of Public Policy, Nottingham Policy Centre, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham, this spring) sent me this very interesting blog link - Whatifproject.Run by Stuart Smith BSc MSc (DIC), his biography says that he is the Director of Consultancy at Wood

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Jane Tallim and I have the opportunity to deliver a series of workshops across Ontario, on implementing evidence-based practice.These workshops are organized and hosted by Safeguards: Children's Services Training.The description of the workshops is below:The Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health at CHEO is committed to facilitating your use of evidence-based practices

Peter Levesquenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20454660.post-1137595242962977582006-01-18T09:33:00.000-05:002006-05-07T17:07:14.843-04:00

In the Methodology seminar (POP8920), we have been assigned three linked projects that will lead to a fully formed dissertation proposal. The first part is a one page preliminary draft that outlines the issue of interest and some questions associated to this issue.Here is my draft:To: Dr. Lise Dubois, Dr. Maurice LévesqueFrom: Peter Levesque, 424540Date: 2005-01-17Re: POP8920 Preliminary version

Peter Levesquenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20454660.post-1137100384745825882006-01-12T16:06:00.000-05:002007-02-24T19:14:17.306-05:00

Dr. Melanie Barwick, at SickKids Hospital in Toronto, a Canadian leader in knowledge exchange and translation for children and youth mental health, sent me this very interesting conference link:Computer Supported Cooperative Work 2006, Banff, AL, Nov 4-8 2006CSCW 2006, the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, is the premier venue for presenting research and development

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Last semester, I worked on a student consulting project with Dr. Yolande Chan at the Queen's University School of Business. The students in her knowledge management class produced three excellent consulting projects that will soon be posted on the COE of CYMH website. Yesterday, I received a nice thank you email from one of the students - Miriam. Besides the pleasure of receiving a thank you, I

Peter Levesquenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20454660.post-1136766528179461192006-01-08T19:17:00.000-05:002006-05-05T08:06:05.973-04:00

After a 2005 that almost did me in, I am trying hard to limit my work week this year to 60 hours a week. It is a difficult balance given the needs at the Centre, the 4 seminars that I am taking this semester, the speaking engagements that are already planned, and the inevitable issues that come out of the blue.This week looks like the following:POP 8930 - seminar, readings, and assignment - 15

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Tomorrow, I start POP 8930, Population Health Interventions."This course examines approaches to influence population health. Contextual influences on and interactions between individual and population health approaches for health promotion, disease prevention and risk management. Process for establishing transdisciplinary teams and intersectoral partnerships. Sustainable systems change, including

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STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS FOR POPULATION HEALTHAT THE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWAWorkshop 10 January 2006Your participation in our workshop is greatly valued. This document has been designed to initiate reflections and prompt informal exchange and discussion. In 2006, the University of Ottawa finds itself in an environment that differs significantly from that in which it created IPH/IRSP in 2000. First,

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Tomorrow I start the "Systematic reviews and meta-analysis" seminar series with David Moher and Dean Fergusson.The course outline is very interesting as were the first set of readings.The evaluation is along 3 lines:Protocol 30% - Must be handed in by 27th FebruaryFinal report 50% - Must be handed in by 21st AprilClass participation

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My supervisor, Dr. Jeremy Grimshaw has offered to teach his students the basics of Implementation Research Methods through a series of workshops this semester. I am looking forward to it._____________________________________________________Hello Everyone,Please note the dates of the Implementation Research Methods Sessions:Session #1 January 11th, 2006 5:00 - 6:30

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The question of what is population health was only partly answered by the two required readings.Contandriopoulos, C. How Canada's health care system compares with that of other countries: an overview. In: Forum national de la santé. Le secteur de la santé au Canada et ailleurs. Sainte-Foy, Qc: Editions MultiMondes; 1998.Evans RG (2000). Canada. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 25 (5)

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The discussion of how to approach a science of population health seems to be not unlike the science of making a stew or a casserole. Each of the ingredients are of their own particular nature and “flavour”, yet when they are added together, spiced, and simmered, the result is something quite different from what one started with. Preference for one method or another appears to be one of taste. I

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Dear Peter Levesque:Congratulations! Your abstract submission has been accepted for the SfAA 2006 Annual Meeting at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia, March 28-April 2.Information on the date and time of your presentation is below. If you have more then one presentation scheduled, all will be listed below.Within the next few weeks, we will have an electronic version of the

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The Mental Health Frontier: opportunities for Population Health in addressing the mental health concerns of children and youth.Peter Levesque, BSocSc, MA, PhD (student)Institute of Population Health, University of OttawaMailing Address1961 Caprihani WayOttawa, Ontario, CanadaK4A 4R6ContactT: (613) 841-0858E: peterlevesque@yahoo.caCitationLevesque, P. The Mental Health Frontier: opportunities for

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This blog is entitled "Peter's Mental Notes" because this is what it will contain.My mental notes about the mental health of children and youth, knowledge exchange, population health, community mobilization, and an assortment of associated topics. It is also a play on words I could not resist - punny. (I know it is the lowest form of humour, but good mental health includes being able to laugh at

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