Manitoba Centre for Health Policy

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy
Abbreviation MCHP
Formation 1991
Founder Dr. Noralou Roos and Dr. Leslie Roos
Type Academic Institute
Legal status active
Purpose

Data respository; Concept dictionary; Knowledge Translation; Reports;

Publications; Health Information
Headquarters Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Location
  • Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, Max Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, 408-727 McDermot Ave., University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Canada R3B 3P5
Region served
Manitoba
Official language
English
Director
 Dr. Alan Katz
Parent organization
 University of Manitoba
Staff
60+
Website http://www.umanitoba.ca/medicine/units/mchp

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP) is a public, not-for-profit research unit in the Department of Community Health Sciences within the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, Canada). MCHP provides and uses population-based administrative data to inform health policy, social policy and health and social service delivery provincially, nationally and internationally.[1][2] MCHP also creates population-based research on health and the social determinants of health.

About

MCHP has developed and maintains a comprehensive, population-based data repository on behalf of the Government of Manitoba for use by local, national and international research communities.[3] The repository allows researchers to investigate the health, social and economic status of Manitobans, social determinants that influence health status and provision of appropriate health and social treatment and prevention services.[4]

The Centre focuses primarily on the provincial context, but knowledge gained through research at MCHP has frequently been applied at the national and international levels. MCHP shares this knowledge through workshops, conferences, symposiums and research papers and media outreach. Access to repository data is permitted to researchers outside of the Centre, nationally and internationally.[1][5][6][7] [8]

Research

The diversity of research done at MCHP can be attributed to the large scope of data available in the population-based data repository. Historically, the primary focus has been on Manitobans’ health status and the social determinants of health.[9] However, the acquisition of social data into the repository in recent years has expanded the scope of research at MCHP to the well-being of Manitoban children, Metis and First Nations and the provision of appropriate, evidence-based services for these populations.[9][10]

Some examples of research topics arising from the repository include:

Specifically, there are five research projects commissioned every year by Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living that are released publicly as reports. The Pathways to Health and Social Equity (PATHS) for Children research program is a five-year program comprising 15 inter-related projects that evaluate the impact of different interventions on the health and social outcomes of children in Manitoba.[11] Other research projects are led by research scientists and graduate students both within MCHP, as well as researchers outside of the institute.[1][12][13][14][15]

Data Repository

MCHP is the custodian of the Population Health Research Data Repository, a large collection of person-level data about Manitoba residents that has been de-identified (anonymized) and can be linked.[4][16][17][18]

As of March 2016, there are 78 data files that are updated annually and a large number of additional data files that are brought in on a project-basis.[19] The repository can be accessed by authorized researchers, graduate students and data analysts at MCHP and at nine remote access sites located at the University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus) and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.[20]

Most of these data are obtained from administrative data that are collected by MHSAL to help administer the universal healthcare system in Manitoba.[17] Data in the repository provide information relating to health and health services use (e.g., diagnoses, prescriptions, emergency department visits), social services (e.g., income assistance, social housing, involvement with the justice system), education (e.g., Early Development Index, high school graduation) and surveys (e.g., Canadian Community Health Survey).[17]

MCHP also maintains a public documentation library (data descriptions and concept dictionary) that provides consistent information about the data files in the repository and methods for using the data in population-based research.[17][21] Data descriptions provide information about the data file, relationships between data sets, data quality reports, and data dictionary with descriptive and statistical details about all data elements. The concept dictionary documents methods developed at MCHP for analyzing data in the repository, including project-specific approaches, suggested readings and references.[17] [21]

Privacy, confidentiality and security

Users of data in the repository receive training about the privacy, confidentiality and security practices at MCHP. These practices protect the privacy of service providers (e.g., doctors) and users (e.g., patients) and prevent the destruction or inappropriate use of the data. All data in the repository are stripped of information that can be used to identify individuals. Published reports do not provide data that can be linked to an easily identifiable, small group of individuals. Data are protected by a high level of physical and virtual security at access locations. [22]

Knowledge Translation

Knowledge translation (KT) at MCHP is based both on integrated (start-to-finish) and end-use (information sharing tailored to the target audience) approaches.[4]

Integrated KT at MCHP includes the participation of stakeholders in research teams, advisory groups or the Need To Know Team. End-use KT at MCHP includes the presentation of research findings at conferences, workshops and briefings.[4] MCHP holds several KT workshops every year that provide opportunities for knowledge translation and skills building for stakeholders.[19] These events include:

Other examples of end-use KT include sharing findings from published reports in mainstream media (TV, radio, web), social media (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) and academic journals.[1][5][10][23][24][25][26]

Funding

Since MCHP was founded in 1991, its core funding has been provided by five-year contracts with Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living (MHSAL), a department of the Government of Manitoba.[4] Additional grant-based funding supports the infrastructure, research and knowledge translation at MCHP.[4] Maintenance and expansion of the data repository was supported with Canada for Innovation (CFI) funding in 1999 and 2010.[4] The Need To Know Team, an ongoing knowledge translation project, was established with a Canadian Institutes for Health Research grant in 2001–2005.[4] CFI funding also helped to establish Remote Access Sites where researchers and data analysts outside of MCHP can access the data repository.[20]

The team

MCHP staffs approximately 60 personnel including researchers, data managers, research managers, data analysts, research coordinators, research support, information technologists, communications officer, finance officers, graduate students and research assistants.[19]

Collaborators

MCHP collaborates with government departments and agencies which enables the maintenance and expansion of the data repository through data sharing agreements. Stakeholders that represent relevant government departments, government agencies, and service providers also participate as co-investigators or advisory group members.[19]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "University of Manitoba - Development & Advancement - Journal Publications". mchp-appserv.cpe.umanitoba.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  2. ↑ "University of Manitoba - Faculty of Medicine - Community Health Sciences - Manitoba Centre for Health Policy - Mission & Values". umanitoba.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  3. ↑ "University of Manitoba - Faculty of Medicine - Community Health Sciences - Manitoba Centre for Health Policy - About MCHP". umanitoba.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/health_sciences/medicine/units/community_health_sciences/departmental_units/mchp/media/Healthcare_Policy_vol6_MCHP.pdf
  5. 1 2 "Straw into Gold: Lessons Learned (and Still Being Learned) at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy :: Longwoods.com". longwoods.com. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  6. ↑ "Multiple-domain Versus Single-domain Measurements of Socioeconomic Status (SES) for Predicting Nonadherence to Statin Medications: An Observational... - PubMed - NCBI". ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  7. ↑ "Sustained Use of Benzodiazepines and Escalation to High Doses in a Canadian Population. - PubMed - NCBI". ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  8. ↑ "Association Between Incretin-Based Drugs and the Risk of Acute Pancreatitis. - PubMed - NCBI". ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  9. 1 2 3 "University of Manitoba - Development & Advancement - Term: De-identified Individual Level Information". mchp-appserv.cpe.umanitoba.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  10. 1 2 "When Health Services Researchers and Policy Makers Interact: Tales from the Tectonic Plates". ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  11. ↑ "University of Manitoba - Faculty of Medicine - Community Health Sciences - Manitoba Centre for Health Policy - Pledge of Privacy". umanitoba.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  12. ↑ "University of Manitoba - Faculty of Medicine - Community Health Sciences - Manitoba Centre for Health Policy - PATHS Equity for Children:". umanitoba.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  13. ↑ "Incretin based drugs and the risk of pancreatic cancer: international multicentre cohort study. - PubMed - NCBI". ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  14. ↑ "Cesarean Section Delivery Is Not a Risk Factor for Development of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Population-based Analysis. - PubMed - NCBI". ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  15. ↑ "Bereavement after sibling death: a population-based longitudinal case-control study. - PubMed - NCBI". ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  16. ↑ "University of Manitoba - Faculty of Medicine - Community Health Sciences - Manitoba Centre for Health Policy - About MCHP". umanitoba.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 "University of Manitoba - Faculty of Medicine - Community Health Sciences - Manitoba Centre for Health Policy - Research at MCHP". umanitoba.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  18. ↑ "University of Manitoba - Faculty of Medicine - Community Health Sciences - Manitoba Centre for Health Policy - Knowledge Translation". umanitoba.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  19. 1 2 3 4 http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/health_sciences/medicine/units/chs/departmental_units/mchp/media/Annual_Report_2015_16.pdf
  20. 1 2 "University of Manitoba - Faculty of Medicine - Community Health Sciences - Manitoba Centre for Health Policy - Applying for Access". umanitoba.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  21. 1 2 "umanitoba.ca/faculties/health_sciences/medicine/units/chs/departmental_units/mchp/media/Annual_Report_2015_16.pdf." (PDF). umanitoba.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  22. ↑ "University of Manitoba - Faculty of Medicine - Community Health Sciences - Manitoba Centre for Health Policy - Population Health Research Data Repository". umanitoba.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  23. ↑ "University of Manitoba - Faculty of Medicine - Community Health Sciences - Manitoba Centre for Health Policy - Active Research Accessing the Repository". umanitoba.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  24. ↑ "Price of pain: population-based cohort burden of disease analysis of medication cost of herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia. - PubMed - NCBI". ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  25. ↑ "Unconditional Prenatal Income Supplement and Birth Outcomes. - PubMed - NCBI". ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  26. ↑ "Increasing Capacity for Experiential Rotations for Pharmacy Learners: Lessons Learned from a Multisite Teaching Hospital. - PubMed - NCBI". ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
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