Institute for Health and Social Policy

The McGill Institute for Health and Social Policy was created to conduct and support world-class research on how social conditions impact population health and welfare.

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Baumgartner Research Group

Exposure to harmful pollutants from cooking with wood and coal is the single leading environmental health risk factor. Dr. Baumgartner researches the effectiveness of novel rural energy interventions in reducing air pollution exposures and improving health

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Student Programs

Student Programs at the IHSP currently offer students 4 unique opportunities to be involved in health and social policy.

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The Québec convergence and Canadian life satisfaction, 1985--2008

Using 25 years of the Canadian General Social Survey, Dr. Barrington-Leigh examines trends in life satisfaction and economic and social variables and find that Québec has undergone a remarkable upward shift in mean life satisfaction.

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Healthier Societies Initiative

The Healthier Societies Initiative identifies policy solutions that address rising health care costs and improve population health outcomes and provides intuitive, interactive tools to help the Canadian public better understand their health system.

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Measuring Global Health

The disability-adjusted life-year (DALY) developed as part of the Global Burden of Disease study has been hugely controversial. Dr. Voigt seeks to evaluate the suitability of this measure for its intended and actual use in policy decisions

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Maternal and Child Health Equity research program

The Maternal and Child Health Equity research program seeks to examine how social policies focused on reducing poverty, income and gender inequality have an impact on the burden of disease among children and women under the age of 50.

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The Transnational Migration of Physicians in the Twentieth Century

Dr. Wright's research group investigates the impact of complex patterns of physician migration, focusing on the impact on source countries and their public health infrastructures and the role of foreign-trained doctors in the evolution of public policy.

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The Montreal Health Equity Research Consortium

Led by Nicholas B. King and Daniel Weinstock, MHERC researchers draw on methods from philosophy, epidemiology, and behavioral psychology to identify novel ethical frameworks to guide public policy and public health interventions that address health equity.

Social Inequalities in Child Health

Dr. Elgar examines social inequalities in children's health and social development, focusing on the impact of deprivation and income inequality on school violence and mental health, and the protective roles schools, neighbourhoods and families can play.

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Moving evidence to policy for health, well-being and equity

The Institute for Health and Social Policy occupies a central role at McGill University as a multidisciplinary centre for research, training and knowledge mobilization on issues of health and social policy. The IHSP conducts and supports world-class research on how social conditions impact the health, well-being and resilience of people and communities, and leads programs designed to translate research findings into policies and programs on local, provincial, national and global scales. The Institute is committed to building collaborations with policymakers, communities and researchers to effectively move evidence to policy.

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Upcoming Events

 

September 14-15, 2017

Understanding Health Outcomes: Beyond the Social Determinants of Health
Workshop co-host by the Institute for Health and Social Policy (IHSP) and the University of Glasgow’s MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit.
https://www.mcgill.ca/ihsp/events/understanding-health-outcomes-beyond-s...
 

September 19, 2017 from 1100-1200

Seminar "Understanding Health Research: A tool for making sense of health studies"
https://www.mcgill.ca/ihsp/files/ihsp/uhr_seminar_information_final.pdf
 

September 27, 2017

IHSP Seminars
1230-1400   Cindy Blackstock: "Culturally based equity for children: A cornerstone for reconciliation" 
1630-1800   Anat Rosenthal: "From Geneva to the Village and Back: The Uses of Global Health Language in Everyday Life" 
 

September 28-30, 2017

2017 HCALM International Conference: Language and Health – Ethical and Policy Issues (with special focus on consent)
https://www.mcgill.ca/ihsp/events/2017-hcalm-international-conference-0

 

October 11, 2017 from 1600-1800

Anat Rosenthal's book launch 'Health on Delivery: The Rollout of Antiretroviral Therapy in Malawi' (Routledge, 2017).
Speakers: Peter Brown, Emory University | Shelley Clark, McGill University | Svea Closser, Middlebury College
 

 

Institute for Health and Social Policy (IHSP) | Charles Meredith House | 1130 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3

WHAT'S NEW

04/06: The Prognosis, our student led Global Health journal, is hot off the press! Read it here

 

04/05: Our new policy brief is up! Explore the ins and outs of marijuana legalization in Canada

 

03/31: Virtual Diploma in Primary Health Care Management, starting in May (taught in Spanish) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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