Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has a mission to “improve the
quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans.” Their goals are to “support improvements in health outcomes … strengthen quality measurement and
improvement … [and] identify strategies that improve access, foster appropriate use, and
reduce unnecessary expenditures.” One research initiative involves developing
“partnerships between researchers and health care systems and organizations (e.g.,
integrated health service delivery systems, academic health systems, purchaser groups,
managed care programs including health maintenance organizations (HMOs), practice
networks, worksite clinics) to help accelerate and magnify the impact of practice-based,
patient outcome research in applied settings.”
See http://www.ahrq.gov (United States)
Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre’s mission “is to conduct and facilitate
health promotion research that informs policies and practices and contributes to the health
and well-being of Atlantic Canadians.”
See http://www.ahprc.dal.ca/ (Canada)
Atlantic Network for Prevention Research is based at the Atlantic Health Promotion
Research Centre at Dalhousie University. The organization is a collaboration among
university research centres in the four Atlantic provinces, each heading up Atlantic-wide
networks of researchers, practitioners, community groups, and policy makers.
See
http://www.ahprc.dal.ca/CRD.pdf (Canada)
BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health facilitates research on the social
determinants of health for marginalized women through their Seed Grant program,
discussion groups to develop collaborative research projects, educational events, and
research. It is a useful resource on policy, research, and service provision relating
to women's health issues.
See http://www.bccewh.bc.ca (Canada)
Bureau of Women’s Health and Gender Analysis “is the focal point for women's health within the federal government. It provides policy advice and leads initiatives to advance women's health and to increase our understanding of how sex and gender affect
health over the lifespan. It builds departmental capacity by coordinating the
implementation of gender-based analysis and reports on the development of gender-sensitive legislation, policies and programs at Health Canada. The Bureau, through the
Centres of Excellence for Women's Health, Working Groups and the Canadian Women's
Health Network, ensures policy relevant research and information dissemination.” See
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/branch-dirgen/hpb-dgps/pppd-dppp/bwhga-bsfacs/index_e.html(Canada)
Canadian Alliance of Community Health Centre Associations (CACHCA) “was
established in 1995 to provide support to Canada’s provincially-based community health
centre organizations (CHCs) and to represent the interests of those organizations at the
national level. The main objective of CACHCA is to work for improved health services
for individuals and their families in communities across Canada by promoting CHCs as a
cost-effective and successful method for delivering primary health care.” The CACHCA web site includes all associations and federations of community health for each province and territory as well as individual community health centres.
See http://www.cachca.ca/ (Canada)