Centre for Health Promotion Research (CHPR)

Funded by: National Health Research and Development Program
Years: 1998-2001
Principal Investigator: Jim Frankish
Co-Investigators: Lawrence W. Green, Pamela A. Ratner, and Deanna Williamson

The objectives of the study were to examine: 1) the implementation status of the provincial/territorial health goals in each Canadian province/territory and regional health authority (RHA); 2) various limiting and enhancing factors associated with the implementation of the health goals in these jurisdictions; and 3) the ways in which the health goals were perceived to be influential in the study sample.

The final report prepared for the funding agency is available for viewing.

One journal article was published from this study:

Williamson DL, Milligan CD, Kwan B, Frankish CJ and Ratner PA (2003). Implementation of provincial/territorial health goals in Canada. Health Policy 64(2):173-191.

A journal article on a related Ph.D. study on health goals specifically in British Columbia has also been published:

Chomik TA and Frankish CJ. Factors that facilitated and challenged the development of health goals and targets: The British Columbia experience. Canadian Journal of Public Health 90(Suppl 1):S39-S42.