Institute of Population and Public Health (IPPH)
What We Do
The Canadian Institutes of Public Health (
CIHR) Institute of Population and Public Health (
IPPH) supports research into the complex interactions (biological, social, cultural, environmental) which determine the health of individuals, communities, and global populations; and into the application of that knowledge to improve the health of both populations and individuals.
Research includes but is not limited to:
- health promotion policies and strategies (individual, community, and population based); related health outcomes research
- health determinants - to elucidate the multi-dimensional factors that affect the health of populations and lead to a differential prevalence of health concerns
- identification of health advantage and health risk factors related to the interaction of environments (cultural, social, psychological, behavioural, physical, genetic)
- methods and practice; education, information management, communications
- disease, injury and disability prevention strategies at the individual and population levels; identification and study of special populations (e.g. rural populations)
- environment and health (e.g. radiation, contaminants, ecosystem and health, air quality)
- socio-economic and cultural determinants of health (e.g. poverty, social status, access to services, literacy, community characteristics)
- public and community health issues - surveillance, monitoring, information and data, laboratory studies (e.g. safe water)
- workplace and occupational health research including physical, chemical, biological and organizational factors in the workplace
- health policy formation at community, regional, provincial, national and international levels; relation to health outcomes
- basic methodology development (e.g. epidemiology, biostatistics, survey development, surveillance tools, tools for risk evaluation, risk perception, modeling complex interactions)
- multiple interventions research to determine the best combination of interventions, providers, and conditions to address population health issues
- underlying mechanisms through which social and physical environments influence human biology
- development and implementation of health technologies and tools (e.g. surveillance technologies, detection devices, database design)
- toxicology
- ethics issues related to population health (e.g. poverty, exposure to hazards)
