AHRNetS Newsletter Issue 2-May 2009

AHRNetS Newsletter Issue 1-December 2008

Welcome to the Aboriginal Health Research Networks (AHRNet) Secretariat website, formerly the ACADRE Secretariat website. The AHRNet Secretariat is the coordinating body for the nine Network Environments for Aboriginal Health Research centres located across Canada. These Centres are funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Institute of Aboriginal Peoples Health (IAPH). The Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health (IAPH) was established in June 2000, along with the twelve other Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Its role is to lead a national advanced research agenda in the area of Aboriginal health and promote innovative research that will serve to improve the health of Aboriginal people in Canada.

The NEAHR program was established to build on the successes of the Aboriginal Capacity and Developmental Research Environment Centres. ACADREs were developed to focus solely on exploring critical Aboriginal health issues and to be the basis of a network of centres across Canada responsible for developing capacity of Aboriginal health researchers and for focused research efforts on determinants of health in Aboriginal communities.

The NEAHR program will benefit Canada’s Aboriginal people by helping to increase the impact of Aboriginal health research, and apply the research findings effectively to improve the health of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples' health in Canada. The program will, for example:
• Enhance and develop the research environment between Universities and First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities and organizations;
• Support research that focuses on themes such as population health; health services; child health and development; and ethical issues in Aboriginal health research; and
• Train more than 200 graduate students who are working a broad range of health issues, including mental health and addiction, food security, nutrition, diabetes, northern health issues, tobacco control, Aboriginal youth suicide.

The AHRNet Secretariat is located at Six Nations Polytechnic, Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, Ontario, Canada.

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