Mozambique Canada Maternal Health Project
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Denise is currently Strategic Advisor to the Mozambique Canada Health Project, whose goal is to improve maternal health in the province of Inhambane, Mozambique. A five-year project that began in April 2017 and is funded by Global Affairs Canada, the project is a partnership between the Inhambane Provincial Health Directorate and the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, which is the implementing agency.
In 2013, Kouri Research prepared a community food assessment for Saskatoon to report on the potential for a regional food strategy, and to provide recommendations and an action plan. The strategy included social, economic and ethical aspects of food production and consumption. The process required both research and community engagement. Full report; Highlights; Recommendations
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Training for Health Renewal Program |
Denise Kouri was Program Manager (2013-2014) and advisor/consultant (1999-2012) for this 15-year international cooperation project between the University of Saskatchewan and Mozambique. The work included program implementation, proposal development, financial management, evaluation, as well as liaison with Mozambique health structures and communities, working in Portuguese.
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Wellesley Institute briefing papers |
Kouri Research prepared policy briefs for the Toronto-based Wellesley Institute on how the structure and practice of health regions in Canada affect the reduction of inequities in health: Learning from
Others: Health Equity Strategies and Initiatives from Canadian Regional Health
Authorities (2013); Reducing
Health Disparities: How Can the Structure of the Health System Contribute? (2012) and Addressing Health Disparities: Best Practices from Regional Health Authorities (2008).
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MLTC Electronic Medical Record |
Kouri Research provided management support to the implementation of an electronic medical record for the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (2010-2013).
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Evaluation projects |
United Steelworkers of Canada, USW-SINTICIM Union Education Project, Tete, Mozambique, 2012.
Public Health Agency of Canada, Three food security organizations in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, 2010. Saskatoon Health Region, Health Promotion Department, with Steven Lewis, 2009 (Evaluation framework development only) Mount Royal Collegiate teen parent daycare, 1994 –1995, The Healthy Saskatoon Project: a community development project in Saskatoon, 1994. Grain Services Union, the Occupational Health and Safety Project in Mozambique, with M. Dickson, 1993. |
Briefing papers and reports |
Wellesley Institute, Equity and health care regionalization, 2013, 2012 and 2008.
Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies, a policy paper on Post-Secondary Education and Employment for First Nations Youth and promotional paper on supporting First Nations youth in the welding industry, 2008. National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy, on using evidence in health policy, on intersectoral collaboration, on childhood obesity, and on "health in all policies", 2005-2006. Canadian Centre for Analysis of Regionalization and Health, on health care and regionalization structures, policies and practices, 1999-2005. Saskatchewan School Trustees Association school governance project, 1998-1999 and the 2020 project, 1999. Task Force on Saskatchewan Health Research Collaboration, development of a health research strategy, 1995. Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation Indian and Metis Education Advisory Committee Plan of Action, 1994. University of Saskatchewan, The Health of Saskatoon, a study using a healthy communities approach, 1990. |
Facilitation and information sessions |
Workshop leader: Health Promotion Department, Saskatoon Health Region
Presenter: Two Canadian examples of Whole-of-Government" Approaches, with François Gagnon, 19th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education, Vancouver, 2007, Workshop leader: Evaluation methods for the Saskatchewan Evaluation Society, and others, 2000 to 2005 Workshop leader: Informed Democratic Decision Making: A Course for Boards of Regional Health Authorities, various Regional Health Authorities, 1999-2005 Presenter: Health Care Reform in Canada: The Romanow and Kirby Reports, presented January 2003, in Hamilton, Ontario for the area District Health Councils. . Presenter: The Regionalization Mosaic, presented at various venues, 1999-2005, e.g. Ontario Hospital Association, Ontario Association of Local Health Care Agencies, Clair Commission Expert Panel (Quebec) and National Social Development Forum, (Spain), Presenter: Health, Wealth and Equity: Trends in Population Health, 2001 at Courageous Choices, Caring for Health: a health care policy conference held in Saskatoon. Presenter: Making Evaluation Meaningful, for the Acquired Brain Injury program directors’ workshop, October, 2001, in Saskatoon. Facilitator/Leader: Strategic Planning Session, AIDS Saskatoon, 2000 Facilitator/Leader: Strategic Planning Session, Northern Health Strategy, 1996 Facilitator/Leader: Strategic Planning Session One Sky, 1994. |
