Chronic Disease Prevention Survey

The current project team for the Health, Prevention, and Policy Environments (HAPPEN), 2018-2023

• Dr. Candace Nykiforuk,  School of Public Health, University of Alberta (Nominated Principal Investigator)
• Kate Chidester, Heart & Stroke Foundation (Knowledge User, Co-Principal Investigator)
• Dr. Kim Raine, School of Public Health, University of Alberta (Co-Principal Investigator)
• Dr. Ian Colman, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa (Co-Investigator)
• Dr. Elaine Hyshka, School of Public Health, University of Alberta (Co-Investigator)
• Dr. Katerina Maximova, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital (Co-Investigator)
• Dr. Cameron Wild, School of Public Health, University of Alberta (Co-Investigator)
• Jennifer Ann Brown (nee McGetrick), School of Public Health, University of Alberta (Student)

The most recent wave of data collection for Alberta and Manitoba was fielded in early 2021.

• Policy Location and Access in Community Environments (PLACE) Research Lab (2021). 2021 Chronic Disease Prevention Survey Data Release: Complete Summary from Policy Influencers and the General Public in Alberta and Manitoba. School of Public Health, University of Alberta.
• Policy, Location, and Access in Community Environments (PLACE) Research Lab (2022). Chronic Disease Prevention Survey (2009-2023): Executive Summary. School of Public Health, University of Alberta.

View details on the intervention ladder policy analysis framework.

• Nykiforuk, C.I.J., Thomson, M., Curtin, K.D., Colman, I., Wild, T. C., & Hyshka, E. (2024). Assessing support for mental health policies among policy influencers and the general public in Alberta and Manitoba, Canada. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 18, 8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-024-00624-y
• Molner, B., Curtin, K.D., Kongats, K., Brown, J.A., Thomson, M., Atkey, K., & Nykiforuk, C.I.J. (2022). Policy influencer support for active transportation policy in two Canadian provinces: Implications for advocacy. Journal of Transport and Health, 28:101537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2022.101537
• Curtin, K. D., Thomson, M., & Nykiforuk, C. I. J. (2021). Who or what is to blame? Examining sociodemographic relationships to beliefs about causes, control, and responsibility for cancer and chronic disease prevention in Alberta, Canada. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 1–12.
• Kongats, K., McGetrick, J.A., Raine, K.D., & Nykiforuk, C.I.J. (2020). Policy influencer and general public support for proposed alcohol healthy public policy options in Alberta and Quebec, Canada. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 81(1): 47-57. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2020.81.47
• Kongats, K., McGetrick, J.A., Raine, K.D., & Nykiforuk, C.I.J. (2020). Using the intervention ladder to examine policy influencer and general public support for potential tobacco control policies in Alberta and Quebec. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 40(2): 47-57 https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.40.2.03
• McGetrick, J.A., Kongats, K., Raine, K.D., Voyer, C., & Nykiforuk, C.I.J. (2019). Healthy public policy options to promote physical activity for chronic disease prevention: understanding Canadian policy influencer and general public preferences. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, Epub 2019:1-10. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2018-0020
• Kongats, K., McGetrick, J.A., Raine, K.D., Voyer, C., & Nykiforuk, C.I.J. (2019). Assessing general public and policy influencer support for healthy public policies to promote healthy eating at the population level in two Canadian provinces. Public Health Nutrition, 22(8):1492-1502. https://doi.org/1017/S1368980018004068
• Nykiforuk, C.I.J., McGetrick, J.A., Raine, K.D. & Wild, C.T. (2019). Advocacy coalition impacts on healthy public policy-oriented learning in Alberta, Canada (2009–2016): A difference-in-differences analysis. Social Science & Medicine, 220, 31-40. Full text available: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953618305896?via%3Dihub 
• McGetrick, J.A., Raine, K.D., Wild, T.C., & Nykiforuk, C.I.J. (2018) Advancing strategies for agenda setting by health policy coalitions: a network analysis of the Canadian Chronic Disease Prevention Survey. Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives (JHC: IP), 34(11):1303-1312. Epub 2018 Jun 11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2018.1484267
• Nykiforuk, C.I.J., Wild, T.C., & Raine, K.D. (2014). Cancer beliefs and prevention policies: comparing Canadian decision-maker and general population views. Cancer Causes and Control, 25(12), 1683-1696. doi: 10.1007/s10552-014-0474-3. Epub 2014 Oct 16. PubMed PMID: 25319013
• Raine, K.D., Nykiforuk C.I.J., Vu-Nguyen, K., Nieuwendyk, L., VanSpronsen, E., Reed, S., & Wild, T.C. (2014). Understanding key influencers’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about healthy public policy change for obesity prevention. Obesity (Silver Spring), 22(11), 2426-2433. doi: 10.1002/oby.20860. Epub 2014 Aug 6. PubMed PMID: 25131938

• POWER UP! Coalition Linking Action and Science for Prevention (2017). KAB Survey Topic Summary. Healthy Eating in Recreational Facilities. School of Public Health, University of Alberta. powerup-kab-survey-topic-summary-healthy-eating-in-recreational-facilities-1-1
• POWER UP! Coalition Linking Action and Science for Prevention (2015). KAB Surveys topic summary: Physical activity policies related to urban planning and community design. Edmonton, AB: School of Public Health, University of Alberta. kab-survey-topic-summary-support-for-physical-activity-policies-2014
• POWER UP! Coalition Linking Action and Science for Prevention (2015). KAB Surveys topic summary: policies to reduce excessive consumption of alcohol. Edmonton, AB: School of Public Health, University of Alberta. kab-survey-topic-summary-support-for-alcohol-policies-2014
• POWER UP! Coalition Linking Action and Science for Prevention (2015). KAB Surveys topic summary: policies to promote healthy eating. Edmonton, AB: School of Public Health, University of Alberta. kab-survey-topic-summary-healthy-eating-policies-2014
• POWER UP! Coalition Linking Action and Science for Prevention (2015). KAB Surveys topic summary: policies to promote healthy eating in schools. Edmonton, AB: School of Public Health, University of Alberta. kab-survey-topic-summary-healthy-eating-in-schools-2014

• 2018-2023 Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• 2016-2021 Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions
• 2014-2019 Applied Public Health Chair (Nykiforuk), Canadian Institutes of Health Research in partnership with Public Health Agency of Canada and Alberta Innovates: Health Solutions
• 2016-2017 Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• 2014-2016 Coalitions Linking Actions and Science for Prevention Grant, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (through the POWER UP! – Policy Opportunity Windows – Engaging Research Uptake in Practice project)
• 2009-2011 Alberta Cancer Board – Population Health Innovative Intervention Fund