NETHRN is a community of academic, policy makers, and graduate students pursuing research on the social determinants of health in rural and northern British Columbia. The approach to research is inter-disciplinary. Our overall objective is to build research capacity to enhance understanding of the social dimensions of rural and northern health in order to improve the health of residents living in these regions of the province.


Overall Objective: To develop and enhance research capacity in the social determinants of rural and northern health.

Funding Source: This program of research is funded by the Canadian Institutes for Heath Research.

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News and Announcements

November 2009 NETHRN-BC is pleased to welcome Post Doctoral researcher Janis Shandro. Janis has nearly finished her PhD in mining engineering focused on community health, well-being, and sustainability. She has joined the NETHRN-BC to expand this work and develop new projects on rural health and sustainability.

November 2009 NETHRN-BC has partnered with the Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare in BC (OHSAH) to conduct a series of studies on injury and work disability among BC's healthcare worforce. The focus of these investigations is to detemrine what differences in injury and disability rates occur for similar types of workers across the rural/urban continuum.

August 2009 NETHRN-BC, in conjunction with partners based at UBC, have completed the first phase of a survey of social capital in rural and remote communities. All phases of this survey will be completed in the autumn of 2009 and results will be available in the spring of 2010. This survey measures social capital in about 200 communities in urban, rural, and remote parts of BC.

May 2009. We are pleased to welcome trainee, Sarah Munro, a student currently working at Simon Fraser University in an investigation on changes in post-natal and maternal health care (with a focus on breast feeding) in several rural regions of Vancouver Island. This mixed methods investigation will further understanding of how post-natal health care services are impacted by changing population demographics in rural communities effected by the current recession.

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