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Mill Lane Enterprises, a supported workplace for people with mental illness, produces high quality furniture and textiles, and runs Ever Green Recycling in downtown St. John's. A program of the Waterford Foundation and Health Care Corporation of St. John's, it was started in 1991. The HRU recently completed a study on the outcomes and cost effectiveness of the program. By surveying people working at Mill Lane and those waiting to be hired, the HRU found that employment in this program led to better mental health outcomes and health care cost savings because clients of the program utilize the health care system significantly less frequently.
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REACHING OUT...
to community needs
One of the important ways that the Faculty of Medicine meets the health needs of the community is through the Health Research Unit (HRU). The HRU makes available the professional skills and expertise in the Division of Community Health to communities, organizations, government and industry, to design and conduct research in the field of population health, health promotion, health protection, health status, health studies, health services, health programs and disease prevention.
Ongoing research projects of the HRU include the Heart Health Dissemination Project, Addiction-Related Health in the Adolescent Student Population, and Fishing Vessel Safety. Projects have been completed on the Needs of Blind and Visually Impaired Aboriginal Peoples in Atlantic Canada, an Evaluation of Outcomes and Cost Effectiveness of the Mill Lane Program, a Strategic Plan for a Model of Services for Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and an Evaluation of the Community Health Component of the Innu healing strategy.
New research projects being undertaken by the HRU include Canadian Youth's Construction of Health, Rural/Urban Differences to Cancer Treatment in Newfoundland and Labrador, and Women's Experiences of Reproductive Health in the Family: A Comparative Life Story Study. |
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