Wendy McIndoo

AHS - Becoming the Best: Building Sustainability Series

Becoming the Best: Building Sustainability Health Series

As part of Alberta Health Services (AHS) Strategic Health Needs Assessment and Service Design 2030 project, the Institute of Health Economics was commissioned to conduct three knowledge exchange events in 2011. Archived presentations from these highly successful single-day conferences are now accessible:

February 24^th, 2011: Game Changing Innovations presentations can be accessed by going to http://www.ihe.ca/research/ahs--becoming-the-best-20-year-outlook--/game-changing-health-innovations

April 15^th, 2011: High Performing Health Systems presentations can be accessed by going to http://www.ihe.ca/research/ahs--becoming-the-best-20-year-outlook--/high-performing-health-systems/

May 2^nd, 2011: Population Health Innovations presentations can be accessed by going to http://www.ihe.ca/research/ahs--becoming-the-best-20-year-outlook--/population-health-innovations

Return on Investment for Mental Health Promotion: Parenting Programs and Early Childhood Development

This study measures the return on investment for parent training at the pre - or early childhood stage. The purpose is to prevent conduct disorders in childhood, and mental health problems in adolescence and adulthood. The program studied is the Triple P program. The context is a one year birth cohort in Alberta. The costs are for a universal parental training program. The downstream costs avoided were for special education, criminal justice and social services, up to the age of 28.

Fecal transplantation for the treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated disease or ulcerative colitis

Fecal transplantation for the treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated disease or ulcerative colitis examines the clinical research evidence on the safety and effects of fecal transplantation in the treatment of patients with Clostridium difficile-associated disease and/or ulcerative colitis. It also provides information on the prevalence and incidence of the two diseases and the availability of fecal transplantation procedure in Alberta and Canada. The Institute of Health Economics prepared this STE report at the request of the Government of Alberta as part of the Institute's ongoing work to support the Alberta Health Technologies Decision Process.

Everybody's Business: The Cost of Multi-Department Involvement in Public Health in Alberta

The Institute of Health Economics (IHE) has completed a scan to determine what public health-related costs are borne by government departments, ministries, and agencies. The final report, Everybody's Business: The Cost of Multi-Department Involvement in Public Health in Alberta, was funded by Alberta Health Services (AHS) as part of the Project 2030 initiative that saw the IHE develop and host three conferences on Becoming the Best: Building Sustainability during the winter and early spring of 2011. While many studies survey risk behaviours and disease prevalence, few undertake to determine what services government are producing and on what scale they are being delivered. That is the purpose of this report.