Allison Crawford, Jenny Hardy, Stephanie Carter, Anne Kirvan, Chantalle Clarkin, Helen Davies, Amanda Gambin, Lee Fairclough, Eva Serhal
{"title":"9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline - Implementing a Pan-Canadian Program to Prevent Suicide.","authors":"Allison Crawford, Jenny Hardy, Stephanie Carter, Anne Kirvan, Chantalle Clarkin, Helen Davies, Amanda Gambin, Lee Fairclough, Eva Serhal","doi":"10.12927/hcq.2024.27433","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/hcq.2024.27433","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The 9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline was launched in Canada in November 2023, aligned with an international movement to ensure access to crisis supports as part of a public health approach to suicide prevention. We describe the planning and implementation of 9-8-8 in Canada using the RE-AIM framework, considering the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance of 9-8-8 within the first six months of service (Glasgow et al. 2019). There is evidence of reach and adoption of 9-8-8 across Canada, and we discuss evidence-based strategies to evaluate and enhance effectiveness, implementation and maintenance. We also consider the importance of evaluating 9-8-8 within the larger socio-ecological and health system contexts. 9-8-8 must cultivate a learning health system approach and be part of a larger learning health system focused on reducing suicide in Canada.</p>","PeriodicalId":520276,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.)","volume":"27 2","pages":"28-35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142570911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrey Kildyushov, Ben Reason, Mary Kwakyepeprah, Meredith Nichols, Yasmine Léger, Xi-Kuan Chen
{"title":"Measurement of and Reporting on Wait Times for Priority Procedures in Canada.","authors":"Andrey Kildyushov, Ben Reason, Mary Kwakyepeprah, Meredith Nichols, Yasmine Léger, Xi-Kuan Chen","doi":"10.12927/hcq.2024.27437","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/hcq.2024.27437","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite ongoing efforts to deliver more timely care to Canadians, patients across Canada continued to wait longer for joint replacements, cancer surgery and diagnostic imaging in 2023 compared with 2019 (the pre-pandemic period). In 2023, the wait time for cataract surgery returned to the pre-pandemic level. For radiation therapy and hip fracture repair, the proportion of patients treated within the benchmark decreased slightly compared to the pre-pandemic period.</p>","PeriodicalId":520276,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.)","volume":"27 2","pages":"12-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142570918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}