2023 Catalyst Grant Program: Prioritization Survey

Project Topics:

1. Social Prescriptions: Implementing a community-informed social prescription pathway that connects individuals with social and community support via healthcare providers. This intervention aims to address the unique needs and preferences of individuals, ensuring a more grounded and effective approach to promoting health and wellness.
2. Diabetes catch-up program: Developing an inclusive diabetes management ‘catch-up program’ that provides navigation and support for individuals with diabetes who are out of date with their diabetes monitoring or have been overlooked in existing models of care, offering tailored interventions to improve their health outcomes.
3. Health screening program: Launching a mobile health screening program (e.g. pharmacies, workplaces) that brings convenient and accessible screening for diabetes and chronic disease directly to communities, enabling early detection and proactive management of the condition. 
4. Chronic disease healthcare navigation hub: Creating an equitable, centralized and coordinated chronic disease/diabetes program for patients and providers in the healthcare system. This hub will facilitate access to diabetes and related services, foster collaboration among healthcare providers, and prioritize fairness and accessibility for all individuals.
5. Community health navigation hub: Establishing a community health navigation hub that serves as a centralized and curated platform for Peel citizens and community groups. This hub will provide access to vetted services, reliable information, and valuable resources for healthy living, facilitating informed decision-making and holistic well-being.
6. Community ambassador program: Implementing a priority-population support program that harnesses the power of peer navigators and community ambassadors, offering targeted assistance, guidance, navigation and advocacy to marginalized groups, ensuring they receive the necessary support and care.
7. Health education programs: Developing localized and customized education programs in places frequented by community members, such as faith-based institutions, community centres, workplaces and barber shops to increase diabetes and chronic disease awareness, empower individuals, and foster healthier lifestyles within their specific communities.
8. Healthy living programs: Designing culturally tailored physical activity and/or diet programs within community settings (e.g. exercise classes, walking groups, cooking classes) that specifically address modifiable health behaviors to promote healthy living while respecting diverse cultural practices and preferences.
9. Active transit program: Establishing a comprehensive program that supports the development of active transit options (walking, cycling, public transit), fostering healthier environments that prioritize physical activity and offer sustainable transportation alternatives.
10. School-based health promotion program: Creating a school-based health promotion program that proactively addresses the unique challenges and opportunities faced by youth to promote healthy habits and positive outcomes among the younger generation.

Project Roles:

1. Nominated Principal Applicant (NPA): an individual who is responsible for leading the overall direction of the proposed activities. The NPA is responsible for holding and coordinating the project funding. The NPA is accountable for all deliverables and spending. They will receive all related correspondence from NHP.
2. Co-Principal Applicant (Co-PA): individuals in academic and/or decision-making roles who are responsible for leading community engagement, implementation or research methodology, depending on their area of expertise for proposed projects. Please note: along with the NPA, the Co-PA can be responsible for holding and coordinating a portion of the project funding.  All PAs are accountable for deliverables.
3. Co-Applicant (Co-A): individuals who can provide focused contributions as researchers, content experts, and/or knowledge users for components of the design and execution of the project. Co-As are expected to participate in key decision making related to the project, and will be kept informed of all project timelines, findings, deliverables. Co-As may provide in-kind contributions, and may lead implementation of certain aspects of the project.
4. Collaborator (Collab.): individuals who can provide expertise and/or facilitate implementation of a project. Their role in the proposed activities may be to provide a specific service or input (e.g. specialized expertise, training in a specialized technique, statistical analysis, access to a patient population, etc.)
5. Knowledge User (KU): individuals who will be directly affected by the knowledge generated from a project, and/or is able to use the knowledge to make informed decisions about health policies, programs and/or practices. Level of engagement in the research process may vary in intensity and complexity depending on the nature of the research and their information needs.