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Below is a list of research projects that have been directed by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
This section is still under construction.
| ID | Investigators | Title | Institution | Award Type | Awarded | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2189 |
Harold Wynne Jamie Wiebe Randy Stinchfield Harvey Skinner Joel Tremblay |
Development and Testing of an Instrument for the Measurement of Problem Gambling Among Adolescents (In Progress) | Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse | Directed Level III | $200,000 | 2003 |
| 2190 |
Barbara Carmichael Wayne W. Smith Stephen Smith Robert Wong |
Proposal to conduct exit surveys at five Ontario gaming venues (Completed) | Wilfrid Laurier University | Directed Level III | $59,951 | 2003 |
| 2195 |
Tony Toneatto Wayne Skinner Nina Littman-Sharpe Harold Wynne |
Development and Testing of a Telephone-Based Treatment Program and Delivery Model for Problem Gamblers (Extended) | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health | Directed Level III | $250,000 | 2003 |
| 2196 |
|
Analysis of Canadian Community Health Survey on Mental Health and Well Being (Completed) | Addiction Counselling Services of Peel | Directed Level III | $32,810 | 2003 |
| 2473 |
Thomas Holtgraves |
Problem Gambling: Structure, Availability and Activity Types (In Progress) | Ball State University | CPGI Secondary | $41,843 | 2006 |
| 2475 |
Shawn Currie Jian Li Wang David Hodgins John Cunningham |
How Much is too Much Gambling? Cross Validation of Low-Risk Gambling Limits with the Integrated CPGI Provincial Data set (In Progress) | University of Calgary | CPGI Secondary | $41,103 | 2006 |
| 2477 |
Mary Chipman Richard Govoni Vartouhi Jazmaji Sarah Wilson Peggy Gao |
CPGI Problem Gambling Severity Levels: What is the Difference? (Completed) | University of Toronto | CPGI Secondary | $42,000 | 2006 |
| 2478 |
Silvia S. Martins Carla L. Storr |
Subtyping Gambling behaviors in the Canadian general population (Completed) | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | CPGI Secondary | $42,000 | 2006 |
| 2482 |
Sherry Stewart Raymond Klein Sean Barrett |
Self-generated motives for gambling: Relations to gambling involvement, gambling problems, and comorbid psychopathology in two population-based samples of gamblers (Completed) | Dalhousie University | CPGI Secondary | $42,000 | 2006 |
| 2490 |
Michael Wohl Kelly-Lyn Christie Kimberly Matheson Hymie Anisman |
Can Animation-based Education Correct Erroneous Cognitions and Reduce the Frequency of Exceeding Limits among Slots Players? (Completed) | Carleton University | Directed Level I | $155,400 | 2006 |
| 2664 |
Matthew Young Rachel Volberg |
Developing protocols for use of the NODS-CLiP to screen for gambling problems in Ontario primary health care settings (Completed) | Gemini Research | Directed Level I | $10,000 | 2008 |
| 2683 |
Alex Blaszczynski Sally Gainsbury |
Internet Counselling Literature Review and Environmental Scan (Completed) | University of Sydney | Directed Level I | $10,000 | 2008 |
| 2689 |
Matthew Young |
Gambling and problem gambling in ethno-cultural communities (Completed) | Carleton University | Directed Level I | $31,350 | 2008 |
| 2697 |
Michael Dixon Kevin Harrigan |
Effectiveness of a Brief Educational Intervention in Reducing Erroneous Cognitions and Over-Expenditure during Slot Machine Play in a Sample of Non-Problem Gamblers (In Progress) | University of Waterloo | Directed Level I | $113,656 | 2008 |
| 2701 |
Kevin Harrigan Michael Dixon |
Increasing correct knowledge and beliefs about slot machine structural characteristics (Not started) | University of Waterloo | Directed Level I | $211,768 | 2008 |
| 3072 |
Jamie Wiebe |
Internet Gambling: Strategies to Recruit and Retain Gamblers (Completed) | Directed Level I | $10,000 | 2006 | |
| 3073 |
Jamie Wiebe Michael Lipton |
Internet Gambling: An Overview of Regulations (Completed) | Directed Level I | $10,000 | 2006 | |
| 3074 |
Robert Williams Robert Wood |
Internet Gambling: A Comprehensive Review and Synthesis of the Literature (Completed) | Directed Level I | $10,000 | 2006 |