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Ministry of Health and Long-Term CareMinistry of Health and Long-Term Care Directed Research

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