The Need To Know
D A T A   R E S O U R C E S and
R E S E A R C H   R E P O R T S

2009
Manitoba RHA Indicators Atlas 2009
Fransoo R, Martens P, Burland E, The Need to Know Team, Prior H, Burchill C

Life expectancy in Manitoba is up to 76.3 years for men and 81.5 years for women. That's the average length of life from birth, and it's based on Manitoba data for 2001 to 2005. According to the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy's Manitoba RHA Indicators Atlas 2009, the figures are up over the previous five years by more than half a year for both men and women.
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2008
What Works? A First Look at Evaluating Manitoba's Regional Health Programs and Policies at the Population Level
Martens P, Fransoo R, The Need to Know Team, Burland E, Prior H, Burchill C, Romphf L, Chateau D, Bailly A, Ouelette C

Decision-makers and planners in Manitoba have access to plenty of research describing the health of the population. What has been missing until now is information that starts to connect the dots between the health of residents and the programs and policies that may be contributing to good health outcomes.
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Manitoba Child Health Atlas Update
Brownell M, De Coster C, Penfold R, Derksen S, Au W, Schultz J, Dahl M

It has often been said that one can measure how advanced a society is by how well it meets the needs of its weakest and most frail members. In Manitoba, we are fortunate to live in a society where considerable time and effort has been spent to improve the health of children. Policies and programs have been designed and put into place so that in theory, all children are born with an equal chance of being healthy. And for those children born into circumstances resulting in poorer health, programs exist which try to ensure that they eventually get onto a level playing field. All this work has resulted in children, for the most part, being healthy in Manitoba.
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2007
From Evidence to Action: Report of Phase 1 Activities
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2006
The Need To Know Project Evaluation: 2004-2006 Report
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2005
Sex Differences in Health Status, Health Care Use, and Quality of Care: A Population-Based Analysis for Manitoba’s Regional Health Authorities
Fransoo R, Martens P, The Need to Know Team, Burland E, Prior H, Burchill C, Chateau D, Walld R

Very little has been known about the differences between the sexes in Manitoba when it came to health-related issues. This report changes that. It offers Manitobans a fact-based, sex-specific, region-by-region look at health in our province.
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2004
Patterns of Regional Mental Illness Disorder Diagnoses and Service Use in Manitoba: A Population-Based Study
Martens PJ, Fransoo R, McKeen N, The Need to Know Team, Burland E, Jebamani L, Burchill C, De Coster C, Ekuma O, Prior H, Chateau D, Robinson R, Metge C

Mental illness can have a devastating effect on people's lives. It also has a staggering impact on Manitoba's use of hospitals, physicians, home care, nursing homes and pharmaceuticals. This report by MCHP offers RHAs a comprehensive look at mental illness and its demands on their health care services.
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The Need To Know Project Evaluation: 2002-2004 Report
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2003
The Manitoba RHA Indicators Atlas: Population-Based Comparisons of Health and Health Care Use
The Manitoba RHA Indicators Atlas: Population-Based Comparison of Health and Health Care Use
Martens PJ, Fransoo R, The Need to Know Team, Burland E, Jebamani L, Burchill C, Black C, Dik N, MacWilliam L, Derksen S, Walld R, Steinbach C, Dahl M

Our 1999 RHA health indicator report established a baseline; this report upates those indicators and adds several new ones, enabling RHA manager, planners and providers to track changes.
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2001
The Need To Know Project Evaluation: 2001-2002 Report
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Data from the RHA 2009 deliverable

Data from the Child health atlas 2008

Data from the What Works Deliverable

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