Dr. Nancy L. Young
Dr. Nancy Young is the founding Director of the ECHO Research Centre. She completed her BScPT, MSc, and PhD at the University of Toronto, and as a clinical epidemiologist and physiotherapist with 25 years of research experience focusing on children's health.
Dr. Young is a full professor at the School of Rural and Northern Health at Laurentian University. She holds a Research Chair in Rural and Northern Children's Health. In addition, she also holds appointments as a Scientist at the SickKids Research Institute, as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Toronto, and as a Senior Scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES).
Dr. Young’s research is multi-disciplinary and uses a variety of applied health methods with a focus on the measurement of children’s self-reported health and quality of life. She is working to ensure that the voices of our children are heard when it comes to their health. Her research involves measuring health among children in rural and northern regions, and developing approaches to ensure children contribute to the assessment of their outcomes. Child-centric methods are of critical importance in the measurement of children's health. Her expertise in development, validation, and cross-cultural adaption of health outcome measures has enabled her to make significant contributions to clinical research in many nations. This is reflected in her collaborative research internationally (e.g., with Beijing Children's Hospital, in China) and across the northern landscape of Canada.
Her measurement science projects have developed important outcome measures used in paediatric clinical research including the Activities Scale For Kids (ASK), the Canadian Haemophoilia Outcomes – Kids’ Life Assessment tool (CHO-KLAT) and the Kids’ ITP Tool) KIT. Her work in collaboration with Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory and other Aboriginal communities and organizations led to the co-creation of the Aboriginal Children’s Health and Well-being Measure (ACHWM or Aaniish Naa Gegii). The ACHWM is transforming health assessment for rural and northern First Nations and has also been adapted for Métis and Inuit children. She is passionate about collaboration with children and youth, and endeavours to build both hope and capacity within rural and northern communities.
Recent publications are available online at: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1739-3299
Keywords: rural and northern communities, children with disabilities, Indigenous
Web Links:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1739-3299
ASK: www.ActivitiesScaleForKids.com
ACHWM: www.ACHWM.com
Contact
Telephone: 705-675-1151, ext 4014
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Young is a full professor at the School of Rural and Northern Health at Laurentian University. She holds a Research Chair in Rural and Northern Children's Health. In addition, she also holds appointments as a Scientist at the SickKids Research Institute, as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Toronto, and as a Senior Scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES).
Dr. Young’s research is multi-disciplinary and uses a variety of applied health methods with a focus on the measurement of children’s self-reported health and quality of life. She is working to ensure that the voices of our children are heard when it comes to their health. Her research involves measuring health among children in rural and northern regions, and developing approaches to ensure children contribute to the assessment of their outcomes. Child-centric methods are of critical importance in the measurement of children's health. Her expertise in development, validation, and cross-cultural adaption of health outcome measures has enabled her to make significant contributions to clinical research in many nations. This is reflected in her collaborative research internationally (e.g., with Beijing Children's Hospital, in China) and across the northern landscape of Canada.
Her measurement science projects have developed important outcome measures used in paediatric clinical research including the Activities Scale For Kids (ASK), the Canadian Haemophoilia Outcomes – Kids’ Life Assessment tool (CHO-KLAT) and the Kids’ ITP Tool) KIT. Her work in collaboration with Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory and other Aboriginal communities and organizations led to the co-creation of the Aboriginal Children’s Health and Well-being Measure (ACHWM or Aaniish Naa Gegii). The ACHWM is transforming health assessment for rural and northern First Nations and has also been adapted for Métis and Inuit children. She is passionate about collaboration with children and youth, and endeavours to build both hope and capacity within rural and northern communities.
Recent publications are available online at: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1739-3299
Keywords: rural and northern communities, children with disabilities, Indigenous
Web Links:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1739-3299
ASK: www.ActivitiesScaleForKids.com
ACHWM: www.ACHWM.com
Contact
Telephone: 705-675-1151, ext 4014
Email: [email protected]
