Projects

The Observatory for Children’s Education and Health (OPES) has a multitude of projects on various topics under the theme of education and children’s mental health. Here are some of our projects:

Résilience

This project, under the direction of Dr. Sylvana Côté, aims to document the experiences of families and children in their living environments, the impact of the historical upheavals we are experiencing and the effectiveness of the measures we are putting in place to foster the resilience of our children and to identify the populations most in need of services.

 

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Tutoring training

This project, under the direction of Dr. Simon Larose, aims to co-construct and evaluate a tutoring program in the area of reading and writing at the primary level.

 

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Mothers and babies

This project, under the direction of Dr. Sylvana Côté, aims to evaluate the effect of a course aimed at improving the mental health of future parents offered with telephone support compared to the same course offered without telephone follow-up.

 

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Mental health and related services

Living systematic review

This project, under the direction of Dr. Marie-Claude Geoffroy, aims to investigate changes in mental health outcomes and health service utilization in Canada during COVID-19.

 

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I-care

This project, under the direction of Dr. Sylvana Côté, aims to evaluate the effectiveness of daycare interventions in preventing disruptive behaviours in children from disadvantaged neighbourhoods.

 

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Open air schoolt

This project, under the direction of Dr. Marie-Claude Geoffroy, aims to study the effects of an educational program, Open air school, which aims to promote the mental health of disadvantaged children in Quebec who have been affected by COVID-19. 

 

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Impacts of COVID-19

Living systematic review

This project, under the direction of Dr. Sylvana Côté, aims to identify the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on learning, healthy lifestyle habits and the mental health of children and adolescents [0 to 18 years] and pregnant women

 

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Child Care and Child Development

This project, under the direction of Dr. Sylvana Côté, aims to determine the evolution of SDG attendance by Quebec children and to determine whether this evolution diverges by level of disadvantage using a scientific academic approach.

 

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