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Mental health-related visits to doctors and emergency departments in Ontario: a public-led exploration and analysis
The ICES Public Advisory Council (PAC) partnered with the ICES Applied Health Research Question (AHRQ) program to explore patterns in Ontario’s population-level health data. PAC members wanted to find out how people use mental health services based on where they live, their income and other social factors.
It’s rare for members of the public to play a lead role in analyses with large datasets, but PAC guidance added value at every stage of this project.
Learn more about other public and community engagement work underway at ICES and resources to support engagement in research and analysis.
Read the full report
This report introduces the PAC, how we worked together, and what we uncovered in the analysis.
Overview of the process
This short publication outlines our process flow and lessons learned about how to work together.
Overview of the process
Four recurring approaches guided the process. See full report for more details.