Funding
POWER is a multi-year project funded by Echo: Improving Women's Health in Ontario, an agency of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. The POWER Report does not necessarily reflect the views of Echo or the Ministry.
Echo was established as a new agency in 2007 by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Echo succeeds the former Ontario Women's Health Council. With its mandate to be the focal point and catalyst for women's health, Echo's role is far-reaching.
Echo will:
- collaborate with stakeholders to improve the health status of women, reduce health inequities and promote the provision of accessible, appropriate, effective and equitable care for women;
- conduct, fund, and develop partnerships for policy-relevant research initiatives that fill knowledge gaps in women's health;
- synthesize and translate women's health knowledge into a variety of information tools and services;
- act as the provincial advisor on women's health to stakeholders, including the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care;
- provide expert advice and recommendations in response to Minister and government requests.
The POWER Study is a partnership between St. Michael's Hospital and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) in Toronto, Canada.
