Locally Driven Collaborative Projects (LDCP) Program
Effective October 2025, the Locally Driven Collaborative Projects (LDCP) program has concluded, with no further calls for proposals.
The LDCP program ran from 2011-2025 and was instrumental in advancing applied research and evaluation across Ontario’s public health units (PHUs). The insights, innovations and partnerships fostered remain greatly valued and are foundational to the development of a new system-level quality improvement (QI) approach.
PHO remains committed to showcasing LDCP projects over the years, which can be found on this webpage. These projects highlight the critical work of the program and can continue to foster capacity building and collaboration across PHUs in order to strengthen the public health system via applied research and evaluation on key public health issues.
Note: Though this webpage will remain accessible, as of January 2026, it will no longer be updated.
LDCP Past Projects
Breastfeeding
- Infant Feeding Surveillance Pilot Study: Final Report and Recommendations | 2015
- Infant Feeding Surveillance Knowledge Translation Project: Final Report and Analytic Guidance Documentation for the 6-Month Retrospective Single Time Point Questionnaire | 2017
- Infant Feeding Surveillance Knowledge Translation Project: User Guide and Report on the Analytic Guidance for the Prospective Multiple Time Point Questionnaires | 2018
- LDCP Prospective Questionnaire Multiple Time Point Data Dictionaries | 2018
Built Environment
- Healthy Rural Communities Toolkit: A Guide for Rural Municipalities | 2015
- Promising Practices for Healthy Built Environments in Ontario’s Public Health Units | 2019
- Mapping the Municipal Planning Process in Ontario: Opportunities for Public Health Input | 2019
- Resources for Practitioners | Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit
Childhood Healthy Weights
- Beyond BMI: a feasibility study implementing NutriSTEP in primary care practices using electronic medical records (EMRs) | Government of Canada
- Beyond BMI: Investigating the feasibility of using NutriSTEP and electronic medical records as a surveillance system for healthy weights including risk and protective factors in children | 2015
- Poster Presentation | 2016
- Fact Sheet | 2016
- Pamphlet | 2016
- Beyond BMI: Building an EMR-based Childhood Healthy Weights Surveillance System to Include Nutritional Risk and Protective Factors Through the Collection and EMR-integration of NutriSTEP | 2018
CQI
- Enhancing Public Health Disease Investigations through AI Scribe Technology: A Pilot Study in Two Ontario Public Health Units | 2025
- Cross-Case Analysis Summary Report | 2019
- Quality Improvement (QI) Maturity Tool Report | 2017
- CQI Scoping Review | 2017
- CQI Scoping Review Search Strategy | 2017
Fall Prevention
- Research Brief | 2017
- Poster | 2017
First Nations
- Project Summary | 2018
- Literature Review
- Full Report | 2017
- Summary | 2017
- Ontario Public Health Unit Survey
- Full Report | 2018
- Summary | 2018
- Key Informant Interview Final Report | 2018
- Gathering and Sharing Learning with First Nations Communities | 2020
Healthy Eating
Health Equity
- An Equity-Focused Population Health Framework for Gender-Based Violence Prevention | 2025
- Lessons Learned From the Collection of Sociodemographic Data During the COVID-19 Pandemic | 2022
- Lessons Learned From the Collection of Sociodemographic Data During the COVID-19 Pandemic – PHU Resource Guide | 2022
- A Summary of Findings: A Locally Driven Collaborative Project on public health data sharing with community organizations to promote health equity | 2019
- Putting the Pieces Together (2019): A guide for public health to share data with community organizations to promote health equity | 2019
- Evidence Brief: Identifying Facilitators and Processes for Sharing Local Data with Community Partners to Enable Improvement in Health Equity | 2017
- Dialogue Summary: Identifying Facilitators and Processes for Sharing Local Data with Community Partners to Enable Improvement in Health Equity | 2017
- Putting the Pieces Together: A guide for public health to share data with community organizations to promote health equity | 2018
- Webinar: Using Health and Demographic Information to Support Community Services | 2018
Mental Health
- A Pathway for Coming Together: Exploring Collaborative Approaches to Address School Mental Health Promotion in Ontario | 2023
- Identifying Areas of Focus for Mental Health Promotion in Children and Youth for Ontario Public Health | 2016
Patients First
- Develop and Test Indicators of Ontario Local Public Health Agency Work to Address the Social Determinants of Health to Reduce Health Inequities Phase 2 Report | 2016
- User Guide: Health Equity Indicators for Ontario Local Public Health Agencies | 2016
- Final Report: Strengthening a Population Health Approach for Health System Planning | 2018
- Children Count Pilot Study Report | 2019
- Children Count Pilot Study Toolkit | 2019
- Children Count: Provincial Task Force Recommendations | 2019
- Children Count: Provincial Task Force Recommendations Summary | 2019
- Children Count: Final Report | 2017
- Children Count: Final Summary Report | 2017
- Executive Summary: Building Evaluation Capacity in Ontario’s Public Health Units: Results from ten action research projects | 2015
- Infographic: Building Evaluation Capacity in Ontario’s Public Health Units: Results from ten action research projects | 2015
- Final Report: Building Evaluation Capacity in Ontario’s Public Health Units: Results from ten action research projects | 2015
Population Health Assessment
- Children Count Pilot Study Report | 2019
- Children Count Pilot Study Toolkit | 2019
- Children Count: Provincial Task Force Recommendations | 2019
- Children Count: Provincial Task Force Recommendations Summary | 2019
- Children Count: Final Report | 2017
- Children Count: Final Summary Report | 2017
Program Evaluation
- A Digital ‘ActivPass’: Towards an Evidence-Based Leisure Time Activity Card | 2025
- Streamlining Immunization Strategies: Improving Efficiency and Effectiveness of ISPA Programming in Ontario Public Health Units | 2025
- Executive Summary: Building Evaluation Capacity in Ontario’s Public Health Units: Results from ten action research projects | 2015
- Infographic: Building Evaluation Capacity in Ontario’s Public Health Units: Results from ten action research projects | 2015
- Final Report: Building Evaluation Capacity in Ontario’s Public Health Units: Results from ten action research projects | 2015
Performance Measurement
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
- Leveraging Momentum: Building Outreach Capacity and Point-of-Care Syphilis Rapid Testing and Treatment Practices (2024-2025) | 2025
- GetaKit: An online HIV and STI testing service | 2023
- Syphilis Point-of-care Rapid testing and Immediate Treatment Evaluation (SPRITE) | 2023
Social Media
Substance Use
- AONES: Automated Opioid News Event-based Surveillance | 2023
- Understanding Regional Changes in Harm Reduction Services in Ontario Over the COVID-19 Pandemic | 2022
- Implementing Evidence-Informed Public Health Approach to Health Promotion Around Substance Use and Preventing Substance Related Harms Among Youth in Ontario | 2022
Updated
5 Feb 2026
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