OTRU is a respected source of science-based information for the research and public health communities. Our various reports are designed to promote learning from our research and evaluation efforts, the review of evidence from other jurisdictions, and the documentation of useful practices emerging from the field.
OTRU Evaluation News keeps stakeholders informed in a timely and easy to understand manner about findings related to specific evaluation projects across the province.
Volume 4: Evaluation of a Youth Engagement Initiative to Promote Healthy Choices
This evaluation is an ongoing multiyear effort that supports learning throughout the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport youth engagement initiative from its initiation, through initial roll-out and full implementation.
Volume 3: Smoking and Quitting Behaviours of Low SES Adult Smokers
The purpose of our current study is to evaluate the success of Ontario’s smoking cessation system in promoting and supporting quit attempts by low socio-economic status (SES) adult smokers.
Volume 2: Smoking and Quitting Behaviours of Young Men
The purpose of this evaluation
study is to assess the extent to which
Ontario’s smoking cessation system meets
the needs of young male smokers who are
19-29 years old.
Volume 1: Cessation Services in Simcoe Muskoka
The Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (OTRU) pilot tested a methodology to
understand the availability of cessation
services at local levels in Ontario. The
methods for this study were tested in
Simcoe Muskoka. Preliminary findings are
presented in a series of newsletters below.
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