School of Population and Public Health, The University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Ms Minh); Centre for Research on Inner City Health, The Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Ms Minh and Drs Patel and O'Campo); School of Early Childhood Studies, Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr Patel); Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Ms Bruce-Barrett); and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr O'Campo).
Correspondence: Anita Minh, BSc, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada ([email protected]).
Funding for the project was provided by the Centre for Research on Inner City Health: Dr Sejal Patel has received funds from the ACHIEVE Research Partnership and Dr Patricia O'Campo has received funds from the Alma Baxter Ricard Chair in Inner City Health.
The authors acknowledge the contributions of the city of Toronto, the United Way of Toronto, the Hospital for Sick Children, the Learning Enrichment Foundation, Action for Neighbourhood Change, Unison Health and Community services, the York Youth Coalition, and Yorktown Family Services, without whom this the implementation of this study would not have been possible. The authors also acknowledge the data management work of the Survey Research Unit at the Centre for Research on Inner City Health. Finally, the authors are appreciative of all participants who contributed to the various phases of the research.
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
