Frequently Asked Questions

ARC stands for Access to Resources in the Community. It is a study assessing the impact of navigation support in enhancing patient access to health enabling resources (HERs) in their preferred language to address health and social needs.

The Nominated Principle Investigator of ARC is Dr. Simone Dahrouge.

ARC has two teams: the RCT team and the COVID-19 team. Check out the teams here.

RCT, or Randomized controlled trial, is a study in which people are allocated at random (by chance alone) to receive one of several clinical interventions.

ARC has conducted several researches, including the feasibility study, the randomized control trial (RCT) and the current COVID-19 study. Check out the ARC Research Studies page to learn more about each study.

The idea for the project came from a team of researchers, health care providers, community groups and decision-makers, who met in 2015 to identify gaps in the Ottawa health system and one of the gaps identified was navigation of resources available

All questions can be directed to the ARC Research team here