Publications from the Health Studies Department aim to increase understanding of health and wellness and the changing health needs of society. Research includes health policy, gerontology, bioethics, and health measurement and statistics.
Submissions from 2022
Evaluating Public Participation in a Deliberative Dialogue: A Single Case Study., Tiffany Scurr, Rebecca Ganann, Shannon L Sibbald, Ruta Valaitis, and Anita Kothari
A framework to support the progressive implementation of integrated team-based care for the management of COPD: a collective case study, Shannon L. Sibbald, Vaidehi Misra, Madelyn daSilva, and Christopher Licskai
A framework to support the progressive implementation of integrated team-based care for the management of COPD: a collective case study., Shannon L. Sibbald, Vaidehi Misra, Madelyn daSilva, and Christopher Licskai
Submissions from 2021
Do women empowerment indicators predict receipt of quality antenatal care in Cameroon? Evidence from a nationwide survey, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Kwamena Sekyi Dickson, Kenneth Setorwu Adde, and Obidimma Ezezika
A case analysis of partnered research on palliative care for refugees in Jordan and Rwanda, Sonya de Laat, Olive Wahoush, Rania Jaber, Wejdan Khater, Emmanuel Musoni, Ibraheem Abu Siam, Lisa Schwartz, Matthew Hunt, Lynda Redwood-Campbell, Laurie Elit, Elysée Nouvet, Rachel Yantzi, Kevin Bezanson, Carrie Bernard, Takhliq Amir, Ani Chénier, Gautham Krishnaraj, and Corinne SchusterWallace
Barriers and Facilitators to the Implementation of Large‑Scale Nutrition Interventions in Africa: A Scoping Review, Obidimma Ezezika, Jenny Gong, Hajara Abdirahman, and Daniel Sellen
Implementation of the Meningitis Vaccine Project in Africa: lessons for vaccine implementation programs., Obidimma Ezezika, Meron Mengistu, and Thomas Lear
Barriers and facilitators to implementation of oral rehydration therapy in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review., Obidimma Ezezika, Apira Ragunathan, Yasmine El-Bakri, and Kathryn Barrett
Barriers and facilitators to implementation of oral rehydration therapy in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review., Obidimma Ezezika, Apira Ragunathan, Yasmine El-Bakri, and Kathryn Barrett
Confronting complexity and supporting transformation through health systems mapping: a case study., Anna J Hussey, Shannon L Sibbald, Madonna Ferrone, Alyson Hergott, Robert McKelvie, Cathy Faulds, Zofe Roberts, Andrew D Scarffe, Matthew J Meyer, Susan Vollbrecht, and Christopher Licskai
Development of a primary care pandemic plan informed by in-depth policy analysis and interviews with family physicians across Canada during COVID-19: A qualitative case study protocol, Maria Mathews, Sarah Spencer, Lindsay Hedden, Emily Gard Marshall, Julia Lukewich, Leslie Meredith, Dana Ryan, Richard Buote, Tiffany Liu, Emily Volpe, Paul S. Gill, Bridget Ryan, Gordon Schacter, Jamie Wickett, Thomas R. Freeman, Shannon L. Sibbald, Eric Wong, Maddi McKay, Rita McCracken, and Judith Belle Brown
Scaling Social Franchises: Lessons Learned from Farm Shop, Kevin McKague, Farouk Jiwa, Karim Harji, and Obidimma Ezezika
Evaluating the implementation of a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management program using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research: a case study., Stefan Paciocco, Anita Kothari, Christopher J Licskai, Madonna Ferrone, and Shannon L Sibbald
Lessons learned from inadequate implementation planning of team-based chronic disease management: implementation evaluation., Shannon L Sibbald, Rachelle Van Asseldonk, Peiwen L Cao, and Benson Law
Priority setting during the COVID-19 pandemic: going beyond vaccines, Iestyn Williams and Elysee Nouvet
Submissions from 2020
The attitudes and behaviors of students, staff and faculty towards smoke-free and tobacco-free campus policies in North American universities: A narrative review., Daniel Dilliott, Sajjad Fazel, Nazia Ehsan, and Shannon L Sibbald
Outsmarting Ebola through stronger national health systems, Obidimma Ezezika and Alpha Kabinet Keita
The application of drones in healthcare and health-related services in north america: A scoping review, Bradley Hiebert, Elysée Nouvet, Vyshnave Jeyabalan, and Lorie Donelle
Addressing obstacles to the inclusion of palliative care in humanitarian health projects: a qualitative study of humanitarian health professionals’ and policy makers’ perceptions, Matthew Hunt, Elysée Nouvet, Ani Chénier, Gautham Krishnaraj, Carrie Bernard, Kevin Bezanson, Sonya de Laat, and Lisa Schwartz
Context-specific challenges, opportunities, and ethics of drones for healthcare delivery in the eyes of program managers and field staff: A multi-site qualitative study, Vyshnave Jeyabalan, Elysée Nouvet, Patrick Meier, and Lorie Donelle
Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of Canadian medical students: a cross-sectional study., Rishad Khan, Tavis Apramian, Joel Hosung Kang, Jeffrey Gustafson, and Shannon Sibbald
Nurses' experiences of their decision-making process when participating in clinical trials during the 2014–2016 West African Ebola crisis, David Nguyen, Antonia Arnaert, John Pringle, Norma Ponzoni, Sekou Kouyaté, Nahal Fansia, and Elysée Nouvet
COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa: impacts on vulnerable populations and sustaining home-grown solutions, Lauren J. Wallace, Elysée Nouvet, Robert Bortolussi, Joshua A. Arthur, Eugenia Amporfu, Eric Arthur, Kofi Bobi Barimah, Bernard Aristide Bitouga, Harriet Chemusto, Joseph Ikechebelu, Ngozi Joe-Ikechebelu, Mandy Kader Kondé, Jean Damascene Kabakambira, Gabriel Kyomba Kalombe, Diana M.S. Karanja, Eveline Thobias Konje, Sekou Kouyate, Gojjam Limeneh, Felicien Munday Mulopo, Mary Ndu, Eric Ochomo, Oriokot Francis, Oumy Thiongane, Jeremiah Seni, S. Mohammed Sheriff, and Douglas Singini
Implementation of outpatient total joint arthroplasty in canada: Where we are and where we need to go, Bryn O. Zomar, Shannon L. Sibbald, Doug Bickford, James L. Howard, Dianne M. Bryant, Jacquelyn D. Marsh, and Brent A. Lanting
Submissions from 2019
Priorities, barriers, and facilitators towards international guidelines for the delivery of supportive clinical care during an ebola outbreak: A cross-sectional survey, Marie Claude Battista, Christine Loignon, Lynda Benhadj, Elysee Nouvet, Srinivas Murthy, Robert Fowler, Neill K.J. Adhikari, Adnan Haj-Moustafa, Alex P. Salam, Adrienne K. Chan, Sharmistha Mishra, Francois Couturier, Catherine Hudon, Peter Horby, Richard Bedell, Michael Rekart, Jan Hajek, and Francois Lamontagne