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 2010
Dual-task Interference: The Effects of Verbal Cognitive Tasks on Upright Postural Stability in Parkinson's Disease, J. D. Holmes, M. E. Jenkins, Andrew M. Johnson, S. G. Adams, and S. J. Spaulding
Predictive Validity of the UPDRS Postural Stability Score and the Functional Reach Test, When Compared with Ecologically Valid Reaching Tasks, M. E. Jenkins, Andrew M. Johnson, J. D. Holmes, F. F. Stephenson, and S. J. Spaulding
Extending Collaborations for Knowledge Translation: Lessons from the Community-based Participatory Research Literature, Raphael Lencucha, Anita Kothari, and Nadia Hamel
Assessing Motivational Interviewing through Co-Active Life Coaching Tools as a Smoking Cessation Intervention: A Demonstration Study, Tara Mantler, Jennifer D. Irwin, and Don Morrow
Motivational Coaching: A Functional Juxtaposition of Three Methods for Health Behaviour Change: Motivational Interviewing, Coaching, and Skilled Helping, Courtney Newnham-Kanas, Don Morrow, and Jennifer D. Irwin
An Exploration of the Burden Experienced by Spousal Caregivers of Individuals with Parkinson's Disease, Kaitlyn P. Roland, Mary E. Jenkins, and Andrew M. Johnson
Knowledge Brokering with Injured Workers: Perspectives of Injured Worker Groups and Health Care Professionals, Lynn Shaw, Joy McDermid, Anita Kothari, Rob Lindsay, Phil Brake, Peter Page, Colin Argyle, Crystal Gagnon, and Melissa Knott
Evaluating Priority Setting Success in Healthcare: A Pilot Study, Shannon L. Sibbald, Jennifer L. Gibson, Peter A. Singer, Ross Upshur, and Douglas K. Martin
Hip Fracture Types in Men and Women Change Differently with Age, David A. Tanner, Marita Kloseck, Richard G. Crilly, Bert Chesworth, and Jason Gilliland
Food Choices in Recreation Facilities: Operators' and Patrons' Perspectives, Heather M. Thomas and Jennifer D. Irwin
Physical Activity Behaviors During the Preschool Years, Patricia Tucker and Jennifer D. Irwin
Physical Activity at Daycare: Issues, Challenges and Perspectives, Melissa van Zandvoort, Patricia Tucker, Jennifer D. Irwin, and Shauna M. Burke
Submissions from 2009
Dual Task Performance in a Healthy Young Adult Population: Results from a Symmetric Manipulation of Task Complexity and Articulation, Albert Armieri, Jeffrey D. Holmes, Sandi J. Spaulding, Mary E. Jenkins, and Andrew M. Johnson
Inducer responses of BenM, a LysR-type transcriptional regulator from Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1., Sarah H Craven, Obidimma Ezezika, Sandra Haddad, Ruth A Hall, Cory Momany, and Ellen L Neidle
A Social Audit Model for Agro-biotechnology Initiatives in Developing Countries: Accounting for Ethical, Social, Cultural, and Commercialization Issues, Obidimma Ezezika, Fiona Thomas, Jim Lavery, Abdallah Daar, and Peter Singer
Incompatibility with formin Cdc12p prevents human profilin from substituting for fission yeast profilin: insights from crystal structures of fission yeast profilin., Obidimma Ezezika, Noah S Younger, Jia Lu, Donald A Kaiser, Zachary A Corbin, Bradley J Nolen, David R Kovar, and Thomas D Pollard
Tobacco Control Interest Groups and Their Influence on Parliamentary Committees in Canada, Robyn E. Hastie and Anita Kothari
Plantar Cutaneous Sensory Stimulation Improves Single-limb Support Time, and EMG Activation Patterns among Individuals with Parkinson's Disease, M. E. Jenkins, Q. J. Almeida, S. J. Spaulding, R. B. van Oostveen, J. D. Holmes, Andrew M. Johnson, and S. D. Perry
Metacognition and Metamovement: Links between Cognition and Motor Function in Parkinson's Disease, Andrew M. Johnson, Albert Armieri, Jeffrey D. Holmes, A. L. Grau, Mary E. Jenkins, and Sandi J. Spaulding
Is Research Working for You? Validating a Tool to Examine the Capacity of Health Organizations to Use Research, Anita Kothari, Nancy Edwards, Nadia Hamel, and Maria Judd
Increasing Capacity for Knowledge Translation: Understanding How Some Researchers Engage Policy-makers, Anita Kothari, Lynne McLean, and Nancy Edwards
The Influence of the Physical Environment and Sociodemographic Characteristics on Children's Mode of Travel to and from School, Kristian Larsen, Jason Gilliland, Peter Hess, Patricia Tucker, Jennifer Irwin, and Meizi He
Drowsing Over Data: When Less Is More, Lynne MacLean, Alma Estable, Mechthild Meyer, Anita Kothari, Nancy Edwards, and Barb Riley
These Data Do Not Compute, Lynne MacLean, Mechthild Meyer, Alma Estable, Anita Kothari, and Nancy Edwards
The Use of Group Dynamics Strategies to Enhance Cohesion in a Lifestyle Intervention Program for Obese Children, Luc J. Martin, Shauna M. Burke, Sheree Shapiro, Albert V. Carron, Jennifer D. Irwin, Robert Petrella, Harry Prapavessis, and Kevin Shoemaker