Family Medicine Publications

 

The research in Family Medicine Publications examines the habits and needs of families and populations of every age from a general health and medical perspective. Subjects include the effects of technology on children, health effects of smoking and substance abuse on various ages, disorders and mental health and physical activity studies and guidelines.

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Submissions from 2016

Asking patients about their religious and spiritual beliefs Cross-sectional study of family physicians, Michael Lee-Poy, Moira Stewart, Bridget L. Ryan, and Judith Belle Brown

Gestational weight gain trajectories in primary care, Helena Piccinini-Vallis, Dayna Lee-Baggley, Moira Stewart, and Bridget Ryan

Examining primary healthcare performance through a triple aim lens, Bridget L. Ryan, Judith Belle Brown, Richard H. Glazier, and Brian Hutchison

Taking the pulse of team functioning in interprofessional primary health care teams, Bridget L. Ryan, Judith Belle Brown, Michael Oates, Emma K.R. Markle, Natalie Clark, and Keri Selkirk

Implementing and using a patient portal: A qualitative exploration of patient and provider perspectives on engaging patients, Bridget L. Ryan, Judith Belle Brown, Amanda Terry, Sonny Cejic, Moira Stewart, and Amardeep Thind

Submissions from 2015

Measuring teamwork in primary care: Triangulation of qualitative and quantitative data, Judith Belle Brown, Bridget L. Ryan, Cathy Thorpe, Emma K.R. Markle, Brian Hutchison, and Richard H. Glazier

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Public Health Guidelines for Physical Activity: Is There an App for That? A Review of Android and Apple App Stores, Emily Knight, Melanie I Stuckey, Harry Prapavessis, and Robert Petrella

Increased use of recommended maternal health care as a determinant of immunization and appropriate care for fever and diarrhoea in Ghana: An analysis pooling three demographic and health surveys, Natalie McGlynn, Piotr Wilk, Isaac Luginaah, Bridget L. Ryan, and Amardeep Thind

Neuropathic pain in a primary care electronic health record database, J. D. Shadd, B. L. Ryan, H. L. Maddocks, S. D. McKay, and D. E. Moulin

Ecology of health care in Canada, Moira Stewart and Bridget Ryan

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The Impact of Childhood Symptoms of Conduct Disorder on Driver Aggression in Adulthood, Christine Wickens, Evelyn R. Vingilis, Robert Mann, Patricia Erickson, Maggie Toplak, Natan Kolla, Jane Seeley, Anca Ialomiteanu, Gina Stoduto, and Gabriela Ilie

Submissions from 2014

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, other mental health problems, substance use and driving: Examination of a population-based, representative Canadian sample, Evelyn R. Vingilis, Robert Mann, Pat Erickson, Maggie Toplak, Nathan Kolla, Jane Seeley, and Umesh Jain

Submissions from 2011

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Challenges to the Provision of Diabetes Care in First Nations Communities: Results from a National Survey of Healthcare Providers in Canada, Onil K. Bhattacharyya, Irit R. Rasooly, Mariam Naqshbandi, Elizabeth A. Estey, James Esler, Ellen Toth, Ann C Macaulay, and Stewart B. Harris

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Effective Interventions to Facilitate the Uptake of Breast, Cervical and Colorectal Cancer Screening: An Implementation Guideline, Melissa C. Brouwers, Carol De Vito, Lavannya Bahirathan, Angela Carol, June C. Carroll, Michelle Cotterchio, Maureen Dobbins, Barbara Lent, Cheryl Levitt, Nancy Lewis, S. Elizabeth McGregor, Lawrence Paszat, Carol Rand, and Nadine Wathen

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What Implementation Interventions Increase Cancer Screening Rates? A Systematic Review, Melissa C. Brouwers, Carol De Vito, Lavannya Bahirathan, Angela Carol, June C. Carroll, Michelle Cotterchio, Maureen Dobbins, Barbara Lent, Cheryl Levitt, Nancy Lewis, S. Elizabeth McGregor, Lawrence Paszat, Carol Rand, and Nadine Wathen

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Assessing the Outcomes of Participatory Research: Protocol for Identifying, Selecting, Appraising and Synthesizing the Literature for Realist Review, Justin Jagosh, Pierre Pluye, Ann C. Macaulay, Jon Salsberg, Jim Henderson, Erin Sirett, Paula L Bush, Robbyn Seller, Geoff Wong, Trish Greenhalgh, Margaret Cargo, Carol P. Herbert, Sarena D. Seifer, and Lawrence W. Green

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HNF1A G319S Variant, Active Cigarette Smoking and Incident Type 2 Diabetes in Aboriginal Canadians: A Population-based Epidemiological Study, Sylvia H. Ley, Robert A. Hegele, Stewart B. Harris, Mary Mamakeesick, Henian Cao, Philip W. Connelly, Joel Gittelsohn, Ravi Retnakaran, Bernard Zinman, and Anthony J. Hanley

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Efficacy of a Family Practice-based Lifestyle Intervention Program to Increase Physical Activity and Reduce Clinical and Physiological Markers of Vascular Health in Patients with High Normal Blood Pressure and/or High Normal Blood Glucose (SNAC): Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial, Robert J. Petrella, Kuni Aizawa, Kevin Shoemaker, Tom Overend, Leonard Piché, Mauricio Marin, Sheree Shapiro, and Sophie Atkin

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Understanding Adolescent and Young Adult Use of Family Physician Services: A Cross-sectional Analysis of the Canadian Community Health Survey, Bridget L. Ryan, Moira Stewart, M. Karen Campbell, John Koval, and Amardeep Thind

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Development, Implementation, and Formative Evaluation of Pre-licensure Workshops using Participatory Action Research to Facilitate Interprofessional, Client-Centred Mental Healthcare, Evelyn Vingilis, Cheryl Forchuk, Carole Orchard, Lynn Shaw, Gillian King, Carol McWilliam, Hossein Khalili, Betty Edwards, and Walter Osaka

Submissions from 2010

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Investigating Concordance in Diabetes Diagnosis between Primary Care Charts (Electronic Medical Records) and Health Administrative Data: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Stewart B. Harris, Richard H. Glazier, Jordan W. Tompkins, Andrew S. Wilton, Vijaya Chevendra, Moira A. Stewart, and Amardeep Thind

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Canadian Global Village Reality: Anthropometric Surrogate Cutoffs and Metabolic Abnormalities among Canadians of East Asian, South Asian, and European Descent, Meizi He, E. T. S. Li, Stewart Harris, Murray W. Huff, Chun Y. Yau, and G. Harvey Anderson

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Screen-related Sedentary Behaviors: Children's and Parents' Attitudes, Motivations, and Practices, Meizi He, Leonard Piché, Charlene Beynon, and Stewart Harris

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The Impact of Delays to Admission from the Emergency Department on Inpatient Outcomes, Qing Huang, Amardeep Thind, Jonathan F. Dreyer, and Gregory S. Zaric

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APOC1 T45S Polymorphism Is Associated with Reduced Obesity Indices and Lower Plasma Concentrations of Leptin and Apolipoprotein C-I in Aboriginal Canadians, Piya Lahiry, Henian Cao, Matthew R. Ban, Rebecca L. Pollex, Mary Mamakeesick, Bernard Zinman, Stewart B. Harris, Anthony J. G. Hanley, Murray W. Huff, Philip W. Connelly, and Robert A. Hegele