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
Physical Activity Behaviors During the Preschool Years, Patricia Tucker and Jennifer D. Irwin
Community Advocacy Plan Improved Physical Activity Opportunities in Childcare, Patricia Tucker, Melissa van Zandvoort, Jennifer Irwin, and Shauna Burke
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
Evolving the Theory and Praxis of Knowledge Translation through Social Interaction: A Social Phenomenological Study, Carol L. McWilliam, Anita Kothari, Cathy Ward-Griffin, Dorothy Forbes, Beverly Leipert, and South West Community Care Access Centre Home Care Collaboration (SW-CCAC)
Annotated Bibliography of Life Coaching and Health Research, Courtney Newnham-Kanas, Paul Gorczynski, Don Morrow, and Jennifer D. Irwin
Opening Doors to Information for Injured Workers through Knowledge Exchange and Research with Consumer Community Groups, Lynn Shaw, Melissa Knott, Rob Lindsay, Phil Brake, Peter Page, Colin Argyle, Joy MacDermid, and Anita Kothari
Priority Setting: What Constitutes Success? A Conceptual Framework for Successful Priority Setting, Shannon L. Sibbald, Peter A. Singer, Ross Upshur, and Douglas K. Martin
What Is a Healthy Body Weight?, Heather M. Thomas and Jennifer D. Irwin
Environmental Influences on Physical Activity Levels in Youth, Patricia Tucker, Jennifer D. Irwin, Jason Gilliland, Meizi He, Kristian Larsen, and Paul Hess
The Impact of Co-active Life Coaching on Female University Students with Obesity, Melissa van Zandvoort, Jennifer D. Irwin, and Don Morrow
Submissions from 2008
Research and Knowledge in Ontario Tobacco Control Networks, Julia J. Bickford and Anita R. Kothari
Cervical Manipulation and Informed Consent: Canadian Manipulative Physiotherapists' Opinions on Communicating Risk, Lisa Carlesso, Doreen J. Bartlett, Beverley Padfield, and Bert M. Chesworth