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 2023
Ontario Adults’ Mental Health and Wellbeing During the First 16 Months of the COVID-19 PandemicNo Title, Katie Shillington, Leigh Vanderloo, Shauna Burke, Victor Ng, Patricia Tucker, and Jennifer Irwin
Comparing Individual Versus Team Decision-Making Using Simulated Exercises in a Master of Public Health Program, Shannon L. Sibbald, Nicole Campbell, Cecilia Flores-Sandoval, and Mark Speechley
Designing systems for the care we need: A transformation journey in Southwestern Ontario, Shannon L Sibbald, Jacobi Elliott, Alexander Smith, Mulugeta B Chala, Nancy Dool Kontio, Amber Alpaugh-Bishop, Sarah Jarmain, Atharv Joshi, Mike McMahon, and Matthew Meyer
Designing systems for the care we need: A transformation journey in Southwestern Ontario., Shannon L. Sibbald, Jacobi Elliott, Alexander Smith, Mulugeta B. Chala, Nancy Dool Kontio, Amber Alpaugh-Bishop, Sarah Jarmain, Atharv Joshi, Mike McMahon, and Matthew Meyer
Engagement of patient and family advisors in health system redesign in Canada., Shannon L Sibbald, Kristina M Kokorelias, Gayathri Embuldeniya, and Walter P Wodchis
A Peer-to-Peer Approach to Implementation of a Chronic Disease Management Program, Shannon L. Sibbald, Stefan Paciocco, Lucy Huizhu Chen, Atharv Joshi, Madonna Ferrone, and Christopher Licskai
Association Between Children’s and Parents’ Physical Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Lagged Analysis, Monika Szpunar, Matthew Bourke, Leigh Vanderloo, Brianne Bruijns, Stephanie Truelove, Shauna Burke, Jason Gilliland, Jennifer Irwin, and Patricia Tucker
Parents' attitudes regarding their children's play during COVID-19: Impact of socioeconomic status and urbanicity, Leigh Vanderloo, Kendall Saravanamuttoo, Matthew Bourke, Shiran Zhong, Monika Szpunar, Jason Gilliland, Shauna Burke, Jennifer Irwin, Stephanie Truelove, and Patricia Tucker
Submissions from 2022
Association between childcare movement behaviour compositions with health and development among preschoolers: Finding the optimal combinations of physical activities and sedentary time, M Bourke, Leigh Vanderloo, Jennifer Irwin, Shauna Burke, Andrew Johnson, Molly Driediger, Brian Timmons, and Patricia Tucker
Factors Impacting Primary Care Engagement in a New Approach to Integrating Care in Ontario, Canada., Amanda C Everall, Kristina M Kokorelias, Shannon L Sibbald, Walter P Wodchis, and Gayathri Embuldeniya
Implementation of Insecticide-Treated Malaria Bed Nets in Tanzania: A Systematic Review., Obidimma Ezezika, Yasmine El-Bakri, Abitha Nadarajah, and Kathryn Barrett
Examining the barriers, facilitators and attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccine and public health measures for black communities in Canada: a qualitative study protocol., Obidimma Ezezika, Bethelehem Girmay, Toluwalope Adedugbe, Isaac Jonas, Yanaminah Thullah, and Chris Thompson
Development and Implementation of a Reflective Writing Assignment for Undergraduate Students in a Large Public Health Biology Course, Obidimma Ezezika and Nancy Johnston
What are the barriers and facilitators to polio vaccination and eradication programs? A systematic review., Obidimma ezezika, Meron Mengistu, Eric Opoku, Aiman Farheen, Anuradha Chauhan, and Kathryn Barrett
Interdisciplinary Health Care Evaluation Instruments: A Review of Psychometric Evidence., Hosung Joel Kang, Cecilia Flores-Sandoval, Benson Law, and Shannon Sibbald
STAND Up for Health: The Feasibility, Usefulness, and Impact of Mobile STANDing Desks on the Sedentary Time of First-Year University Students., Carmen Labadie, Shauna Burke, Patricia Tucker, and Jennifer Irwin
Family physician leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic: roles, functions and key supports., Maria Mathews, Dana Ryan, Lindsay Hedden, Julia Lukewich, Emily Gard Marshall, Judith Belle Brown, Paul S Gill, Madeleine McKay, Eric Wong, Stephen J Wetmore, Richard Buote, Leslie Meredith, Lauren Moritz, Sarah Spencer, Maria Alexiadis, Thomas R Freeman, Aimee Letto, Bridget L Ryan, Shannon L Sibbald, and Amanda Lee Terry
The impact of funding models on the integration of registered nurses in primary health care teams: protocol for a multi-phase mixed-methods study in Canada., Maria Mathews, Sarah Spencer, Lindsay Hedden, Julia Lukewich, Marie-Eve Poitras, Emily Gard Marshall, Judith Belle Brown, Shannon Sibbald, and Alison A Norful
The experiences and challenges of community health volunteers as agents for behaviour change programming in Africa: a scoping review, Mary Ndu, Ellena Andoniou, Sorcha McNally, Francisco Olea Popelka, Marisa Tippet, and Elysee Nouvet
Exploring the prevalence of nomophobia in a Canadian university: An environmental scan, Anna Rudkovska, W Sui, and Jennifer Irwin
Evaluating Public Participation in a Deliberative Dialogue: A Single Case Study., Tiffany Scurr, Rebecca Ganann, Shannon L Sibbald, Ruta Valaitis, and Anita Kothari
A Cross-Sectional Examination of Ontario Graduate Students’ Levels of Resilience And Health-Related Quality of LifE During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The CARE Study, Katie Shillington, Shauna Burke, Tara Mantler, and Jennifer Irwin
Riding on Resilience: Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence, Katie Shillington, Kimberley Jackson, Cara Davidson, Julia Yates, Jennifer Irwin, Brenna Kaschor, and Tara Mantler
A Cross-Sectional Examination of Canadian Adults’ Prosocial Behaviour During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Katie Shillington, Leigh Vanderloo, Shauna Burke, Victor Ng, Patricia Tucker, and Jennifer Irwin