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
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
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
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
Continuing to enhance the quality of case study methodology in health services research., Shannon L Sibbald, Stefan Paciocco, Meghan Fournie, Rachelle Van Asseldonk, and Tiffany Scurr
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