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 2021
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
Impact of the Childcare PhysicaL ActivitY (PLAY) Policy on Young Children’s Physical Activity and Sedentary Time: A Pilot Clustered Randomized Controlled Trial, Monika Szpunar, Molly Driediger, Andrew Johnson, Leigh Vanderloo, Shauna Burke, Jennifer Irwin, Jacob Shelley, Brian Timmons, and Patricia Tucker
Implementation Adherence and Perspectives of the Childcare PhysicaL ActivitY (PLAY) Policy: A Process Evaluation, Monika Szpunar, Andrew Johnson, Molly Driediger, Shauna Burke, Jennifer Irwin, Jacob Shelley, B Timmons, Leigh Vanderloo, and Patricia Tucker
Children and Parents’ Perspectives of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Ontario Children’s Physical Activity, Play, and Sport Behaviours, Monika Szpunar, Leigh Vanderloo, Brianne Bruijns, Stephanie Truelove, Shauna Burke, Jason Gilliland, Jennifer Irwin, and Patricia Tucker
Parents’ A priori Expectations of an Obesity Focused Intervention and What They Found Valuable from its Health Education Webinars, Varsha Vasudevan, Shazya Karmali, and Jennifer Irwin
Priority setting during the COVID-19 pandemic: going beyond vaccines, Iestyn Williams and Elysee Nouvet
Submissions from 2020
Early childhood education candidates' perspectives of their importance and responsibility for promoting physical activity and minimizing screen-viewing opportunities in childcare, Brianne Bruijns, K Adamo, Shauna Burke, V. Carson, Jennifer Irwin, P Naylor, B Timmons, Leigh Vanderloo, and Patricia Tucker
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
Minding many minds An assessment of mental health and resilience among undergraduate and graduate students a mixed methods exploratory study.pdf, Rebecca Fried, Shazya Karmali, and Jennifer Irwin
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
Addressing obstacles to the inclusion of palliative care in humanitarian health projects: a qualitative study of humanitarian health professionals’ and policy makers’ perceptions, Matthew Hunt, Elysée Nouvet, Ani Chénier, Gautham Krishnaraj, Carrie Bernard, Kevin Bezanson, Sonya de Laat, and Lisa Schwartz
Context-specific challenges, opportunities, and ethics of drones for healthcare delivery in the eyes of program managers and field staff: A multi-site qualitative study, Vyshnave Jeyabalan, Elysée Nouvet, Patrick Meier, and Lorie Donelle
Perspectives and impact of a parent-child intervention on dietary intake and physical activity behaviours, parental motivation, and parental body composition: A randomized controlled trial, Shazya Karmali, Danielle Battram, Shauna Burke, Anita Cramp, Andrew Johnson, Tara Mantler, Don Morrow, Victor Ng, Erin Pearson, Robert Petrella, Patricia Tucker, and Jennifer Irwin
Clients' and Coaches' Perspectives of a Life Coaching Intervention for Parents with Overweight/Obesity, Shazya Karmali, Danielle Battram, Shauna Burke, Anita Cramp, Tara Mantler, Don Morrow, Victor Ng, Erin Pearson, Robert Petrella, Patricia Tucker, and Jennifer Irwin
Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of Canadian medical students: a cross-sectional study., Rishad Khan, Tavis Apramian, Joel Hosung Kang, Jeffrey Gustafson, and Shannon Sibbald
Skip the wait and take a walk home! The suitability of point-of-choice prompts to promote active transportation among undergraduate students, Hieu Ly and Jennifer Irwin
Nurses' experiences of their decision-making process when participating in clinical trials during the 2014–2016 West African Ebola crisis, David Nguyen, Antonia Arnaert, John Pringle, Norma Ponzoni, Sekou Kouyaté, Nahal Fansia, and Elysée Nouvet
Assessing the prevalence and severity of smartphone addiction in post-secondary students: A brief report, Anna Rudkovska, W Sui, and Jennifer Irwin
Investigating the prevalence of smartphone-associated anxiety among Canadian university students: An environmental scan, Anna Rudkovska, W. Sui, and Jennifer Irwin
Kindness as an intervention for student social interaction anxiety, affect, and mood: The KISS of kindness study, Katie Shillington, Andrew Johnson, Tara Mantler, and Jennifer Irwin
Kindness as an Intervention for Student Social Interaction Anxiety, Resilience, Affect, and Mood: The KISS of Kindness Study II, Katie Shillington, Andrew Johnson, Tara Mantler, and Jennifer Irwin
COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa: impacts on vulnerable populations and sustaining home-grown solutions, Lauren J. Wallace, Elysée Nouvet, Robert Bortolussi, Joshua A. Arthur, Eugenia Amporfu, Eric Arthur, Kofi Bobi Barimah, Bernard Aristide Bitouga, Harriet Chemusto, Joseph Ikechebelu, Ngozi Joe-Ikechebelu, Mandy Kader Kondé, Jean Damascene Kabakambira, Gabriel Kyomba Kalombe, Diana M.S. Karanja, Eveline Thobias Konje, Sekou Kouyate, Gojjam Limeneh, Felicien Munday Mulopo, Mary Ndu, Eric Ochomo, Oriokot Francis, Oumy Thiongane, Jeremiah Seni, S. Mohammed Sheriff, and Douglas Singini
Implementation of outpatient total joint arthroplasty in canada: Where we are and where we need to go, Bryn O. Zomar, Shannon L. Sibbald, Doug Bickford, James L. Howard, Dianne M. Bryant, Jacquelyn D. Marsh, and Brent A. Lanting