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 2011
The Influence of Parents and the Home Environment on Preschoolers' Physical Activity Behaviours: A Qualitative Investigation of Childcare Providers' Perspectives, Patricia Tucker, Melissa M. van Zandvoort, Shauna M. Burke, and Jennifer D. Irwin
Response to ‘Reply to Van Zandvoort, Tucker, Irwin and Burke: Physical Activity at Daycare: Issues, Challenges and Perspectives’ by Albon, Melissa van Zandvoort, Patricia Tucker, Jennifer D. Irwin, and Shauna M. Burke
Talk, Trust and Time: A Longitudinal Study Evaluating Knowledge Translation and Exchange Processes for Research on Violence against Women, C. Nadine Wathen, Shannon L. Sibbald, Susan M. Jack, and Harriet L. MacMillan
The Impact of a One-Day Applied Training in Motivational Interviewing on Health Practitioners' Perceived Competence, Autonomy, Efficacy, and Attitudes to Facilitate Behavior Change: A Pilot Study, Erin J. Wiley, Don Morrow, and Jennifer D. Irwin
Submissions from 2010
The Contribution of Processing Impairments to SLI: Insights from Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Janis E. Oram Cardy, Rosemary Tannock, Andrew M. Johnson, and Carla J. Johnson
If You Build It, They still May Not Come: Outcomes and Process of Implementing a Community-based Integrated Knowledge Translation Mapping Innovation, S. Michelle Driedger, Anita Kothari, Ian D. Graham, Elizabeth Cooper, Eric J. Crighton, Melanie Zahab, Jason Morrison, and Michael Sawada
The Role of Trust-Building in the Development of Biosafety Regulations in Kenya., Obidimma Ezezika
Dual-task Interference: The Effects of Verbal Cognitive Tasks on Upright Postural Stability in Parkinson's Disease, J. D. Holmes, M. E. Jenkins, Andrew M. Johnson, S. G. Adams, and S. J. Spaulding
Predictive Validity of the UPDRS Postural Stability Score and the Functional Reach Test, When Compared with Ecologically Valid Reaching Tasks, M. E. Jenkins, Andrew M. Johnson, J. D. Holmes, F. F. Stephenson, and S. J. Spaulding
Extending Collaborations for Knowledge Translation: Lessons from the Community-based Participatory Research Literature, Raphael Lencucha, Anita Kothari, and Nadia Hamel
Assessing Motivational Interviewing through Co-Active Life Coaching Tools as a Smoking Cessation Intervention: A Demonstration Study, Tara Mantler, Jennifer D. Irwin, and Don Morrow
Motivational Coaching: A Functional Juxtaposition of Three Methods for Health Behaviour Change: Motivational Interviewing, Coaching, and Skilled Helping, Courtney Newnham-Kanas, Don Morrow, and Jennifer D. Irwin
An Exploration of the Burden Experienced by Spousal Caregivers of Individuals with Parkinson's Disease, Kaitlyn P. Roland, Mary E. Jenkins, and Andrew M. Johnson
Knowledge Brokering with Injured Workers: Perspectives of Injured Worker Groups and Health Care Professionals, Lynn Shaw, Joy McDermid, Anita Kothari, Rob Lindsay, Phil Brake, Peter Page, Colin Argyle, Crystal Gagnon, and Melissa Knott
Evaluating Priority Setting Success in Healthcare: A Pilot Study, Shannon L. Sibbald, Jennifer L. Gibson, Peter A. Singer, Ross Upshur, and Douglas K. Martin
Hip Fracture Types in Men and Women Change Differently with Age, David A. Tanner, Marita Kloseck, Richard G. Crilly, Bert Chesworth, and Jason Gilliland
Food Choices in Recreation Facilities: Operators' and Patrons' Perspectives, Heather M. Thomas and Jennifer D. Irwin
Physical Activity Behaviors During the Preschool Years, Patricia Tucker and Jennifer D. Irwin
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