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RRResearch Report

University of Toronto 2007 –2008

3The Research Report

4 Associate Dean’s Message

6 Shhh! New parents and babies sleeping

7 Less pain for baby

8 Healthy communities

9 Back to basic care

10 High-tech nursing

11 Transition of new nurses

12 Connecting the ‘disconnect’ in elder care

13 Discovery begins in undergrad

14 Research chairs

16 Where in the World is Bloomberg Nursing?

18 Postdoctoral Fellows

19 Professorships and Postdoctoral Fellows

20 Research Personnel Awards

24 Major Appointments

25 New Research Grants

29 Faculty Publications

Contents

Publisher/Writer Dr. Linda McGillis HallEditor/Writer Lucianna CiccocioppoArt Director Levi NicholsonCover IllustrationMark Allen Miller

4 The Research Report

Welcome to the first issue of the Annual Research Report for the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing which was developed to acknowledge the substantial nursing research contributions that faculty make to the health and care of Canadians as well as the discipline of nursing overall. It reflects the research activity of our scholars from April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008. The Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto is widely recognized as a research-intensive environment that promotes education and scholarship in nursing. Our faculty are world-class scholars whose expertise has shaped the discipline of nursing. Bloomberg faculty research activity demonstrates the integration of teaching and research in our core graduate fields of study. Within these core study fields individual Bloomberg faculty are clustered in three research areas: effective care and health outcomes, nursing health systems, and critical approaches to health and health care. Our undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students are offered opportunities to experience research through active engagement with Bloomberg faculty in their programs of research within these research fields.

Associate Dean’s Message


[ECHO] Effective Care and Health OutcomesThe focus of this research field is on rigorous evaluations of conventional and innovative forms of nursing care, using randomized controlled trials, theory-driven evaluations, and systematic reviews of the evidence. Studies are conducted in formal and informal health-care settings, addressing a wide variety of health and illness issues in, for example, maternal-newborn health, cancer care, genetics, critical care, cardio-vascular disease, acute and chronic pain in adults, infants and children, and in the area of sleep. Many of the studies are multi-disciplinary and international in scope. In this Research Report, we profile the groundbreaking work of one of our junior faculty members, Dr. Robyn Stremler, a CIHR New Investigator whose program of research focuses on sleep disturbance and fatigue in new families and sleep for hospitalized children and their families. As well, doctoral student Janet Yamada’s research aimed at measuring how well a pain-management intervention is implemented in hospitals is described, focus-ing on understanding the real-world challenges involved in utilizing research to change practice.

[HSR] Nursing Health SystemsNursing health systems research involves the application of research methods from social and health sciences, engineering, biostatistics, and eco-nomics, to investigate questions related to nursing and health services resource planning, organiza-tion, management, financing, and delivery. Faculty in the nursing health systems field are engaged in research that informs policy and nursing health services management with the latest findings and ideas on key policy and practice issues. Research foci include health human resources, nurse migra-tion, nursing effectiveness, nursing and health outcomes, quality work environments, health-care teams, technology, patient safety, and nursing leadership. You will read about current research led by Dr. Diane Doran, the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Limited-Term Professor in Patient Safety, that tests nurses’ use of handheld mobile devices for improving patient care and outcomes. Recent doctoral graduate Dr. Jessica Peterson’s dissertation research in the area of nursing health human resources highlights the challenges faced in the

transition of new graduates into the work setting and the need for interventions to improve this integration process into the health care system.

[CAHC] Critical Approaches to Health and Health CareScholars in this field explore issues in health and health care using a range of critical and social theories as a foundation. The work of this eclectic group incorporates a number of research methodologies, with an emphasis on qualitative, participatory, and theoretical inquiry. Three strands of investigation are pursued. Several members of this field study health disparities that stem from interconnected and marginalizing social relations of gender, income inequality, disability, racism and heteronormativity. Others analyze the historical, ethical and political basis of health care. Finally, a strong focus on international and global health is reflected in research conducted in this field. You’ll read about a recent CIHR-funded study led by Dr. Denise Gastaldo exploring health inequity and exploring the experiences of recent immigrant women in the community. In addi-tion, the doctoral research of Craig Dales, a recent recipient of a Sir Frederick Banting and Dr. Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship from CIHR, examining nursing experiences of providing hygiene in high-technology settings is highlighted.

A number of researchers in the health-care community hold affiliations with Bloomberg Nursing and are actively engaged in research and teaching here. One of our status appointees, Dr. Kathy McGilton, a MOHLTC Career Scientist at the Bloomberg Faculty and Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, examines relationship-building and care interactions with the elderly. Her most recent work on a new model of care for elders in the health-care system is outlined in this report. At the student level, you’ll read about Lorraine Dales’ undergraduate research experience that helped create interventions to prevent interruptions in busy nursing units.

And finally, we provide an overview of our fund-ed research chairs, research recognitions, broad national and international presence of Bloomberg research in scientific meetings, many of an inter-disciplinary nature, and the scope and number of peer-reviewed faculty publications. RR

Associate Dean’s Message


Shhh! New parents and babies sleepingIt’s tough to be a new parent, but it’s even tougher when you are sleep deprived. Parents consistently rank sleep as a major health concern for them-selves and their new infant. And studies have shown sleep deprivation has negative effects on emotional and physical health. But Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing CIHR New Investigator, Dr. Robyn Stremler, RN is trying to make things a little easier for groggy families. Health-care pro-fessionals have little advice to offer postpartum families to improve their sleep and decrease their fatigue, says Stremler. “The goal of my work is to provide mothers with information, strategies and support so that they and their babies can get more sleep in the important first few months of life.”

A current study underway is ‘TIPS’, Tips for Infant and Parent Sleep. The randomized control trial is recruiting new mothers from two down-town Toronto hospitals and Stremler hopes to analyze results by late 2009. Not surprisingly, Stremler isn’t having difficulty with recruitment. “Families are very interested in participating in the hope it might improve their sleep,” she says. Half the mothers in the study are randomly assigned to meet with a nurse on the postpartum unit who has received special training in promoting sleep. They also receive telephone support from that nurse in the first few weeks at home with their new baby. The nurse provides information about

what to expect from her baby’s sleep, strategies to improve her baby’s sleep and support and encouragement around the woman’s ability to achieve good sleep for herself and her infant. The other half in the study don’t receive any special information about sleep. At age six and 12 weeks, all the infants and moms are visited in their homes, and Stremler measures their sleep using a technology called “actigraphy.” Actigraphy involves wearing a small wristwatch-like device that detects motion. “Based on the amount of motion we see on the actigraphy data, we can determine how much time the mother and baby spent asleep,” says Stremler.

Given that approximately 150,000 women give birth for the first time each year in Canada, sleep disturbance in the postpartum period is an important public health issue. Attention to improving sleep outcomes could have significant effects on the health of Canadian families and give them the best start possible. RR

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“ Sleep disturbance in the postpartum period is an important public health issue”


Less pain for babyHaving a baby hospitalized in a neonatal ICU can be a distressing time for a family, particularly if the infant is experiencing pain due to multiple diagnostic and treatment procedures. Reducing some of this anxiety, and more importantly, improving pain assessment and management in the NICU is something Janet Yamada, RN and PhD student at the Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, is hoping to achieve. That’s because studies have shown that pain management and assessments for neonates can be improved “There seems to be a gap in putting research knowledge into practice at the bedside,” says Yamada, a research associate at SickKids in Toronto. But implementing practice changes, for all health-care practitioners, isn’t easy. “Health professionals are busy; it takes a lot of support, facilitation and education to effect practice change,” says Yamada.

It’s an important issue, she says, and not only because of ethical reasons. “Just because babies can’t speak, they still have the right to have their pain managed appropriately like everyone else. And we don’t want to cause pain when neonates are still developing if possible.” There are indications that unmanaged pain in infants can have long-term cognitive and behaviourial effects. “Their systems are still developing, and unmanaged pain can cause both immediate and long-term consequences.

It’s more challenging because we have to rely on their behavioural cues,” Yamada explains.

In her doctoral dissertation, Yamada is using her clinical and nursing research skills to develop a measure to evaluate how well an improved pain-management intervention is implemented in hospitals across the country. Yamada is leading the pilot study, under the direction of her PhD supervisor, Dr. Bonnie Stevens, Signy Hildur Eaton chair in pediatric nursing research, as part of a large, CIHR team grant in children’s pain in neo-natal and pediatric hospital settings in Canada.

“It’s quite a significant project. Ultimately, we’d like to empower individual health-care professionals to make these practice changes, see if pain intensity is reduced overall and foster better outcomes for patients and their families,” says Yamada. RR

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Healthy communitiesCommunity nursing professor Dr. Denise Gastaldo knows all too well the stresses and anxieties connected with landing in and adapting to a new country. She’s emigrated from her native Brazil three times to complete her studies in Spain, the UK and Canada. “It made me acutely aware of the impact of immigration on one’s health and well-being, the feelings of displacement and the loss of identity,” says Gastaldo. She keeps her personal experiences top of mind when research-ing the social determinants of health, specifically how the intersection of gender and migration affects people’s mental and physical health. She’s working on a project on recent immigrant women living in Toronto, exploring their pathways to poor or optimal mental and physical health. It’s a hot issue, says Gastaldo.

One of the challenges Canada faces as a country with high immigration rates is the so called “healthy immigrant effect.” Gastaldo explains: “At arrival, immigrants are more educated and healthier than the average Canadian, but after 10 years in the country, they experience poorer health and more chronic conditions. This participatory project funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research [CIHR] addresses these pathways to health inequity and has generated knowledge for different audiences, such as a Web site with immigration information, a poetry book and a video for mental health promotion programs.”

Gastaldo’s research also delves into the fastest

growing form of migration worldwide— undocumented workers. Two studies, one in Spain and another in Canada, are currently investigating the health consequences of non-status migra-tion. “Research suggests that non-status workers tend to perform the most dangerous, physically demanding or lowest paid jobs with no access to health care,” she says. Not much is known about this population in Canada, estimated at more than 500,000, with most living in Ontario. But Gastaldo plans on finding out.

“It’s all about preventing disease and unnecessary suffering. We need to shape interventions, policies and programs to create the conditions for optimal mental and physical health in these communities.” To neglect these groups, says Gastaldo, is too costly in the long run. RR

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“ At arrival, immigrants are more educated and healthier than the average Canadian, but after 10 years in the country, they experience poorer health and more chronic conditions”

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Back to basic careIn the high-tech, pressure-cooker world of the ICU nurse, Craig Dale, RN wants to take a low-tech step back to the basics. “Very simple acts of cleanliness can have a significant impact on mortality,” says Dale, “yet this is a problem today in hospitals. Patients can suffer the added burden of hospital-acquired infection, which can negatively affect their recovery or contribute to death.” He believes hygiene is not only an important priority of care, but also a necessary discourse among practitioners “since many patients do not receive the hygienic care they need.”

With 15 years of critical care nursing at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre under his belt, Dale saw first-hand the impact of basic acts of care. Something as simple as brushing patients’ teeth can make a significant difference in out-come. “Mechanical ventilation is a core life-saving technology yet patients receiving this treatment are at risk of respiratory infection without proper oral hygiene. Pneumonia can double their risk of death, increase the duration of ventilation and prolong their stay in hospital.” Studies show pneumonia can be prevented entirely, but in demanding ICU units, hygiene doesn’t always get the attention it deserves, says Dale.

That’s what he’s trying to change. Dale’s PhD research will focus on the nursing experience of providing hygiene in high-tech settings and the

impact of workplace documents, such as formal protocols, flow-sheets, checklists and email reminders. “Through a better understanding of nursing work in the ICU, we can better understand the provision of hygiene.” He brings a unique perspective to the project, given his frontline credentials and understanding of the complexities of care.

“Statistical reporting remains central to health-care discussion, however metrics don’t readily explain how nurses take-up information and prioritize their work. Getting at unconscious and tacit nursing behaviours may help us understand how hygienic practices are positioned within busy, unpredictable critical care settings,” says Dale.

Craig says nurses only need to look back in their own professional history which situates hygiene, nutrition and sanitation as pivotal to improved health. “It’s paradoxical that we are fighting similar battles faced by Florence Nightingale in a modern context.” RR

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High-tech nursingDr. Diane Doran uses her personal wireless device to read email on the road, store phone numbers and keep memos. But she wants these tech gadgets to do much more in the world of nursing. The Lawrence S. Bloomberg Professor in Patient Safety researches how to use real time information on handheld mobile devices to improve patient care and outcomes, and help link nurses to resources when they need it. “Wireless devices are being used more frequently, particularly in the home-care setting,” says Doran, “where nurses do not have access to colleagues for quick consultations.” But all that changes with Internet access through smart phones, such as Blackberries or I-Phones, or small mobile computers, like a tablet PC. For example, “One homecare nurse had to change the wound dressings of an amputee on a daily basis, which was very painful for the patient. She knew her agency had best practice guidelines on its Web site, which she accessed with her wireless device. She was able to communicate the treat-ment protocol to the surgeon, who agreed with her recommendation, and changed the treatment.”

Doran works with telecommunication giants such as RIM (makers of the Blackberry), Telus, IBM and Nortel to eliminate barriers to access resources for nurses in a variety of health-care settings, be it homecare, acute or primary care or in correctional institutions. In 2008, the Nursing Secretariat of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term care funded a project led by Doran to help 30 organiza-tions purchase wireless mobile devices for nurses.

The devices were enabled with best practice guide-lines from the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario and Web resources, such as Nursing PLUS. The evaluation results? “We found significant improvement in nurses’ access to information, particularly for community nurses, who can be quite isolated,” says Doran. “This is helping to improve the quality of care for patients, and increase support for nurses in their practice, in real time, wherever they may be located.”

Doran is thrilled to see the big impact of such small devices, and is eager to move on to stage two of the initiative. “We’re evaluating their use in clinical documentation, in addition to access to resources,” says Doran, in the hopes to decrease possible errors in transcribing hand-written nursing notes into computer databases. Could this soon mean a wireless mobile device for every nurse across Canada? One day, she says. RR

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“ This is helping to improve the quality of care for patients, and increase support for nurses in their practice, in real time, wherever they may be located”


Transition of new nursesDr. Jessica Peterson remembers her first days as a new nurse, and it wasn’t always easy. “I had a lot of support around me, but it was still stressful and overwhelming.” She soon found out she was not alone, and some literature searching turned up a long-standing problem in the profession. “I kept hearing and reading about this transition time for new graduates,” says Peterson. Since the 1970s, problems associated with heavy workloads, new job stress, and lack of support for new nurses have been published, “and there are still articles today talking about these difficulties and how widespread the issue is,” says Peterson. “There’s a lot to learn for a new nurse in a very busy acute care setting.”

Peterson decided to investigate further, and the master’s student at the Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing was fast-tracked into a PhD program to research these issues in acute care settings. Her dissertation focused on the relationship between job demands, control, social support, self-efficacy, and job stress, job satisfaction and intention to leave. Peterson found the same issues and concerns reflected in her study. By consolidating and solidifying what the current state of the nursing work environment is, Peterson hopes to develop an intervention to help decrease the stresses of newly graduated nurses and support

them through the transitional period, out of a classroom and into the acute care world. “If we can give them direction and some interventions, we can add to their job satisfaction and decrease staff turnover in hospitals,” says Peterson. “Longer reten-tions mean continuity in the care of patients, and better morale on nursing units. It all translates to better patient outcomes and better use of hospital resources.”

Peterson completed her dissertation with the support of the Social Sciences and Health Research Council, and a doctoral fellowship from the Ontario Training Centre in Health Services and Policy Research. She plans to continue answering her questions in the next steps of her career. RR

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Connecting the ‘disconnect’ in elder careA respected mentor and professor in her graduate course made Dr. Katherine McGilton think about how we care for seniors. “Dr. Dorothy Pringle really opened my eyes to the idea that nurses could make a difference in the long-term care of the elderly,” says McGilton. And she hasn’t looked back since.

The assistant professor (status only) at the Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, and research scientist at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute focuses on relationship-building and interactions with the elderly in a variety of care settings, with particular interest in clients with cognitive impairment.

McGilton has developed a new model of care called reap, which refers to her four tenets of optimal elder care: relating well, environmental manipulation, ability focus and personhood. REAP has been pilot tested at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, and the results have been positive, says McGilton. “If we can get nurses, and allied health professionals such as occupational and physical therapists, to use REAP regardless of cognitive impairment, we can get elderly patients home once they are rehabilitated, instead of admitted to a long-term care setting.” Knowledge of dementia and delirium is essential as well, says McGilton, as many patients admitted to rehabilitation and acute care facilities experience one or both of these conditions.

Simple acts, such as making a connection with patients by explaining procedures to them when

taking their vitals, or using one-step commands dependent on their existing level of ability, will prevent cognitively impaired clients from getting upset or frustrated. When clients have Alzheimer’s disease, says McGilton, care providers need to first assess what these patients are still able do for themselves. “And then we need to ask, based on these assessments, what should we be doing? We need to ensure our interventions keep patients as independent as possible. If health-care professionals take the time to employ REAP, they’ll find care a little easier,” says McGilton.

She has funding from the CIHR to replicate this new model in two facilities with control groups, and hopes to roll out REAP across Canada. “We really need to look at our assumptions around elder care, and keep them out of hospitals and long-term care facilities once they’re rehabilitated so they’re not spending the rest of their lives there.” It’s better for patients, and better for their families. And it saves significant resources in the health-care system. Says McGilton: “We can make a huge difference in this area.” RR

“ We need to ensure our interventions keep patients as independent as possible”


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Discovery starts in undergradAfter completing a busy first year of nursing at the Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, Lorraine Dales never thought about moving into research. But a chance to apply for one of the Faculty’s summer research fellowships was too good to pass up. She landed a position assisting Dr. Linda McGillis Hall, a recognized leader in nursing health services and systems research, which was an area that interested Dales. McGillis Hall was conducting a study looking at the kinds of interruptions a clinical nurse received during a hospital shift. Researchers followed nurses on their 12-hour shift to document the interrup-tions, and Dales was involved with classifying and coding these interruptions. What she discovered astounded her.

“I was shocked to see how busy, and how many interruptions these nurses experienced,” says Dales. Follow-ups in these nursing units included interventions to keep interruptions to a minimum, and reduce any possible incidences of error. “It really helped me see how applicable research was to practice settings. We were able to collaborate with the nurses and come up with simple, concrete solutions that anyone could apply on the unit.”

The fellowship helped open her eyes to the many opportunities a nursing background can

offer her. Hearing about the research projects her other colleagues were working on that summer inspired her even further. After graduating with her BScN, Dales worked in transplant nursing at Toronto General Hospital, then completed her MN in the administration stream at Bloomberg Nursing. Dales’ interests brought her back to nursing research, and she currently has a full-time position as a research officer in the Faculty.

“I thought research was separate from clinical practice,” says Dales, but her fellowship experience proved otherwise. “I really enjoy clinical nursing, and in fact, I miss it at times. But I never thought there were so many interesting and evidence-based research areas in nursing. And that’s exciting,” says Dales.

Could a PhD be in the works? “Maybe,” laughs Dales. “I never say ‘never.’” RR

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Dr. Ellen Hodnett Heather M. Reisman Chair in Perinatal Nursing Research

Dr. Bonnie Stevens Signy Hildur Eaton Chair in Pediatric Nursing Research

Dr. Linda O’Brien-Pallas CHSRF/CIHR Chair in Nursing Human Resources

Dr. Carles Muntaner CAMH Psychiatric and Addiction Nursing Research Chair

Dr. Doris Howell RBC Chair in Oncology Nursing Research

Dr. Cindy-Lee Dennis Canada Research Chair in Perinatal Community Health (Tier 2)

Dr. Arlene Bierman Ontario Women’s Health Council Chair in Women’s Health

Dr. Patricia McKeever Bloorview Kids Foundation Chair in Childhood Disability Studies

Research Chairs

Researchers from the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing hold an unprecedented eight research chairs, more than any other nursing faculty in Canada. Research chairs are achieved by faculty members who have demonstrated global leadership in their field in academic excellence and research scholarship. Several of the research chairs held within the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing are funded from national peer-reviewed competitions, while others are endowed research chairs in collaboration with affiliated academic health science centres.


Research Chairs

$10,000,000

$8,000,000

$6,000,000

$4,000,000

$2,000,000

$01999 2000 20032001 2004 20062002 2005 2007 2008

TOTAL RESEARCH FUNDiNG—ENTiRE FACULTy (3 yEAR ROLLiNG AvERAGE vALUES)

GRANTS HELD AT HOSPiTALS GRANTS HELD AT UOFT

SOURCE: UTBi RESEARCH CUBE


Where in the World is Bloomberg Nursing?

WHERE WE WENTAaruhus, DNK Danish History of Nursing ConferenceAmelia Island, USA Pediatric Sleep Medicine ConferenceBerlin, DEU European Society of Intensive Care Medicine CongressBerlin, DEU International Congress on Neuropathic PainBoston, USA International Society for Quality in Health Care International ConferenceHonolulu, USA Congress of the Society of Critical Care MedicineIndianapolis, USA Internation Nursing Administration Research ConferenceMalmo, SWE European Society of Cardiology Spring MeetingMelbourne, AUS International PhD collaboration with University of MelbourneMinneapolis, USA Associated Professional Sleep Societies Annual MeetingMonterry, MEX International PhD collaboration with University of Nuevo LeonMontreal, CAN Conference of the Canadian Sleep SocietyOrlando, USA Association of Women’s Health Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses MeetingOxford, GBR St. Anthony CollegePortland, USA Western Institutes of Nursing Research ConferenceProvidence, USA Eastern Nursing Research Society Scientific SessionsRotorua, NZL Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Scientific MeetingSan Diego, USA American Society of Human GeneticsSao Paulo, BRA International PhD collaboration with University of Sao PauloSaskatoon, CAN Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences CongressSydney, AUS International PhD collaboration with University of SydneyToronto, CAN Canadian Nursing Informatics Association Annual ConferenceTurku, FIN International PhD collaboration with Turku UniversityVienna, AUS International Evidence-Based Nursing Research Congress


Where in the World is Bloomberg Nursing?

WHO CAME TO USAddis Ababa, ETH Addis Ababa UniversityAmsterdam/Groningen, HOL Midwifery AcademyAndhra Pradesh, IND Catholic Health Association of IndiaCatalonia, ESP University of LleidaDFCM Chilean Group, CHL Various institutions in ChileDorset, GBR Bournemouth UniversityFlorianopolis, BRA University of Santa Catarina Hyogo, JPN University of HyogoKent Ridge, SGP University of SingaporeMelbourne, AUS University of MelbourneNagano, JPN University of NaganoOita City, JPN Oita University

Oslo, NOR Oslo University CollegePalma, Majorca, ESP University of the Balearic IslandsPhiladelphia, USA University of PennsylvaniaReykjavik, ISL University of IcelandSan Francisco, USA University of California, San Francisco Sao Paulo, BRA University of Sao Paula, Health Secretariat of Sao PauloSantiago, CHL Sociedad Chilena de Educacion en EnfermeriaSuffolk, GBR Suffolk CollegeSydney, AUS University of SydneyTaipei, TWN National Defense Medical CenterTokyo, JPN Kitasato UniversityUtrecht, NLD Patient Care Managers


Postdoctoral Fellows

1. Dr. Roberta Cardoso Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein and University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil Postdoctoral supervisor: Dr. Bonnie Stevens Period of study: July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2008

2. Dr. Maria Itayra Padilha Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil Postdoctoral supervisor: Dr. Sioban Nelson Period of study: January 15, 2007 – January 15, 2008

3. Dr. Jennifer Stinson Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and Sick Children’s Hospital, Toronto Postdoctoral supervisor: Dr. Ellen Hodnett (with Dr. Patrick McGrath) Period of study: 2007 – 2008

4. Dr. Denise Harrison University of Melbourne and the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia Postdoctoral supervisor: Dr. Bonnie Stevens Period of study: February 1, 2008 – February 1, 2009

5. Dr. Debora Kirschbaum Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil Postdoctoral supervisor: Dr. Denise Gastaldo (with Dr. Joan Eakin) Period of study: February, 2008 – January, 2009

The research-intensive environment at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing provides an optimal setting for post-doctoral fellows (PDFs) to transition from graduate student studies to independent scholarship. PDFs with the Bloomberg faculty are trainees who are provided with the opportunity to further their research skills while working with an experienced faculty mentor. Our postdoctoral fellows throughout 2007 and 2008 included:


inaugural Appointments to the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Professorships and Post Doctoral FellowshipThe fall 2007 announcement of the generous $10 million gift from financier Lawrence S. Bloomberg provided the opportunity to expand internation-ally our innovation and excellence in research. Two limited-term professorships were developed for post-doctoral faculty members who have exhibited outstanding leadership in research. These professorships are for five-year terms and are aimed at new or existing faculty to expand their program of research in support of advancing nursing prac-tice and patient care.

Dr. Diane Doran, PhD, RN, FCAHS, Professor, was named the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Limited-Term Professor in Patient Safety, beginning January 1, 2008. The foci of her research are the evaluation of methods for improving the quality of health care, the design and measurement of nursing sensitive patient outcomes, health care teams and innovations in patient safety.

Dr. Louise Rose, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor—was named the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Limited-Term Professor in Critical Care, begin-ning January 1, 2008. Dr. Rose, an internationally recruited faculty member, studies critical care, emergency and trauma nursing of adult and pediatric patients.

In addition, to generate increased international collaboration opportunities, a visiting professor and post-doctoral fellowship were also developed.

Dr. Alex Molassiotis, from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom was named the Frances Bloomberg International Distinguished Visiting Professor beginning in January 2008. Dr. Molassiotis is currently professor of cancer and supportive care, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester. A leading figure in cancer nursing research and end of life care in the UK and Europe, his focus will be to develop capacity building initiatives in collaboration with Bloomberg clinical partners for the development of research in cancer and palliative care nursing.

Marit Leegaard from the University of Oslo in Norway was named the Tom Kierans International Post-Doctoral Fellow working with Professor Judy Watt-Watson beginning in April 2008. Ms. Leegaard, an expert clinician in pain and anesthesia, is visiting the Faculty upon completion of her doctorate at the University of Oslo. Her work at Bloomberg Nursing will be in the area of pain, focusing on cardiac pain and will be seeking clinical partnerships to build collaborative research links with nurses in cardiac teams in Toronto and internationally.

Professorships and Postdoctoral Fellows


Research Personnel Awards

Faculty researchers from the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing have also achieved substantial success in research personnel award competitions, both at the national and provincial levels. Research personnel awards are designed to support the development and retention of emerging research scientists who have been judged by their peers as outstanding in their field of study. These programs support training and early career development by providing some salary support to the Bloomberg Faculty for the research and scholarly activities of these select investigators. Research personnel awards held by Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing researchers include Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) New Investigator Awards, and Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) Career Scientist Awards.


Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) Career Scientist AwardsThe Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) supports outstanding researchers in the province who are in the early stages of their careers to carry out independent research in health services in Ontario. The overall goal of the program is to facilitate the development of health research personnel in Ontario. Lawrence S. Bloomberg faculty have a longstanding record in the achievement of these awards.

Dr. Kathy McGiltonJuly 2004 to June 2009Research Field Nursing Health Systems

Dr. Ann TourangeauJuly 2003 to June 2008Research Field Nursing Health Systems


Dr. Cindy-Lee Dennis, associate professor at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto received a Tier 2 Canadian Research Chair in Perinatal Community Health in September 2007. Established in 2000, the Canada Research Chair program is aimed at the recruitment and retention of academics who are world leaders in their field of expertise. Tier 2 chairs are designated to exceptional emerg-ing researchers whose potential to lead in their field has been acknowledged by their peers.

CiHR New investigator AwardsConsidered to be one of the most prestigious awards in the country, the CIHR New Investigator Award supports researchers in the early stages of their career who have shown promise as independent investigators by providing assistance for them in establishing their program of research. This program provides opportunities for new investigators within the first five years of their independent research career to develop and demonstrate their independence in initiating and conducting health research. Bloomberg faculty have consistently held these esteemed awards since their inception in 2002.

Dr. Kelly Metcalfe July 2007 to June 2012Research Field Effective Care and Health OutcomesTopic Differences in uptake of cancer prevention options in Canadian women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation

Dr. Janet AngusJuly 2006 to June 2011Research Field Critical Approaches to Health and Health CareTopic Locating barriers and supports to maintenance of risk modifications in coronary artery disease

Dr. Cindy-Lee DennisMarch 2005 to February 2010Research Field Effective Care and Health OutcomesTopic A RCT to evaluate the effectiveness of peer (mother-to-mother) support for the prevention of postpartum depression

Dr. Linda McGillis HallJuly 2002 to June 2007Research Field Nursing Health SystemsTopic Nurse staffing models and work environment strategies



CIHR Strategic Research and Training Program at the University of Toronto, and a senior scientist at Bloorview Research Institute, Bloorview Kids Rehab, and adjunct scientist at the SickKids Research Institute.

Dr. Kelly Metcalfe received a five-year CIHR New Investigator award in July 2007. This award is designed to provide outstanding New Investigators the opportunity to develop and demonstrate their independence in initiating and conducting health research through provision of a contribution to their salary. In this highly competitive funding round, only 19 percent of all applicants (55/292) were funded. Dr. Metcalfe’s primary area of research focus is on the psychosocial implications of being at an increased risk of developing breast cancer. The New Investigator award will explore “Differences in uptake of cancer preventive options in Canadian women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation.”

Dennis’ research program is directed towards rigorously evaluating interventions to improve the care of pregnant and postpartum women. She is the principal investigator of two large, multi-site randomized controlled trials related to the prevention and treatment of postpartum depression, and a co-investigator on several other research projects concerning breastfeeding and maternal mood. She has numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals related to maternal and infant health outcomes including the detec-tion, prevention, and treatment of postpartum depression, and is the primary reviewer for five Cochrane systematic reviews related to perinatal (antenatal and postpartum) depression. Her theoretical and measurement contributions to the breastfeeding field are widely acknowledged internationally. Dennis’ research provides evidence-based information to address health problems that many pregnant and postpartum women experience with the goal of promoting a healthy transition to motherhood.

Dr. Patricia McKeever, Professor at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, a health sociologist whose program of research addresses sociospatial, philosophical and policy aspects of childhood disability/chronic illness, was named the inaugural Bloorview Kids Foundation Chair in Childhood Disability Studies in November 2007. In the chair, McKeever will continue to conduct research that addresses the physical, social and policy barriers to inclusion that Canadian children with disabilities and their families encounter. Her areas of expertise include long-term care policies, chronic illness and disability, interdisciplinary scholarship, con-temporary social theory and qualitative research methods. She has been the co-director of the Health Care, Technology and Place Collaborative



Dr. Sioban Nelson, professor and Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing dean, is editor with Suzanne Gordon of the book “Complexities of Care: Nursing Reconsidered” which received Book of the Year awards in five categories in the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Awards as published in the January 2008, 108(1), 73-77. It received the top award in Professional Development and Issues, the History and Public Policy, and the Community and Public Health categories. It was also ranked in the top three in the Nursing Leadership and Management Category, and the Nursing Education and Professional Development categories.

The Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing was recognized as an organizational hub for an important World Health Organization [WHO] project; “The Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH)”, under the direction of Dr. Carles Muntaner. The Health Inequalities Research Group (Occupational Health Research Unit) of Pompeu Fabra University, Spain; Social Equity and Health Research Unit (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) of the University of Toronto, Canada; and the Institute of Collective Health, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, are the co-hubs for the Employment Conditions Knowledge Network. Chairs of the project include: Joan Benach, Carles Muntaner, and Vilma Santana. The Commission on Social Determinants of Health supports countries and global health partners to address the social factors leading to ill health and inequities. It draws the attention of society to the social determinants of health that are known to be among the worst causes of poor health and inequalities between and within countries. The determinants include unemployment, unsafe workplaces, urban slums, globalization and lack of access to health systems. RR

Distinctions

Dr. Linda McGillis Hall was inducted as an American Academy of Nursing International Fellow during the Academy’s 34th Annual Meeting and Conference, on Nov. 10, 2007, in Washington, DC. The American Academy of Nursing (AAN) is constituted to anticipate national and international trends in health care, and address resulting issues of health care knowledge and policy. The mission of the Academy is to serve the public and nursing profession by advancing health policy and practice through the generation, synthesis, and dissemination of nursing knowledge.

Other Research Acknowledgements and AwardsIn November 2007 Dr. Kelly Metcalfe was the recipient of the Excellence in Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Award from the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS). The ONS is the largest professional oncology association in the world. It consists of over 35,000 registered nurses and other health-care providers dedicated to excellence in patient care, education, research, and administration in oncology nursing. This award is given to a registered nurse who: is a recognized expert in the field of cancer prevention and early detection (e.g., through publications, presenta-tions, research, and peer review), has made a significant contribution to cancer prevention and early detection, including professional/patient education, clinical practice, and nursing research, and serves as a role model for other nurses.



Arlene Bierman1. Ontario Health Quality Council with the Ministry

of Health Long Term Care (OHQC) —three-year term.

2. Chair, Performance Measurement Advisory Board, Ontario Health Quality Council.

3. Member, Seniors Council of the Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network (LHIN).

4. Member, Advisory Committee, Gender and Health Interest Group, Academy Health.

5. Member, Blue Ribbon Panel for Centers for Medicare and Medical Services (CMS) Health Outcomes Survey.

Ellen Hodnett1. Member, Scientific and Technical Advisory Group

(STAG) for World Health Organization, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, Geneva, Switzerland.

Michael McGillion1. Chair, Scientific Program, Canadian Pain Society

(2008-2010).2. Co-Chair, Scientific Program, Joint meeting of the

Canadian and British Pain Societies (2010).3. Chair, Canadian Cardiovascular Society Position

Statement on the Care of Canadians Living with Refractory Angina (2008).

4. Chair, Joint Canadian Cardiovascular Society-Canadian Pain Society Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Assessment and Management of Refractory Angina (2008-2009).

Linda McGillis Hall1. Chair, Grants Review Panel Committee-

Health Services Evaluations and Interventions Research “B”, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Kathy McGilton1. Chair, Subcommittee on Curriculum

Development in Gerontology, National Initiative for the Care of Elderly (NICE).

Pat McKeever1. Executive Committee, Bloorview Research

Institute.

Linda O’Brien Pallas1. Member, Research Committee of Sigma Theta

Tau International. 2. Member, Research Committee, The Council of

Graduates of Foreign Schools of Nursing.

Elizabeth Peter1. Chair, Canadian Nurses Association Ethics

Advisory Committee. RR

Major Appointments


Canadian institutes for Health Research [CiHR]—Operating Grants CompetitionsDr. Bonnie Stevens is principal investigator on a large multi-year knowledge translation grant “Translating Research on Pain in Children (TROPIC) Study” which received funding through the CIHR Operating Grants competition in January 2008. Co-investigators on this study include: M. Barwick, F. Campbell, C. Chambers, J. Cohen, G. Cummings, C. Estabrooks, G.A. Finley, C. Johnston, M. Latimer, S. Lee, S. Lemay, P. McGrath, J. Rashotte, C. Rosmus, D. Sawatzky-Dickson, S. Scott, S. Sidani, Jennifer Stinson, Robyn Stremler, A. Synnes, A.. Taddio, E. Villeneuve, F. Warnock, A. Willan, and Ph D Students Patricia Kavanagh and Janet Yamada.

Dr. Linda McGillis Hall is the principal investigator of a study examining outcomes related to nursing shiftwork “Nurse Scheduling and Patient Safety Outcomes” which received funding through the CIHR Operating Grants competition in June 2007. The study is co-sponsored by the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI). Co-investigators on this study include Diane Doran, Claire Mallette, and Jessica Peterson from the LSBFON University of Toronto, and Joan Tranmer from Queen’s University.

Dr. Jan Angus is the principal investigator on the CIHR study funded in January 2008 “Gender and Co-morbidity: Everyday Tactics for Balancing Diabetes Self Care and Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR)”. Co-investigators on this study include: Beth Abramson, Alexander Clark, Lori Korkola, Susan Marzolini, Paul Oh, and PhD Students Jennifer Lapum and Jennifer Price.

Dr. Robyn Stremler received notification that her clinical trial, “The TIPS (Tips for Infant and Parent Sleep) Trial” was awarded funding by CIHR. Co-investigators on the study include Ellen Hodnett, Kathryn Lee, James Macfarlane, Shelly Weiss, and Andrew Willan. The TIPS trial is an expansion of Robyn’s previous pilot work in the area and will enroll 234 first time mothers and their infants to determine the effects of a behavioural-educational maternal-infant sleep intervention in the early postpartum period on sleep, fatigue, depressive symptoms and breastfeeding at 6 and 12 weeks postpartum.

Dr. Denise Gastaldo is co-principal investigator on a study —“Gender and migration as social determinants of health: The case of Latin American undocumented workers in the greater Toronto area” which received funding through the CIHR Operating Grants June 2007 competition. Co-principal investigator on this study is Dr. Lilian Magalhaes.

Dr. Michael McGillion is co-principal investigator on a study examining prevalence, demographic, clinical, social, and psychological predictors of chest pain following angioplasty —“Prevalence and predictors of non-ischemic chest pain following successful percutaneous coronary intervention” which received funding through the CIHR Operating Grants June 2007 competition. Co-principal investigator on this study is Heather Arthur, and co-investigators include Tammy Cosman, Madhu Natarajan, Kevin Thorpe, and Judy Watt-Watson.

Dr. Carles Muntaner is co-investigator on a study examining the “Effects of Social Housing on Adult and Child Mental Health—A prospective study in the GTA west” which received funding through the CIHR Operating Grants competition in January 2008. The principal investigator on this study is J. Dunn and other co-investigators include S. Hwang, M. Janus, F. Matheson, R. Moineddin, and P. O’Campo.

New Research Grants


In the CIHR strategic grant competition on ‘Development and Commercialization of Medical and Assistive Technologies for Ontario Researchers’, Dr. Diane Doran receiving funding for her study on “Enhancing Service Throughputs at the Point-of-Care for Patients with Mental Health Problems and Addictions. ” Co-investigators include Lynn Nagle, R. Miller, A. Kushniruk, J. Patterson, T. Virani, I. Bajnok, and Paula Goering.

Drs. Katherine McGilton and Ann Tourangeau and are co-investigators on the grant “Examining the determinants of quality in Ontario long-term care” which was approved for funding in the August 2007, Partnerships for Health System Improvement Competition [PHSI]. The principal investigator is Walter Wodchis. The PHSI program supports teams or researchers and decision-makers interested in conducting applied health service research.

Dr. Patricia McKeever is a co-investigator on the study “Development of an Indicator of the Impact of Assistive Devices on Children with Disabilities and their Families” which received funding through CIHR Partnerships for Child and Youth Health Indicators competition in January 2008. Co-principal investigators on this study are S. Ryan, K. Campbell, and B. Sawatzky, and other co- investigators include K. Mont-Petit, S. Perkin, P. Rigby, L. Roxborough, and J. Stevens.

Dr. Katherine McGilton is a co-investigator on the study “Validating a response format to facilitate hospitalized older adults’ responding to standardized measures” which received a CIHR Seed Grant in May 2007. Principal investigators on this study were Mary Fox & Souraya Sidani, with the other co-investigators including David Streiner.

Dr. Doris Howell is the principal investigator on the study “Patient-Family Focused Cancer Care Outcomes: A Core Set of Validated Measures for Canada” which received funding through the CIHR Synthesis Grant: Knowledge Translation Competition in January 2008. Co-investigators on this study include Marg Fitch, Diane Doran, Deb Bakker, and Esther Green.

Dr. Patricia McKeever is co-principal investigator on the CIHR-study funded in January 2008 on “School, Home and Neighbourhood Accessibility: Physically Disabled Children’s Assessments (The ScHan Project)”. The co-principal investigator is S. Ruddick, and co-investigators include J. Dunn, N. Yantzi, and N. Young.

Dr. Bonnie Stevens is a co-investigator on a study led by R. Pillai Riddell from York University on “The development of behavioural pain responses in infancy: exploring the influence of maternal soothing behaviour” which was awarded funding by CIHR in June 2007.

Dr. Katherine McGilton is a co-investigator on the CIHR study funded in August 2007 “Institutional supports to improve nursing staff effectiveness in Ontario long term care” with principal investigator W. Wodchis, and other co-investigators Ann Tourangeau & Whitney Berta.

Dr. Katherine McGilton is a co-investigator on the CIHR-funded study “Advanced health hygiene system to reduce hospital-acquired infections.” Principal investigators on the study funded in June 2007 were G. Fernie & A. McGeer, whiole the other co-investigator is A. Mihailidis.

Canadian institutes for Health Research [CiHR]—Strategic Funding CompetitionsCIHR’s Institute of Population and Public Health in partnership with the World Health Organization and Statistics Canada developed a Request for Applications (RFA) ‘Analysis of the World Health Survey Data’. The purpose of this initiative was to provide an enhanced opportunity for expert analysis of the WHS data by Canadian researchers, together with international research collaborators. Dr. Carles Muntaner, the Psychiatric and Addiction Nursing Research Chair of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and the Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Haejoo Chung of Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland), and Selahadin Ibrahim received funding to examine “Labour Institutions and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health Among Wealthy Countries.”

New Research Grants


Dr. Robyn Stremler received a Connaught New Staff Matching Award in 2008. The purpose of the Connaught New Staff Matching fund program is to provide internal support at the University of Toronto for new faculty members who are launching their research careers. It is hoped that this funding support will help to establish a research program, thereby increasing their competitiveness for external funding. Awards are peer-reviewed and decisions are made on a competitive basis based on candidate submissions from across the health sciences at the university.

The Canadian Patient Safety Institute [CPSI] awarded a formative grant to Dr. Jan Storch (principal investigator from the University of Victoria) and Dr. Diane Doran (co-principal investigator from the University of Toronto) to establish a team of researchers and decision makers that will advance patient safety research in home care. Collectively, the team will have expertise in patient safety and/or home care and will eventually conduct shared research in this subject area.

Dr. Robyn Stremler is a co-investigator on the study—“Identifying Factors Involved in the Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Defects” which re-ceived funding through the Labatt Family Heart Centre Innovations Fund at Sick Kids Hospital. The principal investigator of this study is Nathalie Ductil, a staff nurse at Sick Kids Hospital who completed a Registered Nurses Association of Ontario [RNAO] Advanced Clinical Practice Fellowship with Dr. Robyn Stremler as her mentor, during which she designed this now funded project. Additional co-investigators on this study include: Edgar Jaeggi, and Paula Pereira-Solomos.

Drs. Judy Watt-Watson, Michael McGillion are co-investigators on a grant funded in February 2008 as part of the CIHR-Community Alliances for Health Research & Knowledge Exchange on Pain, for their study “Theme 2: E-learning interprofessional curriculum resources for pre- licensure health science students across Canada.”

Other Research Grant CompetitionsDr. Robyn Stremler was selected as one of the Sleep Research Society Foundation’s (SRSF) 2007 J. Christian Gillin, M.D. Research Award recipients for her proposal, “Sleep Disturbances in Hospitalized Children.” The SRSF J. Christian Gillin, MD. Research Grant is intended to support begin-ning investigators in sleep research for the purpose of gathering pilot data to be used for future grant applications.

Dr. Kelly Metcalfe received a research grant from the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation with co-investigators Dr. Steven Narod and Mary Lynn Quan. Her grant will examine ‘The Implications of a Sister’s Breast Cancer Diagnosis’, to determine their perceived breast cancer risks, their levels of cancer-related distress, and their information and support needs.

Dr. Linda McGillis Hall is the principal investigator on a four-year program of research related to nurse migration—“Moving to Action: Evidence-Based Retention and Recruitment Policy Initiatives for Nursing” which received funding through the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation. The study is co-sponsored by Health Canada - Office of Nursing Policy and Nursing Research Fund, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation. Co-investigators on this study include: Sandra MacDonald-Rencz from the Office of Nursing Policy—Health Canada, Francine Anne Roy from CIHI, Dr. Gavin Andrews from McMaster University, and Dr. Jessica Peterson, and PhD Students Michelle Lalonde, and Sheri Price from the LSBFON University of Toronto.

New Research Grants


Dr. Arlene Bierman is co-investigator on the study “Strengthening of Primary Health Care in Brazil and Canada.” The Principal Investigator on this study is Yves Talbot, and funding was received from the Agência Brasileira de Cooperação (CIDA), Brazil, from 2007-2012.

Dr. Arlene Bierman is the principal investigator on the study “Ontario Women’s Health Report Card “Improving Health and Promoting Equity for the Women of Ontario” funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC).

Dr. Patricia McKeever is co-principal investigator on the study “Books for Siblings of Children with Autism: Children’s Assessments” with K. Johnson. It received funding from the Bloorview Research Institute Seed Grant Competition. RR

Dr. Linda McGillis Hall is the principal investigator of a study—“Stuck in the Middle: Addressing the Needs of Mid-Career Nurses in Ontario” which received funding through the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care [MOHLTC] aimed at determining the unique career and work/ work environment needs of mid-career nurses in Ontario and knowledge development strategies that can be integrated into individual health care settings for mid-career nurses. Co-investigators on this study include: Dr. Jessica Peterson and PhD student Michelle Lalonde.

Dr. Robyn Stremler is a co-investigator on a study entitled—“Sleep and Fatigue in Children on Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Maintenance Therapy and their Parents” which received funding through the Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario 2008 Seed Grant competition. The principal investigator on this study is Ms. Sue Zupanec and co- investigators include: Dr. Robyn Stremler and Heather Jones.

Dr. Louise Rose is part of a team which was award-ed an Australian College of Critical Care Nurses Novice Researcher Grant, for their study “Postnatal Adaptation Following ICU Admission”.

New Research Grants


Journals/PeriodicalsAlterman, T., Grosch, J., Chen, X., Chrislip, D., Petersen, M., Krieg, E., Chung, H., & Muntaner, C. (2008). Examining associations between job characteristics and health: Linking data from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) to two U.S. National Health Surveys. Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 50(12), 1404-1413.

Alterman, T., Steege, A. L., Li, J., Petersen, M. R., & Muntaner, C. (2008). Ethnic, racial, and gender variations in health among farm operators in the United States. Annals of Epidemiology, 18, 179-186.

Angus, J., Lapum, J., Seto, L., Rukholm, E., Michel, I., Timmermans, K., & Del Frate, S. (2008). Illuminating everyday complexities through photo-elicitation: Interpreting, reinventing and adapting heart healthy recommendations. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions, 7(Suppl.1), S35.

Angus, J., Lapum, J., Seto, L., Rukholm, E., Michel, I., Timmermans, K., & Del Frate, S. (2007). Lost in translation: Interpreting recommended heart healthy behaviours in the every-day world. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 23 (suppl C), 312c.

Angus, J., Paszaf, L., McKeever, P., Trebilcock, A., Shivji, F., & Edwards, B. (2007). Pathways to breast cancer diagnosis and treatment: exploring the social relations of diagnostic delay. Text and Context Nursing Journal, 16(4), 591-598.

Angus, J., Rukholm, E., St. Onge, R., Michel, I., Nolan, R., Lapum, J., & Evans, S. (2007). “Habitus”, stress and the body: The everyday production of health and cardiovascular risk. Qualitative Health Research, 17(8), 1088-1102.

Ayre, T., Gerdtz, M., Parker, J., & Nelson, S. (2007) Nursing skill mix and outcomes: A Singapore perspective. International Nursing Review, 54(1), 64-71.

Benach, J. & Muntaner, C. (2007). Precarious employment and health: Developing a research agenda. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 61(4): 276-277.

Benach, J., Muntaner, C., & Santana, V. (2007). Employment Conditions and Health Inequalities. Retrieved from World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health: www.who.int/social_determinants/resources/latest_publications/en/

Bierman, A. S. (2007). Sex matters: gender disparities in quality and outcome of care. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 177(12), 1520-1521.

Bierman, A. S. & Clark, J. P. (2007). Performance measurement and equity. British Medical Journal, 334, 1333-1334.

Bierman, A. S., Pugh, M. J. V., Dhalla, I., Amuan, M., Fincke, B. G., Rosen, A., et al. (2007). Sex differences in inappropriate prescribing among elderly Veterans. The American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy, 5 (2), 147-161.

Birch, S., Kephart, G., Tomblin Murphy, G., O’Brien-Pallas, L., Alder, R., & MacKenzie, A. (2007). Human resources planning and the production of health: An extended analytical framework for needs-based health human resources planning. Canadian Public Policy, 33(s1), 1-16.

Bird, C. E., Fremont, A .M., Bierman, A. S., Wickstrom, S., Shah, M., Rector, T., Horstman, & Escarce, J.J. (2007). Does quality of care for cardiovascular disease and diabetes differ by gender for enrollees in managed care plans? Women’s Health Issues, 17(3):131-8.

Blas, E., Gilson, L., Kelly, M. P., Labonte, Lapitan, J., Muntaner, C., Östlin, P., Popay, J., Sadana, R., Sen, G., Schrecker, T., & Vaghri, Z. (2008). Addressing social determinants of health inequities: what can the state, civil society and social movements do? The Lancet, 372(9650), 1684-1689.

Faculty Publications


Dennis, C-L. & Letourneau, N. (2007). Global and relationship-specific sources of support: Impact on the development of postpartum depression. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 42, 389-395.

Di Pietro, T., Coburn, G., Dharamshi, N., Doran, D., Mylopoulos, J., Kushniruk, A., Nagle, L., Sidani, S., Tourangeau, A. E., Laurie-Shaw, B., Lefebre, N., Reid-Haughian, C., Carryer, J., & McArthur, G. (2008). What nurses want: Diffusion of an innovation. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 23(2), 140-146.

Doran, D., Di Pietro, T., Mylopoulos, J., Kushniruk, A., Nagle, L., Sidani, S., Tourangeau, A. E., Laurie-Shaw, B., Carryer, J., & McArthur, G. (2007). Usability evaluation of nurses’ use of point-of-care electronic devices. Proceedings Information Technology and Communications in Health ITCH 2007, 485-488.

Doran, D., Mylopoulos, J., Kushniruk, A., Nagle, L., Sidani, S., Laurie-Shaw, B., Tourangeau, A. E., Lefebre, N., Reid-Haughian, C., Cranley, L., Carryer, J., & McArthur, G. (2007). Evidence in the palm of your hand: Development of an outcomes-focused knowledge translation intervention. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 4(2), 69-77.

Doran, D., Pickard, J., Harris, J., Coyte, P. C., MacRae, A.R., Laschinger, H., Darlington, G., & Carryer, J. (2007). The relationship between managed competition in home care nursing services and nurse outcomes. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 39(3), 150-165.

Doran, D., Pickard, J., Harris, J., Coyte, P. C., MacRae, A.R., Laschinger, H., Darlington, G., & Carryer, J. (2007). The relationship between characteristics of home care nursing service contracts under managed competition and continuity of care and client outcomes: Evidence from Ontario. Healthcare Policy, 2(4), 97-113.

Dorman, K., Satterthwaite, L., Byrne, N., Debrew, M., & Dubrowski, A. (2007). The case for surgical skills centres in Sub Saharan Africa: The benefits and the challenges. East and Central African Journal of Surgery, 12(1), 4-6.

Chung, H. & Muntaner, C. (2007). Diseases, patients, and access to medicine: A reflection on an alternative global pharmaceutical regime. Contrastes-Revista Cultural, 48, 151-156. (Special Issue on “Otra Globalización (Another Globalization) sponsored by UNESCO & la Comisión Nacional Española de Cooperación) [In Spanish & English].

Chung, H. & Muntaner, C. (2008). Health care placebo? Clinton, Obama, and the prospect of the U.S. health care reform. Social Welfare and Labour, 8, 142-153.

Chung, H. & Muntaner, C. (2008). Welfare regime types and global health: An emerging challenge. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 62(4), 282-283.

Chung, H. & Muntaner, C. (2007). Welfare state matters: A typological multilevel analysis of wealthy countries. Health Policy, 80(2), 328-339.

Chung, H., & Muntaner, C. (2008). Welfare state typologies and global health: An emerging challenge. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 62(4), 282-283.

Dennis, C-L. & Allen, K. (2007). Interventions (other than pharmacological, psychosocial, and psychological) for treating antenatal depression. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 4.

Dennis, C-L., Fung, K., Grigoriadis, S., Robertson, G., Romans, S., & Ross, L. (2007). Traditional postpartum rituals: A systematic review. Women’s Health, 3, 487-502.

Dennis, C-L. & McQueen, K. (2007). Does maternal postpartum depressive symptomatology influence infant feeding outcomes? Acta Paediatrica, 96(4), 590-594.

Dennis, C-L., & Hodnett, E. (2007). Psychosocial and psychological interventions for treating postpartum depression. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 4.

Dennis, C-L., Ross, L., & Grigoriadis, S. (2007). Psychosocial and psychological interventions for treating antenatal depression. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 3.

Carolan, M., & Hodnett, E. (2007). With woman: examining the evidence, answering questions. Nursing Inquiry, 14, 140-152.

Carolan, M. C., & Nelson, S. M. (2007). First-mothering over 35 years: Questioning the association of maternal age and pregnancy risk. Health Care for Women International, 28(6), 534-555.

Carnahan, H., Weber, J., & Dubrowski, A. (2008). Evaluation of medical students’ technical performance is necessary to evaluate learning. International Journal of Learning, 15(5), 51-63.

Carnevale, F. A., Macdonald, M.E., Bluebond-Langner, M., & McKeever, P. (2008). Using participant observation in pediatric health care settings: ethical challenges and solutions. Journal of Child Health Care, 12(1), 18-32.

Carvalho, S. R. & Gastaldo, D. (2007). Reflexões sobre Promoção à Saúde e Poder: Uma análise a partir das perspectivas crítico-social e pós-estruturalista [Reflections on health promotion and power: An analysis form critical-social and poststructuralist perspectives]. Ciencia e Saude Coletiva [Science and Collective Health], www.abrasco.org.br/cienciaesaudecoletiva/artigos/artigo_int.php?id_artigo=1279

Chou, A. F., Scholle, S. H., Weisman, C. S., Bierman, A. S., Correa-de-Araujo, R., & Mosca, L. (2007). Gender disparities in the quality of cardiovascular disease care in private managed care plans. Women’s Health Issues, 17(3), 120-30.

Chou, A. F., Wong, L., Weisman, C. S., Chan, S., Bierman, A. S., Correa-de-Araujo, R., & Scholle, S. H. (2007). Gender disparities in cardiovascular disease care among commercial and Medicare managed care plans. Women’s Health Issues, 17(3), 139-49.

Chung-Bridges, K., Muntaner, C., Fleming, L., et al. (2008). Occupational segregation as a determinant of US worker health. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 51(8): 555-567.

Chung, H. & Muntaner, C. (2008). Determinantes politicos y del Estado de Bienestar de los Indicadores de Salud Infantil y de los Ninos. Revista Gerencia y Politicas de Salud, 7(14), 32-52.

Borrell, C., Azler, E., Rodriguez-Sanz, M., Puigpinos, R., Cano-Serral, G. Passarin, M. I., Martinez, J. M., Benach, J., & Muntaner, C. (2008). Trends in socioeconomic mortally inequalities in a southern European urban setting at the turn of the 21st century. Journal of Epidemiology Community Health, 62(3), 258-266.

Borrell, C., Muntaner, C., Sola, J., Artazcoz, L., Puigpinos, R., Benach, J., & Noh, S. (2008). Immigration and self-reported health status by social class and gender: the importance of material deprivation, work organisation and household labour. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 62-65, e7.

Brümmer, V., Carnahan, H., Okrainces, A., & Dubrowski, A. (2008). Trocar insertion: The neglected task of VR simulation. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 132, 50-52.

Brydges, R., Carnahan, H., Backstein, D., & Dubrowski, A. (2007). Application of motor learning principles to complex surgical tasks: Searching for the optimal practice schedule. Journal of Motor Behavior, 39(1), 40-48.

Brydges, R., Dubrowski, A., & Carnahan, H. (2007). Attentional focus and motor learning: Applications to health professions education. Bewegung und Training, 1, 15-16.

Brydges, R., Kurahashi, A., Brümmer, V., Satterthwaite, L., Classen, R., & Dubrowski, A. (2008). Developing criteria for proficiency-based training of surgical technical skills using simulation: Changes in performances as a function of training year. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 205(3), S84-S84.

Brydges, R., Sidhu, R., Park, J., & Dubrowski, A. (2007). Construct validity of computer-assisted assessment: Quantification of movement processes during a vascular anastomosis on a live porcine model. American Journal of Surgery, 193(4), 523-529.

Cano-Serral, G., Azlor, E., Borrell, C., Puigpinós, R., Rodriguez-Sanz, M., Pasarín, M., Martinez, J. M, & Muntaner, C. (2008). Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in Barcelona: A study based on census tracts (MEDEA Project). Health and Place, 15(1), 186-192.



Dennis, C-L. & Letourneau, N. (2007). Global and relationship-specific sources of support: Impact on the development of postpartum depression. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 42, 389-395.

Di Pietro, T., Coburn, G., Dharamshi, N., Doran, D., Mylopoulos, J., Kushniruk, A., Nagle, L., Sidani, S., Tourangeau, A. E., Laurie-Shaw, B., Lefebre, N., Reid-Haughian, C., Carryer, J., & McArthur, G. (2008). What nurses want: Diffusion of an innovation. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 23(2), 140-146.

Doran, D., Di Pietro, T., Mylopoulos, J., Kushniruk, A., Nagle, L., Sidani, S., Tourangeau, A. E., Laurie-Shaw, B., Carryer, J., & McArthur, G. (2007). Usability evaluation of nurses’ use of point-of-care electronic devices. Proceedings Information Technology and Communications in Health ITCH 2007, 485-488.

Doran, D., Mylopoulos, J., Kushniruk, A., Nagle, L., Sidani, S., Laurie-Shaw, B., Tourangeau, A. E., Lefebre, N., Reid-Haughian, C., Cranley, L., Carryer, J., & McArthur, G. (2007). Evidence in the palm of your hand: Development of an outcomes-focused knowledge translation intervention. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 4(2), 69-77.

Doran, D., Pickard, J., Harris, J., Coyte, P. C., MacRae, A.R., Laschinger, H., Darlington, G., & Carryer, J. (2007). The relationship between managed competition in home care nursing services and nurse outcomes. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 39(3), 150-165.

Doran, D., Pickard, J., Harris, J., Coyte, P. C., MacRae, A.R., Laschinger, H., Darlington, G., & Carryer, J. (2007). The relationship between characteristics of home care nursing service contracts under managed competition and continuity of care and client outcomes: Evidence from Ontario. Healthcare Policy, 2(4), 97-113.

Dorman, K., Satterthwaite, L., Byrne, N., Debrew, M., & Dubrowski, A. (2007). The case for surgical skills centres in Sub Saharan Africa: The benefits and the challenges. East and Central African Journal of Surgery, 12(1), 4-6.

Chung, H. & Muntaner, C. (2007). Diseases, patients, and access to medicine: A reflection on an alternative global pharmaceutical regime. Contrastes-Revista Cultural, 48, 151-156. (Special Issue on “Otra Globalización (Another Globalization) sponsored by UNESCO & la Comisión Nacional Española de Cooperación) [In Spanish & English].

Chung, H. & Muntaner, C. (2008). Health care placebo? Clinton, Obama, and the prospect of the U.S. health care reform. Social Welfare and Labour, 8, 142-153.

Chung, H. & Muntaner, C. (2008). Welfare regime types and global health: An emerging challenge. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 62(4), 282-283.

Chung, H. & Muntaner, C. (2007). Welfare state matters: A typological multilevel analysis of wealthy countries. Health Policy, 80(2), 328-339.

Chung, H., & Muntaner, C. (2008). Welfare state typologies and global health: An emerging challenge. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 62(4), 282-283.

Dennis, C-L. & Allen, K. (2007). Interventions (other than pharmacological, psychosocial, and psychological) for treating antenatal depression. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 4.

Dennis, C-L., Fung, K., Grigoriadis, S., Robertson, G., Romans, S., & Ross, L. (2007). Traditional postpartum rituals: A systematic review. Women’s Health, 3, 487-502.

Dennis, C-L. & McQueen, K. (2007). Does maternal postpartum depressive symptomatology influence infant feeding outcomes? Acta Paediatrica, 96(4), 590-594.

Dennis, C-L., & Hodnett, E. (2007). Psychosocial and psychological interventions for treating postpartum depression. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 4.

Dennis, C-L., Ross, L., & Grigoriadis, S. (2007). Psychosocial and psychological interventions for treating antenatal depression. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 3.

Carolan, M., & Hodnett, E. (2007). With woman: examining the evidence, answering questions. Nursing Inquiry, 14, 140-152.

Carolan, M. C., & Nelson, S. M. (2007). First-mothering over 35 years: Questioning the association of maternal age and pregnancy risk. Health Care for Women International, 28(6), 534-555.

Carnahan, H., Weber, J., & Dubrowski, A. (2008). Evaluation of medical students’ technical performance is necessary to evaluate learning. International Journal of Learning, 15(5), 51-63.

Carnevale, F. A., Macdonald, M.E., Bluebond-Langner, M., & McKeever, P. (2008). Using participant observation in pediatric health care settings: ethical challenges and solutions. Journal of Child Health Care, 12(1), 18-32.

Carvalho, S. R. & Gastaldo, D. (2007). Reflexões sobre Promoção à Saúde e Poder: Uma análise a partir das perspectivas crítico-social e pós-estruturalista [Reflections on health promotion and power: An analysis form critical-social and poststructuralist perspectives]. Ciencia e Saude Coletiva [Science and Collective Health], www.abrasco.org.br/cienciaesaudecoletiva/artigos/artigo_int.php?id_artigo=1279

Chou, A. F., Scholle, S. H., Weisman, C. S., Bierman, A. S., Correa-de-Araujo, R., & Mosca, L. (2007). Gender disparities in the quality of cardiovascular disease care in private managed care plans. Women’s Health Issues, 17(3), 120-30.

Chou, A. F., Wong, L., Weisman, C. S., Chan, S., Bierman, A. S., Correa-de-Araujo, R., & Scholle, S. H. (2007). Gender disparities in cardiovascular disease care among commercial and Medicare managed care plans. Women’s Health Issues, 17(3), 139-49.

Chung-Bridges, K., Muntaner, C., Fleming, L., et al. (2008). Occupational segregation as a determinant of US worker health. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 51(8): 555-567.

Chung, H. & Muntaner, C. (2008). Determinantes politicos y del Estado de Bienestar de los Indicadores de Salud Infantil y de los Ninos. Revista Gerencia y Politicas de Salud, 7(14), 32-52.

Borrell, C., Azler, E., Rodriguez-Sanz, M., Puigpinos, R., Cano-Serral, G. Passarin, M. I., Martinez, J. M., Benach, J., & Muntaner, C. (2008). Trends in socioeconomic mortally inequalities in a southern European urban setting at the turn of the 21st century. Journal of Epidemiology Community Health, 62(3), 258-266.

Borrell, C., Muntaner, C., Sola, J., Artazcoz, L., Puigpinos, R., Benach, J., & Noh, S. (2008). Immigration and self-reported health status by social class and gender: the importance of material deprivation, work organisation and household labour. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 62-65, e7.

Brümmer, V., Carnahan, H., Okrainces, A., & Dubrowski, A. (2008). Trocar insertion: The neglected task of VR simulation. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 132, 50-52.

Brydges, R., Carnahan, H., Backstein, D., & Dubrowski, A. (2007). Application of motor learning principles to complex surgical tasks: Searching for the optimal practice schedule. Journal of Motor Behavior, 39(1), 40-48.

Brydges, R., Dubrowski, A., & Carnahan, H. (2007). Attentional focus and motor learning: Applications to health professions education. Bewegung und Training, 1, 15-16.

Brydges, R., Kurahashi, A., Brümmer, V., Satterthwaite, L., Classen, R., & Dubrowski, A. (2008). Developing criteria for proficiency-based training of surgical technical skills using simulation: Changes in performances as a function of training year. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 205(3), S84-S84.

Brydges, R., Sidhu, R., Park, J., & Dubrowski, A. (2007). Construct validity of computer-assisted assessment: Quantification of movement processes during a vascular anastomosis on a live porcine model. American Journal of Surgery, 193(4), 523-529.

Cano-Serral, G., Azlor, E., Borrell, C., Puigpinós, R., Rodriguez-Sanz, M., Pasarín, M., Martinez, J. M, & Muntaner, C. (2008). Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in Barcelona: A study based on census tracts (MEDEA Project). Health and Place, 15(1), 186-192.



Geiger-Brown, J., Muntaner, C., McPhaul, K., Lipscomb, J., & Trinkoff, A. (2007). Abuse and violence during home care work as predictor of worker depression. Home Health Care Services Quarterly, 26(1), 59-77.

Gerdtz, M. F. & Nelson, S. M. (2007). A model of minimum nurse-to-patient ratios in Victoria, Australia. Journal of Nursing Management, 15(1), 64-71.

Gibbins, S., Stevens, B., Beyene, J, Chan, P., Bagge, M., & Asztalos, E. (2008). Pain behaviours in extremely low gestational age infants. Early Human Development, 84(7), 451-458.

Gibbins, S., Stevens, B., McGrath, P., Yamada, J., Beyene, J., Breau, L., Camfield, C., Finley, A., Franck, L., Johnston, C., Howlett, A., McKeever, P., O’Brien, K., & Ohlsson, A. (2008). Comparison of pain responses in infants of different gestational ages. Neonatology, 93(1), 10-18.

Gibson, B. & McKeever, P. (2007). Men on the margin: A Bourdieusian examination of living into adulthood with muscular dystrophy. Social Science and Medicine, 65(3), 505-517.

Gibson, B., Upshur, R., Young, N. & McKeever, P. (2007). Disability, technology, and place: Social and ethical implications of long-term dependency on medical devices. Ethics, Place and Environment, 10(1), 7-28.

Gifford, W. A., Davies, B., Graham, I. D., Lefebre, N., Tourangeau, A. E., & Woodend, K. (2008). A mixed methods pilot study with a cluster randomized control trial to evaluate the impact of a leadership intervention on guidelines implementation in home care. Implementation Science, 3, 51.

Gofton, W., Dubrowski, A., Tabloie, F., & Backstein, D. (2007). The effect of computer navigation on the learning of surgical skills. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 89(12), 2819-2827.

Gofton, W., Tabloie, F., Backstein, D., & Dubrowski, A. (2007). Individual learning styles do not influence acquisition of computer assisted orthopedic surgery. Journal of Computer Assisted Radiation and Surgery, 2(1S), 254-255.

Dubrowski, A., Brydges, R., El-Hout, Y., & Farhat, W.A. (2008). Impact of fundamentals in laparoscopic skills based training on postgraduate pediatric urology trainees. Journal of Urology, 179(4), 623-623.

Dubrowski, A., Brydges, R., El-Hout, Y., Braga, L. H., Lorenzo, A. J., & Farhat, W. A. (2008). Initial validation of a novel inanimate bench-top teaching model for laparoscopic reconstructive procedures. Journal of Urology, 179(4), 659-659.

Dubrowski, A., Park, J., Moulton, C. A., Larmer, J., & MacRae, H. (2007). A comparison of single- and multiple-stage approaches to teaching laparoscopic suturing. American Journal of Surgery, 193(2): 269-273.

Duffield, C., Roche, M., O’Brien-Pallas, L., King, M., & Catling-Paull, C. (2009). The implications of staff ‘churn’ for nurse managers, staff and patients. Nursing Economic$, 27(2), 103-110.

Espelt, A., Borrell, C., Rodriguez-Sanz, M., Muntaner, C., Kunst, A., Isabel Pasarin, M., Benach, J., Schaap, M., & Navarro, V. (2008). Inequalities in health by social class dimensions in European countries of different political traditions. International Journal of Epidemiology, 37(5), 1095-1105.

Estabrooks, C., Scott-Findlay, S., Squires, J. E., Stevens, B., et al. (2008). Patterns of research utilization in an organizational context. Implementation Science, 3(31).

Estabrooks, C. A., Scott, S., Squires, J. E., Stevens, B., O’Brien-Pallas, L., Watt-Watson, J., Profetto-McGrath, J., McGilton, K., Golden-Biddle, K., Lander, J., Donner, G., Boschma, G., Humphrey, C. K., & Williams, J. (2008). Patterns of research utilization on patient care units. Implementation Science, 3(31).

Epstein, I., Stevens, B., McKeever, P., & Baruchel, S. (2008). Using a puppetry to elicit children’s talk for research. Nursing Inquiry, 15(1), 49-56.

Farrell, M. & Rose, L. (2008). The use of mobile handheld computers in clinical nursing education. Journal of Nursing Education, 47(1), 13-19.



Gonzalez, D., Kowalski, K., Dubrowski, A., & Carnahan, H. (2007). Magnification of the visual field and touch perception when exploring surfaces with the index finger and surgical snaps. Human Factors, 49(4), 679-687.

Gregory, A., Morrison, C., Penrose, K., Dennis, C-L., & MacArthur, C. (2008). Psychometric assessment of the breastfeeding self-efficacy scale among British women. Public Health Nursing, 25, 278-284.

Guerriere, D., Wong, A., Croxford, R., Leong, V., McKeever, P., & Coyte, P. (2008). Costs and determinants of privately-financed home-based health care in Ontario, Canada. Health and Social Care in the Community, 16(2), 126-136.

Hadden, W. C., Muntaner, C., Benach, J., Gimeno, D., & Benavides, F.G. (2007). A glossary for the social epidemiology of work organisation: Part 3, terms, from the sociology of labour markets. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 61(1), 6-8.

Hodnett, E., Stremler, R., Willan, A. R., Weston, J. A., Lowe, N. K., Simpson, K. R., Fraser, W., & Gafni, A. (2008). Effect on birth outcomes of a formalized approach to care in early labour assessment units: An international, randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal, 337 a1021.

Holmes, D., Gastaldo, D., & Perron, A. (2007). Paranoid investments in Nursing: A Schizoanalysis of the evidence-based discourse. Nursing Philosophy, 8(2), 85-91.

Holmes, D., Gastaldo, D., O’Byrne, P., & Lombardo, A. (2008). Bareback sex: A conflation of risk and masculinity. International Journal of Men’s Health, 7 (2), 171-191.

Hudak, P., McKeever, P. & Wright, J. G. (2007). Unstable embodiments: A phenomenological interpretation of patient satisfaction with treatment outcome. Journal of Medical Humanities, 28(1), 1041-3545.

Hung, C., Dubrowski, A., Gonzalez, D., & Carnahan, H. (2007). Surface exploration using instruments: The perception of friction. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 125, 191-193.

Jowett, N. T., LeBlanc, V., Xeroulis, G., MacRae, H., & Dubrowski, A. (2007). Self-assessment of surgical skill learning with computer-based video training and the impact on self-directed training. American Journal of Surgery, 193(2), 237-242.

Kavanagh, T., Stevens, B., Sears, K., Sidani, S., & Watt-Watson, J. (2008). Examining appreciative inquiry as a knowledge translation intervention in pain management. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 40, 40-56.

Kavanagh, T. & Watt-Watson, J. (2007). Pediatric pain education: A call for innovation and change”. Paediatrics and Child Health, 12(2), 97-99. (35%)

Kavanagh, T., Watt-Watson, J., & Stevens, B. (2007). An examination of the factors enabling the successful implementation of evidence-based acute pain practices into pediatric nursing. Children’s Health Care, 36(3), 303-321.

Khan, K., Wang, J., Wei, V., Bierman, A. S., Mohamed, G. F., & Gardam, M. (2008). Tuberculosis infection in the United States: National trends over three decades. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 177, 455-60.

Kim, I. H., Khang, Y. H., Muntaner, C., Chun, H., Cho, S. I. (2008). Gender, precarious work, and chronic diseases in South Korea. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 51(10), 748-757.

Kingston, D., Dennis, C-L., Sword, W., & Blatz, S. (2007). Exploring breastfeeding self-efficacy. Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing, 21, 207-215.

Kramer, M., Aboud, F., Mironova, E., Vanilovich, I., Platt, R., Matush, L., Igumnov, S., Fombonne, E., Bogdanovich, N., Ducruet, T., Collet, J.-P., Chalmers, B., Hodnett, E., Davidovsky, S. et al. (2008) Breastfeeding and child cognitive develop-ment: New evidence from a large randomized trial. Archives of General Psychiatry, 65 (5), 578-584.



Leming, J.K., Dorman, K., Brydges, R., Carnahan, H., Dubrowski, A. (2007). Tensiometry as a measure of improvement in knot quality un undergraduate medical students. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 12(3), 331-344.

Letourneau, N., Duffett-Leger, L., Hegadoren, K., Stewart, M., Dennis, C-L., & Rinaldi, C. (2007). Canadian mothers’ perceived support needs during postpartum depression. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 36, 441-449.

Leung, R.M., Leung, J., Vescan, A., Dubrowski, A., & Witterick, I. (2008) Construct validation of a low-fidelity endoscopic sinus surgery simulator. American Journal of Rhinology, 22(6), 642-648.

Lingard, L., Regehr, G., Orser, B., Reznick, R., Baker, G. R., Doran, D. M., Espin, S., Bohnen, J., & Whyte, S. (2008). Evaluation of a preoperative checklist and team briefing among surgeons, nurses, and anesthesiologists to reduce failures in communica-tion. Archives of Surgery, 143(1), 12-17.

Lund, L., Dubrowski, A., & Carnahan, H. (2007). A modular approach for training urologists in laparoscopy. British Journal of Urology (International), 00(6), 1216-1218.

Mendez, M., Benach, J., Muntaner, C., Amable, M., & O’Campo, P. (2007). Is precarious employment more damaging to women’s health than men’s? Social Sciences & Medicine, 64(4), 776-781.

McGillis Hall, L. (2008). Career planning and development needs of rural and remote nurses. Journal of Research in Nursing, 13(3), 207-217.

McGillis Hall, L. (2007) 21st Century advanced nursing practice—roles, roles and more roles. Journal of Research in Nursing, 12 (1), 5-6.

McGillis Hall, L. & Doran, D. (2007). Nurses’ perceptions of hospital work environments. Journal of Nursing Management, 15 (3), 264-273.

McGillis Hall, L., Doran, D., & Pink, L. (2008). Outcomes of interventions to improve hospital nursing work environments. Journal of Nursing Administration, 38(1), 40-46.

Kramer, M., Matush, L., Vanilovich, I., Platt, R., Bogdanovich, N., Sevskovskaya, Z., Dzikovich, I., Shishko, G., Collett, J.-P., Martin, R., Gillman, M., Smith, G. D., Chalmers, B., Hodnett, E., Shapiro, S. et al. (2007) Long-term effects of prolonged and exclusive breastfeeding on child height, weight, adiposity, and blood pressure: New evidence from a large randomized trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 86, 1717-1721.

Kuhn, L. & Rose, L. (2008). EKG interpretation Part 1: Understanding mean electrical axis. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 34(6), 530-534.

Kuokkanen, L., Suominen, T., Rankinen, S., Savikko, N., Kukkurainen, M-L. & Irvine Doran, D. (2007). Organizational change and work-related empowerment. Journal of Nursing Management, 15, 500-507.

Kurahashi, A., Leming, K., Carnahan, H., & Dubrowski, A. (2008). Effects of expertise, practice and contextual interference on adaptations to visuo-motor misalignment. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 132, 225-229.

Lancee, W. J., Maunder, B., Goldbloom, D. S., Balderson, K. E., Bennett, J.P., Borgundvaag, B., Evans, S., Fernandes, C. M. B., Gupta, M., McGillis Hall, L., Hunter, J. J., Nagle, L., Pain, C., Peczeniuk, S. S., Raymond, G., Read, N., Rourke, S.B., Steinberg, R. J., Stewart, T. E., VanDe Velde-Coke, S., Veldhorst, G. G., & Wasylenki, D. A. (2008). Prevalence on psychiatric disorders in Toronto hospital workers one to two years after the SARS outbreak. Psychiatric Services, 59 (1), 91-95.

Lavoie-Tremblay, M., O’Brien-Pallas, L., Gélinas, C., Desforges, N., & Marchionni, C. (2008). Addressing the turnover issue among new nurses from a gneration viewpoint. Journal of Nursing Management, 16(6), 724-733.

LeBlanc, V., Woodrow, S.I., Sidhu, R., & Dubrowski, A. (2008). Examination stress leads to improvements on fundmental technical skills for surgery. The American Journal of Surgery, 196(1), 114-119.



McGillis Hall, L., Peterson, J., Baker, G. R., Brown, A., Pink, G., McKillop, I., Daniel, I. & Pedersen, C. (2008). Nurse staffing and system integration and change (SIC) indicators in acute care hospitals: Evidence from a balanced scorecard. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 23(3), 242-252.

McGillion, M., Arthur, H., Victor, C. & Watt- Watson, J., & Cosman, T. (2008). Effectiveness of psychoeducational interventions for improving symptoms, functional status, and psychological well being in patients with stable angina. Current Cardiology Reviews, 4, 1-11.

McGillion, M., Croxford, R., Watt-Watson, J. H., Stevens, B., LeFort, S. M., Coyte, P. (2008). Cost of illness for chronic stable angina patients enrolled in a self-management education trial. The Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 24(10), 759-764.

McGillion, M., Croxford, R., Watt-Watson, J. H., Stevens, B., LeFort, S. M., Coyte, P. (2008). Randomized controlled trial of a psychoeducation program for the self-management of chronic stable angina. The Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 36(2), 126-140.

McGillion, M., Watt-Watson, J., LeFort, S. & Stevens, B. (2007). Positive shifts in the perceived meaning of cardiac pain following a psychoeducation program for chronic stable angina. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 39(2), 48-65.

McGillion, M., Andréll P., Watt-Watson, J. & Arthur, H. (2008). Self-management training in refractory angina may improve health related quality of life and cut treatment costs. British Medical Journal, 336, 338-339.

McGilton, K. S., McGillis Hall, L., Wodchis, W. P., & Petroz, U. (2007). Supervisory support, job stress, and job satisfaction among long-term care nursing staff. Journal of Nursing Administration, 37(7/8), 366-372.

McGilton, K. S. & Boscart, V. (2007) Close care provider — resident relationships in long-term care. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 16, 2149-2157.

McGilton, K., McGillis Hall, L., Boscart, V., & Brown, M. (2007). Effects of director of care support on job stress and job satisfaction among long-term care nurse supervisors. Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership, 20(3), 52-66.

McQueen, K., & Dennis, C-L. (2007). Development of a postpartum depression best practice guideline: A review of the process and possible implementation strategies. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 22, 199-204.

McQueen, K., Montgomery, P., Lappan-Gracon, S., Evans, M., & Hunter, J. (2008). Postpartum depression: A summary of evidence-based recommendations. Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Neonatal Nursing, 37(2), 127-136.

Metcalfe, K., Ghadirian, P., Rosen, B., Foulkes, W., Kim-Sing C., Eisen, A., et al. (2007). Variation in rates of uptake of preventive options in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers across Canada. Open Medicine, 1(2), 92-98.

Miro, M.; Gastaldo, D., & Gallego, G. (2008). ¿Por que somos como somos? Discursos y relaciones de poder en la constitucion de la identidad professional de las enfermeras en Espana (1956-1976) [Why are we like that? Discourses and power relations in the constitution of Spanish nurses professional identity (1956-1976)]. Enfermeria Clinica, 18 (1), 25-33.

Mossman, M., Heaman, M., & Dennis, C-L. (2008). The importance of breastfeeding self-efficacy and breastfeeding attitudes on infant feeding method among adolescent mothers. Journal of Human Lactation, 24(2).

Muntaner, C. (2008). Response to Kawachi. Dollars and Sense, 277.

Muntaner, C., Armada, F., Chung, H., Mata, R., Williams-Brennan, L., & Benach J. (2008). Venezuela’s Barrio Adentro: Participatory democracy, south-south cooperation and health care for all. Social Medicine, 3(4), 232-246.

Muntaner, C. & Chung, H. (2008). Macrosocial determinants, epidemiology, and health policy: Should politics and economics be banned from social determinants of health research? Journal of Public Health policy, 29(3), 299-306.



O’Brien-Pallas, L. & Hayes, L. (2008). Challenges in getting workforce research in nursing used for decision-making in policy and practice: A Canadian perspective. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 17(24), 3338-3346.

Oelke, N.D., White, D., Besner, J., Doran, D., McGillis Hall, L., & Giovannetti, P. (2008). Nursing workforce utilization: an examination of facilitators and barriers on scope of practice. Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership, 21(1), 58-71.

Peter, E. & Martin, K. (2007). A narrative approach to empirical nursing ethics research: uncovering the everyday moral knowledge of nurses. Text and Context Nursing Journal, 16(4), 746-752.

Peter, E., Spalding, K., Kenny, N., Conrad, P., McKeever, P. & Macfarlane, A. (2007). Neither seen nor heard: children and home care policy in Canada. Social Science & Medicine, 64, 1624-1635.

Pillai-Riddell, R., Stevens, B., Cohen, L., Flora, D., & Greenberg, S. (2007). Predicting maternal and behavioural measures of infant pain: The relative contribution of maternal factors. Pain, 133, 138-149.

Pillai-Riddell, R., Grewitz, A., Stevens, B., Uman, L. (2008). Nonpharmological interventiona for needle-related procedural pain & post-operative pain in neonates and infants. Cochrane Collaboration Systematic Review (Cochrane Pain, Palliative & Supportive Care Review Group), 4, available online.

Pink, G. H., Daniel, I., McGillis Hall, L., & McKillop, I. (2007). Selection of key financial indicators: A literature, panel and survey approach. Healthcare Quarterly, 10(1), 87-96.

Poland, B., Gastaldo, D., Pancham, A., & Ferrence, R. (2008). The interpersonal management of environmental tobacco in the home — a qualitative study. Critical Public Health, 19(2), 203-221.

Pollock, W., Sullivan, E., Nelson, S., & King, J. (2008). Capacity to monitor severe maternal morbidity in Australia. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 48(1), 17-25.

Navarro, V., Borrell, C., Muntaner, C., Benach, J. Quiroga, A., Rodriguez-Sanz, M., et al. (2007). The impact of politics on health, Salud Colectiva, 3(1), 9-32.

Ng, J. H., Kasper, J. D., Forrest, C. B., & Bierman, A. S. (2007). Predictors of voluntary disenrollment from Medicare managed care. Medical Care, 45(6), 513-20.

Ni, L., Wang, D. W. L., Dubrowski, A., & Carnahan, H. (2007). A user friendly interface for surgeons to create haptic effects in medical stimulation. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 125, 349-351.

Nichol, K. A., Bigelow, P., O’Brien-Pallas, L., McGeer, A., Manno, M., & Holness, D. L. (2008). The individual, environmental and organizational factors that influences nurses use of facial protection to prevent occupational transmission of communicable respiratory illness in acute care hospitals. American Journal of Infection Control, 36(7), 481-487.

Nichols, J., Schutte, N., Brown, R., Dennis, C-L., & Price, I. (2007). The impact of a self-efficacy interven-tion on short-term breastfeeding. Health Education & Behaviour. Available for viewing on-line in advance of print publication at: http://heb.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/1090198107303362v1.

Nousiainen, M., Brydges, R., Backstein, D., & Dubrowski, A. (2008). Comparison of expert instruction and computer-based video training in teaching fundamental surgical skills to medical students. Surgery, 143(4), 539-544.

O’Brien-Pallas, L. (2008). Investing in the research process: Nursing Health Services Research unit — University of Toronto site. Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership, 21(1), 13-19.

O’Brien-Pallas, L. (2007). Mapping out the territory (Commentary). Healthcare Papers, 7 (Special Issue), 74-78.

O’Brien-Pallas, L. & Meyer, R. (2008). A century of research in nursing human resources. The Canadian Nurse, 104(9), 29-30.



Rose, L., Goldsworthy, S., O’Brien-Pallas, L., & Nelson, S. (2007). Critical care nursing education and practice: Differences in the Canadian and Australian context. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 45(7), 1103-1109.

Rose, L. & Hawkins, M. (2008). Airway pressure release ventilation & biphasic positive airway pressure: A systematic review of definitional criteria. Intensive Care Medicine, 34(10), 1776-1773.

Rose, L., Nelson, S., Johnston, L., & Presneill, J. (2007). The clinical profile of decisions made during mechanical ventilation and weaning in a single Australian intensive care setting. American Journal of Critical Care, 16(5), 434-443.

Rose, L., Nelson, S., Johnston, L., Presneill, J. (2008). Workforce profile, organisation structure and role responsibility for ventilation and weaning practices in Australia and New Zealand intensive care units. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 17(8), 1035-1043.

Rose, L., Presneill, J. J., & Cade, J. F. (2008). A randomised, controlled trial of conventional weaning versus an automated system (SmartCare™/PS in mechanically ventilated critically-ill patients. Intensive Care Medicine, 34(10), 1788-1795.

Rose, L. Presneill, J. J., & Cade, J. F. (2007). Update in computer-driven weaning from mechanical ventilation. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 35(2), 213-221.

Rose, L. & Redl, L. (2008). Minimal occlusive volume cuff inflation: A survey of current practice: Intensive and critical care nursing. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, Available as epub doi:10.1016/ j.iccn.2008.05.002

Rose, L. & Redl, L. (2008). Survey of cuff manage-ment practices within Australia and New Zealand intensive care units. American Journal of Critical Care, 17(5), 428-435.

Safir, O., Dubrowski, A., Mirsky, L., Lin, C., Backstein, D., & Carnahan, H. (2008). What skills should simulation training in arthroscopy teach residents? Journal of Computer Assisted Surgery, 3, 433-437.

Porte, M. C., Xeroulis, G., Reznick, R.K., & Dubrowski, A. (2007). Verbal feedback from an expert is more effective than self- accessed feedback about motion efficiency in learning new surgical skills. American Journal of Surgery, 193(1), 105-110.

Praamsmsa, M., Carnahan, H., Backstein, D., & Dubrowski, A. (2008). Objective evaluation of the effect of distracting noise on the performance of an orthopaedic drilling skill. Canadian Journal of Surgery, 51, 442-446.

Pugh, M. J., Rosen, A. K., Montez, M., Amuan, M., Fincke, B. G., Burk, M., Bierman, A. S., Cunningham, F., & Berlowitz, D. R. (2008). Potentially inappropriate prescribing for the elderly: Can system-level variables affect quality of care? Medical Care February, 46(2), 167-73.

Rajaratnam, J. K., O’Campo, P., O’Brien Caughy, M., & Muntaner, C. (2008). The effect of social isolation on Depressive Symptoms varies by neighbour-hood characteristics: A study of an urban sample of women with pre-school aged children. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 6(4), 464-475.

Rennick, J., McHarg, L., Dell’Api, M., Johnston, C., Stevens, B. (2008). Developing the children’s critical illness impact scale: Capturing stories from children, parents and staff. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 9(3), 252-260.

Rose, L. (2008). High-frequency oscillatory ventilation in adults: Clinical considerations and management. Advanced Critical Care, 19(4), 412-420.

Rose, L. (2007). Recombinant factor VIIa (rFVIIa, Novoseven®, Novo Nordisk A/S Bagsværd, Denmark): Review of current ‘off license’ indications and implications for practice. AACN: Advanced Critical Care, 18(2), 141-148.

Rose, L. & Gerdtz, M. F. (2007). Invasive ventilation in the emergency department. Part two: Implications for patient safety. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 10, 26-29.

Rose, L. & Gerdtz, M. F. (2007). Invasive ventilation in the emergency department. Part one: What nurses need to know. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 10, 21-25.



Simmonds, A. & Peter, E. (2007). Understanding the everyday moral practices of midwives and intrapartum nurses. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 39(4), 116-129.

Stevens, B., Franck, L., Gibbins, S., McGrath, P., Dupuis, A., Yamada, J., et al. (2007). Determining the structure of acute pain responses in vulnerable neonates? Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 39(2), 32-48.

Stevens, B., Lee, S., Law, M., Yamada, J., & Canadian Neonatal Network EPIC Study Group (2007). A qualitative examination of the barriers and facilitators to practice changes in Canadian Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 13(2), 161-319.

Stevens, B., McGrath, P., Gibbins, S., Beyene, J., Breau, L., Camfield, C., Finley, A., Franck, L., Howlett, A., Johnston, C., McKeever, P., O’Brien, K., Ohlsson, A., & Yamada, J. (2007). Determining behavioural and physiological responses to pain in infants at risk for neurological impairment. Pain, 127, 94-102.

Suominen, T., Savikko, N., Kiviniemi, K., Doran, D., & Leino-Kilpi, H. (2008). Work empowerment as experienced by nurses in elderly care. Journal of Professional Nursing, 24(1), 42-45.

Suominen, T., Rankinen, S., Kuokkanen, L., Kukkurainen, M-L., Savikko, N., & Doran, D. (2007). The constancy of the work-related empowerment. Journal of Nursing Management, 15, 595-602.

Stevens, B. (2007). Pain assessment and manage-ment in infants with cancer. Blood and Cancer, (49) S7, 1097-1101.

Stevens, B., McGrath, P., Gibbins, S., Beyene, J., Breau, L., Camfield, C., Finley, A., Franck, L., Howlett, A., Johnston, C., McKeever, P., O’Brien, K., Ohlsson, A., & Yamada, J. (2007). Determining behavioural and physiological responses to pain in infants at risk for neurological impairment. Pain, 127(1-2), 94-102.

Stinson, J., Petroz, G.C., Stevens, B., Feldman, B., Streiner, D., McGrath, P., & Gill, N. (2008). Working out the kinks: Testing the feasibility of a electronic pain diary for adolescents with arthritis. Pain Research Management, 13(5), 375-382.

Schneider, S., Brümmer, V., Carnahan, H., Dubrowski, A., Askew, C. D., & Strüder, H. K. (2007). Stress hormone stability: Processing of blood samples collected during parabolic flight —a preflight comparison of different protocols. Clinical Biochemistry, 40(16-17), 1332-1335.

Schneider, S., Brümmer, V., Carnahan, H., Dubrowski, A., Askew, C. D., & Strüder, H. K. (2008). What happens to the brain in weight-lessness? A first approach by EEG tomography. Neuroscience, 42(4), 1316-1323.

Schneider, S., Brümmer, V., Gobel, S., Carnahan, H., Dubrowski, A., & Strüder, H. K. (2007). Parabolic flight experience is related to increased release of stress hormones. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 100(3), 301-308.

Schneider, S., Brümmer, V., Mierau, A., Carnahan, H., Dubrowski, A., & Strüder, H. K. (2008). Increased brain cortical activity during parabolic flights has no influence on a motor tracking task. Experimental Brain Research, 185(4), 571-579.

Schubert, M., Glass, T. R., Clarke, S.P., Aiken, L. H., Schaffert-Witvliet, B., Sloane, D.M., & De Geest, S. (2008). Rationing of nursing care and its relation-ship to patient outcomes. International Journal of Quality in Health Care, 20(4), 227-237.

Schubert, M., Glass, T. R., Clarke, S. P., Aiken, L. H., Sloane, D. M., Schaffert-Witvliet, B., De Geest, S. (2008). “Die Studie ertweitert Evidenz und Wissen” and “Plus de connaissances et de preuves scientifiques”. Krankenpflege/Soins Infirmiers, 101(6), 24-5, 56-7, 70-1. [Official journal of the Swiss Nurses’ Association]

Seers, K. & Watt-Watson, J. (2007). The challenge of unrelieved pain in the 21st century. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research 3, 5-9.

Sidhu, R. S., Park, J., Brydges, R., Macrae, H. M., & Dubrowski, A. (2007). Laboratory-based vascular anastomosis training: A randomized controlled trial evaluating the effects of bench model fidelity and level training on a skill acquisition. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 45(2), 343-349.



Tourangeau, A. E., Doran, D., McGillis Hall, L., O’Brien Pallas, L. L., Pringle, D., Tu, J. V., & Cranley, L. A. (2007). Impact of hospital nursing care on 30-day mortality for acute medical patients. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 57(1), 32-44.

Walton, N., Martin, D., Peter, E., Pringle, D., & Singer, P. (2007). Priority setting and cardiac surgery: A qualitative case study. Health Policy, 80(3), 444-458.

White, D., Oelke, N. D., Besner, J., Doran, D., McGillis Hall, L., & Giovannetti, P. (2008). Nursing scope of practice: descriptions and challenges. Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership, 21(1), 44-57.

Widger, K., Pye, C., Cranley, L., Wilson-Keates, B., Squires, M. & Tourangeau, A. E. (2007). Generational differences in acute care nurses. Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership, 20(1), 49-61.

Wilson-Keates, B., Squires, M., Widger, K., Cranley, L. & Tourangeau, A. E. (2008). Job satisfaction among a multigenerational nursing workforce. Journal of Nursing Management, 16, 716-723.

Windrim, R., Seaward, P.G., Hodnett, E., Akoury, H., Kingdom, J., et al. (2007). A randomized controlled trial of a bedside partogram in the management of primiparous labour. Journal of Obstetricans and Gynaecolists of Canada, 29(1), 27-34.

Woodrow, S.I., Dubrowski, A., Khokhotva, M., Backstein, D., Rampersaud, R., & Massicotte, E. (2007). Training and evaluating spinal surgeons: The development of novel measures in performance. Spine, 32(25), 2921-2925.

Wu, R., Palda, V., Cheung, M., Etchells, E., Bierman, A. S. & Bell, C. (2007). Pictures of heart failure care in complex medical patients: Broad strokes or fine detail? The Canadian Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2(4), 14-7.

Stinson, J., Stevens, B., Feldman, B. M., Streiner, D., Sidani, S., McGrath, P. J., Dupuis, A., Gill, N., & Petroz, G.C. (2008). Construct validity of the e-ouch electronic pain dairy for adolescents with arthritis. Pain, 136, 281-292.

Stinson, J., Yamada, J., Dickson, A., Lamba, J., & Stevens, B. (2008). Review of systematic reviews on acute procedural pain in children in the hospital setting. Pain Research and Management, 13(1), 51-57.

Stinson, J., Toomey, B., Stevens, B., Kagan, S., Duffy, C., Huber, A., Malleson, P., McGrath, P.J., Yeung, R., Feldman, B. M. (2008). Developing an on-line self-management program for adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: Asking the experts. Arthritis Care Research, 59(1).

Stremler, R., Wong, L., & Parshuram, C. (2008). Practices and provisions for parents sleeping over-night with a hospitalized child. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 33(3), 292-297.

Taddio, A., Shah, V., Stephens, D., Hancock, R., Smith, R., Stephens, D., Atenafu, E., Beyenne, J., Koren, G., Stevens, B., & Katz, J. (2008). Effectiveness of sucrose analgesia undergoing painful medical procedures. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 179(1), 37-43.

Torgerson, C., Brydges, R., Chen, J. M., Dubrowski, A. (2007). Drilling simulated temporal bones with left-handed tools: A left-hander’s right? Annals of Otolaryngology, Rhinolology, and Laryngology, 116(11), 819-826.

Torgerson, C., Brydges, R., Chen, J. M., & Dubrowski, A. (2007). Low fidelity simulation of temporal bone drilling leads to improved but sob-optimal outcomes. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 125, 470-472.

Tourangeau, A. E. (2007). Choices and tradeoffs: Decreasing costs or improving hospital mortality rates. Healthcare Quarterly, 11(1), 23-24.

Tourangeau, A. E. (2007). Response— Impact of hospital nursing care on 30-day mortality for acute medical patients. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 58(6), 613-614.



Chavez, F., Peter, E., & Gastaldo, D. (2008). Nurses as global citizens: A global health curriculum at the University of Toronto, Canada (Chapter 16). In V. Tschudin (Ed.). The globalization of nursing: ethical, legal, and political issues. Radcliff Publishing, pp.175 – 186.

England, K., Eakin, J., Gastaldo, D., & McKeever, P. (2007). Neoliberalizing home care: Managed competition and restructuring home care in Ontario (Chapter 7). In K. England and K. Ward (Eds.). Neoliberatization—States, Networks, People. Blackwell, Oxford, pp. 169 – 194.

Gastaldo, D. (2008). Case study 2—Globalization, economic migration, and precarious work. In J. Benach, C. Muntaner & V. Santana (Eds). Employment, work and health inequalities: A global perspective. WHO, Geneva.

Muntaner, C. (2008). Neuroscience in A Scientific Overview of Drugs. Valencia: Generalitat Valenciana, pp. 33.

Muntaner, C., Chung, H., & Kim, I-H. (2008). Populations at special health risk: Workers. In Kris Heggenhougen (Eds.) International Encyclopedia of Public Health. Elsevier pp. 285-301.

Peter, E., Sweatman, L., & Carlin, K. (2008). Advocacy, ethical and legal considerations. In L. Stamler & L. Yiu (eds.) Canadian community health nursing. (2nd edition). (pp. 65-79). Don Mills: Pearson Education Canada. RR

Wutke, K., & Dennis, C-L. (2007). The reliability and validity the Polish version of the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale: Translation and psychometric assessment. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 44, 1439-1446.

Xeroulis, G. J., Park, J., Moulton, C., Reznick, R. K., LeBlanc, V., & Dubrowski, A. (2007). Teaching suturing and knot tying skills to medical students: A randomized controlled study comparing computer-based video instruction and (concurrent & summary) expert feedback. Surgery, 141(4), 442-449.

Yamada, J., Stevens, B., de Silva, N., Gibbins, S., Beyene, J., Taddio, A., Klein, J., & Newman, G. (2007). Hair cortisol as a biologic indicator of chronic stress in hospitalized neonates. Biology of the Neonate, 92, 42-49.

Yamada, J., Stevens, B., Stinson, J., McGrath, P., Lamba, J., Dickson, A., & Canadian Institutes for Health Research Tea in hospitalized infants. Pain Research and Management, 13(5), 413-420.

Yantzi, N. M., Rosenberg, M. W. & McKeever, P. (2007). Getting out of the house: The challenges mothers face when children have long-term care needs. Health and Social Care in the Community, 15(1), 45-55.

Zirkle, M., Roberson, D. W., Leuwer, R., & Dubrowski, A. (2007). Using a virtual reality temporal bone simulator to assess otolaryngology trainees. Laryngoscope, 117(2), 258-263.

Zirkle, M., Taplin, M. A., Anthony, R., & Dubrowski, A. (2007). Objective assessment of temporal bone drilling skills. Archives of Laryngolgy, 116(11), 793-798.

Books/Book ChaptersAnand, K. J. S., Stevens, B. J., & McGrath, P. J. (2007). Pain in Neonates and Infants: Pain Research and Clinical Management Series (Pain Research and Clinical Management). New York: Elsevier.

Benach, J., Muntaner, C., & Chung, H. (2008) Employment Conditions and Health Inequalities. Antigonish, NS: National Centre.


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