• "It's an emotional roller coaster... But sometimes it's fucking awesome": Meaning and motivation of work for peers in overdose response environments in British Columbia 

  Pauly, Bernadette; Mamdani, Zahra; Mesley, Lacey; McKenzie, Sophie; Cameron, Fred; Edwards, Denice; Howell, Amy; Knott, Michael; Scott, Tracy; Seguin, Ryan; Greer, Alissa M.; Buxton, Jane A. (International Journal of Drug Policy, 2021)

  Background: The province of British Columbia (BC), Canada is amid dual public health emergencies in which the overdose epidemic declared in 2016 has been exacerbated by restrictions imposed by the Coronavirus Disease of ...
• Predictors of COVID-19 testing rates: A cross-country comparison 

  Marziali, Megan E.; Hogg, Robert S.; Oduwole, Oluwamayowa A.; Card, Kiffer G. (International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021)

  Objectives: Cross-country comparisons of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have largely been applied to mortality analyses. The goal of this analysis is to explore predictors of COVID-19 testing through cross-country ...
• The role of trust in citizen acceptance of climate policy: Comparing perceptions of government competence, integrity and value similarity 

  Kitt, Shelby; Axsen, Jonn; Long, Zoe; Rhodes, Ekaterina (Ecological Economics, 2021)

  This study examines the role of citizen trust in explaining climate policy support, using the case of low-carbon transportation policies in Canada – namely a carbon tax, electric vehicle purchase subsidies, and three ...
• A multi-perspective approach to developing the Saudi Health Informatics Competency Framework 

  Almalki, Manal; Jamal, Amr; Househ, Mowafa; Alhefzi, Mohammed (International Journal of Medical Informatics, 2021)

  Background Determining the key sets of competencies necessary for a Health Informatics (HI) professional to practice effectively either solo or as a member of a multidisciplinary team has been challenging for the regulator ...
• Sesonal variations in exposure to methylmercury and its dietary sources among pregnant Inuit women in Nunavik, Canada 

  de Moraes Pontual, Mariana; Ayotte, Pierre; Little, Matthew; Furgal, Chris; Boyd, Amanda D.; Muckle, Gina; Avard, Ellen; Ricard, Sylvie; Gauthier, Marie-Josée; Anassour-Laouan Sidi, Elhadji; Lemire, Mélanie (Science of the Total Environment, 2021)

  Among populations living in close connection with the sea, rivers and lakes for subsistence, diet varies according to local monthly wildlife species availability and food preferences. This may lead to variations in ...
• Attaching Patients in Primary Care Through Centralized Waiting Lists: Seven Canadian Provinces Compared 

  Breton, Mylaine; Smithman, Mélanie Ann; Vandesrasier, Audrey; Kreindler, Sara A.; Sasseville, Martin; Sutherland, Jason; Green, Michael; Jbilou, Jalila; Shaw, Jay; Gard Marshall, Emily; Crooks, Valorie A.; Brousselle, Astrid; Contandriopoulos, Damien; Wong, Sabrina T. (Health Reform Observer, 2019)

  Canada has the lowest rate of attachment to primary care providers among OECD countries, which makes access and continuity of care problematic. To address this important issue, seven Canadian provinces have implemented ...
• Explaining variation of implementation outcomes of centralized waiting lists for unattached patients: A comparative multiple case study in Quebec 

  Abou Malham, Sabina; Smithman, Mélanie Ann; Touati, Nassera; Brousselle, Astrid; Loignon, Christine; Dubois, Carl-Ardy; Nour, Kareen; Boivin, Antoine; Breton, Mylaine (Journal of Health Organization and Management, 2019)

  Purpose: Centralized waiting lists (CWLs) for patient attachment to a primary care provider have been implemented across Canada, including Quebec. Little is known about the implementation of CWLs and the factors that ...
• Area deprivation and attachment to a general practitioner through centralized waiting lists: a cross-sectional study in Quebec, Canada 

  Smithman, Mélanie Ann; Brousselle, Astrid; Touati, Nassera; Boivin, Antoine; Nour, Kareen; Dubois, Carl-Ardy; Loignon, Christine; Berbiche, Djamal; Breton, Mylaine (International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018)

  Background: Access to primary healthcare is an important social determinant of health and having a regular general practitioner (GP) has been shown to improve access. In Canada, socio-economically disadvantaged patients ...
• Family Physicians Attaching New Patients From Centralized Waiting Lists: A Cross-Sectional Study 

  Breton, Mylaine; Smithman, Mélanie Ann; Touati, Nassera; Boivin, Antoine; Loignon, Christine; Dubois, Carl-Ardy; Nour, Kareen; Lamoureux-Lamarche, Catherine; Brousselle, Astrid (Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2018)

  Purpose: In response to more than 15% of Canadians not having a family physician, 7 provinces have implemented centralized waiting lists for unattached patients. The aim of this study is to analyze the association between ...
• Conceptualizing 20 years of engaged scholarship: A scoping review 

  Beaulieu, Marianne; Breton, Mylaine; Brousselle, Astrid (PLoS One, 2018)

  Engaged scholarship, a movement that has been growing steadily since 1995, offers a new way of bridging gaps between the university and civil society. Numerous papers and reports have been published since Boyer’s foundational ...
• Explaining time elapsed prior to cancer diagnosis: patients' perspectives 

  Brousselle, Astrid; Breton, Mylaine; Benhadj, Lynda; Tremblay, Dominique; Provost, Sylvie; Roberge, Danièle; Pineault, Raynald; Tousignant, Pierre (BMC Health Services Research, 2017)

  Background: Cancer is the leading cause of death in Canada. Early cancer diagnosis could improve patients’ prognosis and quality of life. This study aimed to analyze the factors influencing elapsed time between the first ...
• Public Private Partnerships and the Public Interest: A Case Study of Ottawa’s Lansdowne Park Development 

  Krawchenko, Tamara; Stoney, Christopher (Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 2011)

  Public private partnerships (PPPs) are increasingly advocated as beneficial for the delivery of public services, facilities, and infrastructure for municipal governments. However, such partnerships often raise serious ...
• Bringing Municipalities into Rural Community and Economic Development: Cases from Atlantic Canada 

  Krawchenko, Tamara (Journal of Rural and Community Development, 2014)

  In rural development literature, subsidiarity and the merits of local community participation are increasingly extolled. Targeted, nationally-derived sectoral (e.g., agricultural) policies and subsidies are increasingly ...
• Governing large complex city-regions: The adoption of regional special purpose bodies for transportation and transit governance 

  Krawchenko, Tamara (Urbana: Urban Affairs & Public Policy, 2015)

  Continued patterns of urbanization are leading to ever larger and more complex urban regions. Regional institutions have arisen as a governance solution to address the problems of coordination across large, jurisdictionally ...
• A Framework for Modern Rural Policy in Poland – Dialogue with the Research Community 

  Krawchenko, Tamara (Wieś i Rolnictwo, 2018)

  Rural development in Poland has excelled at a rapid pace since EU accession. Much has been achieved. Going forward, rural policies will need to maintain this momentum, address some of the most intractable policy problems, ...
• Partners for the optimal organisation of the healthcare continuum for high users of health and social services: protocol of a developmental evaluation case study 

  Hudon, Catherine; Chouinard, Maud-Christine; Couture, Martine; Brousselle, Astrid; Couture, Eva Marjorie; Dubois, Marie-France; Fortin, Martin; Freund, Tobias; Loignon, Christine; Mireault, Jean; Pluye, Pierre; Roberge, Pasquale; Rodriguez, Charo (BMJ Open, 2014)

  Introduction Case management allows us to respond to the complex needs of a vulnerable clientele through a structured approach that promotes enhanced interaction between partners. Syntheses on the subject converge towards ...
• A comparative analysis of centralized waiting lists for patients without a primary care provider implemented in six Canadian provinces: study protocol 

  Breton, Mylaine; Green, Michael; Kreindler, Sara; Sutherland, Jason; Jbilou, Jalila; Wong, Sabrina T.; Shaw, Jay; Crooks, Valorie A.; Contandriopoulos, Damien; Smithman, Mélanie Ann; Brousselle, Astrid (BMC Health Services Research, 2017)

  Background: Having a regular primary care provider (i.e., family physician or nurse practitioner) is widely considered to be a prerequisite for obtaining healthcare that is timely, accessible, continuous, comprehensive, ...
• Assessing the performance of centralized waiting lists for patients without a regular family physician using clinical-administrative data 

  Breton, Mylaine; Smithman, Mélanie Ann; Brousselle, Astrid; Loignon, Christine; Touati, Nassera; Dubois, Carl-Ardy; Nour, Kareen; Boivin, Antoine; Berbiche, Djamal; Roberge, Danièle (BMC Family Practice, 2017)

  Background: With 4.6 million patients who do not have a regular family physician, Canada performs poorly compared to other OECD countries in terms of attachment to a family physician. To address this issue, several provinces ...
• Investing in a healthy lifestyle strategy: is it worth it? 

  Benmarhnia, Tarik; Dionne, Pierre-Alexandre; Tchouaket, Éric; Fansi, Alvine K.; Brousselle, Astrid (International Journal of Public Health, 2016)

  Objectives: In Quebec, various actors fund activities aimed at increasing physical activity, improving eating habits and reducing smoking. The objective was to evaluate how effective does the healthy lifestyle habits ...
• Using the evaluation process as a lever for improving health and healthcare accessibility: The case of HCV services organization in Quebec 

  Brousselle, Astrid; Petit, Geneviève; Giraud, Marie-Josée; Rietmann, Michèle; Boisvert, Krystel; Foley, Véronique (Evaluation and Program Planning, 2016)

  Background The evaluation process can be a lever to improve pathways of access to healthcare. The objective of this article is to show how an evaluation strategy can both contribute to knowledge development and have direct ...

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