selected scholarly activity
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chapters
- Access to assistive technology in Canada. 372-383. 2021
- Reforms. 375-400. 2016
- Health-care reform in Ontario: More tortoise than hare?. 89-111. 2013
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conferences
- Understanding the implementation of evidence-informed policies and practices from a policy perspective: a critical interpretive synthesis. Implementation Science. 18. 2021
- How Values Inform the Health Policy Decision-Making Processes About Health-System Financing in Latin America? A Critical Interpretive Synthesis. Value in Health. S138-S138. 2018
- Rewiring of Enhancer-Gene Interactions Drives PLAU Overexpression in the Pathogenesis of Quebec Platelet Disorder. Genetic Epidemiology. 649-650. 2016
- BMI as an effect modifier of a novel triglyceride-associated epigenetic mark. Genetic Epidemiology. 586-587. 2015
- Leveraging gene regulatory data in hypothesis-driven GWAS: The importance of shared tissue specificity. Genetic Epidemiology. 543-544. 2015
- Methylome scan of PAI-1 plasma levels identifies a locus with putative epigenetic mediation of genetic effect. Genetic Epidemiology. 599-599. 2015
- The impact of HIV/AIDS criminalization on awareness, prevention and stigma in the: a qualitative analysis of stakeholders' perspectives in Ontario, Canada. Journal of the International AIDS Society. 229-229. 2012
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journal articles
- Whom Do I Trust to Represent Me? Long-Term Care Resident and Family Perspectives on Legitimate Representation.. Healthcare Policy. 20:48-61. 2024
- Framing Physical Literacy for Adults Through a Rehabilitation Lens: An Expert Consensus Study. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. 32:488-495. 2024
- Public Engagement in Health Policy-Making for Older Adults: A Systematic Search and Scoping Review.. Health Expectations. 27:e70008. 2024
- Enhancing the delivery of comprehensive care for people living with HIV in Canada: insights from citizen panels and a national stakeholder dialogue. Health Research Policy and Systems. 22:62. 2024
- An examination of mental health policy implementation efforts and the intermediaries that support them in New Zealand, Canada and Sweden: a comparative case study.. Frontiers in Health Services. 4:1371207. 2024
- “You can because you do and you do, because you can”: Using interpretative description to examine what it means to be a physically literate adult living with multiple chronic conditions. PLoS ONE. 19:e0297261-e0297261. 2024
- Impact of strategies to mitigate misinformation in diverse settings and populations: a protocol for a living evidence synthesis. BMJ Open. 13:e076672-e076672. 2023
- Healthcare worker perceived barriers and facilitators to implementing a tuberculosis preventive therapy program in rural South Africa: a content analysis using the consolidated framework for implementation research. Implementation Science Communications. 4:107. 2023
- Access to novel drugs and therapeutics for children and youth: Eliciting citizens' values to inform public funding decisions. Health Expectations. 26:715-727. 2023
- Framing physical literacy for aging adults: an integrative review. Disability and Rehabilitation. 44:8149-8160. 2022
- Integrating citizen engagement into evidence-informed health policy-making in eastern Europe and central Asia: scoping study and future research priorities. Health Research Policy and Systems. 20:11. 2022
- Web-Based System Navigation Database to Support Equitable Access to Assistive Technology: Usability Testing Study. JMIR Formative Research. 6:e36949-e36949. 2022
- It is time for a national strategy on equitable access to assistive technology in Canada. Healthcare Management Forum. 35:356-362. 2022
- Facilitators, barriers and strategies for health-system guidance implementation: a critical interpretive synthesis protocol. Health Research Policy and Systems. 20:105. 2022
- Enhancing the use of technology in the long-term care sector in Canada: Insights from citizen panels and a national stakeholder dialogue. Healthcare Management Forum. 35:310-317. 2022
- The impact of OHIP+ pharmacare on use and costs of public drug plans among children and youth in Ontario: a time-series analysis. CMAJ open. 10:E848-E855. 2022
- Barriers to Equitable Public Participation in Health-System Priority Setting Within the Context of Decentralization: The Case of Vulnerable Women in a Ugandan District. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 11:1047-1057. 2022
- Examining and Contextualizing Approaches to Establish Policy Support Organizations – A Critical Interpretive Synthesis. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 11:551-566. 2022
- In-Hospital Macro-, Meso-, and Micro-Drivers and Interventions for Antibiotic Use and Resistance: A Rapid Evidence Synthesis of Data from Canada and Other OECD Countries. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology. 2022:1-11. 2022
- Inappropriate use of clinical practices in Canada: a systematic review. CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL. 194:E279-E296. 2022
- Insights from system leaders about operationalising a knowledge translation department in the Oman Ministry of Health. Evidence & Policy. 18:85-107. 2022
- Policymaker and stakeholder perspectives on access to assistive technologies in Canada: challenges and proposed solutions for enhancing equitable access. Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology. 17:61-73. 2022
- Paper 3: Selecting rapid review methods for complex questions related to health policy and system issues. Systematic Reviews. 10:286. 2021
- Scoping reviews: reinforcing and advancing the methodology and application. Systematic Reviews. 10:263. 2021
- Interventions to address sedentary behaviour for older adults: a scoping review. Disability and Rehabilitation. 43:3090-3101. 2021
- A critical interpretive synthesis of the roles of midwives in health systems. Health Research Policy and Systems. 18:77. 2020
- A framework for explaining the role of values in health policy decision-making in Latin America: a critical interpretive synthesis. Health Research Policy and Systems. 18:100. 2020
- Understanding the conditions that influence the roles of midwives in Ontario, Canada’s health system: an embedded single-case study. BMC Health Services Research. 20:197. 2020
- Rapid review methods more challenging during COVID-19: commentary with a focus on 8 knowledge synthesis steps. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 126:177-183. 2020
- Understanding the Role of Values in Health Policy Decision-Making From the Perspective of Policy-Makers and Stakeholders: A Multiple-Case Embedded Study in Chile and Colombia. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 9:185-197. 2020
- The impacts of accountable care organizations on patient experience, health outcomes and costs: a rapid review. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy. 25:130-138. 2020
- Enhancing Equitable Access to Assistive Technologies in Canada: Insights from Citizens and Stakeholders. Canadian Journal on Aging. 39:69-88. 2020
- Applying priority-setting frameworks: A review of public and vulnerable populations’ participation in health-system priority setting. Health Policy. 124:133-142. 2020
- Identifying approaches for synthesizing and summarizing information to support informed citizen deliberations in health policy: a scoping review. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy. 25:59-66. 2020
- Option B+ Program for the Prevention of Vertical Transmission of HIV: A Case Study in Johannesburg, South Africa. Frontiers in Public Health. 8:533534. 2020
- Addressing the affordability of cancer drugs: using deliberative public engagement to inform health policy. Health Research Policy and Systems. 17:17. 2019
- Evaluation of an HIV-specific rapid response service for community-based organisations in Ontario, Canada. Health Research Policy and Systems. 17:80. 2019
- Inappropriateness of health care in Canada: a systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews. 8:50. 2019
- Who is in and who is out? A qualitative analysis of stakeholder participation in priority setting for health in three districts in Uganda. Health Policy and Planning. 34:358-369. 2019
- “Just Access”? Questions of Equity in Access and Funding for Assistive Technology. Ethics and Behavior. 29:172-191. 2019
- Choosing wisely: An important step in the right direction to addressing overuse of health services. Healthcare Papers. 18:35-40. 2019
- Addressing overuse of health services in health systems: a critical interpretive synthesis. Health Research Policy and Systems. 16:48. 2018
- Midwifery and obstetrics: Factors influencing mothers’ satisfaction with the birth experience. Birth. 45:322-327. 2018
- PRISMA extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR): checklist and explanation. ACP journal club. 169:467-473. 2018
- AIMD - a validated, simplified framework of interventions to promote and integrate evidence into health practices, systems, and policies. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 17:38. 2017
- Ethical challenges related to assistive product access for older adults and adults living with a disability: a scoping review protocol. Systematic Reviews. 6:24. 2017
- Adult Day Center Programs and Their Associated Outcomes on Clients, Caregivers, and the Health System: A Scoping Review. The Gerontologist. 57:e85-e94. 2017
- ADULT DAY CENTRES AND THEIR OUTCOMES ON CLIENTS, CAREGIVERS, AND THE HEALTH SYSTEM: A SCOPING REVIEW. Innovation in Aging. 1:449-450. 2017
- Leveraging cell type specific regulatory regions to detect SNPs associated with tissue factor pathway inhibitor plasma levels. Genetic Epidemiology. 41:455-466. 2017
- Advancing the development of national childhood cancer care strategies in Latin America. Journal of Cancer Policy. 12:7-15. 2017
- Citizen and Stakeholder Perspectives About Approaches to Enhance Equitable Access to Assistive Technologies for Older Adults.. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. 242:48-51. 2017
- Physical Function Assessment of a Mayan Population Living With Osteoarthritis: The Importance of Considering Different Aspects of Functioning. Advances in Rehabilitation Science and Practice. 6:117957271771543-117957271771543. 2017
- The duplication mutation of Quebec platelet disorder dysregulates PLAU, but not C10orf55, selectively increasing production of normal PLAU transcripts by megakaryocytes but not granulocytes. PLoS ONE. 12:e0173991-e0173991. 2017
- Designing Integrated Approaches to Support People with Multimorbidity: Key Messages from Systematic Reviews, Health System Leaders and Citizens. Healthcare Policy. 12:91-104. 2016
- The impact of arthritis on the physical function of a rural Maya-Yucateco community and factors associated with its prevalence: a cross sectional, community-based study. Clinical Rheumatology. 35:25-34. 2016
- Barriers to accessing the culturally sensitive healthcare that could decrease the disabling effects of arthritis in a rural Mayan community: a qualitative inquiry. Clinical Rheumatology. 35:1287-1298. 2016
- Housing Status, Medical Care, and Health Outcomes Among People Living With HIV/AIDS: A Systematic Review. American Journal of Public Health. 106:e1-e23. 2016
- Housing Status, Medical Care, and Health Outcomes Among People Living With HIV/AIDS: A Systematic Review. American Journal of Public Health. 106:95-95. 2016
- A process evaluation accompanying an attempted randomized controlled trial of an evidence service for health system policymakers. Health Research Policy and Systems. 13:78. 2015
- Developing a rapid-response program for health system decision-makers in Canada: findings from an issue brief and stakeholder dialogue. Systematic Reviews. 4:25. 2015
- Developing and refining the methods for a ‘one-stop shop’ for research evidence about health systems. Health Research Policy and Systems. 13:10. 2015
- Health system guidance appraisal—concept evaluation and usability testing. Implementation Science. 11:3. 2015
- Health systems guidance appraisal—a critical interpretive synthesis. Implementation Science. 11:9. 2015
- Interventions for preventing, delaying the onset, or decreasing the burden of frailty: an overview of systematic reviews. Systematic Reviews. 4:128. 2015
- Stigma, HIV and health: a qualitative synthesis. BMC International Health and Human Rights. 15:848. 2015
- The Satisfaction and Use of Research Ethics Board Information Systems in Canada. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics. 10:395-403. 2015
- Supporting Chronic Pain Management across Provincial and Territorial Health Systems in Canada: Findings from Two Stakeholder Dialogues. Pain Research and Management. 20:269-279. 2015
- Erratum to: Towards a common terminology: a simplified framework of interventions to promote and integrate evidence into health practices, systems, and policies. Implementation Science. 9. 2014
- Processes, contexts, and rationale for disinvestment: a protocol for a critical interpretive synthesis. Systematic Reviews. 3:143. 2014
- Towards a common terminology: a simplified framework of interventions to promote and integrate evidence into health practices, systems, and policies. Implementation Science. 9:51. 2014
- Supporting Evidence-Informed Health Policy Making: The Development and Contents of an Online Repository of Policy-Relevant Documents Addressing Healthcare Renewal in Canada. Healthcare Policy. 10:27-37. 2014
- Developing Community-Based Rehabilitation Programs for Musculoskeletal Diseases in Low-Income Areas of Mexico: The Community-Based Rehabilitation for Low-Income Communities Living With Rheumatic Diseases (CONCORD) Protocol. JMIR Research Protocols. 3:e57-e57. 2014
- Barriers to implementing the “2008 Mexican Clinical Practice Guideline recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis” in primary healthcare practice. Reumatologia Clinica. 10:364-372. 2014
- Health system decision makers’ feedback on summaries and tools supporting the use of systematic reviews: a qualitative study. Evidence & Policy. 10:337-359. 2014
- Evidence Informing the Intersection of HIV, Aging and Health: A Scoping Review. AIDS and Behavior. 18:661-675. 2014
- Resisting the seduction of “ethics creep”: Using Foucault to surface complexity and contradiction in research ethics review. Social Science and Medicine. 98:301-310. 2013
- The global stock of research evidence relevant to health systems policymaking. Health Research Policy and Systems. 11:32. 2013
- Counselling, Case Management and Health Promotion for People Living with HIV/AIDS: An Overview of Systematic Reviews. AIDS and Behavior. 17:1612-1625. 2013
- Twelve myths about systematic reviews for health system policymaking rebutted. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy. 18:44-50. 2013
- Supporting the Use of Research Evidence in the Canadian Health Sector. Healthcare Quarterly. 15:58-62. 2012
- Community-based organizations in the health sector: A scoping review. Health Research Policy and Systems. 10:36. 2012
- Association of Returning to Work With Better Health in Working-Aged Adults: A Systematic Review. American Journal of Public Health. 102:541-556. 2012
- Community capacity to acquire, assess, adapt, and apply research evidence: a survey of Ontario's HIV/AIDS sector. Implementation Science. 6:54. 2011
- Effects of an evidence service on community-based AIDS service organizations' use of research evidence: A protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Implementation Science. 6:52. 2011
- Effects of an evidence service on health-system policy makers' use of research evidence: A protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Implementation Science. 6:51. 2011
- Community-based organisations and how to support their use of systematic reviews: a qualitative study. Evidence & Policy. 7:449-469. 2011
- Social determinants of health associated with hepatitis C co-infection among people living with HIV: results from the Positive Spaces, Healthy Places study.. Open Medicine. 5:e120-e131. 2011
- Community-based knowledge transfer and exchange: Helping community-based organizations link research to action. Implementation Science. 5:33. 2010
- Supporting the use of health technology assessments in policy making about health systems. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 26:405-414. 2010
- Are We Asking the Right Questions? A Review of Canadian REB Practices in Relation to Community-Based Participatory Research. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics. 5:35-46. 2010
- SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 4: Using research evidence to clarify a problem. Health Research Policy and Systems. 7:S4. 2009
- SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 5: Using research evidence to frame options to address a problem. Health Research Policy and Systems. 7:S5. 2009
- Community-based research in AIDS-service organizations: what helps and what doesn't?. AIDS Care. 21:94-102. 2009
- Treatment, care and support for people co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C: a scoping review.. Open Medicine. 3:e184-e195. 2009
- Increasing Accessibility for Community Participants at Academic Conferences. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action. 2:257-264. 2008
- The greater involvement of people living with AIDS principle: theory versus practice in Ontario's HIV/AIDS community-based research sector. AIDS Care. 20:615-624. 2008
- Application of the Precautionary Principle by Senior Policy Officials: Results of a Canadian Survey. Risk Analysis. 26:981-988. 2006
- The application of the precautionary principle to the blood system: The Canadian blood system's vCJD donor deferral policy. Transfusion Medicine Reviews. 17:89-94. 2003
- Rate of Caffeine Metabolism and Risk of Spontaneous Abortion. American Journal of Epidemiology. 147:503-510. 1998
- An outbreak of Trichinella spiralis infection in southern Lebanon. Epidemiology and Infection. 119:357-362. 1997
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preprints
- Understanding the implementation of evidence-informed policies and practices from a policy perspective: a critical interpretive synthesis 2021
- Facilitators, Barriers, and Strategies for Health-system Guidance Implementation: A Protocol for a Critical Interpretive Synthesis 2020
- Understanding the implementation of evidence-informed policies and practices from a policy perspective: a critical interpretive synthesis 2020
- Understanding the implementation of evidence-informed policies and practices from a policy perspective: a critical interpretive synthesis 2020
- Development of an online system navigation database to support equitable access to assistive technology in Canada: A usability evaluation study (Preprint)
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theses
- Examining and Contextualizing Approaches to Establish Policy Support Organizations – A Mixed Method Study. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 2021