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Fall 2016

Villa-Roel, Myriam Ines Cristina

Background: A knowledge translation (KT) gap between evidence and action exists in asthma care and this gap may explain the suboptimal quality of care and poor health outcomes after asthma exacerbations. While recently published and widely disseminated asthma guidelines have highlighted the...

Fall 2014

Vogel, Christina K

Parent with children undergoing neurosurgery need access to specialized information as well as support resources. The public is becoming more active in managing their own health care and they often turn to the Internet as a starting point in their quest for health information resources. The...

Spring 2016

Pullishy, Lesley A

This thesis describes the experiences of partners involved in integrated knowledge translation (iKT)—a poorly understood process wherein partners from diverse professional spheres (e.g. community, government, and academia) work together to ensure research generated is relevant for the context of...

Spring 2024

Jones, Lisa Joelle Knisley

Background: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has drawn attention to the inequalities and systemic harms experienced by Indigenous Peoples in Canada, calling on the Canadian government and healthcare professionals to close the gap in Indigenous communities’ access to appropriate healthcare...

Spring 2016

Archibald, Mandy M

Background: Family-centered education is critical to managing childhood asthma, the most common chronic disease of childhood in North America. Parents are largely responsible for the day-to-day management of their child’s asthma; as such, finding effective ways to educate parents about asthma is...

Fall 2012

Perra, Andrea T

Concussions in ice hockey are a serious public health concern, however too many athletes fail to recognize or report their symptoms. A survey was developed to assess minor hockey players’ concussion knowledge, attitudes, and reporting behaviour, as little is known from their perspective. Male...

Spring 2013

Hamm, Michele P

Background: Bias is a significant concern in pediatric randomized controlled trials (RCTs), but while there have been numerous calls for improvement in trial conduct, traditional means of education and dissemination of methodological principles have not had a substantial effect on the quality of...

Spring 2011

Genuis, Shelagh K.

While evidence-based practice and knowledge translation (or transfer) has garnered much attention, research has not focused on health information as provisional and emergent, and on knowledge translation (KT) as a process of social construction. The challenge of evolving information is magnified...

Fall 2016

Shave, Kassi DR

Background: Procedural pain is the unpleasant sensory and emotional experience children endure when undergoing a medically situated intervention that may cause pain, anxiety, or distress. Procedural pain is a major contributor to every child’s experience with acute pain. Poorly managed procedural...

Fall 2014

Lefebvre, Megan, Elizabeth

Adherence to antiretroviral therapy is critical to treatment success. Using an epidemiological and community-based participatory research approach, my thesis reports on two papers related to antiretroviral therapy success (and subsequent failure). My thesis also includes a third paper which...