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2015

Clark, Alexander M., Lee, Homan, Slater, Linda, Holt, Nicholas L., Spence, John C., Tamminen, Katherine A.

Purpose To produce a meta-study by completing a systematic review of qualitative research examining determinants of independent active free play in children. Method Following systematic electronic and manual searches and application of inclusion/exclusion criteria, 46 studies were retained and...

2005

Kulig, J., Stewart, N. J., Smith, B., Remus, G., Kosteniuk, J., Andrews, M. E., MacLeod, M., Pitblado, J. R., D’Arcy, C., Forbes, D., Morgan, D.

Research on nursing practice issues in rural and remote areas of Canada is very limited. This report describes the method and initial results of a comprehensive survey of registered nurses (RNs) practising outside the commuting zones of large urban centres, designed to determine: who practises...

2011

Squires, J.E., Hayduk, L.A., Norton, P.G., Estabrooks, C.A., Cummings, G.G.

Background: Organizational context has the potential to influence the use of new knowledge. However, despite advances in understanding the theoretical base of organizational context, its measurement has not been adequately addressed, limiting our ability to quantify and assess context in...

2011

Stevens, B., Squires, J.E., Hutchinson, A., Midodzi, W.K., Cummings, G.G., Kang, S.H., Scott, S., Estabrooks, C.A.

Background: There are few validated measures of organizational context and none that we located are parsimonious and address modifiable characteristics of context. The Alberta Context Tool (ACT) was developed to meet this need. The instrument assesses 8 dimensions of context, which comprise 10...

2014

Zibdawi, Mohamad, Norris, Colleen M., MacArthur, Roderick, Zibdawi, Rami, Wang, Wei, Bagshaw, Sean M.

Objective Octogenarians (aged???80 years) are increasingly being referred for cardiac surgery. We aimed to describe the morbidity, mortality, and health services utilization of octogenarians undergoing elective cardiac surgery. Methods Retrospective population-based cohort study of adult...

2009

Estabrooks, C.A., Norton, P.G., Cummings, G.G., Squires, J.E., Birdsell, J.M.

Background: The context of healthcare organizations such as hospitals is increasingly accepted as having the potential to influence the use of new knowledge. However, the mechanisms by which the organizational context influences evidence-based practices are not well understood. Current measures...

2009

McWilliam, C., Kothari, A., Leipert, B., Ward-Griffin, C., Forbes, D.

Background: As an inherently human process fraught with subjectivity, dynamic interaction, and change, social interaction knowledge translation (KT) invites implementation scientists to explore what might be learned from adopting the academic tradition of social constructivism and an interpretive...

2015-10-21

Richter Solina, Ani-Amponsah Mary, Conroy Sherrill

Research Title: Experiences of midwives who are faced with newborns affected by birth asphyxia in rural birth settings, southern Ghana Authors: Ani-Amponsah, Mary*; Richter, Solina; Conroy, Sherrill - University of Alberta Background: Neonatal death rates in low and middle income countries...

2013-06-13

Lartey, S., Cummings, G. G., Profetto-McGrath, J.

AIM: The aim of this review was to report the effectiveness of strategies for retaining experienced Registered Nurses. BACKGROUND: Nursing researchers have noted that the projected nursing shortage, if not rectified, is expected to affect healthcare cost, job satisfaction and quality patient...

2011

Stolee, P., Kothari, A., Forbes, D., Conklin, J., Chambers, L., Le Clair, K.

Background: The Seniors Health Research Transfer Network (SHRTN) Collaborative is a network of networks that work together to improve the health and health care of Ontario seniors. The collaborative facilitates knowledge exchange through a library service, knowledge brokers (KBs), local...