Search
Skip to Search Results- 19Nursing, Faculty of
- 16Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of
- 16Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of /Theses and Dissertations
- 13Nursing, Faculty of/Chronicity
- 4Nursing, Faculty of/Health Equity
- 3Nursing, Faculty of/Nursing Education
-
Latino Immigrant Parents in Canada: Experiences and Adjustment to raising Children in the Absence of the Extended Family
DownloadFall 2013
The Latino population in Canada has been increasing during the past decade accounting for 11% of newcomers in 2011. One of the core values in Latino culture is familism, the family is the main source of support and has an important role in childrearing. This qualitative study focuses on the...
-
High School Physics Students’, High School Physics Teachers’, and University Physics Professors’ Conceptions about What it Means to Understand Physics: A Phenomenographic Study
DownloadSpring 2021
There is limited literature about what it means to understand physics. Previous research has focused on university physics students’ understanding of physics concepts, but no research to date has examined variations across populations of what it means to understand physics. This study begins to...
-
Participatory knowledge exchange to support palliative care in Chile: Lessons learned through global health research.
Download2011
deMoissac, D., Cameron, B. L., Santos Salas, A.
The authors designed a participatory qualitative research study to develop a collaborative partnership between palliative care practitioners in Canada and in Chile. The research goal was to support the provision of palliative care in vulnerable settings through a participatory knowledge exchange...
-
Dementia care evidence: Contextual dimensions that influence use in northern home care centres
Download2015
Living and working in isolated northern communities pose challenges in using evidence to inform dementia care. Purpose : To better understand the contextual dimensions of two home care centres in two Canadian northern, rural communities that influence the use of evidence from the perspectives of...
-
2013
Higginbottom, G. M., Boadu, N. Y., Pillay, J. J.
Focused ethnographies can have meaningful and useful application in primary care, community, or hospital healthcare practice, and are often used to determine ways to improve care and care processes. They can be pragmatic and efficient ways to capture data on a specific topic of importance to...
-
2015
Sopcak, Nicolette, Williamson, Deanna L., Letourneau, Nicole, Stewart, Miriam, Kushner, Kaysi, E., Pitre, Nicole Y., Breitkreuz, Rhonda, Rempel, Gwen
We examined first-time fathers’ and mothers’ perspectives about their ideal world of support in the context of dominant social ideology, ethno-cultural ideals, and the pragmatics of their everyday family, workplace, and socioeconomic circumstances during their first 18 months as parents. Twelve...
-
2012
Duggleby, W., Williams, A., McIntosh, M.J., Eby, J., Leipert, B.
Most informal caregivers in Canada are women (Cranwick, 1997; Fast, Eales & Keating, 2001; Kaden & MacDonald, 1990; MacLean, Cairn, & Sellick, 1998). Women caring for dying persons at the end-of-life have been identified in the literature as those most likely to experience negative physical and...
-
2009
Chanprasit, C., Chareonsanti, J., Tiansawad, S., Kushner, K.E., Newburn-Cook, C.
Midlife professional women face many challenges including changes in physical functions, chronic illness and increasing demands from both professional and family roles. Understanding women’s health meanings and health care practices within their sociocultural context is important. A qualitative...
-
Managing chronic kidney disease in a nurse-run, physician-monitored clinic: The CanPREVENT experience.
Download2008
Hibbert, M. P., Gaudet, D., Barrett, B., Morgan, J., Starzomski, R., Molzahn, A. E.
The purpose of this study was to examine the nature of the care provided to people with chronic kidney disease within a larger study of nurse-run, physicianmonitored clinics, as well as how patients, nurses, and nephrologists described their experience with the clinics. Interviews were conducted...