Research Report April/May/June 2011

Special Events / Notable opportunities/happenings

• "Best Oral Paper" at the 2011 Ontario Hospice Palliative Care Conference in Richmond Hill. Klinger C, Howell D, Zakus D, Marshall D, Brazil K, Howard M, Taniguchi A, Deber R. Affordable Home-Based Palliative Care Service Delivery: A ResourceUtilization and Cost Analysis of the Niagara West End-of-Life Care Project in Ontario.
• Top article accessed on www.cpjournal.ca during May, 2011 and now featured on the new CPS Essentials mobile app in the “CPJ –Top 5 articles” tab. Dolovich L. Developing recommendations for the reimbursement of expanded professional pharmacist's services in Ontario. Canadian Pharmacists Journal 2011;144(3):119-124.

Funding Awarded:

• Boyle M(PI), Georgiades K(co-PI), Bennett K, Cairney J, Janus M, Lipman E, MacMillian H, Szatmari P. Classifying Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorder. ($286,445 funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), March 2011 – March 2013.
• Missiuna C (PI), Pollock N, Bennett S, Cairney J, Gaines R, Hecimovich C, Rosenbaum P, Campbell W, Levac D. Advancing an innovative model of service delivery: Partnering to promote knowledge exchange. ($39,971 funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), October 2010- September 2012.
• Farrell B, Dolovich L, Kennie N, Waite N, Schindel T, Russell G. Content analysis of a primary care pharmacy specialty network listserv archive. Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists (CSHP) Research and Education Foundation. ($10,627) April 2011 – September 2011
• Lalonde L, Bell R, Corneille L, Dolovich L, Kaczorowski J, Lamarre D, Langlois N, Leblanc M, Letendre S, Lord A, Pichette V, Prud’homme L. Evaluating the impact of a training-and-communication network program in nephrology to facilitate the detection and management of drug-related problems by community pharmacists: A multicentre cluster randomized controlled trial. Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR). April 2011 – April 2014. $624,418
• Frolic A (PI), et al. Symposium on Practicing Healthcare Ethics in Canada. CIHR ($24,885) February 1, 2011 – January 31, 2012.
• Luis J, Marshall D, Seow H. Teams providing consultation and shared care services in palliative care. CIHR ($22,832) April 2011-March 2012.
• M. Lee-Poy (PI). The Effect of CME With And Without Academic Detailing On Pedometer Prescribing In Primary Care: A Pilot Study. $3,940.
• C. Kulatunga-Moruzi (PI). Are Physician Assistants being effectively integrated into the health care system and are employers experiencing a benefit from having Physician Assistants? A survey of employers and recently integrated graduates of the Physician Assistant program at McMaster. Phase 1. Ontario Health Human Resources Research Network ($10,000) (April 1, 2011 – March 31, 2012)
• McCann D (Co-PI), Oliver D (Co-PI), Agarwal G, Guenter D. Pilot Test of a discrete choice survey to assess primary care patients trade-offs between continuity and access in interprofessional teaching centres. Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University. ($7,424) (May 1, 2011 – April 30, 2012)
• Moore A (PI), McCann D, House S, Rose P, Dolovich L, Medication Vending Kiosks: The ATM of Primary Care? Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University. ($7,285) (May 1, 2011 – April 30, 2012)

Submitted Funding:

• Anand S (CO-PI), Yusuf S (CO-PI), Dolovich L, Price D, Legare F. A multilevel strategy for community mobilization, behavioural modification and maximizing optimal use of inexpensive, proven and safe pharmacologic interventions to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease: CHAMPION! Cardiovascular HeAlth Modification Program InterventiOn Now! CIHR – LOI, Team Grant: Chronic Disease Risk and Intervention Strategies ($10,000) (May 30, 2011 – December 31, 2012)
• Dolovich L, Lalonde L, Levine M, Thabane L, Tsuyuki R. Maximizing the contribution of pharmacists to hypertension management by understanding, supporting and leveraging the different legislative and practice environments across Canada. CIHR – LOI, Team Grant: Chronic Disease Risk and Intervention Strategies ($10,000)
• Cairney J (Nominated PI), Bayoumi I (co-PI), Redwood-Campbell L (Co-PI), Bernard C (Co-investigator), McCann D (Co-investigator). Exposure to stressful and traumatic events in vulnerable populations: Role of primary care. Submitted June 15, 2011 to Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Planning Grants - Spring 2011 ($24,750).
• Levitt C, Dolovich L, Hilts, L, Price D. Developing the Canada/New Zealand Collaborative Primary Care Research Planning Group. CIHR - Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant - Planning Grants. ($21,582) Oct 2011 – Mar 2012
• Dolovich L, Chambers L, Kaczorowski J. Scaling-up the Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program (CHAP) across Canada. Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant - Knowledge Translation Supplement (Spring 2011 Competition) (1 year) ($96,532)
• Dolovich L, Archer N, Bartlett-Esquilant G, Chan D, Dawes m, Price D. The Patient Controlled Health Record: Transforming and impacting health and healthcare in Canada now. CIHR Planning Grants (Spring 2011 Competition) ($22,594)
• Kulatunga-Moruzi C. The assessment of non-cognitive attributes: Combing the best of the MMI and personal interview. Spencer Foundation. February 2012 – April 2015 ($32,150)
  

• McKibbon KA, Lokker C, Handler SM, Dolovich LR, Holbrook AM, O'Reilly D, Tamblyn R, Hemens BJ, Basu R, Troyan S, Roshanov PS, Archer NP, Raina P. Enabling Medication Management through Health Information Technology. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 11-E008-EF. Prepared by the McMaster University Evidence-based Practice. Center under Contract HHSA 290-2007-10060-I). AHRQ Publication No. 11-E008-EF. Rockville MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. April 2011.
• McKibbon KA, Lokker C, Handler SM, Dolovich LR, Holbrook AM, O'Reilly D, Tamblyn R, Hemens BJ, Basu R,Troyan S, Roshanov PS, Archer NP, Raina P. Enabling Medication Management through Health Information Technology. Executive Summary for Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 11-E008-1. Prepared by the McMaster University Evidence-based Practice. Center under Contract HHSA 290-2007-10060-I). AHRQ Publication No. 11-E008-1. Rockville MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. April 2011.
• Chirico D, O’Leary D, Cairney J, Klentrou P, Haluka K, Hay JA, Faught BE. (2011). Left ventricular structure and function in children with and without developmental coordination disorder. Research in Developmental Disabilities 32(1): 115-23.
• Cairney J, Streiner DL. (2011). Using relative improvement over chance (RIOC) to examine agreement between tests: Three case examples using studies of developmental coordination disorder (DCD) in children. Research in Developmental Disabilities: 32(1) 87-92.
• Corna L, Cairney J, Streiner DL. (2010). Suicide ideation in older adults: relationship to mental health problems and service use. The Gerontologist 50(6): 785-97.
• Cairney J, Hay JA, Veldhuizen S, Faught BE. (2010). Comparison of VO2 maximum obtained from 20m shuttle run and cycle ergometer in children with and without developmental coordination disorder. Research in Developmental Disabilities 31(6): 1332-9.
• Cairney J, Hay JA, Veldhuizen S, Missiuna C, Mahlberg N, Faught BE. (2010). Trajectories of relative weight and waist circumference in children with and without developmental coordination disorder. Canadian Medical Association Journal 82(11):1167-72
• Kozloff N, Cheung A, Schaffer A, Cairney J, Veldhuizen S, Kurdyak P, Levitt A. (2010). Bipolar disorder among adolescents and young adults: Results from an epidemiological sample. Journal of Affective Disorders 125(1-3):350-4
  
• Préville M, Boyer R, Vasiliadis H-M, Grenier S, Streiner DL, Cairney J, Brassard J. (2010). Persistence and remission of psychiatric disorders in the Quebec older adult population. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 55(8):514-22
• Schaffer A, Cairney J, Veldhuizen S, Cheung A, Kurdyak P, Levitt A. (2010). A population-based analysis of distinguishers of bipolar disorder from major depressive disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders 125(1-3):103-10
• Spironello C, Hay J, Missiuna C, Faught BE, Cairney J. (2010) Concurrent validation of the short form of the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency and the Movement-ABC administered under field conditions. Child: Health, Care and Development 36(4):499-507.
• Préville M, Boyer R, Vasiliadis H-M, Grenier S, Voyer P, Hudon C, Streiner DL, Cairney J, Brassard J. (2010). One year incidence of psychiatric disorders in Quebec’s older adult population. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 55(7):449-57.
• Guenter D, Gillett J, Cain R, Pawluch D, Travers R. What do people living with HIV/AIDS expect from their physicians? Professional expertise and the doctor-patient relationship. J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic). 2010 Nov-Dec;9(6):341-5.
• Guenter D, Fowler N, Lee L. Clinical uncertainty: helping our learners. Can Fam Physician. 2011 Jan;57(1):120-5. English, French.
• Majumdar B, Guenter D, Browne G. HIV prevention in an aboriginal community in Canada. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2010 Sep-Oct;21(5):449-54. Epub 2010 Mar 27.
• Greene S, Tucker R, Rourke SB, Monette L, Koornstra J, Sobota M, Byers S, Hwang S, Dunn J, Guenter D, Ahluwalia A, Watson J. "Under My Umbrella": the housing experiences of HIV positive parents who live with and care for their children in Ontario. Arch Womens Ment Health. 2010 Jun;13(3):223-32. Epub 2009 Sep 16.
• Howard M, Brazil K, Akhtar-Danesh M, Agarwal G. Self-reported teamwork in family health team practices in Ontario: Organizational and cultural predictors of team climate. Can Fam Physician 2011;57 e185-e191.
• Oliver D. Teaching medical learners to appreciate “difficult” patients. Canadian Family Physician. 2011;57:506-8.
  
• Dolovich L. Developing recommendations for the reimbursement of expanded professional pharmacist's services in Ontario. Canadian Pharmacists Journal 2011;144(3):119-124.
• Hall P, Marshall D, Weaver L, Boyle A, Taniguchi A. A Method to Enhance Student Teams in Palliative Care: Piloting the McMaster-Ottawa Team Observed Structured Clinical EncounterJournal of Palliative Medicine 2011;14(6):744-750.
  

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