Research Report November/December 2009

• Congratulation to Denise Marshall et al. on their Niagara West Shared Care Model which was chosen as a service delivery model of choice for Canada by Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (a national, Health Canada affiliated entity) The model will be presented at a Cancer Workforce Symposium, which will be held November 24 - 25, 2009 in Montreal.

Funding Awarded:

Dolovich L, McDonough, Chambers L, Agarwal G, Liddy C. How does the organization of community based networks foster screening, prevention and management of blood pressure? Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) ($553,919) (Nov. 1, 2009 – Oct. 31, 2012).

Guerriere D (Co-PI), Coyte P (Co-PI), Husain A, Seow A, Marshall, D, Brazil K. Predictors of Place of Death and Family Caregiver Burden Across the Home-Based Palliative Care Trajectory” Canadian Institutes Health Research (CIHR) ($346,885) (2009 – 2012).

Raina P, Ciliska D, Dolovich L et al. McMaster Evidence Review and Synthesis Centre (MERSC) Canadian Institutes of Health Research: Knowledge Synthesis Grant: Preventive Health Care, Evidence Review and Synthesis Centre. ($3,492,354) (Nov. 2009 - Nov. 2014).

Sidani S, Fox M, Miranda J, Streiner D, Cairney J, Fredericks S. Insomnia and Cardiovascular Diseases: Influence of Behavioral Treatments and Preferences. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) ($305,320) (Nov. 1, 2009 - Oct. 31, 2012).

Cairney J (Co-PI), Clinton J(Co-PI), Streiner D, Georgiades K, Mackie C, Vaillancourt T, Szatmari P, Wade TJ, Missiuna C, Kertoy M, Veldhuizen S. Assessing the Reliability and Validity of NDDS-R in a Population-based Sample of Mothers and Children. Ministry of Child and Youth Services ($259,554) (Dec. 2009 - Nov. 2010).

Riva JJ, Busse JW, Chan A, Maheu T, Konigsberg E, Howard M. Impact of a brief exposure to complementary and alternative medicine on McMaster undergraduate medical students. Centre for Leadership in Learning, McMaster University ($962).

Kaasalainen S, Donald F, Martin-Misener R, Dicenso A, Dolovich L, Brazil K, Hajistavropoulos T, Marshall D. Evaluation of a Nurse Practitioner-Led, Interprofessional Pain Management Team in Long-Term. Ministry of Health and Long Term Care ($206,734) (2009 - 2012).

Publications:

Norman G, Barraclough K, Dolovich L, Price D. Diagnostic Strategies in General Practice: Iterative Diagnosis. BMJ 2009;339:b3490.

Howard M, Randall JE. After-hours information given by telephone by family physicians in Ontario. Healthcare Policy 2009;5(2):106-115.

Howard M, Lytwyn A, Lohfeld L, Redwood-Campbell L, Fowler N, Karwalajtys T. Barriers to acceptance of self-sampling for human papillomavirus across ethnolinguistic groups of women. Can J Public Health 2009;100(5):365-369.