Research Report October 2009

• Congratulations to David McCann who completed all requirements for his Master’s Degree in Public Health at UMASS Amherst. Official degree granting Feb 2010 and convocation May 2010.

Funding Awarded:

Shaw L et al. A collaborative model for maternity care education with family medicine residents and midwifery students. Program for Interprofessional Practice, Education and Research (PIPER). $5,363.

Guirguis LM (PI), Cooney D, Dolovich L, Eberhart G, Hughes CA, Makowsky MJ, Sadowski CA, Schindel TJ, Yuksel N.  Pharmacists’ Adoption of Prescribing. Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy Innovation Fund ($50,000) 2 years.

Clinton J (Co-PI), Cariney J (Co-PI), D Streiner, K Georgiades, C Mackie, T Vaillancourt, P Szatmari, TJ Wade, C Missiuna, MK Kertoy, S Veldhuizen. Assessing the Reliability and Validity of NDDS-R in a Population-based sample of Mothers and Children. $274,815 Ministry of Children and Youth Services.

Cairney J (Co-PI), Clinton J (Co-PI), D Streiner, K Georgiades, T Vaillancourt, P Szatmari. Assessing the Reliability and Validity of NDDS-R in a Population-based sample of Mothers and Children. $149,876 Ontario Mental Health Foundation.

Browne G (PI) Cairney J, Clinton J, Dunn J, Georgiades K, Kidd S, Vaillancourt T.  RAISE Me Up:  Raising Ambition Instills Self Esteem.  $100,000 Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Hoch  J(Co-PI), Dewa C (CO-PI), Austin P, Cairney J, Gill S, Kurdyak P, Mamdani M.  Are atypical antipsychotic drugs more effective than older agents in reducing the occurrence of hospitalization?  $99,993 Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Molloy DW, Moore A, Rosenfeld J, Standish T.  The effects (of one year's) treatment with doxycycline and rifampicin on neurotransmitter levels in cerebrospinal fluid and their association with cognition, mood, behaviour and function in Alzheimer's disease. $150,000 Alzheimer's Society Canada.

Publications:

Cairney J, Veldhuizen S, Faulkner G, Schaffer A, Rodriguez MC. Bipolar Disorder and Leisure-Time Physical Activity: Results from a National Survey of Canadians. Mental Health & Physical Activity, accepted September 2, 2009.

Brazil K, Bainbridge D, Rodriguez C. The Stress Process in Palliative Cancer Care: A Qualitative Study on Informal Caregiving and its Implication for the Delivery of Care. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, accepted September 3, 2009.

Blau E, Aird P, Dolovich L, Burns S, del Pilar-Chacon M. Rural Medicine Interest Groups at McMaster: A Pilot Study. Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine 2009;14(4):139-44.

Neimanis I, Kaczorowski J, Howard M. After-hours services in capitation-funded primary care practice: Use and satisfaction. Can Fam Physician 2009;55 1008-1009.e6.

Carter M, Karwaljtys T, Chambers LW, Kaczorowski J, Dolovich L, Gierman T, Cross D, Laryea S, for the CHAP Working Group. Theory Into Action: Implementing a standardized community-based cardiovascular risk assessment program in 20 Ontario communities, Health Promotion International 2009;doi:10.1093/heapro/dap030.

Ciaschini PM, Straus SE, Dolovich LR, Goeree RA, Leung KM, Woods CR, Zimmerman GM, Majumdar SR, Spadafora S, Fera LA, Lee HN. Community-based intervention to optimize falls risk management: a randomized controlled trial. Age and Aging 2009 doi:10.1093/ageing/afp176.

Levitt C, Lupea D.  Provincial primary care and cancer engagement strategy. Can Fam Physician 2009;55:e55-9.

Maida V, Ennis M, Kuziemsky C, Corban J.  Wounds and survival in cancer patients. Eur J Cancer. 2009 May 28. [Epub ahead of print].