Research Report September 2009

Special Events / Notable Opportunities and Happenings

• Congratulation to our resident Puneet Seth who presented his research entitled “Foundation concepts: Resident-led series on common clinical presentations for medical students” at The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, International Conference on Residency Education in Victoria, British Columbia on September 25, 2009.

Submitted Funding:

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.

Cairnye 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.

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.