Dr. Bourgeault is pleased to mentor postdoctoral fellows linking them to the various research networks in which she leads and participates.
Dr. Mary Bartram
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Project Title: Supporting the application of an SGBA lens in support of psychologically healthy workplaces: Employee Assistance Program stream
Project description: Both mental health and gender issues in the workplace are currently in the spotlight in Canada as well as internationally. Accordingly, it is a priority for Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) to systematically consider sex and gender (as well as intersecting identities such as age, sexual orientation, and ethnicity) in policies, procedures and services. Using a process map of Health Canada’s EAP as a guide for a focused literature search, this study identified priorities for action in four cross-cutting areas: 1) targeted outreach to groups with low rates of help-seeking and/or high rates of mental health problems, such as men and LGBTQ individuals; 2) capacity development and training to ensure that the EAP workforce has the knowledge and skills to provide sensitive, safe, and effective counselling to diverse clients; 3) digital EAP services to meet service delivery preferences beyond face-to-face counselling; and 4) performance and quality improvement of both the EAP process and equity in the distribution of EAP outcomes.
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Project Title:Healthy and Productive Knowledge Workers (May 2016- present)
Project Description: The goal of our study is to develop a set of tools to apply in a subsequent, coordinated research program to address the leave of absence and return to work processes of self-identified female and male knowledge workers who have experienced either personal or familial mental health issues.Our ultimate goal in the larger, subsequent research program is to develop, implement, evaluate and scale-up innovative, evidence-informed and gender-responsive policy, program and practice interventions to foster more equitable RTW of male and female knowledge workers after a personal or familial mental health issue.
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Project Title: Creating Women-friendly services: identifying and defining the culturally-specific components of integrated service delivery for urban Aboriginal women dealing with diabetes, depression and addiction. (2013-2015)
Project Description: Examining through an intersectional lens this research aims to explore the experiences of health services from diverse groups of urban Aboriginal women, who are simultaneously dealing with diabetes, depression and addiction. More specifically, this study will uncover the experiences with health services at the intersections of gender, social class, legal Aboriginal status and place (urban) among registered and non-registered (or status and non- status) First Nations, Métis and Inuit women living in an Eastern Ontario urban setting. Additionally, this study aims to identify ways to improve integrated and collaborative service for mental health, addiction and chronic physical condition that is viewed as culturally safe and responsive by urban Aboriginal women.
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Project Title: A Pan Canadian Perspective on the Successful Integration of Internationally Educated Nurses. Funded by CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship (2010-2015)
Project Description: This research will examine the reasons why some internationally educated nurses are successful in becoming nurses in Canada, and identify the programs available to help them pass a licensing examination and find work in their profession. Information from this research can be used to develop and modify educational programs and social program to assist internationally educated nurses become eligible to practice their profession and find work in Canada. Employers and regulatory agencies can use the information to develop strategies to retain internationally educated nurses in Canada.
Research Projects:
The Study-Migration Pathway: Understanding the Factors that Influence the Employment and Retention of International Students as Regulated Health Professionals in Canada. Role: Principal Investigator: Covell, CL. Co-Investigators: Neiterman, E., Bourgeault, IL. Pathways to Prosperity (P2P) Partnership. Funding Agency: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council ($7,500; 2014).
Factors that Support the Successful Integration and Retention of Internationally Educated Nurses into the Canadian Healthcare System. Investigators: I. St-Pierre, PI (Qualitative Lead). Role: Co-Investigator. Funding Agency: Health Canada ($249,595; 2013-2015).
Pan Canadian Health Human Resources Knowledge Exchange Network. Primary Investigators: Bourgeault, I. L., Barer, M., Tomblin Murphy, G Role: Co-Investigator (Lead-CHHRN Virtual Library). Funding Agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research ($600,000; 2011-2014).
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Project Title: Teaching ‘care’ Personal support worker training in Ontario. (2010-2014)
Project Description: This project explores Personal Support Worker (PSW) training in Ontario. PSWs assist with the tasks of daily living, and training programs are offered in public, private, and in-service settings. I am examining curriculum, demographics, debates about regulation, and theoretical questions about ‘care’ in order to inform policy discussions about worker shortages in long term care.
Research Projects:
Scholarly manuscript in progress on disability movements and care under advanced contract with University of British Columbia Press.
2011-12 Canadian Centre on Disability Studies Small Grant
Principal Applicant for a community-partnered, participatory research project titled: The Youth Activist Forum: Exploring Disability Activism & Identities
We coordinated a three-day Youth Activist Forum about disability for 40 youth held in June 2011
I collected and analyzed qualitative data from youth participants and speakers
Outcomes: Two articles, two conference presentations and received a National Award from the Council of Canadians with Disabilities
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Project Title: An implementation evaluation of the development of the collective program of the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health (PHIRNET post-doctoral fellowship. (2012-2014)
Project Description: To determine what factors contributed to or hindered the development, maintenance and productivity of the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health to facilitate continued sustainability and adaptability.
Research Projects:
An implementation evaluation of the development of the collective program of the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health
A Social Ecological Approach to Understanding Physical Activity: A mixed methods exploration of the individual, family and neighbourhood characteristics that influence physical activity among Family Heart Health: Randomized, Controlled Trial participants (doctoral thesis)
Publications & Presentations: n/a
Where you are now?: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Ottawa, Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences
Dr David Williams
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Project Title: Transfer Time from Home to Hospital Birthing Facilities: An investigation of distance, assisting profession, and risk of an adverse outcome. (2013-2014)
Project Description: An investigation into the degree of risk introduced by distance from mother's home to hospital birthing facilities and different types of healthcare professional assisting the birth.
Research Projects:
Accounting for the Distribution of Adverse Birth Outcomes in Ontario: A Hierarchical Analysis of Provincial and Local Outcomes
A Proposed Structured Decision-Making Plan for West Nile Virus Risk Reduction and Mosquito Abatement for Sudbury and District Public Health Unit.
Project Title: A Process, Outcome and Economic Evaluation of the Markham Stouffville Hospital Caesarean-section Reduction Strategy (MSH-CARES) (2012-2013)
Project Description: MSH-CARES is a multifaceted intervention strategy to reduce c-sections among low-risk pregnant women giving birth at Markham-Stouffville Hospital in York Region, Ontario. Using qualitative and quantitative methods of evaluation, we are evaluating the process and outcomes of MSH-CARES at Markham Stouffville Hospital, and at Queensway-Carleton Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario to assess its effectiveness, long-term feasibility, and potential for uptake at other hospitals and at a health region level.
Research Projects: An Interdisciplinary, Multifaceted Intervention to Reduce Caesarean Section Rates in a Low Risk Population: A Process and Outcome Evaluation. (2012). CIHR Operating Grant, Priority Announcement: Gender, Sex and Health Research – Work and Health. Dr. Ivy Bourgeault & Dr. Eileen Hutton (co-principal investigators), C Cameron, S Dunn, S Eldred, E Forget, K Kaufman, J Mackenzie, E Neiterman, D Rolfe, E Shoemaker, R Walji (co-investigators).