A5043118077- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Community Health and Development
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Public Policy and Administration Research
- Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Policy Transfer and Learning
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
Impact
2018-2024
McMaster University
2015-2024
Policy Analysis (United States)
1990-2024
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
2022
The Centre for Health (New Zealand)
1993-2022
MIT University
2021
Department of Health Research
2019
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
2016
Cambridge University Press
2016
New York University Press
2016
A pplied research organizations invest a great deal of time, and funders money generating (one hopes) transferring knowledge that could inform decisions about health care. Basing these knowledge‐transfer activities on our evolving understanding the most effective approaches to transfer will help us achieve value for in individual collective investments services policy research. Research can probably be excused not basing their evidence until now, however, because variety relevant questions,...
Abstract Objectives Only rudimentary tools exist to support health system organizations evaluate their public and patient engagement ( PPE ) activities. This study responds this gap by developing a generic evaluation tool for use in wide range of organizations. Methods The was developed through an iterative, collaborative process informed review published grey literature with the input C anadian researchers practitioners. Over 3‐year period, structured e‐mail, telephone face‐to‐face...
As health technology assessment (HTA) organizations in Canada and around the world seek to involve public patients their activities, frameworks guide decisions about whom involve, through which mechanisms, at what stages of HTA process have been lacking. The aim this study was describe development outputs a comprehensive framework for involving government agency's process.The informed by synthesis international practice published literature, dialogue with local, national stakeholders,...
The development of Canadian primary care has been shaped by a series policy legacies that continue to affect the possibilities for change in through their cumulative effects on health system and process development. pursuit radical systemwide face unfavorable circumstances (created large part those legacies) resulted missed opportunities incremental change. While major changes seem unlikely near future, significant is possible, but it will require reorientation process.
Public deliberation is an approach policy-makers can use to tackle public policy problems that require the consideration of both values and evidence.However, there much uncertainty about why when choose it rather than more familiar approaches, such as opinion polls or expert panels.With guidance on deliberation, appropriately inform policy.To answer "why" question, we emphasize importance matching method purpose.Public not right for all issues.Polls, surveys, focus groups are appropriate aim...
For over two decades, the “deliberative turn” has rooted itself in fields of health policy and bioethics, producing a growing body deliberation action associated academic scholarship. With this use study citizen processes sector, we set out to map dynamic field highlight its diversity, interdisciplinarity, stated implicit goals early contributions. More specifically, explored how public (PD) is being experimented with real-world settings, view assessing well it meeting current definitions...
Patient engagement in research is a dominant discourse clinical settings as it seen move toward sustainable and equitable health care systems. In Canada, key driver the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research of Canadian Institutes Health Research, which asserts that meaningful patient can only be fostered when stakeholders understand its value. This study assessed researchers' perceptions meaning value within cardiovascular network. doing so, secondary aim was to inform development...
To examine the sociodemographic characteristics, activities, motivations, experiences, skills and challenges of patient partners working across multiple health system settings in Canada.