Congratulations to our Health System Impact Fellows, Dr. Mari Somerville and Dr. Brittany Barber, who have recently completed their fellowships at IWK Health. Mari and Brittany were the first CIHR Health System Impact Fellows at IWK Health. They are both continuing to work within the health system in Nova Scotia.
Dr. Janet Curran and team recently published a study protocol: Uncovering the wider impact of COVID-19 measures on the lives of children with complex care needs and their families: A mixed-methods study protocol .
Findings from this research study will show the impact that rapidly changing public health directives had on children with complex care needs and their families in the Maritime provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The research team will work with families, service providers and government decision makers to build recommendations for the design and implementation of supportive and protective measures for future public health emergencies.
Congratulations to Dr. Christine Cassidy and team on their newest publication: Knowledge translation strategies used for sustainability of an evidence-based intervention in child health: a multimethod qualitative study.
This study examined what and how Knowledge Translation strategies were used to facilitate the sustainability of Alberta Family Integrated Care (FICare)™, a psychoeducational model of care scaled and spread across 14 neonatal intensive care units, in Alberta, Canada.
This study examined what and how Knowledge Translation strategies were used to facilitate the sustainability of Alberta Family Integrated Care (FICare)™, a psychoeducational model of care scaled and spread across 14 neonatal intensive care units, in Alberta, Canada.
Congratulations Masters of Science in Nursing student Chloe Flynn. Chloe was the recipient of the Ruby Blois Scholarship 2023 at IWK Health. Chloe is in her second year of the Master of Science in Nursing program at Dalhousie University, supervised by Dr. Janet Curran.
Chloe is completing research on family involvement in care during the acute hospitalization of patients who have chronic illnesses. Chloe’s research goal is to be able to provide an improved understanding of how acute care can better involve family members in the ongoing care of patients with chronic illness. Chloe was the recipient of the Quality and Patient Safety (QPS) Research Chair graduate scholarship in 2022.