Academic Publications

Academic Publications

Public health nurses’ professional practices to prevent, recognize, and respond to suspected child maltreatment in home visiting: An interpretive descriptive study

February 15th, 2021

Jack, S.M., Gonzalez, A., Marcellus, L., Tonmyr, L., Varcoe, C., Van Borek, N., Sheehan, D., MacKinnon, K., Campbell, K., Catherine, N.L.A., Kurtz Landy, C., MacMillan, H., Waddell, C. (2021). Public health nurses’ professional practices to prevent, recognize, and respond to suspected child maltreatment in home visiting: An interpretive descriptive study. Global Qualitative Nursing Research, 8, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1177/2333393621993450

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Public Data Sources for Monitoring Children’s Mental Health: What We Have and What We Still Need in British Columbia

December 10th, 2020

Waddell, C., Catherine, N., Krebs, E., Nosyk, B., Cullen, A., Hjertaas, K., Lever. R., MacKenzie, D., Yung, D., Barican, J., Schwartz, C. (2020) Public data sources for monitoring children’s mental health: What we have and what we still need in British Columbia. Vancouver, British Columbia: Children’s Health Policy Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University.

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Preventing and Treating Childhood Mental Disorders: Effective Interventions

November 18th, 2020

Schwartz, C., Yung, D., Barican, J., & Waddell, C. (2020). Preventing and Treating Childhood Mental Disorders: Effective Interventions. Vancouver, BC: Children’s Health Policy Centre, Simon Fraser University.

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COVID-19 and the Impact on Children’s Mental Health

November 12th, 2020

Waddell C, Schwartz C, Barican J, Yung D, Gray-Grant D. COVID-19 and the Impact on Children’s Mental Health. Vancouver, BC: Children’s Health Policy Centre, Simon Fraser University, 2020.

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Nurse home visiting and prenatal substance use in a socioeconomically disadvantaged population in BC

October 27th, 2020
  • Catherine, N.L.A., Boyle, M., Zheng, Y., McCandless, L., Xie, H., Lever, R., Sheehan, D., Gonzalez, A., Jack, S.M., Gafni, A., Tonmyr, L., Marcellus, L., Varcoe, C., Cullen, A., Hjertaas, K., Riebe, C., Rikert, N., Sunthoram, A., Barr, R.G., MacMillan, H., Waddell, C. (2020). Nurse home visiting and prenatal substance use in a socioeconomically disadvantaged population in British Columbia: Analysis of a prenatal secondary outcomes in an ongoing randomized controlled trial. Canadian Medical Association Journal Open, 8, E667–E675. https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20200063

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