Erica Di Ruggiero

Biographic Data

ID1726301
NAMEErica Di Ruggiero
GIVEN NAMESErica
FAMILY NAMEDi Ruggiero
SIGNATUREDI RUGGIERO E
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Toronto
ORCID0000-0002-8935-7908
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS65
TOTAL CITATIONS42
AUTHOR COUNT65
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • Piloting an Indigenous cultural safety online program

    Open AccessAarti S Doshi, Stephanie Cunningham-Reimann et al.ARTICLESocial Sciences & Humanities Open2026

    Indigenous cultural safety training is imperative for addressing health inequities and improving health and well-being for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis (FNIM) Peoples across Canada. We conducted a mixed-methods pilot study evaluating participants' experiences, perspectives, and knowledge retained from the New Respect Cultural Safety (NRCS) online training program. Participants were recruited from health (i.e., medicine, public health, and nurs…

  • Zaagi’idiwin, Mnaadendiwin

    Open AccessA Mashford-Pringle, Deborah Danard et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2025

    There have been increasing calls for cultural safety training in recent years, but it is not a new concept. We outline the developmental process used to create an intensive online Indigenous cultural safety training led by Indigenous Peoples. We describe the process and framework developed with the Indigenous Content Committee for creating this online program that includes 24 hours of content, and the final course structure and administration. Th…

  • Identifying implementation science research and policy priorities to advance universal health coverage

    Open AccessProssy Kiddu Namyalo, Breanna K Wodnik et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    Despite efforts to advance universal health coverage (UHC) in different contexts, evidence gaps remain, and implementation science has been underused to address these gaps and determine ‘what works’. The study aimed to establish a research agenda that could guide future research by identifying implementation science research priorities to advance UHC. A three-round modified Delphi study design with a multi-country panel was employed. Initial impl…

  • Implementation science research priorities for Universal Health Coverage

    Open AccessBreanna K Wodnik, Prossy Kiddu Namyalo et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2025

    Delphi studies are rapidly gaining prominence in global health research. However, researchers’ modifications to the Delphi method are often not well-described or justified, limiting opportunities to systematically learn from these studies when the methods are applied to other topics and settings. This paper aims to describe an approach to implementing a modified Delphi study and reflect on the research process in the context of a multicountry stu…

  • Reaching the “Last Mile”

    Open AccessJannice So, Jimmy Bok Yan So et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Almost 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered in community clinics, which contributed to increased overall vaccine coverage in Peel region. A slightly higher proportion of first doses were administered in community clinics compared to fixed clinics and a higher proportion of doses to residents of low-coverage areas

  • Assessing health equity inconsistencies in the World Health Organization’s Urban Heart initiative

    Open AccessMichelle Amri, Patricia O’campo et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    This study presents disconnects between WHO's intentions and actions that followed from Urban HEART. Moving forward, it would be important to discuss goals or approaches sought, prior to any global health initiatives, whether explicitly focused on health equity or not

  • Responding to the needs of migrants during the Covid-19 pandemic in Montreal and Sherbrooke

    Open AccessAchille Dadly Borvil, Nassera Touati et al.ARTICLEInternational Review of…2025References: 5

    This article looks at the influence strategies of actors involved in intersectoral collaborations set up during the COVID-19 pandemic to influence collective decisions. It is part of a participatory research project that sets out to analyze the emergence and implementation of intersectoral initiatives between the community and public services during COVID-19 to better meet the needs of refugees, asylum seekers and non-status migrants in Montreal …

  • The role of trust in engaging community-based task forces and agencies among minoritized communities during a public health emergency

    Open AccessDenessia Blake-Hepburn, Kadidiatou Kadio et al.ARTICLECanadian Journal of Public Health2025References: 25

    Community leaders play an instrumental role in establishing and sustaining trust in vaccine promotion among community members. Trust established among community leaders and ambassadors enabled vaccine promotion efforts among minoritized communities. These findings may help to further strengthen community engagement for future public health emergency responses

  • Organizational leadership competencies for effective public health systems governance

    Open AccessShinjini Mondal, Breanna K Wodnik et al.ARTICLECanadian Journal of Public Health2025References: 12

  • The Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) program at the University of Toronto

    Open AccessTheodore J Witek, Erica Di Ruggiero et al.ARTICLECanadian Journal of Public Health2025References: 3

  • Champions du lien vers les services et de la réponse sensible aux besoins des personnes réfugiées, demandeuses d’asile et sans statut

    Lara Gautier, Erica Di Ruggiero et al.ARTICLEPolitique et Sociétés2025References: 2

    Les personnes réfugiées, demandeuses d’asile et sans statut connaissent des conditions de vie précaires, causées en grande partie par des structures et des politiques inadéquates qui les empêchent de réaliser leur potentiel d’intégration dans la société. Afin de réduire les facteurs de vulnérabilité qui affectent ces populations migrantes, les organisations des secteurs public et communautaire déploient des efforts de coordination à travers des i…

  • The political economy of occupational health and safety regulation

    Open AccessJuyeon Lee, Erica Di RuggieroARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2025References: 22

  • How have Ontario Public Health units engaged with faith-based organizations to build confidence in Covid-19 vaccines among ethno-racial communities

    Open AccessKadidiatou Kadio, Melodie Yunju Song et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    In Ontario, collaborations between Public Health Units (PHUs) and faith-based organizations (FBOs) and other community organizations were implemented to deliver interventions aimed at building trust in vaccines among ethnoracial communities. This research sought to explore the processes of PHU engagement with FBOs, and challenges encountered. A qualitative research study based on in-depth interviews was conducted with 18 of the 34 Ontario PHUs wh…

  • Public health partnerships with faith-based organizations to support vaccination uptake among minoritized communities

    Open AccessMelodie Yunju Song, Denessia Blake-Hepburn et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Faith-based vaccine initiatives are of growing interest to public health agencies who are looking to increase vaccine confidence among ethnoracially minoritized populations. Despite evidence that support faith-based organizations’ (FBOs) partnerships with public health agencies (PHAs) to increase vaccine confidence, reviews on the scope and efforts to ensure equitable vaccination delivery for ethnoracially minoritized populations are scarce. We a…

  • Facilitators and challenges in collaboration between public health units and faith-based organizations to promote Covid-19 vaccine confidence in Ontario

    Open AccessKadidiatou Kadio, Denessia Blake-Hepburn et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2024

    Engaging with faith-based communities is an ongoing process that requires time, flexibility, and patience, but it is necessary to improve vaccine confidence and equity access among population groups made structurally vulnerable. Lessons learned from this research can guide the implementation of future vaccination programs

  • The complexity of addressing equity in Covid-19-related global health governance and population health research priorities in Canada

    Open AccessMuriel Mac-Seing, Erica Di RuggieroARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    This study provides substantial evidence of the multilayered and complex intersection between COVID-19-related GHG and population health research priorities in Canada. Although the window of opportunity was slim according to study respondents, there was still a unique collective effort to address COVID-19-related socioeconomic and health inequities by considering the numerous recommendations proposed by the four groups of study respondents. These…

  • Mobilization of science advice by the Canadian federal government to support the Covid-19 pandemic response

    Open AccessDominika Bhatia, Sara Allin et al.ARTICLEHumanities and Social Sciences…2023

    The procurement and provision of expert-driven, evidence-informed, and independent science advice is integral to timely decision-making during public health emergencies. The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has underscored the need for sound evidence in public health policy and exposed the challenges facing government science advisory mechanisms. This paper is a jurisdictional case study describing (i) the federal science advice bodie…

  • Centralization and integration of public health systems

    Open AccessRobert Smith, Robert William Smith et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy2023

  • Sexual and reproductive health service utilization among adolescent girls in Kenya

    Open AccessLonnie Embleton, Paula Braitstein et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    We examined the association between adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health (SRH) service utilization in the past 12 months and structural, health facility, community, interpersonal, and individual level factors in Kenya. This cross-sectional analysis used baseline data collected in Homa Bay and Narok counties as part of the In Their Hands intervention evaluation from September to October 2018. In total, 1840 adolescent girls aged 15 to 19 ye…

  • Indigenous Cultural Safety Training for Applied Health, Social Work, and Education Professionals

    Open AccessTammy Maclean, Tammy L Maclean et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2023

    Anti-Indigenous racism is a widespread social problem in health and education systems in English-speaking colonized countries. Cultural safety training (CST) is often promoted as a key strategy to address this problem, yet little evidence exists on how CST is operationalized and evaluated in health and education systems. This scoping review sought to broadly synthesize the academic literature on how CST programs are developed, implemented, and ev…

  • Household food insecurity is prevalent in a cohort of postpartum women who registered in the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program in Toronto

    Open AccessAlison Mildon, Jane Francis et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2023

    Objective: To assess the prevalence, severity and socio-demographic predictors of household food insecurity among vulnerable women accessing the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) and to examine associations between household food insecurity and breastfeeding practices to 6 months. Design: Cohort investigation pooling data from two studies which administered the 18-item Household Food Security Survey Module at 6 months postpartum and collec…

  • Gender equity in health research publishing in Africa

    Open AccessAnwaar Baobeid, Tara Faghani-Hamadani et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

    INTRODUCTION: Women researchers find it more difficult to publish in academic journals than men, an inequity that affects women's careers and was exacerbated during the pandemic, particularly for women in low-income and middle-income countries. We measured publishing by sub-Saharan African (SSA) women in prestigious authorship positions (first or last author, or single author) during the time frame 2014-2016. We also examined policies and practic…

  • “We don't have a good system for people who don't have a home and don't need a hospital”

    Open AccessJacqueline Jenkinson, Sung-Wook Hwang et al.ARTICLESSM - Qualitative Research in…2022

    Hospital discharge is a key transition in a patient's care pathway, providing an effective point of intervention to address a patient's ongoing health and social care needs. Addressing these needs may prevent hospital readmissions. The hospital discharge process for people experiencing homelessness who have been admitted for medical conditions has not been well-characterized. To address this gap in knowledge, we interviewed hospital and shelter w…

  • Prioritizing gender equity and intersectionality in Canadian global health institutions and partnerships

    Open AccessBianca Carducci, Emily C Keats et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Despite governmental efforts to close the gender gap and global calls including Sustainable Development Goal 5 to promote gender equality, the sobering reality is that gender inequities continue to persist in Canadian global health institutions. Moreover, from health to the economy, security to social protection, COVID-19 has exposed and heightened pre-existing inequities, with women, especially marginalized women, being disproportionately impact…

  • You can’t report your feelings

    Open AccessCorey McAuliffe, Ross Upshur et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Increasing job market demand for and availability of Canadian and U.S. global academic health programs in post-secondary education increases student demand to participate in internationally based fieldwork, while supportive resources remain weakly developed. Previous studies indicate provisions to protect the health, safety, and well-being of women students remain inadequately addressed during training, while more research to identify needs, expe…