Sabrina T Wong
Biographic Data
| ID | 205837 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sabrina T Wong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sabrina T |
| FAMILY NAME | Wong |
| SIGNATURE | WONG S T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9619-9012 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 37 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 67 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 37 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The impact of Covid-19 vaccine distribution channels on equity-deserving populations: A Canadian population-based cohort study using administrative data
Uptake of COVID-19 vaccines among equity-deserving populations was a challenge throughout the Canadian vaccination campaign. This necessitated the implementation of vaccine distribution strategies that targeted specific populations. As a result, different vaccine channels were introduced in each province. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of COVID-19 vaccine distribution channels on short-term vaccination rates amongst equity-des…
The Impacts of Team Culture on Primary Care Teams
Background: Integrated services delivery in primary care is essential, particularly given the current challenges in primary care in Canada. Primary care teams (PCT) provide a way to facilitate integrated care. PCTs in British Columbia (BC) have evolved with widespread implementation of primary care networks, urgent and primary care centres, and community health centres. Team culture can have significant impacts on team functioning and processes, …
Elicit an initial program theory on the scale-up of integrated care programs: First step of a realist synthesis
Background: Realist synthesis is a comprehensive method of review for evaluating complex programs such as integrated models of care. The first step of the synthesis is to clarify the scope of the review and to explore existing theories in the literature related to targeted programs. The aim is to elicit an initial program theory in the form of context (C), mechanism (M) and outcome (O) configurations, which serve as a reference model for data col…
Capturing factors associated with frailty using routinely collected electronic medical record data in British Columbia, Canada
Background: Frailty is a state of increased vulnerability from physical, social, and cognitive factors resulting in greater risk of negative health outcomes. There is potential for better frailty assessment in primary care by using electronic medical record (EMR) data. Aim. To adapt the validated UK 36-item electronic frailty index (eFI) to a Canadian context. Methods. The eFI calculates frailty scores using EMR data. Clinical terminology mapping…
Government policies targeting primary care physician practice from 1998-2018 in three Canadian provinces: A jurisdictional scan
Primary care is the foundation of health care systems around the world. Physician autonomy means that governments rely on a limited selection of levers to implement reforms in primary care delivery, and these policies may impact the practice choices, intentions, and patterns of primary care physicians. Using a systematic search strategy to capture publicly available policy documents, we conducted a scan of such policies from 1998 to 2018 in three…
Understanding Manitoba Inuit’s Social Programs Utilization and Needs: Methodological Innovations
Manitoba is home to approximately 1,500 Inuit, and sees 16,000 consults yearly from the Kivalliq region of Nunavut to access services. The purpose of our study was to develop detailed profiles of Inuit accessing services in Manitoba, by using administrative data routinely collected by Manitoban agencies, to support the development of Inuit-centric services. This study was conducted in partnership with the Manitoba Inuit Association, and Inuit Eld…
Public Experiences and Perspectives of Virtual Primary Care Visits: Outcomes and Future Options
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Designing centralized waiting lists for attachment to a primary care provider: Considerations from a logic analysis
Access to a regular primary care provider is essential to quality care. In Canada, where 15 % of patients are unattached (i.e., without a regular provider), centralized waiting lists (CWLs) help attach patients to a primary care provider (family physician or nurse practitioner). Previous studies reveal mechanisms needed for CWLs to work, but focus mostly on CWLs for specialized health care. We aim to better understand how to design CWLs for unatt…
How the design and implementation of centralized waiting lists influence their use and effect on access to healthcare - A realist review
CONTEXT: Many health systems have centralized waiting lists (CWLs), but there is limited evidence on CWL effectiveness and how to design and implement them. AIM: To understand how CWLs' design and implementation influence their use and effect on access to healthcare. METHODS: We conducted a realist review (n = 21 articles), extracting context-intervention-mechanism-outcome configurations to identify demi-regularities (i.e., recurring patterns of …
Priority measures for publicly reporting primary care performance: Results of public engagement through deliberative dialogues in 3 Canadian provinces
OBJECTIVE: While public reporting of hospital-based performance measurement is commonplace, it has lagged in the primary care sector, especially in Canada. Despite the increasing recognition of patients as active partners in the health-care system, little is known about what information about primary care performance is relevant to the Canadian public. We explored patient perspectives and priorities for the public reporting of primary care perfor…
Addressing quadruple aims through primary care and public health collaboration: Ten Canadian case studies
Primary care and public health collaborations can strengthen community-based primary health care while addressing the Quadruple Aims with an emphasis on reducing health inequities but requires attention to collaboration barriers and enablers
Citizen perspectives on the use of publicly reported primary care performance information: Results from citizen‐patient dialogues in three Canadian provinces
OBJECTIVE: Performance measurement and reporting is proliferating in all sectors of the healthcare system, including primary care, despite a dearth of evidence on how the public uses reports on primary care performance. We explored how the public might use this information, to guide the development of effective reporting systems for primary care. METHODS: We conducted six full-day deliberative dialogue sessions with a purposive sample of 56 citiz…
Hospitalization for mental health related ambulatory care sensitive conditions: What are the trends for First Nations in British Columbia
This study suggests that despite reduced rates of hospitalization for mental-health related Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions over time for First Nations, gaps in mental health care still exist. We argue greater investments in primary mental health care are needed to support First Nations health. However, these efforts should place equal importance on prevention and the social determinants of health
Disruption as opportunity: Impacts of an organizational health equity intervention in primary care clinics
This analysis suggests that organizations should anticipate and plan for various types of disruptions, while maximizing opportunities for ownership of the intervention by those within the organization. Our findings further suggest that equity-oriented interventions be paced for intense delivery over a relatively short time frame, be evaluated, particularly with data that can be made available on an ongoing basis, and explicitly include a harm red…
Attending to power differentials: How NP ‐led group medical visits can influence the management of chronic conditions
OBJECTIVE: In Canada, primary care reform has encouraged innovations, including nurse practitioners (NPs) and group medical visits (GMVs). NP-led GMVs provide an opportunity to examine barriers and enablers to implementing this innovation in primary care. DESIGN: An instrumental case study design (n=3): two cases where NPs were using GMVs and one case where NPs were not using GMVs, was completed. In-depth interviews with patients and providers (N…
Enhancing health care equity with Indigenous populations: Evidence-based strategies from an ethnographic study
BACKGROUND: Structural violence shapes the health of Indigenous peoples globally, and is deeply embedded in history, individual and institutional racism, and inequitable social policies and practices. Many Indigenous communities have flourished, however, the impact of colonialism continues to have profound health effects for Indigenous peoples in Canada and internationally. Despite increasing evidence of health status inequities affecting Indigen…
Patient confidentiality within the context of group medical visits: Is there cause for concern
BACKGROUND: Group medical visits (GMVs), clinical encounters with a medical component delivered to groups of patients, have emerged as an innovative approach to potentially increasing efficiency while enhancing the quality of primary health care (PHC). GMVs have created the need to pay explicit attention to patient confidentiality. OBJECTIVE: What strategies are used by providers and patients to address issues of confidentiality within GMVs? DESI…
Missing Pathways to Self-Governance: Aboriginal Health Policy in British Columbia
This article explores how current policy shifts in British Columbia, Canada highlight an important gap in Canadian self-government discussions to date. The analysis presented draws on insights gained from a larger study that explored the policy contexts influencing the evolving roles of two long-standing urban Aboriginal health centres in British Columbia. We apply a policy framework to analyze current discussions occurring in British Columbia an…
Psychometric Evaluation of the Six-Item Version of the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure with East Asian Adolescents in Canada
We examined the psychometric properties of scores on a six-item version of the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM) among East Asian adolescents in Canada. A series of confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) was conducted for 4,190 East Asians who completed a provincial survey of students in grades 7 through 12. The MEIM measured highly correlated dimensions of ethnic identity (exploration and commitment). Further, multigroup CFA indicated that t…
Ethnic Identity and Sexual Initiation Among East Asian Youth in Canada
What Type of Social Support Influences Self-Reported Physical and Mental Health Among Older Women
For clinicians, assessing individuals' emotional support is important for maintaining or increasing physical and mental health. Clinicians can also assess Asian women's stress, providing informational support accordingly as too much information could be detrimental to their health. For researchers, the inclusion of emotional support items is the most important
Admission to hospital for pneumonia and influenza attributable to 2009 pandemic A/H1N1 Influenza in First Nations communities in three provinces of Canada
We found an increased risk for pH1N1-related hospital admissions for First Nations communities in all 3 provinces. Interprovincial differences may be partly explained by differences in age structure and socioeconomic status. We were unable to confirm the assumption that remote communities were at higher risk for pH1N1-associated hospitalizations. The aggressive approach to influenza control in remote and isolated First Nations communities in Onta…
The Influence of Culture on the Oral Health-Related Beliefs and Behaviours of Elderly Chinese Immigrants: A Meta-Synthesis of the Literature
Can ethnicity data collected at an organizational level be useful in addressing health and healthcare inequities
The quality of ethnicity data collected within healthcare organizations is often unreliable, particularly for people from racialized or visible minority groups, who are most at risk, seriously limiting the usefulness of the data. Quality measures for collecting data reflecting ethnocultural identity in specific healthcare organizations may be warranted - but only if mechanisms exist or are developed for linking ethnicity with measures of perceive…
Closing the health equity gap: Evidence-based strategies for primary health care organizations
These evidence- and theoretically-informed key dimensions and strategies provide direction for PHC organizations aiming to redress the increasing levels of health and health care inequities across population groups. The findings provide a framework for conceptualizing and operationalizing the essential elements of equity-oriented PHC services when working with marginalized populations, and will have broad application to a wide range of settings, …
An Empirical Evaluation of Social Support and Psychological Well-being in Older Chinese and Korean Immigrants
A new multidimensional social support measure for use with older Chinese and Koreans could be useful upon further validation. These results suggest that older Chinese and Koreans' psychological well-being may be negatively affected when they live with their adult children. More depression in Koreans may be related to difficulties in expanding their social network beyond Korean-speaking people
Harms and benefits: Collecting ethnicity data in a clinical context
He's more typically female because he's not afraid to cry: Connecting heterosexual gender relations and men's depression
Canadian Punjabi Sikh men's experiences of lifestyle changes following myocardial infarction: Cultural connections
These findings highlight how collectivist ideals influence Canadian Punjabi Sikh men's adoption of lifestyle changes post-MI. The content and processes by which healthcare providers deliver heart health and rehabilitation to Canadian Punjabi Sikh men might be guided, at least in part, by the collectivist cultural practices underpinning our findings
What Type of Social Support Influences Self-Reported Physical and Mental Health Among Older Women
For clinicians, assessing individuals' emotional support is important for maintaining or increasing physical and mental health. Clinicians can also assess Asian women's stress, providing informational support accordingly as too much information could be detrimental to their health. For researchers, the inclusion of emotional support items is the most important
Can ethnicity data collected at an organizational level be useful in addressing health and healthcare inequities
The quality of ethnicity data collected within healthcare organizations is often unreliable, particularly for people from racialized or visible minority groups, who are most at risk, seriously limiting the usefulness of the data. Quality measures for collecting data reflecting ethnocultural identity in specific healthcare organizations may be warranted - but only if mechanisms exist or are developed for linking ethnicity with measures of perceive…
Measurement of Social Support Across Women from Four Ethnic Groups: Evidence of Factorial Invariance
To examine whether a multidimensional social support instrument can be used for comparative research in four diverse ethnic groups of women (African American, Latina, Chinese, non-Latina White). The social support instrument was administered as part of a larger survey to 1,137 women. We tested the reliability and validity of this instrument. A confirmatory factor analytic (CFA) framework was used to test for the invariance of the instrument's psy…
Rural American Indian Medicaid Health Care Services Use and Health Care Costs in California
Objectives. We determined differences in Medicaid service use and health care costs in a rural Indian Health Service (IHS) user population of American Indians and Alaska Natives as compared with Whites. Methods. California Medicaid eligibility and claims files were linked to IHS user files to obtain a sample of Medicaid-eligible American Indian/Alaska Native users (n=7910). A random sample of Whites was matched for age, gender, aid category, leng…
The Unmet Health Needs of East Asian High School Students: Are Homestay Students at Risk
Consumer assessment of the quality of interpersonal processes of prenatal care among ethnically diverse low-income women: Development of a new measure
Health Promotion and Psychosocial Services and Women’s Assessments of Interpersonal Prenatal Care in Medicaid Managed Care
An Empirical Evaluation of Social Support and Psychological Well-being in Older Chinese and Korean Immigrants
A new multidimensional social support measure for use with older Chinese and Koreans could be useful upon further validation. These results suggest that older Chinese and Koreans' psychological well-being may be negatively affected when they live with their adult children. More depression in Koreans may be related to difficulties in expanding their social network beyond Korean-speaking people
Rural American Indian Medicaid Health Care Services Use and Health Care Costs in California
Objectives. We determined differences in Medicaid service use and health care costs in a rural Indian Health Service (IHS) user population of American Indians and Alaska Natives as compared with Whites. Methods. California Medicaid eligibility and claims files were linked to IHS user files to obtain a sample of Medicaid-eligible American Indian/Alaska Native users (n=7910). A random sample of Whites was matched for age, gender, aid category, leng…
Public Health Nurses’ (PHNs) Perceptions of their Role in Early Postpartum Discharge
Harms and benefits: Collecting ethnicity data in a clinical context
Measurement of Social Support Across Women from Four Ethnic Groups: Evidence of Factorial Invariance
To examine whether a multidimensional social support instrument can be used for comparative research in four diverse ethnic groups of women (African American, Latina, Chinese, non-Latina White). The social support instrument was administered as part of a larger survey to 1,137 women. We tested the reliability and validity of this instrument. A confirmatory factor analytic (CFA) framework was used to test for the invariance of the instrument's psy…
The Unmet Health Needs of East Asian High School Students: Are Homestay Students at Risk
Enhancing measurement of primary health care indicators using an equity lens: An ethnographic study
The current emphasis on achieving greater equity through PHC, the continued calls for the renewal and strengthening of PHC, and the use of monitoring and performance indicators highlight the relevance of ensuring that there are more accurate methods to capture the complex work of PHC organizations
Canadian Punjabi Sikh men's experiences of lifestyle changes following myocardial infarction: Cultural connections
These findings highlight how collectivist ideals influence Canadian Punjabi Sikh men's adoption of lifestyle changes post-MI. The content and processes by which healthcare providers deliver heart health and rehabilitation to Canadian Punjabi Sikh men might be guided, at least in part, by the collectivist cultural practices underpinning our findings
Patient Activation in Primary Healthcare: A Comparison Between Healthier Individuals and Those With a Chronic Illness
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Current policy directions place increasing expectations on patients to actively engage in their care, especially in chronic disease management. We examined relationships between patient activation and multiple dimensions of primary healthcare (PHC), including access, utilization, responsiveness, interpersonal communication, and satisfaction for patients with and without chronic illness. RESEARCH DESIGN: Cross-sectional, …
He's more typically female because he's not afraid to cry: Connecting heterosexual gender relations and men's depression
Closing the health equity gap: Evidence-based strategies for primary health care organizations
These evidence- and theoretically-informed key dimensions and strategies provide direction for PHC organizations aiming to redress the increasing levels of health and health care inequities across population groups. The findings provide a framework for conceptualizing and operationalizing the essential elements of equity-oriented PHC services when working with marginalized populations, and will have broad application to a wide range of settings, …
Admission to hospital for pneumonia and influenza attributable to 2009 pandemic A/H1N1 Influenza in First Nations communities in three provinces of Canada
We found an increased risk for pH1N1-related hospital admissions for First Nations communities in all 3 provinces. Interprovincial differences may be partly explained by differences in age structure and socioeconomic status. We were unable to confirm the assumption that remote communities were at higher risk for pH1N1-associated hospitalizations. The aggressive approach to influenza control in remote and isolated First Nations communities in Onta…
The Influence of Culture on the Oral Health-Related Beliefs and Behaviours of Elderly Chinese Immigrants: A Meta-Synthesis of the Literature
Can ethnicity data collected at an organizational level be useful in addressing health and healthcare inequities
The quality of ethnicity data collected within healthcare organizations is often unreliable, particularly for people from racialized or visible minority groups, who are most at risk, seriously limiting the usefulness of the data. Quality measures for collecting data reflecting ethnocultural identity in specific healthcare organizations may be warranted - but only if mechanisms exist or are developed for linking ethnicity with measures of perceive…
Psychometric Evaluation of the Six-Item Version of the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure with East Asian Adolescents in Canada
We examined the psychometric properties of scores on a six-item version of the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM) among East Asian adolescents in Canada. A series of confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) was conducted for 4,190 East Asians who completed a provincial survey of students in grades 7 through 12. The MEIM measured highly correlated dimensions of ethnic identity (exploration and commitment). Further, multigroup CFA indicated that t…
Ethnic Identity and Sexual Initiation Among East Asian Youth in Canada
What Type of Social Support Influences Self-Reported Physical and Mental Health Among Older Women
For clinicians, assessing individuals' emotional support is important for maintaining or increasing physical and mental health. Clinicians can also assess Asian women's stress, providing informational support accordingly as too much information could be detrimental to their health. For researchers, the inclusion of emotional support items is the most important
Patient confidentiality within the context of group medical visits: Is there cause for concern
BACKGROUND: Group medical visits (GMVs), clinical encounters with a medical component delivered to groups of patients, have emerged as an innovative approach to potentially increasing efficiency while enhancing the quality of primary health care (PHC). GMVs have created the need to pay explicit attention to patient confidentiality. OBJECTIVE: What strategies are used by providers and patients to address issues of confidentiality within GMVs? DESI…
Missing Pathways to Self-Governance: Aboriginal Health Policy in British Columbia
This article explores how current policy shifts in British Columbia, Canada highlight an important gap in Canadian self-government discussions to date. The analysis presented draws on insights gained from a larger study that explored the policy contexts influencing the evolving roles of two long-standing urban Aboriginal health centres in British Columbia. We apply a policy framework to analyze current discussions occurring in British Columbia an…
Enhancing health care equity with Indigenous populations: Evidence-based strategies from an ethnographic study
BACKGROUND: Structural violence shapes the health of Indigenous peoples globally, and is deeply embedded in history, individual and institutional racism, and inequitable social policies and practices. Many Indigenous communities have flourished, however, the impact of colonialism continues to have profound health effects for Indigenous peoples in Canada and internationally. Despite increasing evidence of health status inequities affecting Indigen…
Attending to power differentials: How NP ‐led group medical visits can influence the management of chronic conditions
OBJECTIVE: In Canada, primary care reform has encouraged innovations, including nurse practitioners (NPs) and group medical visits (GMVs). NP-led GMVs provide an opportunity to examine barriers and enablers to implementing this innovation in primary care. DESIGN: An instrumental case study design (n=3): two cases where NPs were using GMVs and one case where NPs were not using GMVs, was completed. In-depth interviews with patients and providers (N…
Hospitalization for mental health related ambulatory care sensitive conditions: What are the trends for First Nations in British Columbia
This study suggests that despite reduced rates of hospitalization for mental-health related Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions over time for First Nations, gaps in mental health care still exist. We argue greater investments in primary mental health care are needed to support First Nations health. However, these efforts should place equal importance on prevention and the social determinants of health
Disruption as opportunity: Impacts of an organizational health equity intervention in primary care clinics
This analysis suggests that organizations should anticipate and plan for various types of disruptions, while maximizing opportunities for ownership of the intervention by those within the organization. Our findings further suggest that equity-oriented interventions be paced for intense delivery over a relatively short time frame, be evaluated, particularly with data that can be made available on an ongoing basis, and explicitly include a harm red…
Medicine (31 works) · Political science (21 works) · Psychology (20 works) · Health care (19 works) · Nursing (18 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Public health (15 works) · Family medicine (13 works) · Primary Care and Health Outcomes (13 works) · Geography (9 works)