Neil Drummond
Biographic Data
| ID | 282466 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Neil Drummond |
| GIVEN NAMES | Neil |
| FAMILY NAME | Drummond |
| SIGNATURE | DRUMMOND N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calgary |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6308-8319 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Identifying the need for care in rheumatoid arthritis
A data quality assessment to inform hypertension surveillance using primary care electronic medical record data from Alberta, Canada
Blood pressure and prescribed medications in primary care EMR data demonstrated good completeness and plausibility, and contribute valuable information for hypertension epidemiology and surveillance. The use of other clinical, laboratory, and sociodemographic variables should be used carefully due to variable completeness and suspected data errors. Additional strategies to improve these data at the point of entry and after data extraction (e.g. s…
Fostering trust and sharing responsibility to increase access to dementia care for immigrant older adults
Objectives: This paper explores the role of immigrant-serving agencies in facilitating access to dementia services and supports provided by dementia service agencies (particularly the health authority and local chapters of the Alzheimer Society) through their propensity to develop trusting relationships between staff and clients. Design: Our research is a qualitative case study of Punjabi and Korean speakers living in the Lower Mainland of BC, Ca…
Nobody would say that it is Alzheimer's or dementia at this age’
Pathways to diagnosis
Increasing evidence suggests that early diagnosis and management of dementia-related symptoms may improve the quality of life for patients and their families. However, individuals may wait from 1-3 years from the onset of symptoms before receiving a diagnosis. The objective of this qualitative study was to explore the perceptions and experiences of problem recognition, and the process of obtaining a diagnosis among individuals with early-stage de…
Garang's Seeds
Journal Article ‘Garang’s Seeds’: Influences on the Return of Sudanese-Canadian Refugee Physicians to Post-Conflict South Sudan Get access Juli L. Finlay, Juli L. Finlay Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4 [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Rodney A. Crutcher, Rodney A. Crutcher Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Health Science…
Understanding Chinese–Canadian pathways to a diagnosis of dementia through a critical-constructionist lens
Why health expectations and hopes are different
Background In the literature, ‘hope’ has often been thought of as an ideal expectation. However, we believe the classification of hope as a type of expectation is problematic. Although both hopes and expectations are future‐oriented cognitions, expectations are distinct in that they are an individual’s probability‐driven assessment of the most likely outcomes, while hopes are an assessment of the most desirable – but not necessarily the most prob…
Goal achievement as a patient‐generated outcome measure for stress urinary incontinence
Objectives To explore women’s goals and goal attainment for the conservative and surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI), and to examine the feasibility of Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) as an outcome measure in this population. Background Despite the range of treatments for SUI, little is known about the outcomes patients consider important. Current instruments measure the impact of SUI on the ability to live a ‘normal’ life witho…
What is a health expectation? Developing a pragmatic conceptual model from psychological theory
Introduction Examination of the existing literature in respect of health expectations revealed both ambiguity in relation to terminology, and relatively little work in respect of how abstract theories of expectancy in the psychological literature might be used in empirical research into the influence of expectations on attitudes and behaviours in the real world. This paper presents a conceptual model for the development of health expectations wit…
The evaluation of a social work program in a hospital-based family practice unit in Ontario, Canada
English This article explores clients' perceptions of a family practice-based social work program as a step towards better understanding the feasibility of social work as an integral part of primary care. Results revealed that the program was effective in helping clients to deal with their situation, and overall a high level of satisfaction with the service was reported. These results highlight the potential bene.ts of family practice-based socia…
Do the British Guidelines for Asthma Management facilitate concordance
Background Asthma is an example of a common, chronic illness in which clinicians are encouraged to promote concordance and adhere to guidelines. Some existing research suggests that these aims may be incompatible. Objectives To describe patient goals for life and for asthma management in order to inform concordance with people with asthma. Design A cross‐sectional, qualitative survey. Setting and participants A purposive sample of 47 adults with …
Quality of life with asthma
Quality of life' has become an important feature of research into patient outcomes, but an agreed definition of the term remains elusive. In order to empirically assess the meaning of quality of life for lay people, an ethnographic study was conducted using a sample of 22 patients suffering chronic, moderately severe asthma. The findings indicated that asthma was in general not considered to be important in the process of assessing or experiencin…
Nobody would say that it is Alzheimer's or dementia at this age’
Pathways to diagnosis
Increasing evidence suggests that early diagnosis and management of dementia-related symptoms may improve the quality of life for patients and their families. However, individuals may wait from 1-3 years from the onset of symptoms before receiving a diagnosis. The objective of this qualitative study was to explore the perceptions and experiences of problem recognition, and the process of obtaining a diagnosis among individuals with early-stage de…
Understanding Chinese–Canadian pathways to a diagnosis of dementia through a critical-constructionist lens
Quality of life with asthma
Quality of life' has become an important feature of research into patient outcomes, but an agreed definition of the term remains elusive. In order to empirically assess the meaning of quality of life for lay people, an ethnographic study was conducted using a sample of 22 patients suffering chronic, moderately severe asthma. The findings indicated that asthma was in general not considered to be important in the process of assessing or experiencin…
Garang's Seeds
Journal Article ‘Garang’s Seeds’: Influences on the Return of Sudanese-Canadian Refugee Physicians to Post-Conflict South Sudan Get access Juli L. Finlay, Juli L. Finlay Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4 [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Rodney A. Crutcher, Rodney A. Crutcher Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Health Science…
Fostering trust and sharing responsibility to increase access to dementia care for immigrant older adults
Objectives: This paper explores the role of immigrant-serving agencies in facilitating access to dementia services and supports provided by dementia service agencies (particularly the health authority and local chapters of the Alzheimer Society) through their propensity to develop trusting relationships between staff and clients. Design: Our research is a qualitative case study of Punjabi and Korean speakers living in the Lower Mainland of BC, Ca…
The evaluation of a social work program in a hospital-based family practice unit in Ontario, Canada
English This article explores clients' perceptions of a family practice-based social work program as a step towards better understanding the feasibility of social work as an integral part of primary care. Results revealed that the program was effective in helping clients to deal with their situation, and overall a high level of satisfaction with the service was reported. These results highlight the potential bene.ts of family practice-based socia…
Quality of life with asthma
Quality of life' has become an important feature of research into patient outcomes, but an agreed definition of the term remains elusive. In order to empirically assess the meaning of quality of life for lay people, an ethnographic study was conducted using a sample of 22 patients suffering chronic, moderately severe asthma. The findings indicated that asthma was in general not considered to be important in the process of assessing or experiencin…
Do the British Guidelines for Asthma Management facilitate concordance
Background Asthma is an example of a common, chronic illness in which clinicians are encouraged to promote concordance and adhere to guidelines. Some existing research suggests that these aims may be incompatible. Objectives To describe patient goals for life and for asthma management in order to inform concordance with people with asthma. Design A cross‐sectional, qualitative survey. Setting and participants A purposive sample of 47 adults with …
The evaluation of a social work program in a hospital-based family practice unit in Ontario, Canada
English This article explores clients' perceptions of a family practice-based social work program as a step towards better understanding the feasibility of social work as an integral part of primary care. Results revealed that the program was effective in helping clients to deal with their situation, and overall a high level of satisfaction with the service was reported. These results highlight the potential bene.ts of family practice-based socia…
What is a health expectation? Developing a pragmatic conceptual model from psychological theory
Introduction Examination of the existing literature in respect of health expectations revealed both ambiguity in relation to terminology, and relatively little work in respect of how abstract theories of expectancy in the psychological literature might be used in empirical research into the influence of expectations on attitudes and behaviours in the real world. This paper presents a conceptual model for the development of health expectations wit…
Why health expectations and hopes are different
Background In the literature, ‘hope’ has often been thought of as an ideal expectation. However, we believe the classification of hope as a type of expectation is problematic. Although both hopes and expectations are future‐oriented cognitions, expectations are distinct in that they are an individual’s probability‐driven assessment of the most likely outcomes, while hopes are an assessment of the most desirable – but not necessarily the most prob…
Goal achievement as a patient‐generated outcome measure for stress urinary incontinence
Objectives To explore women’s goals and goal attainment for the conservative and surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI), and to examine the feasibility of Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) as an outcome measure in this population. Background Despite the range of treatments for SUI, little is known about the outcomes patients consider important. Current instruments measure the impact of SUI on the ability to live a ‘normal’ life witho…
Pathways to diagnosis
Increasing evidence suggests that early diagnosis and management of dementia-related symptoms may improve the quality of life for patients and their families. However, individuals may wait from 1-3 years from the onset of symptoms before receiving a diagnosis. The objective of this qualitative study was to explore the perceptions and experiences of problem recognition, and the process of obtaining a diagnosis among individuals with early-stage de…
Garang's Seeds
Journal Article ‘Garang’s Seeds’: Influences on the Return of Sudanese-Canadian Refugee Physicians to Post-Conflict South Sudan Get access Juli L. Finlay, Juli L. Finlay Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4 [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Rodney A. Crutcher, Rodney A. Crutcher Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Health Science…
Understanding Chinese–Canadian pathways to a diagnosis of dementia through a critical-constructionist lens
Nobody would say that it is Alzheimer's or dementia at this age’
Fostering trust and sharing responsibility to increase access to dementia care for immigrant older adults
Objectives: This paper explores the role of immigrant-serving agencies in facilitating access to dementia services and supports provided by dementia service agencies (particularly the health authority and local chapters of the Alzheimer Society) through their propensity to develop trusting relationships between staff and clients. Design: Our research is a qualitative case study of Punjabi and Korean speakers living in the Lower Mainland of BC, Ca…
A data quality assessment to inform hypertension surveillance using primary care electronic medical record data from Alberta, Canada
Blood pressure and prescribed medications in primary care EMR data demonstrated good completeness and plausibility, and contribute valuable information for hypertension epidemiology and surveillance. The use of other clinical, laboratory, and sociodemographic variables should be used carefully due to variable completeness and suspected data errors. Additional strategies to improve these data at the point of entry and after data extraction (e.g. s…
Identifying the need for care in rheumatoid arthritis
Psychology (11 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Disease (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Dementia (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works)