Marilyn Macdonald
Biographic Data
| ID | 3886706 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marilyn Macdonald |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marilyn |
| FAMILY NAME | Macdonald |
| SIGNATURE | MACDONALD M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dalhousie University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0204-6278 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Parenting Self‐Efficacy Within the First Year Postpartum in Non‐Birthing Parents: A Scoping Review
Parenting self‐efficacy is a parent's belief in their ability to execute tasks related to raising children and providing them with care to ensure healthy development. While considerable research has been completed with birthing parents, the breadth of work that has been conducted on non‐birthing parents is not known. The objective of this scoping review was to identify and analyze the literature on parenting self‐efficacy in non‐birthing parents …
Case management for individuals with complex care needs: Factors assisting and hindering implementation
Introduction: Case management (CM) is an effective integrated model of care for patients with chronic conditions and complex care needs, given the focus on improving patient engagement in healthcare and improving self-management skills. While CM often leads to positive outcomes, little is known about the factors which promote or hinder implementation. Objective: This study seeks to examine factors which facilitated and hindered the implementation…
Ageing in place with non-medical home support services need not translate into dependence
Older adults who age at home independently are often celebrated as having anticipated and planned for their care needs in the later stages of life, whereas those who receive assistance from home support services are often stigmatised as dependent and characterised as a ‘drain on the system’. However, this thematic analysis of interview data from 12 home care clients in two Canadian provinces offers evidence that counters the assumption that home …
A Review of Intimate Partner Violence Interventions Relevant to Women During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Women have experienced increased rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) since the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic, and at the same time requirements for physical distancing and/or remote delivery of services have created challenges in accessing services. We synthesized research evidence from 4 systematic reviews and 20 individual studies to address how IPV interventions can be adapted within the context of the pandemic. As many interventi…
Participatory Evaluation of a Direct Payment Program for Equity in Dementia Care in Nova Scotia, Canada: A Study Protocol
Nova Scotia's Supportive Care Program (SCP) is an individualized funding program that provides funds for people living with dementia (PLWD) or acquired brain injuries to purchase basic home care services such as personal care, respite, cleaning and cooking. The SCP has the potential to address the Quintuple Aim of enhancing care experience, improving population health, reducing costs, improving provider experience and improving health equity, yet…
Patient and researcher experiences of patient engagement in primary care health care research: A participatory qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Studies have highlighted common challenges and barriers to patient engagement in research, but most were based on patient partners' or academic researchers' experiences. A better understanding of how both groups differentially experience their partnership could help identify strategies to improve collaboration in patient engagement research. AIM: This study aimed to describe and compare patient partners' and academic researchers' expe…
Persistent Optimizing: How Mothers Make Food Choices for Their Preschool Children
Mothers' ability to provide healthy food choices for their children has become more complex in our current obesogenic environment. We conducted a total of 35 interviews with 18 mothers of preschool children. Using constructivist grounded theory methods, we developed a substantive theory of how mothers make food choices for their preschoolers. Our substantive theory, persistent optimizing, consists of three main integrated conceptual categories: (…
Applying Risk Society Theory to findings of a scoping review on caregiver safety
Chronic Illness represents a growing concern in the western world and individuals living with chronic illness are primarily managed at home by family caregivers. A scoping review of the home-care literature (2004-2009; updated with review articles from 2010 to January 2013) on the topic of the caregiver revealed that this group experiences the following safety-related concerns: caregivers are conscripted to the role, experience economic hardship,…
Confirming Delivery: Understanding the Role of the Hospitalized Patient in Medication Administration Safety
The purpose of our study was to gain an understanding of current patient involvement in medication administration safety from the perspectives of both patients and nursing staff members. Administering medication is taken for granted and therefore suited to the development of theory to enhance its understanding. We conducted a constructivist, grounded theory study involving 24 patients and 26 nursing staff members and found that patients had the r…
Gendered Practices: Feminist Studies of Technology and Society
Persistent Optimizing: How Mothers Make Food Choices for Their Preschool Children
Mothers' ability to provide healthy food choices for their children has become more complex in our current obesogenic environment. We conducted a total of 35 interviews with 18 mothers of preschool children. Using constructivist grounded theory methods, we developed a substantive theory of how mothers make food choices for their preschoolers. Our substantive theory, persistent optimizing, consists of three main integrated conceptual categories: (…
Confirming Delivery: Understanding the Role of the Hospitalized Patient in Medication Administration Safety
The purpose of our study was to gain an understanding of current patient involvement in medication administration safety from the perspectives of both patients and nursing staff members. Administering medication is taken for granted and therefore suited to the development of theory to enhance its understanding. We conducted a constructivist, grounded theory study involving 24 patients and 26 nursing staff members and found that patients had the r…
Gendered Practices: Feminist Studies of Technology and Society
Applying Risk Society Theory to findings of a scoping review on caregiver safety
Chronic Illness represents a growing concern in the western world and individuals living with chronic illness are primarily managed at home by family caregivers. A scoping review of the home-care literature (2004-2009; updated with review articles from 2010 to January 2013) on the topic of the caregiver revealed that this group experiences the following safety-related concerns: caregivers are conscripted to the role, experience economic hardship,…
Confirming Delivery: Understanding the Role of the Hospitalized Patient in Medication Administration Safety
The purpose of our study was to gain an understanding of current patient involvement in medication administration safety from the perspectives of both patients and nursing staff members. Administering medication is taken for granted and therefore suited to the development of theory to enhance its understanding. We conducted a constructivist, grounded theory study involving 24 patients and 26 nursing staff members and found that patients had the r…
Persistent Optimizing: How Mothers Make Food Choices for Their Preschool Children
Mothers' ability to provide healthy food choices for their children has become more complex in our current obesogenic environment. We conducted a total of 35 interviews with 18 mothers of preschool children. Using constructivist grounded theory methods, we developed a substantive theory of how mothers make food choices for their preschoolers. Our substantive theory, persistent optimizing, consists of three main integrated conceptual categories: (…
Patient and researcher experiences of patient engagement in primary care health care research: A participatory qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Studies have highlighted common challenges and barriers to patient engagement in research, but most were based on patient partners' or academic researchers' experiences. A better understanding of how both groups differentially experience their partnership could help identify strategies to improve collaboration in patient engagement research. AIM: This study aimed to describe and compare patient partners' and academic researchers' expe…
Participatory Evaluation of a Direct Payment Program for Equity in Dementia Care in Nova Scotia, Canada: A Study Protocol
Nova Scotia's Supportive Care Program (SCP) is an individualized funding program that provides funds for people living with dementia (PLWD) or acquired brain injuries to purchase basic home care services such as personal care, respite, cleaning and cooking. The SCP has the potential to address the Quintuple Aim of enhancing care experience, improving population health, reducing costs, improving provider experience and improving health equity, yet…
A Review of Intimate Partner Violence Interventions Relevant to Women During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Women have experienced increased rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) since the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic, and at the same time requirements for physical distancing and/or remote delivery of services have created challenges in accessing services. We synthesized research evidence from 4 systematic reviews and 20 individual studies to address how IPV interventions can be adapted within the context of the pandemic. As many interventi…
Parenting Self‐Efficacy Within the First Year Postpartum in Non‐Birthing Parents: A Scoping Review
Parenting self‐efficacy is a parent's belief in their ability to execute tasks related to raising children and providing them with care to ensure healthy development. While considerable research has been completed with birthing parents, the breadth of work that has been conducted on non‐birthing parents is not known. The objective of this scoping review was to identify and analyze the literature on parenting self‐efficacy in non‐birthing parents …
Case management for individuals with complex care needs: Factors assisting and hindering implementation
Introduction: Case management (CM) is an effective integrated model of care for patients with chronic conditions and complex care needs, given the focus on improving patient engagement in healthcare and improving self-management skills. While CM often leads to positive outcomes, little is known about the factors which promote or hinder implementation. Objective: This study seeks to examine factors which facilitated and hindered the implementation…
Ageing in place with non-medical home support services need not translate into dependence
Older adults who age at home independently are often celebrated as having anticipated and planned for their care needs in the later stages of life, whereas those who receive assistance from home support services are often stigmatised as dependent and characterised as a ‘drain on the system’. However, this thematic analysis of interview data from 12 home care clients in two Canadian provinces offers evidence that counters the assumption that home …
Medicine (8 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Health care (5 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (3 works) · Business (2 works)