Iraj Poureslami
Biographic Data
| ID | 5409362 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Iraj Poureslami |
| GIVEN NAMES | Iraj |
| FAMILY NAME | Poureslami |
| SIGNATURE | POURESLAMI I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2878-7776 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Primary Care Family Physicians’ Experiences with Clinical Integration
Background: Clinical (service) integration in primary care settings describes how healthcare services are coordinated over time across healthcare contexts to meet patient care needs. Promoting integrated care with interventions that lack systematic approaches can unintentionally increase the complexity and fragmentation of the healthcare system. To improve care integration and healthcare service planning, a systematic approach to understanding it…
Measuring skill-based health literacy in chronic airway disease patients
Primary Care Family Physicians’ Experiences with Clinical Integration
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
An Integrated Framework to Conceptualize and Develop the Vancouver Airways Health Literacy Tool (VAHLT)
There is currently no comprehensive tool to assess the functional health literacy (HL) skills of chronic airway disease (CAD) patients. The purpose of this article is to describe the development of a new HL measure, the Vancouver Airways Health Literacy Tool (VAHLT). The tool was developed through the following phases: (1) Tool conceptualization , consisting of: (A) a systematic review (SR), (B) focus group sessions with CAD patients to understan…
Health literacy and chronic disease management
Understanding the nature and impact of health literacy is a priority in health promotion and chronic disease prevention and treatment. Health literacy comprises the application of a broad set of skills to access, comprehend, evaluate, communicate and act on health information for improved health and well-being. A complex concept, it involves multiple participants and is enacted across a wide variety of contexts. Health literacy's complexity has g…
Prevalence of HIV infection and acceptability of point-of-care testing in a Canadian inner-city emergency department
Does Culture or Illness Change a Smoker's Perspective on Cessation
Tobacco control clinics and care providers need to adopt culturally and linguistically relevant interventions to facilitate behavioral modifications and cessation in ethnic minority communities
The Relationship between Professional Immigrant Parents’ Underemployment Status and their Children’s Emotional Health and Behavioral Patterns
This study examined the relationship between a stressful life and low economical status due to underemployment among professional immigrants in the Greater Vancouver Area (GVA), and their children’s emotional and behavioural health. Employing a cross-sectional qualitative design, interviews and focus groups were conducted with the target population, and focus groups were held with representatives from immigrant service-provider agencies (key-info…
Health Literacy, Language, and Ethnicity-Related Factors in Newcomer Asthma Patients to Canada
Communicating Health Information
The Community Engagement Model was developed as a tool for the production of health communication videos for broadcast on local television stations. The model, a hybrid of participatory video design and social marketing techniques, uses iterative design principles for both production and evaluation. This article reports on the use of this model for the design and production of a series of videos aimed at promoting awareness of the BC NurseLine (a…
Littératie en matière de santé dans la réalité des immigrants, sur le plan de la culture et de la langue
Littératie en matière de santé dans la réalité des immigrants, sur le plan de la culture et de la langue
Communicating Health Information
The Community Engagement Model was developed as a tool for the production of health communication videos for broadcast on local television stations. The model, a hybrid of participatory video design and social marketing techniques, uses iterative design principles for both production and evaluation. This article reports on the use of this model for the design and production of a series of videos aimed at promoting awareness of the BC NurseLine (a…
The Relationship between Professional Immigrant Parents’ Underemployment Status and their Children’s Emotional Health and Behavioral Patterns
This study examined the relationship between a stressful life and low economical status due to underemployment among professional immigrants in the Greater Vancouver Area (GVA), and their children’s emotional and behavioural health. Employing a cross-sectional qualitative design, interviews and focus groups were conducted with the target population, and focus groups were held with representatives from immigrant service-provider agencies (key-info…
Health Literacy, Language, and Ethnicity-Related Factors in Newcomer Asthma Patients to Canada
Does Culture or Illness Change a Smoker's Perspective on Cessation
Tobacco control clinics and care providers need to adopt culturally and linguistically relevant interventions to facilitate behavioral modifications and cessation in ethnic minority communities
Health literacy and chronic disease management
Understanding the nature and impact of health literacy is a priority in health promotion and chronic disease prevention and treatment. Health literacy comprises the application of a broad set of skills to access, comprehend, evaluate, communicate and act on health information for improved health and well-being. A complex concept, it involves multiple participants and is enacted across a wide variety of contexts. Health literacy's complexity has g…
Prevalence of HIV infection and acceptability of point-of-care testing in a Canadian inner-city emergency department
An Integrated Framework to Conceptualize and Develop the Vancouver Airways Health Literacy Tool (VAHLT)
There is currently no comprehensive tool to assess the functional health literacy (HL) skills of chronic airway disease (CAD) patients. The purpose of this article is to describe the development of a new HL measure, the Vancouver Airways Health Literacy Tool (VAHLT). The tool was developed through the following phases: (1) Tool conceptualization , consisting of: (A) a systematic review (SR), (B) focus group sessions with CAD patients to understan…
Primary Care Family Physicians’ Experiences with Clinical Integration
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
Primary Care Family Physicians’ Experiences with Clinical Integration
Background: Clinical (service) integration in primary care settings describes how healthcare services are coordinated over time across healthcare contexts to meet patient care needs. Promoting integrated care with interventions that lack systematic approaches can unintentionally increase the complexity and fragmentation of the healthcare system. To improve care integration and healthcare service planning, a systematic approach to understanding it…
Measuring skill-based health literacy in chronic airway disease patients
Medicine (10 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Health care (6 works) · Nursing (6 works) · Health literacy (5 works) · Literacy (5 works) · Psychological intervention (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (4 works)