Courtney Heffernan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5409423 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Courtney Heffernan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Courtney |
| FAMILY NAME | Heffernan |
| SIGNATURE | HEFFERNAN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1241-7201 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Fighting tuberculosis hand in hand
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease closely intertwined with stigma, discrimination, and the social determinants of health. Communities of people affected by TB are experts in their care pathways, but the TB field continues to fall short of meaningfully engaging communities in TB research. This is a missed opportunity to improve the quality, relevance, person-centeredness, positive impact, and sustainability of TB research outputs. We ackn…
The state of tuberculosis surveillance in Canada
Exploration of inter-jurisdictional TB programming and mobility in a Canadian First Nation community
Indigenous peoples living in remote communities face unique push/pull factors that motivate mobility. When these motivations exist in communities with increased risk of contagion by communicable infectious diseases such as TB, public health risks extend into increasingly large areas with competing jurisdictional authority. Such mobility poses several threats to TB elimination. We have identified a gap in TB services to systematically accommodate …
Treating latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) with isoniazid and rifapentine (3HP) in an inner-city population with psychosocial barriers to treatment adherence
In Canada, preventive therapy for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) has required multiple doses of medication over an extended period of time. Such regimens are associated with poor adherence and completion rates. A shortened treatment regimen of once weekly isoniazid plus rifapentine for 3 months (3HP), is now available, and holds promise in populations facing challenges to treatment adherence. Although many factors impact treatment adherence…
Tuberculosis in Canada
Engaging frontline providers
Would program performance indicators and a nationally coordinated response accelerate the elimination of tuberculosis in Canada
Twenty years ago, a National Consensus Conference on Tuberculosis (TB) recommended that the provinces and territories of Canada jointly declare a commitment to TB elimination with national coordination and assured funding, executed by a committee of federal and provincial/territorial representatives. Canada has committed to the global TB elimination targets set forth by the World Health Organization but lacks a coordinated response. In particular…
“Finally when I started falling down”
This paper adds evidence to a growing body of literature seeking to understand the disproportionate occurrence of tuberculosis (TB) in Indigenous populations of Canada and reveals insights that may inform effective interventions. As a disease, TB is recognized as a disorder of the body, for which there are successful treatments. Its persistence in some populations, however, requires an understanding of TB as an illness, whereby disease is shaped …
Contact investigation outcomes of Canadian-born adults with tuberculosis in Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations in Alberta
Years ago”
For First Nations tuberculosis (TB) patients in the Prairie Provinces, the past matters. In this paper, we draw on the analysis of historical statements made by 20 First Nations interviewees with infectious TB to explore the function of talking about the past in relation to a current diagnosis of TB and the implications of historicity on contemporary TB prevention, programming and care. Despite interviewees not being asked directly about past con…
Would program performance indicators and a nationally coordinated response accelerate the elimination of tuberculosis in Canada
Twenty years ago, a National Consensus Conference on Tuberculosis (TB) recommended that the provinces and territories of Canada jointly declare a commitment to TB elimination with national coordination and assured funding, executed by a committee of federal and provincial/territorial representatives. Canada has committed to the global TB elimination targets set forth by the World Health Organization but lacks a coordinated response. In particular…
Contact investigation outcomes of Canadian-born adults with tuberculosis in Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations in Alberta
Years ago”
For First Nations tuberculosis (TB) patients in the Prairie Provinces, the past matters. In this paper, we draw on the analysis of historical statements made by 20 First Nations interviewees with infectious TB to explore the function of talking about the past in relation to a current diagnosis of TB and the implications of historicity on contemporary TB prevention, programming and care. Despite interviewees not being asked directly about past con…
Contact investigation outcomes of Canadian-born adults with tuberculosis in Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations in Alberta
“Finally when I started falling down”
This paper adds evidence to a growing body of literature seeking to understand the disproportionate occurrence of tuberculosis (TB) in Indigenous populations of Canada and reveals insights that may inform effective interventions. As a disease, TB is recognized as a disorder of the body, for which there are successful treatments. Its persistence in some populations, however, requires an understanding of TB as an illness, whereby disease is shaped …
Would program performance indicators and a nationally coordinated response accelerate the elimination of tuberculosis in Canada
Twenty years ago, a National Consensus Conference on Tuberculosis (TB) recommended that the provinces and territories of Canada jointly declare a commitment to TB elimination with national coordination and assured funding, executed by a committee of federal and provincial/territorial representatives. Canada has committed to the global TB elimination targets set forth by the World Health Organization but lacks a coordinated response. In particular…
Treating latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) with isoniazid and rifapentine (3HP) in an inner-city population with psychosocial barriers to treatment adherence
In Canada, preventive therapy for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) has required multiple doses of medication over an extended period of time. Such regimens are associated with poor adherence and completion rates. A shortened treatment regimen of once weekly isoniazid plus rifapentine for 3 months (3HP), is now available, and holds promise in populations facing challenges to treatment adherence. Although many factors impact treatment adherence…
Tuberculosis in Canada
Engaging frontline providers
Exploration of inter-jurisdictional TB programming and mobility in a Canadian First Nation community
Indigenous peoples living in remote communities face unique push/pull factors that motivate mobility. When these motivations exist in communities with increased risk of contagion by communicable infectious diseases such as TB, public health risks extend into increasingly large areas with competing jurisdictional authority. Such mobility poses several threats to TB elimination. We have identified a gap in TB services to systematically accommodate …
The state of tuberculosis surveillance in Canada
Fighting tuberculosis hand in hand
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease closely intertwined with stigma, discrimination, and the social determinants of health. Communities of people affected by TB are experts in their care pathways, but the TB field continues to fall short of meaningfully engaging communities in TB research. This is a missed opportunity to improve the quality, relevance, person-centeredness, positive impact, and sustainability of TB research outputs. We ackn…
Medicine (10 works) · Tuberculosis (9 works) · Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (9 works) · Political science (6 works) · Indigenous (5 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Health care (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis (3 works)