M Ruth Lavergne
Biographic Data
| ID | 5412391 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Ruth Lavergne |
| GIVEN NAMES | M Ruth |
| FAMILY NAME | Lavergne |
| SIGNATURE | LAVERGNE M R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dalhousie University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The effect of enrolment policies on patient affiliation to a family physician
Patient enrolment with a source of primary care should support continuity of care. • The impact of enrolment policies on affiliation is an important intermediate outcome. • Our Reporting a Regular Medical Doctor index adds the patient view on affiliation. • Quebec enrolment policies did not improve three measures of affiliation. • Enrolment alone is insufficient to increase affiliation, a key input to continuity. Affiliation, defined as having a …
Evaluating engagement with equity in Canadian provincial and territorial primary care policies
Mental Health Needs, Substance Use, and Reincarceration
This article examines the role of mental health, substance use, and comorbidity in relation to time to reincarceration. Our study included all people released from provincial correctional facilities in British Columbia, Canada, from 2012 through 2014 ( N = 13,109). Using data from a mental health screening tool, we examined the relationship between four diagnostic groups (mental health needs alone, substance use disorders alone, co-occurring diso…
The relationship between neighbourhood income and youth mental health service use differs by immigration experience
Mental health service use was substantially lower among immigrant youth than non-immigrant youth, but higher proportions of immigrant youth were hospitalized involuntarily. The reverse income gradient patterns observed for community-mental health service use are noteworthy and suggest significant barriers to accessing preventable care among immigrant youth, particularly those living in lower-income neighbourhoods
Sex, Immigration, and Patterns of Access to Primary Care in Canada
Access to primary care is crucial to immigrant health and may be shaped by sex and gender, but research is limited and inconclusive. We identified measures that reflect access to primary care using 2015-2018 Canadian Community Health Survey data. We used multivariable logistic regression models to estimate adjusted odds of primary care access and to explore interaction effects between sex and immigration group (recent immigrant: < 10 years in Can…
Sars-CoV-2 testing and Covid-19–related primary care use among people with citizenship, permanent residency, and temporary immigration status
Interwoven immigration, health, and occupational policies place people with temporary status in circumstances of precarity and higher health risk. Reducing precarity accompanying temporary status, including regularization pathways, and decoupling access to health care from immigration status can address health inequities
Government policies targeting primary care physician practice from 1998-2018 in three Canadian provinces
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…
Do changes in primary care service use over time differ by neighbourhood income? Population-based longitudinal study in British Columbia, Canada
Results raise concerns that equity in access to primary care has deteriorated in BC. Reforms to primary care that fail to attend to the multidimensional needs of low-income communities may entrench existing inequities. Policies that tailor patterns of funding and allocation of resources in accordance with population needs, and that align accountability measures with equity objectives are needed as part of further reform efforts
The syndemic effect of HIV/HCV co-infection and mental health disorders on acute care hospitalization rate among people living with HIV/Aids
The effect of a poverty reduction policy and service quality standards on commune-level primary health care utilization in Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam
Although universal access to quality health services is a primary policy goal of the Government of Vietnam (GOVN), economic restructuring and privatization of health services have been associated with emerging inequities in access to care. A GOVN programme for socio-economic development known as Program 135 (P135) designates communes known to be relatively poor as priority localities for development resources. Under this programme, basic curative…
Sars-CoV-2 testing and Covid-19–related primary care use among people with citizenship, permanent residency, and temporary immigration status
Interwoven immigration, health, and occupational policies place people with temporary status in circumstances of precarity and higher health risk. Reducing precarity accompanying temporary status, including regularization pathways, and decoupling access to health care from immigration status can address health inequities
The effect of a poverty reduction policy and service quality standards on commune-level primary health care utilization in Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam
Although universal access to quality health services is a primary policy goal of the Government of Vietnam (GOVN), economic restructuring and privatization of health services have been associated with emerging inequities in access to care. A GOVN programme for socio-economic development known as Program 135 (P135) designates communes known to be relatively poor as priority localities for development resources. Under this programme, basic curative…
The syndemic effect of HIV/HCV co-infection and mental health disorders on acute care hospitalization rate among people living with HIV/Aids
Government policies targeting primary care physician practice from 1998-2018 in three Canadian provinces
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…
Do changes in primary care service use over time differ by neighbourhood income? Population-based longitudinal study in British Columbia, Canada
Results raise concerns that equity in access to primary care has deteriorated in BC. Reforms to primary care that fail to attend to the multidimensional needs of low-income communities may entrench existing inequities. Policies that tailor patterns of funding and allocation of resources in accordance with population needs, and that align accountability measures with equity objectives are needed as part of further reform efforts
Sex, Immigration, and Patterns of Access to Primary Care in Canada
Access to primary care is crucial to immigrant health and may be shaped by sex and gender, but research is limited and inconclusive. We identified measures that reflect access to primary care using 2015-2018 Canadian Community Health Survey data. We used multivariable logistic regression models to estimate adjusted odds of primary care access and to explore interaction effects between sex and immigration group (recent immigrant: < 10 years in Can…
Sars-CoV-2 testing and Covid-19–related primary care use among people with citizenship, permanent residency, and temporary immigration status
Interwoven immigration, health, and occupational policies place people with temporary status in circumstances of precarity and higher health risk. Reducing precarity accompanying temporary status, including regularization pathways, and decoupling access to health care from immigration status can address health inequities
Evaluating engagement with equity in Canadian provincial and territorial primary care policies
Mental Health Needs, Substance Use, and Reincarceration
This article examines the role of mental health, substance use, and comorbidity in relation to time to reincarceration. Our study included all people released from provincial correctional facilities in British Columbia, Canada, from 2012 through 2014 ( N = 13,109). Using data from a mental health screening tool, we examined the relationship between four diagnostic groups (mental health needs alone, substance use disorders alone, co-occurring diso…
The relationship between neighbourhood income and youth mental health service use differs by immigration experience
Mental health service use was substantially lower among immigrant youth than non-immigrant youth, but higher proportions of immigrant youth were hospitalized involuntarily. The reverse income gradient patterns observed for community-mental health service use are noteworthy and suggest significant barriers to accessing preventable care among immigrant youth, particularly those living in lower-income neighbourhoods
The effect of enrolment policies on patient affiliation to a family physician
Patient enrolment with a source of primary care should support continuity of care. • The impact of enrolment policies on affiliation is an important intermediate outcome. • Our Reporting a Regular Medical Doctor index adds the patient view on affiliation. • Quebec enrolment policies did not improve three measures of affiliation. • Enrolment alone is insufficient to increase affiliation, a key input to continuity. Affiliation, defined as having a …
Medicine (9 works) · Healthcare Policy and Management (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Demography (4 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · Health care (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Primary Care and Health Outcomes (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)