Melanie Barwick
Biographic Data
| ID | 6215236 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melanie Barwick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melanie |
| FAMILY NAME | Barwick |
| SIGNATURE | BARWICK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2478-604X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Voxe
Background: Voxe is a novel, child- and healthcare provider (HCP)-friendly, electronic patient-reported outcome measure (ePROM) platform developed via a user-centric approach to create a digital platform that engages and empowers patients and HCPs. Approach: Iterative rounds of co-design and usability testing guided the rigorous, user-centered development of Voxe. During testing, end users (i.e., patients and HCPs) completed task-based activities…
Exploring clinical supervision in routine practice in community-based child and youth mental health organizations
Engaging patients as healthcare partners through the meaningful use of Voxe
Background: As health services shift towards more patient-centred care, the importance of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) is increasingly recognized. PROMs can effectively capture patients’ perspectives and enable meaningful engagement. This research program aims to improve health outcomes for pediatric patients by systematically implementing PROMs into clinical practice. We have targeted methodological and practical decisions needed to…
Fathers and Mothers with Low Socioeconomic Status Anticipate More Benefits from Trustworthy Easy-to- Read Online Child-Related Information Compared to Other Parents
Results suggest that increasing literacy-oriented web content can lead to greater benefits among low SES parents, and that increasing father awareness and father-inclusive content can lead to even greater benefits among low SES fathers
Evaluation of a serious gaming intervention to prevent child marriage in Uganda
Translation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Knowledge Translation Planning Template for the Brazilian Context
Objective: to translate, cross-culturally adapt, and validate the content of the Knowledge Translation Planning Template, a research dissemination planning tool, into Brazilian Portuguese. Method: this is a methodological study, sequentially divided into six stages: initial translation, translation synthesis, back-translation, judges' committee, pre-test, and approval of the adapted version by the instrument author. The judge's committee assessed…
Tradução E Adaptação Transcultural Da Ferramenta Knowledge Translation Planning Template Para O Contexto Brasileiro
Objetivo: realizar a tradução, adaptação transcultural e validar o conteúdo da Knowledge Translation Planning Template para língua portuguesa do Brasil. Método: estudo metodológico, que seguiu seis etapas: tradução inicial, síntese da tradução, retrotradução, comitê de juízes, pré-teste e aprovação da versão adaptada pela autora da ferramenta. No comitê de juízes a validade do conteúdo foi calculada por meio do Índice de Validade de Conteúdo e Ka…
Disseminating early years research
Purpose This paper aims to outline a knowledge translation (KT) case study undertaken as part of a multi-component research programme aimed at evaluating new parenting supports in the earliest years. The study aimed to: explore the influencing factors relating to research use in an early years context; and to use the findings, at least in part, to execute an integrated KT plan – to promote stakeholder engagement, greater research visibility and t…
Building and diversifying our interdisciplinary giants
Standards for Reporting Implementation Studies (StaRI) Statement
Implementation studies are often poorly reported and indexed, reducing their potential to inform initiatives to improve healthcare services. The Standards for Reporting Implementation Studies (StaRI) initiative aimed to develop guidelines for transparent and accurate reporting of implementation studies. Informed by the findings of a systematic review and a consensus-building e-Delphi exercise, an international working group of implementation scie…
Perceived reciprocal value of health professionals’ participation in global child health-related work
BACKGROUND: Leading children's hospitals in high-income settings have become heavily engaged in international child health research and educational activities. These programs aim to provide benefit to the institutions, children and families in the overseas locations where they are implemented. Few studies have measured the actual reciprocal value of this work for the home institutions and for individual staff who participate in these overseas act…
Profiles and Service Utilization for Children Accessing a Mental Health Walk-In Clinic versus Usual Care
Many children and adolescents with mental health problems do not receive the treatment they need. Unmet need raises questions about specific barriers that may prevent service use, and/or the characteristics of children and families who are less likely to receive care. Brief interventions or single-session psychotherapy delivered in a highly accessible manner are methods of addressing the problems associated with waitlists and limited access to ca…
Challenges of Knowledge Translation in Rural Communities
Qualitative focus group methods were used to examine the readiness of children's mental health organizations in rural communities to make use of research knowledge. A social construction perspective underpins this study, highlighting the significance of subjective interpretation in the actions and reactions of individuals in their everyday world. Knowledge translation was conceptualized by participants on a continuum, ranging from the provision o…
Infant communication and the mother–infant relationship
Infants' emerging communication skills are understood to be associated with the maternal relationship, particularly for children experiencing high levels of social risk. This study attempts to determine the extent to which this association is influenced by (a) the mental health risk of the dyad and (b) different operational definitions and measurement of both the dyadic relationship and the construct of “communication.” Ninety‐six infants (10–30 …
Watch, wait, and wonder
This research compared two forms of psychodynamic psychotherapeutic interventions for 67 clinically referred infants and their mothers. One was an infant-led psychotherapy delivered through a program called Watch, Wait, and Wonder (WWW). The other was a mother–infant psychotherapy (PPT). Infants ranged in age from 10 to 30 months at the outset of treatment, which took place in weekly sessions over approximately 5 months. A broad range of measures…
Watch, wait, and wonder
This research compared two forms of psychodynamic psychotherapeutic interventions for 67 clinically referred infants and their mothers. One was an infant-led psychotherapy delivered through a program called Watch, Wait, and Wonder (WWW). The other was a mother–infant psychotherapy (PPT). Infants ranged in age from 10 to 30 months at the outset of treatment, which took place in weekly sessions over approximately 5 months. A broad range of measures…
Infant communication and the mother–infant relationship
Infants' emerging communication skills are understood to be associated with the maternal relationship, particularly for children experiencing high levels of social risk. This study attempts to determine the extent to which this association is influenced by (a) the mental health risk of the dyad and (b) different operational definitions and measurement of both the dyadic relationship and the construct of “communication.” Ninety‐six infants (10–30 …
Challenges of Knowledge Translation in Rural Communities
Qualitative focus group methods were used to examine the readiness of children's mental health organizations in rural communities to make use of research knowledge. A social construction perspective underpins this study, highlighting the significance of subjective interpretation in the actions and reactions of individuals in their everyday world. Knowledge translation was conceptualized by participants on a continuum, ranging from the provision o…
Profiles and Service Utilization for Children Accessing a Mental Health Walk-In Clinic versus Usual Care
Many children and adolescents with mental health problems do not receive the treatment they need. Unmet need raises questions about specific barriers that may prevent service use, and/or the characteristics of children and families who are less likely to receive care. Brief interventions or single-session psychotherapy delivered in a highly accessible manner are methods of addressing the problems associated with waitlists and limited access to ca…
Standards for Reporting Implementation Studies (StaRI) Statement
Implementation studies are often poorly reported and indexed, reducing their potential to inform initiatives to improve healthcare services. The Standards for Reporting Implementation Studies (StaRI) initiative aimed to develop guidelines for transparent and accurate reporting of implementation studies. Informed by the findings of a systematic review and a consensus-building e-Delphi exercise, an international working group of implementation scie…
Perceived reciprocal value of health professionals’ participation in global child health-related work
BACKGROUND: Leading children's hospitals in high-income settings have become heavily engaged in international child health research and educational activities. These programs aim to provide benefit to the institutions, children and families in the overseas locations where they are implemented. Few studies have measured the actual reciprocal value of this work for the home institutions and for individual staff who participate in these overseas act…
Building and diversifying our interdisciplinary giants
Disseminating early years research
Purpose This paper aims to outline a knowledge translation (KT) case study undertaken as part of a multi-component research programme aimed at evaluating new parenting supports in the earliest years. The study aimed to: explore the influencing factors relating to research use in an early years context; and to use the findings, at least in part, to execute an integrated KT plan – to promote stakeholder engagement, greater research visibility and t…
Evaluation of a serious gaming intervention to prevent child marriage in Uganda
Translation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Knowledge Translation Planning Template for the Brazilian Context
Objective: to translate, cross-culturally adapt, and validate the content of the Knowledge Translation Planning Template, a research dissemination planning tool, into Brazilian Portuguese. Method: this is a methodological study, sequentially divided into six stages: initial translation, translation synthesis, back-translation, judges' committee, pre-test, and approval of the adapted version by the instrument author. The judge's committee assessed…
Tradução E Adaptação Transcultural Da Ferramenta Knowledge Translation Planning Template Para O Contexto Brasileiro
Objetivo: realizar a tradução, adaptação transcultural e validar o conteúdo da Knowledge Translation Planning Template para língua portuguesa do Brasil. Método: estudo metodológico, que seguiu seis etapas: tradução inicial, síntese da tradução, retrotradução, comitê de juízes, pré-teste e aprovação da versão adaptada pela autora da ferramenta. No comitê de juízes a validade do conteúdo foi calculada por meio do Índice de Validade de Conteúdo e Ka…
Fathers and Mothers with Low Socioeconomic Status Anticipate More Benefits from Trustworthy Easy-to- Read Online Child-Related Information Compared to Other Parents
Results suggest that increasing literacy-oriented web content can lead to greater benefits among low SES parents, and that increasing father awareness and father-inclusive content can lead to even greater benefits among low SES fathers
Engaging patients as healthcare partners through the meaningful use of Voxe
Background: As health services shift towards more patient-centred care, the importance of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) is increasingly recognized. PROMs can effectively capture patients’ perspectives and enable meaningful engagement. This research program aims to improve health outcomes for pediatric patients by systematically implementing PROMs into clinical practice. We have targeted methodological and practical decisions needed to…
Voxe
Background: Voxe is a novel, child- and healthcare provider (HCP)-friendly, electronic patient-reported outcome measure (ePROM) platform developed via a user-centric approach to create a digital platform that engages and empowers patients and HCPs. Approach: Iterative rounds of co-design and usability testing guided the rigorous, user-centered development of Voxe. During testing, end users (i.e., patients and HCPs) completed task-based activities…
Exploring clinical supervision in routine practice in community-based child and youth mental health organizations
Psychology (10 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Mental health (5 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Health Policy Implementation Science (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works)