Kerry McBrien
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 5409505 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Kerry McBrien |
| PRENOMES | Kerry |
| SOBRENOME | McBrien |
| ASSINATURA | MCBRIEN K |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Calgary |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6024-7828 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 1 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2016 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Assessing the Impacts of Makoyoh’sokoi, a Wholistic, Physical Activity Based Wellness Program for Indigenous Women
Objective Indigenous women experience poorer health and wellness outcomes as a consequence of colonialism and injustice. Past research highlights physical activity as a way to mitigate the impacts of trauma caused by colonialism. To support the health and wellbeing of Indigenous women, the Makoyoh’sokoi Program, a wholistic physical activity initiative was created to build community and promote wellness. The program consisted of a physical activi…
Exploring Patient Understandings of Navigation Services Within Alberta's Healthcare System
INTRODUCTION: Patient navigation was first envisioned to assist marginalized cancer patients access timely healthcare services by identifying and addressing social barriers to care. While this understanding of patient navigation may still hold for a subgroup of programs today, its expansion over the past 30 years has resulted in a diverse set of interventions with distinct care settings, patient eligibility criteria, navigator training requiremen…
Exploring health system integration across public health and primary care programs in Alberta
Background: While both public health entities and primary care play key roles in health promotion and prevention, complex challenges, such as lack of role clarity, gaps in governance and coordination, and resource constraints hinder health system integration efforts. Approach: We aim to explore opportunities to facilitate integration across public health and primary care for health promotion and prevention initiatives in Alberta. The study aim wa…
Exploring person-centered integrated kidney care
Introduction: One in ten Canadians face kidney disease. Both patients and providers have been calling for strategies to address the needs of individuals with early-stage chronic kidney disease. This population faces a high burden of multimorbidity (occurrence of two or more chronic conditions) and requires coordinated care across multiple providers and healthcare settings. However, there is a risk of fragmented care when coordinating across prima…
Physical activity–based, wholistic, wellness interventions for Indigenous women in Canada
There is limited published literature and a dearth of PA-based, wholistic health programs for Indigenous women in Canada. More programming and research are required to address the unique health needs of Indigenous women and mitigate the legacy impacts of colonization on health
The effect of take-home naloxone kits on opioid-related deaths in Alberta, Canada
Evaluating the Impact of a Holistic, Community-Driven, Physical Activity-Based Wellness Program for Indigenous Women using Nominal Group Technique
Objective Indigenous women experience structural barriers to wellness rooted in colonialism and related socio-political processes, making participation in physical activity and access to balanced nutrition challenging. In response, a holistic wellness program was developed in Lloydminster, Alberta, and multiple program iterations have since been completed in urban and rural (including reserve) settings in Alberta, Canada: Onion Lake Cree Nation, …
Managing ‘sick days’ in patients with chronic conditions
INTRODUCTION: People with chronic medical conditions often take medications that improve long-term outcomes but which can be harmful during acute illness. Guidelines recommend that healthcare providers offer instructions to temporarily stop these medications when patients are sick (i.e., sick days). We describe the experiences of patients managing sick days and of healthcare providers providing sick day guidance to their patients. METHODS: We und…
Cervical Cancer Screening by Refugee Category in a Refugee Health Primary Care Clinic in Calgary, Canada, 2011–2016
Newly arrived refugees and refugee claimants experience low cervical cancer screening (CCS) rates in Canada. We investigated CCS at a dedicated refugee clinic. We completed a retrospective cohort study among patients at the Mosaic Refugee Health Clinic in Calgary, Canada, between 2011 and 2016. We investigated CCS offers and completion by refugee category. We then used multivariable logistic regression to estimate the association of CCS screening…
Connect 2 Care, a Novel Community Outreach Program for Vulnerably Housed Patients With High Acute Care Use
Introduction: Vulnerably housed individuals, especially those experiencing homelessness, have higher acute care use compared with the general population. Despite available primary care and social services, many face significant challenges accessing needed services. Connect 2 Care (C2C) is a novel transitional case management program that includes registered nurses and health navigators with complementary expertise in chronic disease management, m…
A Systematic Literature Review of Physical Activity-Based Health Programs for Indigenous Women
Indigenous women experience a disproportionate burden of chronic diseases and health challenges related to obesity. The need for culturally relevant programming to support and empower women to optimize health is well established. Participatory physical activity [PA]-focused programming responsive to the sociocultural realities of Indigenous women may hold promise. However, obesity and chronic disease literature for Indigenous women focusing on PA…
Using concept mapping to prioritize barriers to diabetes care and self-management for those who experience homelessness
Experiencing homelessness poses numerous barriers to managing diabetes, the greatest of which according to clients, is challenges to getting healthy food. This study showed that the way clients and providers perceive these barriers differs considerably, which highlights the importance of including clients' insights when assessing needs and designing effective solutions
A data quality assessment to inform hypertension surveillance using primary care electronic medical record data from Alberta, Canada
Blood pressure and prescribed medications in primary care EMR data demonstrated good completeness and plausibility, and contribute valuable information for hypertension epidemiology and surveillance. The use of other clinical, laboratory, and sociodemographic variables should be used carefully due to variable completeness and suspected data errors. Additional strategies to improve these data at the point of entry and after data extraction (e.g. s…
Characterizing patients with high use of the primary and tertiary care systems
Results of a culturally relevant, physical activity-based wellness program for urban Indigenous women in Alberta, Canada
Increasing physical activity and improving nutrition is challenging for Indigenous women. Their lives are complex and influenced by sociopolitical structures and racism that have yielded family breakdown, socioeconomic inequality, and high levels of poor health. Women Warriors (WW), an eight-week physical activity-based wellness program, was designed to support Indigenous women in their efforts to increase physical activity levels, improve nutrit…
What is the scope of improving immigrant and ethnic minority healthcare using community navigators
Navigator interventions have not been fully explored in Canada, where as, there have been many studies in the United States and these demonstrated significant improvements in immigrant health outcomes. With many immigrants arriving in Canada each year, community navigators may provide a solution to reduce the existing healthcare barriers and support better health outcomes for new comers
What is the scope of improving immigrant and ethnic minority healthcare using community navigators
Navigator interventions have not been fully explored in Canada, where as, there have been many studies in the United States and these demonstrated significant improvements in immigrant health outcomes. With many immigrants arriving in Canada each year, community navigators may provide a solution to reduce the existing healthcare barriers and support better health outcomes for new comers
Results of a culturally relevant, physical activity-based wellness program for urban Indigenous women in Alberta, Canada
Increasing physical activity and improving nutrition is challenging for Indigenous women. Their lives are complex and influenced by sociopolitical structures and racism that have yielded family breakdown, socioeconomic inequality, and high levels of poor health. Women Warriors (WW), an eight-week physical activity-based wellness program, was designed to support Indigenous women in their efforts to increase physical activity levels, improve nutrit…
Characterizing patients with high use of the primary and tertiary care systems
Connect 2 Care, a Novel Community Outreach Program for Vulnerably Housed Patients With High Acute Care Use
Introduction: Vulnerably housed individuals, especially those experiencing homelessness, have higher acute care use compared with the general population. Despite available primary care and social services, many face significant challenges accessing needed services. Connect 2 Care (C2C) is a novel transitional case management program that includes registered nurses and health navigators with complementary expertise in chronic disease management, m…
A Systematic Literature Review of Physical Activity-Based Health Programs for Indigenous Women
Indigenous women experience a disproportionate burden of chronic diseases and health challenges related to obesity. The need for culturally relevant programming to support and empower women to optimize health is well established. Participatory physical activity [PA]-focused programming responsive to the sociocultural realities of Indigenous women may hold promise. However, obesity and chronic disease literature for Indigenous women focusing on PA…
Using concept mapping to prioritize barriers to diabetes care and self-management for those who experience homelessness
Experiencing homelessness poses numerous barriers to managing diabetes, the greatest of which according to clients, is challenges to getting healthy food. This study showed that the way clients and providers perceive these barriers differs considerably, which highlights the importance of including clients' insights when assessing needs and designing effective solutions
A data quality assessment to inform hypertension surveillance using primary care electronic medical record data from Alberta, Canada
Blood pressure and prescribed medications in primary care EMR data demonstrated good completeness and plausibility, and contribute valuable information for hypertension epidemiology and surveillance. The use of other clinical, laboratory, and sociodemographic variables should be used carefully due to variable completeness and suspected data errors. Additional strategies to improve these data at the point of entry and after data extraction (e.g. s…
Cervical Cancer Screening by Refugee Category in a Refugee Health Primary Care Clinic in Calgary, Canada, 2011–2016
Newly arrived refugees and refugee claimants experience low cervical cancer screening (CCS) rates in Canada. We investigated CCS at a dedicated refugee clinic. We completed a retrospective cohort study among patients at the Mosaic Refugee Health Clinic in Calgary, Canada, between 2011 and 2016. We investigated CCS offers and completion by refugee category. We then used multivariable logistic regression to estimate the association of CCS screening…
Evaluating the Impact of a Holistic, Community-Driven, Physical Activity-Based Wellness Program for Indigenous Women using Nominal Group Technique
Objective Indigenous women experience structural barriers to wellness rooted in colonialism and related socio-political processes, making participation in physical activity and access to balanced nutrition challenging. In response, a holistic wellness program was developed in Lloydminster, Alberta, and multiple program iterations have since been completed in urban and rural (including reserve) settings in Alberta, Canada: Onion Lake Cree Nation, …
Managing ‘sick days’ in patients with chronic conditions
INTRODUCTION: People with chronic medical conditions often take medications that improve long-term outcomes but which can be harmful during acute illness. Guidelines recommend that healthcare providers offer instructions to temporarily stop these medications when patients are sick (i.e., sick days). We describe the experiences of patients managing sick days and of healthcare providers providing sick day guidance to their patients. METHODS: We und…
Assessing the Impacts of Makoyoh’sokoi, a Wholistic, Physical Activity Based Wellness Program for Indigenous Women
Objective Indigenous women experience poorer health and wellness outcomes as a consequence of colonialism and injustice. Past research highlights physical activity as a way to mitigate the impacts of trauma caused by colonialism. To support the health and wellbeing of Indigenous women, the Makoyoh’sokoi Program, a wholistic physical activity initiative was created to build community and promote wellness. The program consisted of a physical activi…
Exploring Patient Understandings of Navigation Services Within Alberta's Healthcare System
INTRODUCTION: Patient navigation was first envisioned to assist marginalized cancer patients access timely healthcare services by identifying and addressing social barriers to care. While this understanding of patient navigation may still hold for a subgroup of programs today, its expansion over the past 30 years has resulted in a diverse set of interventions with distinct care settings, patient eligibility criteria, navigator training requiremen…
Exploring health system integration across public health and primary care programs in Alberta
Background: While both public health entities and primary care play key roles in health promotion and prevention, complex challenges, such as lack of role clarity, gaps in governance and coordination, and resource constraints hinder health system integration efforts. Approach: We aim to explore opportunities to facilitate integration across public health and primary care for health promotion and prevention initiatives in Alberta. The study aim wa…
Exploring person-centered integrated kidney care
Introduction: One in ten Canadians face kidney disease. Both patients and providers have been calling for strategies to address the needs of individuals with early-stage chronic kidney disease. This population faces a high burden of multimorbidity (occurrence of two or more chronic conditions) and requires coordinated care across multiple providers and healthcare settings. However, there is a risk of fragmented care when coordinating across prima…
Physical activity–based, wholistic, wellness interventions for Indigenous women in Canada
There is limited published literature and a dearth of PA-based, wholistic health programs for Indigenous women in Canada. More programming and research are required to address the unique health needs of Indigenous women and mitigate the legacy impacts of colonization on health
The effect of take-home naloxone kits on opioid-related deaths in Alberta, Canada
Medicine (14 obras) · Nursing (11 obras) · Health care (10 obras) · Political science (6 obras) · Public health (6 obras) · Environmental health (5 obras) · Family medicine (5 obras) · Indigenous (5 obras) · Population (4 obras) · Psychology (4 obras)