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Introduction
Research interest (keys-words):
Community Health and primary health care
Rural health
Climate change and health services
Mental health
Nursing leadership and Interprofessional Collaboration
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August 2008 - October 2020
Position
- Professor (Full)
Description
- Primary health care Rural populations Mental health Community & public health Climate changes Interprofessional collaboration
October 2005 - May 2007
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Publications (44)
Introduction: This article is part of a research study on the organization of primary health care (PHC) for mental health in two of Quebec’s remote regions. It introduces a methodological approach based on information found in health records, for assessing the quality of PHC offered to people suffering from depression or anxiety disorders.
Methods:...
Background:
Changing Directions, Changing Lives, the Mental Health Strategy for Canada, prioritizes the development of coordinated continuums of care in mental health that will bridge the gap in services for Inuit populations.
Objective:
In order to target ways of improving the services provided in these contexts to individuals in Nunavik with d...
Canada’s healthcare system, like those of other countries, needs to make organizational changes to keep up with our growing understanding of the environment and needs of an aging population. The number, frequency, pace, and kinds of changes are challenging the capacity of decision-makers to deliver effective solutions in which the reorganization of...
Résumé
Depuis 2005, le Plan d’action en santé mentale oriente le développement et l’organisation des services en santé mentale au Québec. En conjonction avec d’autres réformes modifiant l’économie générale du système de santé, il vise en particulier à favoriser une réponse adéquate aux troubles mentaux courants. Cette préoccupation appelle une tran...
Background
With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person social interactions and opportunities for accessing resources that sustain health and well-being have drastically reduced. We therefore designed the pan-Canadian prospective COVID-19: HEalth and Social Inequities across Neighbourhoods (COHESION) cohort to provide a deeper understanding...
BACKGROUND
The third generation of living labs could strengthen innovation and the development of broad social effects. Since August 2022, the rural areas of Chaudiere-Appalaches in Quebec, Canada, have been the site of the living lab MOSAIC. Collaborators involved in this living lab include four stakeholders: seniors and their families, representa...
Purpose
The current pandemic and ongoing climate risks highlight the limited capacity of various systems, including health and social ones, to respond to population-scale and long-term threats. Practices to reduce the impacts on the health and well-being of populations must evolve from a reactive mode to preventive, proactive and concerted actions...
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Au Québec, les groupes de médecine de famille (GMF), où plusieurs professionnels de la santé travaillent en collaboration, sont maintenant présents sur la grande majorité du territoire. La collaboration interprofessionnelle (CIP) est un élément essentiel pour les professionnels y travaillant, particulièrement dans les milieux ruraux et éloig...
The current pandemic and ongoing climate risks highlight the limited capacity of various systems, including health and social ones, to respond to population-scale and long-term threats. Practices to reduce the impacts on the health and well-being of populations must evolve from a reactive mode to preventive, proactive and concerted actions beginnin...
With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person social interactions and opportunities for accessing resources that sustain health and well-being have drastically reduced. We therefore designed the pan-Canadian population-based prospective COVID-19: HEalth and Social Inequities across Neighbourhoods (COHESION) cohort to provide deeper understand...
Introduction:
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictive measures have caused important disruptions in economies and labour markets, changed the way we work and socialise, forced schools to close and healthcare and social services to reorganise. This unprecedented crisis forces individuals to make considerable efforts to adapt and will have...
Introduction:
Psychosocial impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, including those on mental health, are now recognized. However, the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic differs from one individual, group or context to another and solutions to cope with it must be adapted and contextualized.
Aim of the study:
This study aims to identify...
Aim:
To describe the state of health of Quebec nursing staff during the pandemic according to their exposure to COVID-19, work-related characteristics and sociodemographic factors (gender, generational age group). State of health was captured essentially by assessing psychological distress, depression symptoms and fatigue.
Design and methods:
A...
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La présente pandémie nécessite le recours aux mécanismes qui favorisent l’action intersectorielle entre les autorités et les partenaires de différents secteurs de la santé et de la société civile pour coordonner et adapter la réponse socio-sanitaire en fonction des particularités des milieux et de l’évolution de la pandémie. Ce commentaire propose...
Background
The COVID-19 pandemic and the isolation measures taken to control it has caused important disruptions in economies and labour markets, changed the way we work and socialize, forced schools to close and healthcare and social services to reorganize in order to redirect resources on the pandemic response. This unprecedented crisis forces in...
Cette boîte à outils présente les meilleures approches communautaires et cliniques pour prévenir ou réduire les impacts sur la santé mentale des événements météorologiques extrêmes dans un contexte de changements climatiques. Reposant sur un modèle en étape, elle contient des informations, recommandations et ressources à l’attention des personnes e...
La pandémie liée à la COVID-19 met à l'épreuve les capacités d'adaptation des populations et entraîne des effets sur leur santé mentale. Cette Quintessence présente les groupes ciblés et les facteurs influençant la santé mentale documentés à partir d’une revue de presse couvrant la période du 1er mai au 31 juillet 2020 (Talbot, Lessard, 2020). Arti...
Résumé
Malgré l’offre de soins de santé mentale dans les soins primaires, la fragmentation des soins de santé mentale et physique demeure. Cet article analyse des modèles de prise en charge qui permettraient une globalité des soins, et fonde ses résultats sur 7 études de cas d’équipes multidisciplinaires reposant sur une pratique infirmière élargi...
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Contexte Les personnes touchées par des désastres d'origine naturelle (inondations majeures, tornades) ou anthropique (attaque terroriste, accidents majeurs) sont exposées à des stress importants pouvant occasionner de la détresse psychologique. À long terme, certaines personnes exposées à ces stress développeront des troubles mentaux, comme le tro...
The actual scope of nursing practice in community health services in remote areas
Nurses can help improve access to health services and the quality of the care, provided that they fully engage in their field of practice. Conducted in Quebec in a remote region far from any major urban centers, this study aims to 1) measure the actual scope of nursin...
L’exploitation d’hydrocarbures dans le golfe du Saint-Laurent peut-elle entraîner des effets sur la santé ou sur le bien-être des populations habitant le littoral ? Un survol de la littérature a mis en évidence plusieurs impacts sanitaires et sociaux sur les populations côtières. Ces impacts sont principalement associés à l’effet boomtown et aux dé...
Les infirmières cliniciennes peuvent jouer un rôle clé au Québec pour améliorer l'accès, la qualité et la sécurité des soins. Pour ce, elles doivent miser sur leurs nombreuses compétences, dont celle de leadership clinique. Les infirmières font preuve de leadership clinique lorsqu'elles exercent une influence positive auprès des patients, de leur f...
The prevalence of common mental disorders (CMD) increases both in Quebec and in the world. Governments, researchers and clinicians are in search of the best practices to improve the services offered to clients with CMD. The data suggest that these services should be primarily offered in primary care, but their current organization in Quebec does no...
Introduction:
The overall aim of this project is to help develop knowledge about primary care delivery models likely to improve the accessibility, quality and efficiency of care. Operationally, this objective will be achieved through supporting and evaluating 8 primary care team pilot sites that rely on an expanded nursing role within a more inten...
Introduction: This article is part of a research study on the organization of primary health care (PHC) for mental health in two of Quebec's remote regions. It introduces a methodological approach based on information found in health records, for assessing the quality of PHC offered to people suffering from depression or anxiety disorders. Methods:...
Résumé
La modification des habitudes de vie pour adopter des comportements sains repose notamment sur la capacité des individus et des populations à estimer les conséquences à long terme des gestes accomplis aujourd’hui. Cette capacité peut cependant varier d’une personne à l’autre, notamment en raison des perspectives temporelles (PT) adoptées. Le...
Since 2005, the Mental Health Action Plan maps out development and reorganization of mental health services in Québec. With concurrent reforms affecting the overall layout of the health care system, the Action Plan especially seeks to improve the management of common mental disorders. This particular concern calls for transformations at the primary...
Contexte Au Canada, plus d'un million de personnes s'identifient comme autochtones , soit près de 4 % de la population 1. Plusieurs de ces personnes sont exposées à des facteurs de risque pouvant compromettre leur bien-être et leur santé mentale. Parmi ces facteurs figurent le désoeuvrement, la discrimination, la pauvreté, le manque de logements et...
Context In Canada, over one million people, nearly four percent of the population 1 , identify themselves as Aboriginal i. Many of these people are exposed to risk factors that can compromise their well-being and mental health. These factors include idleness, discrimination, poverty, lack of housing and historical traumas that have transcended gene...
The interdisciplinary team is frequently utilized in the delivery of health care services. Considerable confusion surrounds the concept of teamwork. Three characteristics of teamwork are delineated to further the understanding of its structure and function. Integrative and coordinate teams are differentiated as models of practice. Implications for...
