Lise Olsen

• PhD
• Professor (Assistant) at University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Background: Societal expectations about safety influence parents' risk perceptions and children's risky play opportunities. This study examined parents' propensity to take risks themselves and their propensity to accept risks for their child, sex-related differences in parents' propensity to accept risks for their child, and the association betwee...

Background Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families experience challenges and barriers at multiple levels that influence their activity participation. The purpose of this study was to develop understanding about factors influencing how families can promote safe, active recreation for their children 3–12 years living with ASD...

Background Participation in recreational activity by children with autism is important for health and social inclusion. However, these children and their families experience many barriers to recreation participation including parental concerns about safety and injury risks and a lack of educational resources to address children’s recreational safet...

Clinical evaluation of undergraduate nursing students is one of the most challenging aspects of baccalaureate nursing education, especially for novice clinical instructors. Early identification of unsafe student behaviours is necessary to ensure students obtain adequate support and guidance. The degree to which clinical instructors are certain abou...

Background Parental attitudes regarding child safety and risk engagement play important roles in child injury prevention and health promotion efforts. Few studies have compared mothers’ and fathers’ attitudes on these topics. This study used the risk engagement and protection survey (REPS) previously validated with fathers to compare with data coll...

Background Parents play an important role in keeping children safe from injury. The Risk Engagement and Protection Survey (REPS) was developed and validated in measuring fathers’ attitudes towards protecting children from injury and allowing them to engage in risks. However, the validity of this two-construct instrument remains unestablished among...

Introduction Engaging in physical activity and recreation are important aspects of health for children living with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). However, children with ASD experience higher levels of inactivity and obesity along with increased injury rates. Since parent support is key to children’s activity participation, their safety related pe...

Background/objectives: The ability to be a reflective practitioner is recognized by nursing regulatory bodies as a component of professional competence and becoming a reflective practitioner is an essential part of learning to become a nurse. In this multi-site study, we explored undergraduate nursing students' beliefs, capacities and intentions t...

Introduction Fathers play a unique role in keeping children safe from injury yet understanding of their views and attitudes towards protecting children from injury and allowing them to engage in risks is limited. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an instrument to measure fathers’ attitudes towards these two constructs. Methods...

Background The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a survey instrument to measure fathers’ attitudes regarding injury prevention for their children. Parents play an important role in reducing child injury risk; however, our understanding of the unique role that fathers play in keeping children safe is limited. Our previous research in...

Background Participation in physical activity can provide important health benefits for children living with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Children with ASD, however, experience increased risk of injury along with higher levels of inactivity and obesity. The increased injury risks are related social, sensory, and behavioural factors. Parents of...

Background Injury prevention policy is crucial for the safety of Canada’s children; however, legislation is not adopted uniformly across the country. Researchers and policy makers must work together to develop effective legislation that is evidence-based but little is known regarding policy makers views regarding the importance of research in facil...

Injury prevention policy is crucial for the safety of Canada's children; however legislation is not adopted uniformly across the country. This study aimed to identify key barriers and enablers to enacting injury prevention legislation. Purposive snowball sampling identified individuals involved in injury prevention throughout Canada. An online surv...

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the safety-related concerns of parents of children with a variety of disabilities and chronic conditions. We sought to examine concerns common to parents as they related to their children's delayed development, behavioral difficulties, and chronic conditions. Method: A qualitative approach guided b...

We conducted a qualitative inquiry to better understand how fathers of young children consider risk in their own life and in the lives of their 2- to 7-year-olds. Interview data were collected from 64 fathers from rural and urban Canada. Fathers’ discourse was considered in the context of masculine identities as well as the implications for father-...

The purpose of this study was to examine how mothers with young children who were living in low-income households used discursive strategies to explain their children’s injury and near-miss events. In-person interviews were conducted with 17 mothers and a discourse analytic approach was used to analyze the data. Mothers used a variety of discursive...

Social trends show that contemporary fathers are spending increased time with their children and that active play and outdoor recreation are important features of their relationships. Dominant ideals of masculinity can differ by settings, which in turn guide men’s understandings and practices of fathering regarding the functions of and opportunitie...

Background: Findings from research in the United States show an increase in injury and mortality rates among older male motorcycle riders. Because trends in ridership and injuries have not been well investigated in Canada, we undertook a study to determine the effect of the increasing age of male motorcycle riders on injury patterns in British Colu...

Unintentional injuries are a leading public health problem for children, particularly among those living at lower socioeconomic levels. Parents play an important preventive role, and the aim of this study was to examine fathers' views on the role of their family financial situation in preventing children's injuries. In-depth interviews were conduct...

Injuries are a leading cause of child death, and safety interventions frequently target mothers. Fathers are largely ignored despite their increasing childcare involvement. In our qualitative study with 18 Canadian heterosexual couples parenting children 2 to 7 years old, we examined dyadic decision making and negotiations related to child safety a...

Injury prevention plays a key role in keeping children safe, but emerging research suggests that imposing too many restrictions on children's outdoor risky play hinders their development. We explore the relationship between child development, play, and conceptions of risk taking with the aim of informing child injury prevention. Generational trends...

Injuries are a leading cause of death for children, and parental safety behaviors are fundamental to child injury prevention. Fathers' perspectives are largely absent. Our novel research connects masculinities, fathering, and childhood injury. Sixteen fathers of children aged 2 to 7 years in two Canadian urban settings participated in photo-elicita...

Background While most child injury prevention research has focused on mothers, research suggests fathers also play an important role. In a recent study, fathers described how they constantly balanced efforts to expose their children to new and potentially risky situations with needs to protect children from injury. Aim To develop and validate an in...

To gain an understanding about fathers' perspectives and practices related to accessing information on childhood safety. Qualitative interviews were carried out with 32 fathers of children aged 2-7 years in British Columbia, Canada. Interview questions investigated whether fathers accessed information on child safety issues, the type of information...

Background The dominant discourse of popular media appears to paint a disparaging picture of parents deemed overly concerned about their children's safety. Child injury prevention interventions frequently focus on influencing parenting behaviours. Fathers are increasingly involved in childcare, highlighting the need to understand their perspectives...

While injuries are a leading health concern for Aboriginal populations, injury rates and types vary substantially across bands. The uniqueness of Aboriginal communities highlights the importance of collecting community-level injury surveillance data to assist with identifying local injury patterns, setting priorities for action and evaluating progr...

To gain understanding of fathers' attitudes, decisions, and practices regarding the level of risk they are willing to expose their children to and the level of protection they feel is necessary. Interviews were conducted with a diverse sample of 32 fathers of children aged 2 to 7 years in British Columbia. Questions addressed fathers' roles and typ...

Introduction Fathers have a major impact on various aspects of child health and development yet little is known about their roles in preventing injuries the most significant risk to their childrens health. While parents play a large role in mitigating childhood injury risks, particularly for younger children, the role of each parent differs substan...

Introduction How fathers engage in risk-taking and safety-related behaviours with their young children plays an important role in injury prevention. Concepts addressed through this gendered analysis included: negotiation of gender roles related to responsibility for child safety, consensus on acceptable risk and fathers perceptions of masculinity....

IntroductionInjury is the leading cause of death for children over the age of one. Prevention methods such as providing parents with information injury risks and prevention strategies can be an effective way to help change risk behaviour and decrease the chance of an injury event.PurposeTo gain an understanding on father's behaviours in regard to a...

IntroductionResearch indicates a higher risk of injury for children with certain types of disabilities and chronic health conditions. Parents play a large role in mitigating childhood injury risks, yet there has been little research examining how injury risks related to children's disabilities or chronic conditions are perceived and managed by pare...

IntroductionInjury is the leading cause of death for children over the age of one. Prevention methods such as providing parents with information on injury risks and prevention strategies can be an effective way to help change risk behaviour and decrease the chance of an injury event.PurposeTo gain an understanding on father's behaviours in regard t...

Children living in lower-income environments are at greater risk for unintentional injuries. However, little is known about the safety practices of mothers living in low-income situations. This ethnographic study explored the child safeguarding experiences of low-income mothers using in-home interviews and observations. Mothers' safeguarding effort...

The aim of this study was to test an intervention aimed at addressing the risk of injury in infants 2 - 12 months of age. A non-blinded, randomized controlled trial was conducted, whereby parents were randomly assigned to either a control or one of two intervention groups. Parents completed questionnaires regarding safety behaviours and injuries at...

To examine evidence on the effectiveness of current injury prevention strategies in selected sport and recreational activities, determine the applicability of the evidence to children and youth and discuss the implications related to policy, programming and future research. Research questions and relevance criteria were developed a priori. Potentia...

To examine evidence on the effectiveness of current injury prevention strategies in soccer, determine the applicability of the evidence to children and youth, and make recommendations on policy, programming, and future research. Standard systematic review methodology was modified and adopted for this review. Research questions and relevance criteri...

To obtain estimates of the relative efficacy of 3 main treatment strategies for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and youth (age < 18 years). Design: quantitative systematic review of randomized trials. Subjects: 999 patients with ADHD from 26 randomized trials. Interventions: medications alone, behavioural interventions a...

Purpose To apply Karasek's Job Content Model to an analysis of the relationships between job type and perceived stress and stress behaviors in a large company during a period of reorganization and downsizing. Design Cross-sectional mail-out, mail-back survey. Setting A large Canadian telephone/telecommunications company. Subjects Stratified rand...