Faculty, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
Professor, UBC School of Nursing
sabrina.wong@nursing.ubc.ca
@sabrinawong88
(604) 827-5584
Profile
Dr. Wong’s research examines the organization and delivery of health care services within the context of primary health care. A recognized leader in research involving patient-reported quality of care, her work contributes to informing practice and system level interventions that seek to decrease health inequalities among Canadian residents, including people who face multiple disadvantages in accessing and using the health care system such as those who have language barriers and live in poverty. Her long-standing commitment to research has significantly contributed to further understanding and application of primary health care in helping to reduce health and health care inequalities.
Education
PhD, Health Services Research, Nursing, University of California, San Francisco
MSc, Community Health Nursing Administration, University of California, San Francisco
BSN, University of British Columbia
Research Interests
- Primary health care
- Health inequalities
- Performance measurement and reporting
- Integration of health services
Current Projects
- Transforming community-based primary healthcare delivery through comprehensive performance measurement and reporting
- Research lead, BC Primary Health Care Research Network, one of the Strategy for Patient Oriented Research Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovation Network nodes. The BC PHCRN aims to seek out, develop, and facilitate adoption of health care innovations to improve BC’s health care delivery system (spor-bcphcrn.ca).
- Co-Director, BC node of the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (spor-bcphcrn.ca/bc-cpcssn/). The Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (CPCSSN) is a pan-Canadian multi-disease electronic medical record surveillance system that makes it possible to securely collect and report on vital information from Canadians’ health records to improve the way chronic diseases are managed.
Affiliations and Awards
- Investigator, Culture, Gender and Health research unit (2004-present)
- Affiliate, Department of Family Practice (2007-present)
- NAPCRG (North American Primary Care Research Group) PEARL on: Continuity of Care: Does Having the Same Primary Care Provider Over Time Matter?, NAPCRG (February 2015).
- UBC Killam Faculty Research Fellowship, UBC (2012)
- Canadian Institute for Health Information Scholar (2012)
- Excellence in Nursing Research, College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia (2011)
- Career Scholar, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (2005-2010)
- Canadian Institutes for Health Research New Investigator award (2006-2011)
- Distinguished Paper Presentation award, Society for Teachers of Family Medicine (2004)
- Career award, National Institute on Aging (2003-2006)
- Health Services Research award, American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Foundation and the Children’s Dental Health Project (2001)
Current Graduate Students
- Mary Helmer-Smith, MSc Student, School of Population and Public Health
- Veena Mudaliar, PhD Student, School of Nursing
- Innocent Ndateba, PhD Student, School of Nursing
- Manpreet Thandi, PhD Student, School of Nursing
Currently Recruiting Graduate Students Interested in
- Primary health care
- Performance measurement and reporting
- Collaboration between public health and primary care
- Health inequalities
Courses Currently Taught
- NURS 505 Statistical Literacy in Nursing
- Mixed methods in primary health care research (pan-Canadian Transdisciplinary Understanding of Research in Primary Health Care program)
Recent Publications
Mangin D, Lawson J, Risdon C, Siu HY, Packer T, Wong ST, Howard M. Association between frailty, chronic conditions and socioeconomic status in community-dwelling older adults attending primary care: a cross-sectional study using practice-based research network data. BMJ Open. 2023 Feb 21;13(2):e066269. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066269. Read more
Rudoler D, Peterson S, Stock D, Taylor C, Wilton D, Blackie D, Burge F, Glazier RH, Goldsmith L, Grudniewicz A, Hedden L, Jamieson M, Katz A, MacKenzie A, Marshall E, McCracken R, McGrail K, Scott I, Wong ST, Lavergne MR. Changes over time in patient visits and continuity of care among graduating cohorts of family physicians in 4 Canadian provinces. CMAJ. 2022 Dec 12;194(48):E1639-E1646. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.220439. Read more
Singer A, Kosowan L, LaBine L, Shenoda D, Katz A, Abrams EM, Halas G, Wong ST, Talpade S, Kirby S, Baldwin A, Francois J. Characterizing the use of virtual care in primary care settings during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Prim Care. 2022 Dec 10;23(1):320. doi: 10.1186/s12875-022-01890-w. Read more
Lavoie JG, Clark W, McDonnell L, Nickel N, Dutton R, Kanayok J, Anawak J, Anawak C, Brown L, Clark GV, Evaluardjuk-Palmer M, Ford F, Fowler-Woods M, Wong S, Sanguins J, Katz A. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. Kivalliq Inuit women travelling to Manitoba for birthing: findings from the Qanuinngitsiarutiksait study. 2022 Nov 23;22(1):870. doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-05214-9. Read more
Liaw W, Wong ST. Supporting the Primary Care Research Infrastructure Through Advocacy: A Reflection from the NAPCRG Research Advocacy Committee. Ann Fam Med. 2022 Sep-Oct;20(5):488-490. doi: 10.1370/afm.2877. Read more
Ndateba I, Wong ST, Beaumier J, Burge F, Martin-Misener R, Hogg W, Wodchis W, McGrail K, Johnston S. Primary care practice characteristics associated with team functioning in primary care settings in Canada: A practice-based cross-sectional survey. J Interprof Care. 2022 Jul 26:1-10. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2022.2099359. Online ahead of print. Read more
Terry AL, Stewart M, Ashcroft R, Brown JB, Burge F, Haggerty J, McWilliam C, Meredith L, Reid GJ, Thomas R, Wong ST; and the TUTOR-PHC Program Investigators/Mentors. Complex skills are required for new primary health care researchers: a training program responds. BMC Med Educ. 2022 Jul 22;22(1):565. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03620-3. Read more
Carter AJE, Harrison M, Kryworuchko J, Kekwaletswe T, Wong ST, Goldstein J, Warner G. Essential Elements to Implementing a Paramedic Palliative Model of Care: An Application of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. J Palliat Med. 2022 Jun 21. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2021.0459. Online ahead of print. Read more
Dhari R, Haase K, Ranger M, Tan E, Affleck F, Bailey E, Wong ST. Engaging nursing students in a COVID-19 Point-of-Care rapid screening clinic. Nurs Open. 2022 Jun 10. doi: 10.1002/nop2.1272. Online ahead of print. Read more
Ezzat AM, Esculier JF, Ferguson SL, Napier C, Wong ST. Canadian Physiotherapists Integrate Virtual Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Physiotherapy Canada. 2022(aop):e20220092. Read more
Clark W, Lavoie JG, Mcdonnell L, Nickel N, Anawak J, Brown L, Clark G, Evaluardjuk-Palmer M, Ford F, Dutton R, Wong S, Sanguins J, Katz A. Trends in Inuit health services utilisation in Manitoba: findings from the Qanuinngitsiarutiksait study. Int J Circumpolar Health. 2022 Dec;81(1):2073069. doi: 10.1080/22423982.2022.2073069. Read more
Wong ST, Morkem R, Leis J, Levinson W, Patey A, Durance A, Barber D. Potentially inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections in Canadian primary care: Results from the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network. Kingston, ON: Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network; April 2022. Read more
Wong S, Rajapakshe S, Barber D, Patey A, Levinson W, Morkem R, Hurwitz G, Wintermute K, Leis JA. Antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infection across a national primary care network in 2019. Can Commun Dis Rep. 2022 Apr 6;48(4):157-163. doi: 10.14745/ccdr.v48i04a06. eCollection 2022 Apr 6. Read more
McKay M, Lavergne MR, Lea AP, Le M, Grudniewicz A, Blackie D, Goldsmith LJ, Marshall EG, Mathews M, McCracken R, McGrail K, Wong S, Rudoler D. Government policies targeting primary care physician practice from 1998-2018 in three Canadian provinces: A jurisdictional scan. Health Policy. 2022 Mar 17:S0168-8510(22)00063-X. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2022.03.006. Online ahead of print. Read more
Marshall EG, Breton M, Green M, Edwards L, Ayn C, Smithman MA, Ryan Carson S, Ashcroft R, Bayoumi I, Burge F, Deslauriers V, Lawson B, Mathews M, McPherson C, Moritz LR, Nesto S, Stock D, Wong ST, Andrew M. CUP study: protocol for a comparative analysis of centralised waitlist effectiveness, policies and innovations for connecting unattached patients to primary care providers. BMJ Open. 2022 Mar 7;12(3):e049686. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049686. Read more