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
- 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
Lavoie JG, Clark W, McDonnell L, Nickel N, Dutton R, Kanayok J, Fowler-Woods M, Anawak J, Brown N, Voisey Clark G, Evaluardjuk-Palmer T, Wong ST, Sanguins J, Mudryj A, Mullins N, Ford M, Clark J. Cross-jurisdictional pandemic management: providers speaking on the experience of Nunavut Inuit accessing services in Manitoba during the COVID-19 pandemic. Int J Circumpolar Health. 2023 Dec;82(1):2259122. doi: 10.1080/22423982.2023.2259122. Epub 2023 Sep 20. Read more
Sasseville M, Supper W, Gartner JB, Layani G, Amil S, Sheffield P, Gagnon MP, Hudon C, Lambert S, Attisso E, Bureau Lagarde V, Breton M, Poitras ME, Pluye P, Roux-Levy PH, Plaisimond J, Bergeron F, Ashcroft R, Wong S, Groulx A, Beaudet N, Paquette JS, D'Anjou N, Langlois S, LeBlanc A. Clinical Integration of Digital Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Primary Health Care for Chronic Disease Management: Protocol for a Systematic Review. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Aug 18;12:e48155. doi: 10.2196/48155. Read more
Lavergne MR, Rudoler D, Peterson S, Stock D, Taylor C, Wilton AS, Wong ST, Scott I, McGrail KM, McCracken RK, Marshall EG, MacKenzie A, Katz A, Jamieson M, Hedden L, Grudniewicz A, Goldsmith LJ, Glazier RH, Burge F, Blackie D. Changes in comprehensiveness of services delivered by Canadian family physicians: Analysis of population-based linked data in 4 provinces. Can Fam Physician. 2023 Aug;69(8):550-556. doi: 10.46747/cfp.6908550. Read more
Zeitouny S, Cheng L, Wong ST, Tadrous M, McGrail K, Law MR. Prevalence and predictors of primary nonadherence to medications prescribed in primary care. CMAJ. 2023 Aug 8;195(30):E1000-E1009. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.221018. Read more
Menear M, Duhoux A, Bédard M, Paquette JS, Baron M, Breton M, Courtemanche S, Dubé S, Dufour S, Fortin M, Girard A, Larouche-Côté É, L'Espérance A, LeBlanc A, Poitras ME, Rivet S, Sasseville M, Achim A, Archambault P, Bajurny V, Brown JB, Carrier JD, Côté N, Couturier Y, Dogba MJ, Gagnon MP, Ghio SC, Marshall EG, Kothari A, Lussier MT, Mair FS, Smith S, Vachon B, Wong S. Understanding the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the care experiences of people with mental-physical multimorbidity: protocol for a mixed methods study. BMC Prim Care. 2023 Jul 24;24(1):154. doi: 10.1186/s12875-023-02106-5. Read more
Wong ST, Morkem R, Salman A, Barber D, Leis JA. Value in Primary Care: Evidence from the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network. Healthcare Policy. 2023 May;18(4):57-71. doi:10.12927/hcpol.2023.27093. Read more
Garrison SR, Kelmer M, Korownyk T, Kolber MR, Allan GM, Bakal J, Singer A, Katz A, Mcalister F, Padwal RS, Lewanczuk R, Hill MD, McGrail K, O'Neill B, Greiver M, Manca DP, Mangin D, Wong ST, Kirkwood JEM, McCormack JP, Yeung JMS, Green L. Tolerability of bedtime diuretics: a prospective cohort analysis. BMJ Open. 2023 Jun 6;13(6):e068188. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068188. Read more
Lavergne MR, Rudoler D, Peterson S, Stock D, Taylor C, Wilton AS, Wong ST, Scott I, McGrail KM, McCracken R, Marshall EG, MacKenzie A, Katz A, Jamieson M, Hedden L, Grudniewicz A, Goldsmith LJ, Glazier RH, Burge F, Blackie D. Declining Comprehensiveness of Services Delivered by Canadian Family Physicians Is Not Driven by Early-Career Physicians. Ann Fam Med. 2023 Mar-Apr;21(2):151-156. doi: 10.1370/afm.2945. Read more
Veroniki AA, Tricco AC, Watt J, Tsokani S, Khan PA, Soobiah C, Negm A, Doherty-Kirby A, Taylor P, Lunny C, McGowan J, Little J, Mallon P, Moher D, Wong S, Dinnes J, Takwoingi Y, Saxinger L, Chan A, Isaranuwatchai W, Lander B, Meyers A, Poliquin G, Straus SE. Rapid antigen-based and rapid molecular tests for the detection of SARS-CoV-2: a rapid review with network meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies. BMC Med. 2023 Mar 29;21(1):110. doi: 10.1186/s12916-023-02810-0. Read more
Cronin S, Li A, Bai YQ, Ammi M, Hogg W, Wong ST, Wodchis WP. How do respondents of primary care surveys compare to typical users of primary care? A comparison of two surveys. BMC Prim Care. 2023 Mar 24;24(1):80. doi: 10.1186/s12875-023-02029-1. Read more
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