Journal Articles

Peer-reviewed journal articles authored by CHSPR faculty and staff from 2009 to the present are listed here. Older peer-reviewed publications are usually available from individual journals and can be searched for using PubMed. Older reports published by CHSPR (from 1973) are available from the UBC Library cIRcle database. If you cannot find a specific publication, please contact us.


Phagau NN, Kaur P, Nitschke A, Law MR, Guhn M, Oberlander TF, Hanley GE. Prenatal depression and child developmental vulnerability. Pediatr Res. 2025 Jan 24. doi: 10.1038/s41390-025-03846-z. Online ahead of print. Read more

Orach J, Adhikari SP, Dev R. Influence of Sex and Gender on Adherence to Self-care Behaviors for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Management in the Global Context: A Systematic Review. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2025 Jan 10. doi: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000001173. Online ahead of print. Read more

Lukey A, Sowamber R, Huntsman D, Pearce CL, Howard AF, Meza R, Law MR, Phung MT, Hanley GE. Evaluating ovarian cancer risk-reducing salpingectomy acceptance: a survey. Cancer Res Commun. 2025 Jan 9. doi: 10.1158/2767-9764.CRC-24-0566. Online ahead of print. Read more

Vijh R, Waheed Z, Peterson S, Bunka M, Pang N, Edwards L, Ghanbarian S, Wong G, Cressman S, Riches L, Austin J, Bryan S, Hoens A, McGrail K. Relationship between pharmacotherapy for major depressive disorder and healthcare utilisation in British Columbia, Canada: a retrospective population-based cohort. BMJ Open. 2024 Dec 20;14(12):e078287. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078287. Read more

Yusuf FLA, Karim ME, Gustafson P, Sutherland JM, Zhu F, Zhao Y, Marrie RA, Tremlett H. The misclassification of depression and anxiety disorders in the multiple sclerosis prodrome: A probabilistic bias analysis. Ann Epidemiol. 2024 Dec 17;101:67-73. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2024.12.006. Online ahead of print. Read more

Hermansen A, Pollard S, McGrail K, Bansback N, Regier DA. Heuristics Identified in Health Data-Sharing Preferences of Patients With Cancer: Qualitative Focus Group Study. J Med Internet Res. 2024 Dec 17;26:e63155. doi: 10.2196/63155. Read more

Wong ST, Thandi M, Martin-Misener R, Johnston S, Hogg W, Burge F. Transforming community-based primary health care delivery through comprehensive performance measurement and reporting: examining the influence of context. BMC Prim Care. 2024 Dec 4;25(1):410. doi: 10.1186/s12875-024-02659-z. Read more

King C, Lavergne MR, McGrail K, Strumpf EC; Quebec-British Columbia Patient Enrolment Project Team. Reporting a regular medical doctor index: A new measure of patient-physician affiliation for health administrative data. PLoS One. 2024 Dec 2;19(12):e0314381. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0314381. eCollection 2024. Read more

van Gaal SC, Alimohammadi A, Karim ME, Zhang W, Sutherland J. Investigation of treatment delay in a complex healthcare process using physician insurance claims data: an application to symptomatic carotid artery stenosis. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Nov 29;24(1):1507. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-11860-w. Read more

Rebić N, Cheng L, Law MR, Cragg JJ, Brotto LA, De Vera MA. Predictors of cost-related medication nonadherence in Canada: a repeated cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian Community Health Survey. CMAJ. 2024 Nov 24;196(40):E1331-E1340. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.241024. Read more

Xie EC, Ali S, Law M, Allin S, Proaño D, Sander B. Equity of financial protection for health in high-income countries: scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 2024 Nov 21;14(11):e081029. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081029. Read more

Emerson SD, McLinden T, Sereda P, Yonkman AM, Trigg J, Peterson S, Hogg RS, Salters KA, Lima VD, Barrios R. Secondary use of routinely collected administrative health data for epidemiologic research: Answering research questions using data collected for a different purpose. Int J Popul Data Sci. 2024 Nov 19;9(1):2407. doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v9i1.2407. eCollection 2024. Read more

Kyomba GK, Law MR, Grépin KA, Mayaka SM, Mambu TN, Mbunga BK, Hategeka C, Mapatano MA, Konde JN, Ngo-Bebe D, Babakazo PD, Mafuta EM, Kiyombo GM. Barriers and facilitators to healthcare facility utilization by non-Ebola patients during the 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Glob Health Res Policy. 2024 Nov 19;9(1):47. doi: 10.1186/s41256-024-00387-6. Read more

Hoben M, Shrestha S, Dampf H, Hogan DB, McGrail K, Knopp-Sihota J, Maxwell CJ. Association Between Organizational Context and Resident Pain in Assisted Living: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2024 Nov;39(11):e70005. doi: 10.1002/gps.70005. Read more

Hardiman S, Fradet G, Kuramoto L, Law M, Robinson S, Sobolev B. The effect of coronary revascularization treatment timing on mortality in patients with stable ischemic heart disease in British Columbia. PLoS One. 2024 Oct 24;19(10):e0303222. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0303222. eCollection 2024. Read more

Lavoie JG, Clark W, McDonnell L, Toor J, Nickel N, Anang P, Kusugak MA, Evaluardjuk-Palmer T, Brown N, Voisey Clark G, Wong S, Sanguins J. Inuit mental health service utilisation in Manitoba: results from the qanuinngitsiarutiksait study. Int J Circumpolar Health. 2024 Dec;83(1):2413228. doi: 10.1080/22423982.2024.2413228. Epub 2024 Oct 14. Read more

McGrail KM, Teng J, Bentley C, O'Doherty KC, Burgess MM. Research data use in a digital society: a deliberative public engagement. Int J Popul Data Sci. 2024 Oct 14;9(1):2372. doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v9i1.2372. eCollection 2024. Read more

Sutherland JM. Engaging Canadians in Health Policy Is No Trivial Matter. Healthc Policy. 2024 Sep;20(SP):6-9. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2024.27418. Read more

Bond M, Charest-Morin R, Street J, Fisher C, Dea N, Singh S, Paquet J, Abraham E, Bailey C, Weber M, Nataraj A, Attabib N, Kelly A, Rampersaud R, Manson N, Phan P, Thomas K, Soroceanu A, LaRue B, Ahn H, Marion T, Christie S, Glennie A, Zhi W, Hall H, Sutherland JM. The Influence of Wait Time on Surgical Outcomes in Elective Lumbar Degenerative Spine Conditions: A Retrospective Multicentre Cohort Study. Global Spine J. 2024 Sep 25:21925682241287463. doi: 10.1177/21925682241287463. Online ahead of print. Read more

Jacobs AC, Jessri M. Canadian Dietary Intakes Assessed by Nutrient Profiling Models and Association with Mortality and Cardiovascular Disease. Can J Diet Pract Res. 2024 Sep 24:1-8. doi: 10.3148/cjdpr-2024-017. Online ahead of print. Read more