Published in Journal of evaluation in clinical practice
During the devastating early months of the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic in New York, healthcare systems and clinicians dynamically adapted to drastically changing everyday practice despite having little guidance from formal research evidence in the face of a novel virus. Through new, silo-breaking networks of communication, clinical teams transforme...
Published in Frontiers in Public Health
Published in Frontiers in Public Health
Introduction Capacity building strategies have been used to improve uptake of knowledge translation (KT) activities among academic institutions, but little is known about their effectiveness, contextual responsiveness, and adaptability. Many of these strategies target individuals while few address institutional gaps. This research describes the det...
Published in Topics in stroke rehabilitation
Oropharyngeal dysphagia is a common swallowing impairment post-stroke managed by speech language pathologists (SLP). This article aims to demonstrate a local know-do gap assessment for usual dysphagia care for patients undergoing inpatient stroke rehabilitation in primary healthcare in Norway, which included an assessment of the functional level of...
Published in Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care
A study on creating and sharing a toolkit for healthcare providers and women living with HIVWhy was the study done?:The research team created the Women-Centred HIV Care (WCHC) model to help healthcare providers deliver personalised and thorough care to women living with HIV in Canada. This study aimed to develop a practical toolkit based on the mod...
Published in Physical & occupational therapy in pediatrics
Information about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is available in different videos on YouTube. However, these videos might present inaccurate or outdated information. The aims of this study were to 1) identify characteristics of Brazilian-Portuguese videos about ASD (i.e., type of content, number of views, likes, and dislikes); 2) analyze the conten...
Published in Frontiers in Neurology
Introduction Several clinical prediction rules (CPRs) have been published, but few are easily accessible or convenient for clinicians to use in practice. We aimed to develop, implement, and describe the process of building a web-based CPR for predicting independent walking 1-year after a traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI). Methods Using the publis...
Published in Journal of intellectual disabilities : JOID
Developmental support agencies support many adults with intellectual disabilities in the community. Unfortunately, these adults often exhibit high rates of challenging behaviour, which present significant pressures on these service providers. Agencies need to develop effective means of increasing their capacity to provide quality support. Previous ...
Published in Australian occupational therapy journal
Strong evidence supports the provision of modified constraint-induced movement therapy (mCIMT) to improve upper limb function after stroke. A service audit identified that very few patients received mCIMT in a large subacute, early-supported discharge rehabilitation service. A behaviour change intervention was developed to increase the provision of...
Published in OTJR : occupation, participation and health
The Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS) is a standardized occupation-based measure; however, barriers often limit use in practice. The Knowledge to Action Framework (KTA) is one of the most widely used implementation approaches to induce practice change. The objective of the study is to examine the feasibility and acceptability of a KTA-i...
