Indigenous Health Researchers Database

Selected Publications

Barnabe, C. (2021). Towards attainment of Indigenous health through empowerment: Resetting health systems, services and provider approaches. BMJ Global Health, 6(2), e004051.

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Barnabe, C., Montesanti, S., Sarin, C., White, T., Bartel, R., Henderson, R., Kennedy, A. et al. (2022). Propelled by the pandemic: Responses and shifts in primary healthcare models for Indigenous Peoples. Health Policy, 17(4), 48-55.

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LaPlante, E., Rosychuk, R.J., Curtin, K.D., Barnabe, C., Rittenbach, K., Holroyd, B.R., Bill, L. et al. (2025). Emergency department visits among First Nations female adults in Alberta: A population-based study. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 27(9), 716-723.

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Lin, C.Y., Loyola-Sanchez, A., Boyling, E., & Barnabe, C. (2020). Community engagement approaches for Indigenous health research: Recommendations based on an integrative review. BMJ Open, 10(11), e039736.

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Lin, I., Coffin, J., Bullen, J., & Barnabe, C. (2020). Opportunities and challenges for physical rehabilitation with Indigenous populations. Pain Reports, 5(5), e838.

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Logan, L., McNairn, J., Wiart, S., Crowshoe, L., Henderson, R., & Barnabe, C. (2020). Creating space for Indigenous healing practices in patient care plans. Canadian Medical Education Journal, 11(1), e5-e15.

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Loyola-Sanchez, A., Hazlewood, G., Crowshoe, L., Linkert, T., Hull, P.M., Marshall, D., & Barnabe, C. (2020). Qualitative study of treatment preferences for rheumatoid arthritis and pharmacotherapy acceptance: Indigenous patient perspectives. Arthritis Care & Research, 72(4), 544-52.

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MacDonald, S.E., Kenzie, L., Letendre, A., Bill, L., Shea-Budgell, M., Henderson, R., Barnabe, C. et al. (2023). Barriers and supports for uptake of human papillomavirus vaccination in Indigenous people globally: A systematic review. Global Public Health, 3(1), e0001406.

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MacLean, D., Curtin, K., Barnabe, C., Bill, L., Healy, B., Holroyd, B.R., Khanguar, J.K., & McLane, P. (2024). Interventions to improve equity in emergency departments for Indigenous People: A scoping review. Academic Emergency medicine, 26, 488-498.

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McLane, P., Bill, L., Healy, B., Barnabe, C., Big Plume, T., Bird, A., Colquhoun, A. et al. (2024). Leaving without completing treatment among First Nations and non-first Nations patients in Alberta: A mixed methods study. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 196(15), e510-e523.

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Sawyer, O., Murry, A.T., Atay, E.J., Bednar, M.A., & Barnabe, C. (2024). Indigenous stories of mentorship. Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 18(3), 195-210.

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Sehgal, A., Hendreson, R., Murry, A., Crowshoe, L.,  Barnabe, C. (2024). Advancing health equity for Indigenous Peoples in Canada: Development of a patient complexity assessment framework. BMC Primary Care, 25, 144.

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Umaefulam, V., Fox, T.-L., & Barnabe, C. (2022). Decision needs and preferred strategies for shared decision-making in rheumatoid arthritis: Perspectives of Canadian urban Indigenous women. Arthritis Care & Research, 74(8), 1325-1331.

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Umaefulam, V., Kleissen, T., & Barnabe, C. (2022). The representation of Indigenous peoples in chronic disease clinical trials in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. Clinical Trials, 19(1), 22-32.

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Ginn, C., Ginn, CW.C., Barnabe, C., Dumont, D., Bergum, V., Gentes, J., & Tatrallway, P. (2025). How do health, spirituality and well-being intersect in the Metis Nation of Alberta (MNA) region 3? A Metis-guided, community-based, participatory study. BMJ Open, 15, e089503.

Selected Publications

Aibubula, W., Cox, J., Hamelin, A.-M., Klein, M.B., & Brassard, P. (2020). The mediating role of depressive symptoms in the association between food insecurity and HIV related health outcomes among HIV-HCV co-infected people. AIDS and Behavior, 24, 2188-2194.

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Gamelin, R., Hébert, M., Tratt, E., & Brassard, P. (2022). Ethnographic study of the barriers and facilitators to implementing human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling as a primary screening strategy for cervical cancer among Inuit women of Nunavik, Northern Quebec. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 81(1), 2032930.

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Gosselin, G., Plais, P., Smith, N., & Brassard, P. (2024). Cervical cancer screening preference among Inuit women in Nunavik, Quebec. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 83(1), 2429860.

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Hordyk, S.R., Macdonald, M.E., Brassard, P., Okalik, L., & Papigaturk, L. (2023). No time to grieve: Inuit loss experiences and grief practices in Nunavik, Quebec. Transcultural Psychiatry, 60(6), 917-928.

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Santella, C., Tratt, E., Nyamiaka, J., Whiteley Tukkiapik, L., Styffe, C., Gamelin, R., Macdonald, M.E., & Brassard, P. (2022). Perceptions of Inuit women and non-Inuit healthcare providers on the implementation of human papillomavirus self-sampling as an alternative cervical cancer screening method in Nunavik, northern Quebec. Qualitative Health Research, 32(8-9), 1259-1272

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Styffe, C., Tratt, E., Macdonald, M.E., & Brassard, P. (2019). HPV self-sampling in Indigenous communities: A scoping review. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 22, 852-859.

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Tratt, E., Sarmiento, I., Gamelin, R., Nayoumealuk, J., Andersson, N., & Brassard, P. (2020). Fuzzy cognitive mapping with Inuit women: What needs to change to improve cervical cancer screening in Nunavik, northern Quebec? BMC Health Services Research, 20, 529.

Selected Publications

Brussoni, M., Ramsden, R., Grieve, S., Mount, D., Fox, E., Herrington, S. et al. (2025). The 5 R's of Indigenous research as a framework to co-design and evaluate an outdoor play program in early learning and child care centers: Protocol for the Promoting Early Childhood Outside (PRO_ECO) 2.0 Wait-List control cluster randomized trial. JMIR Publications, 14, e77956.

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Riley, K., Froehlich Chow, A., Wahpepah, K., Humbert, M.L., Brussoni, M., Houser, N., & Erlandson, M.C. (2023). Etuaptmumk (Two-eyed seeing) in Nature’s Way-Our Way: Braiding physical literacy and risky play through Indigenous games, activities, cultural connections, and traditional teachings. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 19(2), 426-436.

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Riley, KI., Froehlich Chow, A., Wahpepah, K., Houser, N., Brussoni, M., Stevenson, E., Erlandson, M.C., & Humbert, M.L. (2023). A Nature’s Way – Our Way pilot project case assemblage: (Re)storying child/physical literacy/land relationships for Indigenous preschool-aged children’s holistic wellness. Children, 10(3), 497.

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Gannon, A., Wahpepah, K., Eashappie, T., Humbert, M.L., Houser, N., Stevenson, E., Larmour, A., Brussoni, M. et al. (2025). Mitakuye oyasin (All my relations): Navigating our research journey through the co-creation and sharing of an Indigenous physical literacy enriched early years initiative. AlterNative, 1-12.

Selected Publications

Clark, N. (2022). Perseverance, determination and resistance: An Indigenous intersectional analysis of social work colonial violence in the lives of Indigenous girls. In D. Baines, N. Clark, & B. Bennett (Eds.), Doing anti-oppressive social work, 4th ed.: Rethinking theory and practice (pp. 39-56). Fernwood Publishing.

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Clark, N., More, J., Denoras-Duck, L., Johnston-Virgo, D., Matthew, S., Anonymous, Manuel, N., & Derrick, J. (2020). "No one cares more about your community than you": Approaches to healing with Secwépemc children and youth. First Peoples Child & Family Review, 15(2), 67-86.

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Baines, D., & Clark, N. (2022). Anti-oppressive practice: Roots, theory, tensions. In D. Baines, N. Clark, & B. Bennett (Eds.), Doing anti-oppressive social work, 4th ed.: Rethinking theory and practice (pp. 1-38). Fernwood Publishing.

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Walton, P., Byrne, R., Clark, N., Pidgeon, M., Arnouse, M., & Hamilton, K. (2020). Online Indigenous university student supports, barriers, and learning preferences. International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education, 35(2), 32-45

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Walton, P., Hamilton, K., Clark, N., Pidgeon, M., & Arnouse, M. (2020). Indigenous university student persistence: Supports, obstacles, and recommendations. Canadian Journal of Education, 43(2), 431-464.

Selected Publications

Cooper, E.J. (2022). Brave spaces. Indigenous children in Canada plan for a different tomorrow. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2021-0470

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Cooper, E.J., & Driedger, S.M. (2021). The importance of explicit and timely knowledge exchange practices stemming from research with Indigenous families. The Qualitative Report, 26(8), 2405-43.

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Cooper, E.J., & Driedger, S.M. (2021). The importance of explicit and timely knowledge exchange practices stemming from research with Indigenous families. Qualitative Report, 26(8). 2405-2443. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2021.3835

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Kuwornu, J.P., Maldonado, F., Groot, G., Cooper, E.J., Penz, E., Sommer, L., et al. (2024). An economic evaluation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease clinical pathway in Saskatchewan, Canada: Data-driven techniques to identify cost-effectiveness among patient subgroups. PLoS One, 19(4), e0301334.

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Cooper, E. (2022). Brave spaces: Indigenous children in Canada plan for a different tomorrow. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 47(6). https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2021-0470

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Cooper, E., Driedger, S.M., & Lavoie, J.G. (2019). Building on strengths: Collaborative intergenerational health research with urban First Nations and Métis women and girls. International Journal of Indigenous Health, 14(1), 107-125.

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Cooper, E.J., Driedger, S.M., & Lavoie, J.G. (2019). Employing a harm-reduction approach between women and girls within Indigenous familial relationships. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, 43, 134-159. DOI:10.1007/s11013-018-9603-x

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Cooper, E.J., Sanguins, J., Menec, V., Chartrand, A.F., Carter, S., & Driedger, S.M. (2020). Culturally responsive supports for Metis Elders and Metis family caregivers. Canadian Journal on Aging, 39(2), 206-219.