Nursing faculty recognized for contribution to health

Two professors in McMaster's School
of Nursing, Maureen
Dobbins and Maureen
Markle-Reid, have received $50,000 career awards from the Ministry
of Health and Long-Term Care.

The awards are granted for five years with a total contribution from the Ministry
of $50,000 each plus benefits. The awards will allow these two promising health
researchers to devote a minimum of 75 per cent of their time towards health
services research and aid them to establish themselves in their field of research.

Dr. Dobbins’ studies of research dissemination and decision-making will
promote the transfer and exchange of the best available information to public
health decision makers. Her research, “Working collaboratively with public
health decision makers to move toward an evidence-based public health system
in Ontario and Canada,” will evaluate the effectiveness of various knowledge
transfer strategies in promoting evidence based decision-making. As well, Dobbins
will develop, test, and implement a national public health knowledge transfer
and exchange strategy. Her research will initiate the creation of a Centre of
Excellence in Public Health focused on knowledge synthesis and transfer and
public health training and education.

Dr. Markle-Reid’s research on the needs, effects, and costs of home care
services will examine the care of elderly persons with chronic needs and their
caregivers. Once there is an understanding of the prevalence, burden, determinants
and costs of chronic illness for elderly persons, Markle-Reid will examine how
these factors contribute to individual and health system outcomes like morbidity
and use of health services. She will also develop alternative approaches aimed
to manage these determinants. The effects and costs of these approaches will
be evaluated to promote improvement in these outcomes. The results of this research
will be used to inform practice, policy decision, and resource allocation in
home care and make national contribution to health care delivery reform.

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<p>Two professors in McMaster&#039;s <a href="http://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/nursing/">School <br />
  of Nursing</a>, <a href="http://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/nru/investigators/popup32.htm">Maureen <br />
  Dobbins</a> and <a href="http://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/nru/investigators/popup47.htm">Maureen <br />
  Markle-Reid</a>, have received $50,000 career awards from the <a href="http://www.health.gov.on.ca/">Ministry <br />
  of Health and Long-Term Care</a>. </p><br />
<p>The awards are granted for five years with a total contribution from the Ministry <br />
  of $50,000 each plus benefits. The awards will allow these two promising health <br />
  researchers to devote a minimum of 75 per cent of their time towards health <br />
  services research and aid them to establish themselves in their field of research.</p><br />
<p>Dr. Dobbins&#8217; studies of research dissemination and decision-making will <br />
  promote the transfer and exchange of the best available information to public <br />
  health decision makers. Her research, &#8220;Working collaboratively with public <br />
  health decision makers to move toward an evidence-based public health system <br />
  in Ontario and Canada,&#8221; will evaluate the effectiveness of various knowledge <br />
  transfer strategies in promoting evidence based decision-making. As well, Dobbins <br />
  will develop, test, and implement a national public health knowledge transfer <br />
  and exchange strategy. Her research will initiate the creation of a Centre of <br />
  Excellence in Public Health focused on knowledge synthesis and transfer and <br />
  public health training and education. </p><br />
<p>Dr. Markle-Reid&#8217;s research on the needs, effects, and costs of home care <br />
  services will examine the care of elderly persons with chronic needs and their <br />
  caregivers. Once there is an understanding of the prevalence, burden, determinants <br />
  and costs of chronic illness for elderly persons, Markle-Reid will examine how <br />
  these factors contribute to individual and health system outcomes like morbidity <br />
  and use of health services. She will also develop alternative approaches aimed <br />
  to manage these determinants. The effects and costs of these approaches will <br />
  be evaluated to promote improvement in these outcomes. The results of this research <br />
  will be used to inform practice, policy decision, and resource allocation in <br />
  home care and make national contribution to health care delivery reform.</p>

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