Valorie A. Crooks
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View article: “…When it came to sensitive information, we made edits, and we took it back”: qualitatively exploring the role responsibilities taken on by Canadians who crowdfund on behalf of someone else from a privacy perspective
“…When it came to sensitive information, we made edits, and we took it back”: qualitatively exploring the role responsibilities taken on by Canadians who crowdfund on behalf of someone else from a privacy perspective Open
Background Medical crowdfunding, a type of donation-based crowdfunding, is gaining prominence and enabling people to gather funds for medical treatments, surgeries, and other health needs. While this practice may democratize access to heal…
View article: “Nothing is going to replace an in-person visit”: Canadian long-term care providers’ and recipients’ perspectives on when telehealth for physician visits is not appropriate
“Nothing is going to replace an in-person visit”: Canadian long-term care providers’ and recipients’ perspectives on when telehealth for physician visits is not appropriate Open
Background Within long-term care (LTC) homes, telehealth use has been found to reduce unnecessary emergency department transfers, support the care needs of rural and underserved communities, and supplement in-person physician care. Despite…
View article: Between solitude and safety: A qualitative scoping review of overdose risk and the built environment
Between solitude and safety: A qualitative scoping review of overdose risk and the built environment Open
Given the ongoing overdose crisis, it is imperative to investigate how physical environments facilitate or protect against overdose in order to inform place-based interventions that seek to reduce risk. This scoping review synthesizes qual…
View article: A scoping review of the association between the built environment and overdose mortality
A scoping review of the association between the built environment and overdose mortality Open
Our findings emphasize the critical role that the built environment plays in overdose survivability, which is an important consideration when considering how to reduce overdose mortality across diverse communities. Studies from this review…
View article: A Knowledge Mobilization Initiative Pilot in the Library
A Knowledge Mobilization Initiative Pilot in the Library Open
Over the last twenty years knowledge mobilization (KM) is increasingly a priority for researchers, funders, and universities. As KM emphasizes non-traditional forms of mobilization and encourages approaching research differently (e.g. co-p…
View article: “Privacy Is a Privilege”: A Thematic Analysis of the Concerns and Advice of Canadians Crowdfunding for Basic Living Needs
“Privacy Is a Privilege”: A Thematic Analysis of the Concerns and Advice of Canadians Crowdfunding for Basic Living Needs Open
Crowdfunding campaigners can struggle with protecting their personal information while providing a compelling case for why their campaign is worthy of support. Little research has examined donation‐based crowdfunding campaigners' experienc…
View article: “I would have to walk around to find the best Wi-Fi connection…”: qualitatively exploring challenges associated with rapid rollout of telehealth in Canadian long-term care homes
“I would have to walk around to find the best Wi-Fi connection…”: qualitatively exploring challenges associated with rapid rollout of telehealth in Canadian long-term care homes Open
Background Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, long-term care (LTC) homes in British Columbia, Canada, restricted visitation to ensure the safety of their residents against transmission of the novel coronavirus. As such, these LTC homes had to…
View article: “We were leery of going”: qualitatively exploring Canadian international retirement migrants’ travel-related decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic
“We were leery of going”: qualitatively exploring Canadian international retirement migrants’ travel-related decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic Open
Background International retirement migration, which is the seasonal or permanent relocation of older people to another country, has grown in popularity in recent years. These retirees are motivated by the promise of warmer winter climates…
View article: Long COVID in long-term care: a rapid realist review
Long COVID in long-term care: a rapid realist review Open
Objectives The goals of this rapid realist review were to ask: (a) what are the key mechanisms that drive successful interventions for long COVID in long-term care (LTC) and (b) what are the critical contexts that determine whether the mec…
View article: A call to action to enhance understanding of long <scp>COVID</scp> in long‐term care home residents
A call to action to enhance understanding of long <span>COVID</span> in long‐term care home residents Open
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted significant vulnerabilities in the long-term care (LTC) sector, with widespread outbreaks and high rates of mortality in LTC homes (including nursing homes and assisted living facilities). In Canada, w…
View article: Spatial and temporal patterns in Canadian COVID-19 crowdfunding campaigns
Spatial and temporal patterns in Canadian COVID-19 crowdfunding campaigns Open
Online charitable crowdfunding has become an increasingly prevalent way for Canadians to deal with costs that they would otherwise not be able to shoulder on their own. With the onset of COVID-19 and related lockdown measures, there is evi…
View article: Designing centralized waiting lists for attachment to a primary care provider: Considerations from a logic analysis
Designing centralized waiting lists for attachment to a primary care provider: Considerations from a logic analysis Open
Access to a regular primary care provider is essential to quality care. In Canada, where 15 % of patients are unattached (i.e., without a regular provider), centralized waiting lists (CWLs) help attach patients to a primary care provider (…
View article: Opportunities and challenges in providing health care for International Retirement Migrants: a qualitative case study of Canadians travelling to Yuma, Arizona
Opportunities and challenges in providing health care for International Retirement Migrants: a qualitative case study of Canadians travelling to Yuma, Arizona Open
Background Increasing numbers of older individuals opt to spend extended time abroad each year for lifestyle, health, and financial reasons. This practice is known as international retirement migration, and it is particularly popular among…
View article: How the design and implementation of centralized waiting lists influence their use and effect on access to healthcare - A realist review
How the design and implementation of centralized waiting lists influence their use and effect on access to healthcare - A realist review Open
These findings highlight the need to consider provider behaviours in the four sequential CWL design components: CWL implementation, patient registration, patient prioritization and patient assignment to providers. Otherwise, CWLs may resul…
View article: What Medical Crowdfunding Campaigns Can Tell Us About Local Health System Gaps and Deficiencies: Exploratory Analysis of British Columbia, Canada
What Medical Crowdfunding Campaigns Can Tell Us About Local Health System Gaps and Deficiencies: Exploratory Analysis of British Columbia, Canada Open
Background There are a range of perceived gaps and shortcomings in the publicly funded Canadian health system. These include wait times for care, lack of public insurance coverage for dental care and pharmaceuticals, and difficulties acces…
View article: Canadian Science Meets Parliament: Building relationships between scientists and policymakers
Canadian Science Meets Parliament: Building relationships between scientists and policymakers Open
The first Science Meets Parliament event in Canada was held in November 2018 in Ottawa, where twenty-eight Tier II Canada Research Chairs (a specific class of Canadian university professor acknowledged by their peers as having the potentia…