Recent Publications
A Personalized Avatar-Based Web Application to Help People Understand How Social Distancing Can Reduce the Spread of COVID-19
Cross-sectional, Observational, Pre-Post Study
Prediction models of diabetes complications: a scoping review
This rigorous knowledge synthesis provides evidence of gaps in the landscape of diabetes complication prediction models.
The Influence of Age, Sex, and Socioeconomic Status on Glycemic Control Among People With Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in Canada
Patient-Led Longitudinal Retrospective Cross-sectional Study With Multiple Time Points of Measurement
Patients’ perspectives on how to improve diabetes care and self-management: qualitative study
This study aimed to describe Expert Patients’ knowledge, wisdom and advice to others with diabetes and to health professionals to improve diabetes self-management and care.
What Matters to Patients and Families: A Content and Process Framework for Clarifying Preferences, Concerns, and Values
We aimed to describe how values clarification occurs in routine primary care.
Toward Food Sovereignty for Coastal Communities of Eastern Quebec: Co-Designing A Website to Support Consumption of Edible Resources from the St. Lawrence
Co-designing a prototype website that facilitates informed choices about consuming local edible marine resources based on seasonal and regional availability, food safety, nutrition, and sustainability.
Interventions to help people understand community immunity: A systematic review
In this study, we aimed to systematically review interventions designed to communicate what community immunity is and how community immunity works to members of the general public.
Development and Validation of UCD-11
An 11-item Measure of User-Centered Design for Patient-Centered Tools
A Web Application About Herd Immunity Using Personalized Avatars: Development Study
This study aims to design a web application about community immunity and optimize it based on users’ cognitive and emotional responses.
On-Going Research
Find Your CommuniT1D
Customized Virtual Peer Support for People Living with Type 1 Diabetes
Diabetes Action Canada
Patient Engagement Team
“It’s about protecting my community”
Randomized Controlled Trials of Personalized Digital Health Vaccination Decision Support
Mobilizing and Transferring Knowledge Between Northern Communities and Sentinel North
Co-designing knowledge transfer products, strategies and templates with Northern Communities
Scalable, Customizable, Digital Health Communication Materials to Help Canada Address the COVID19 Pandemic
Creating digital health materials that will help people better understand the science about COVID-19
Design for Better Health
User-Centred Design and Evaluation of Interactive Media for Health Education, Communication and Decision-Making
Digital Health Tools
Values Clarification Methods
A digital tool that lets people reflect on what matters most to them.
How does physical distancing work to prevent the spread of COVIDー19?
How does physical distancing work to prevent the spread of COVIDー19? We made an application that lets you make your own avatars and see what this means for your community.