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Overview

Louise Potvin is affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada and has a research profile focused primarily in the health professions. Their work spans several subfields including general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, organizational behavior and human resource management, and speech and hearing.

The scientist's research covers various topics related to public health and health policy. Key areas include:

  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Public Health Policies and Education
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Community Health and Development
  • School Health and Nursing Education
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Louise Potvin has contributed numerous articles to frequently recurring scholarly venues. The most common publication outlets for their research are:

  • Canadian Journal of Public Health
  • Global Health Promotion
  • European Journal of Public Health
  • Systematic Reviews
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

A selection of recent papers includes:

  • Lessons from past pandemics: a systematic review of evidence-based, cost-effective interventions to suppress COVID-19 (2022) - Systematic Reviews
  • On redesigning public health in Québec: lessons learned from the pandemic (2020) - Canadian Journal of Public Health
  • Evidence-Based, Cost-Effective Interventions To Suppress The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review (2020) - bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Effective Contact Tracing for COVID-19: A Systematic Review (2020) - bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Requirement for Meaningful Engagement of First Nations, Inuit, Métis, and Indigenous Peoples in Publications About Them (2020) - Canadian Journal of Public Health

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their research. Frequent coauthors working alongside Louise Potvin include:

  • Mylène Riva
  • Federico Roncarolo
  • Geneviève Mercille
  • Rosanne Blanchet
  • Elsury Johanna Pérez

Best Publications

  • Transcending the Known in Public Health Practice - The Inequality Paradox: The Population Approach and Vulnerable Populations

    Katherine L. Frohlich;Louise Potvin

  • Ecological Foundations of Health Promotion

    Lawrence W. Green;Lucie Richard;Louise Potvin

  • Saber preparar uma pesquisa : definição estrutura financiamento

    Associaçao Brasileira de Pós-Graduaçao em Saúde Coletiva;A.P. Contandriopoulos;F. Champagne;L. Potvin

  • A theoretical proposal for the relationship between context and disease

    Katherine L. Frohlich;Ellen Corin;Louise Potvin

  • Health inequalities and place: a theoretical conception of neighbourhood.

    Paul Bernard;Rana Charafeddine;Katherine L. Frohlich;Mark Daniel

  • Food and eating as social practice--understanding eating patterns as social phenomena and implications for public health.

    Treena Delormier;Katherine L. Frohlich;Louise Potvin

  • Making public health programs last: conceptualizing sustainability

    Pierre Pluye;Louise Potvin;Jean-Louis Denis

  • Evaluation in health promotion : principles and perspectives

    I. Rootman;M. Goodstadt;B. Hyndman;D. V. McQueen

  • Assessment of the integration of the ecological approach in health promotion programs.

    Lucie Richard;Louise Potvin;Natalie Kishchuk;Helen Prlic

  • Estimating the reliability of continuous measures with cronbach's alpha or the intraclass correlation coefficient: Toward the integration of two traditions

    Gina Bravo;Louise Potvin

  • Myocardial infarction patients in the 1990s—their risk factors, stratification and survival in Canada: The Canadian assessment of myocardial infarction (CAMI) study

    Jean L. Rouleau;Mario Talajic;Bruce Sussex;Louise Potvin

  • What is population health intervention research

    Penelope Hawe;Louise Potvin

  • Implementing participatory intervention and research in communities: lessons from the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project in Canada.

    Louise Potvin;Margaret Cargo;Alex M McComber;Treena Delormier

  • Measuring grief: A short version of the perinatal grief scale

    Louise Potvin;Judith Lasker;Lori Toedter

  • The Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project: Intervention, Evaluation, and Baseline Results of a Diabetes Primary Prevention Program with a Native Community in Canada☆☆☆

    Ann C. Macaulay;Ann C. Macaulay;Gilles Paradis;Gilles Paradis;Louise Potvin;Edward J. Cross

  • Chronic stressors, social support, and depression during pregnancy

    L Seguin;L Potvin;L Potvin;M Stdenis;M Stdenis;J Loiselle;J Loiselle

  • The Roseto effect: a 50-year comparison of mortality rates.

    B Egolf;J Lasker;S Wolf;L Potvin

  • A framework for health promotion evaluation.

    I Rootman;M Goodstadt;L Potvin;J Springett

  • Participatory research with Native community of Kahnawake creates innovative code of research ethics

    Ann C. Macaulay;Ann C. Macaulay;Treena Delormier;Alex M. McComber;Edward J. Cross

  • DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN THE LATE POSTPARTUM AMONG LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS WOMEN

    Louise Séguin;Louise Potvin;Michèle St‐Denis;Jacinthe Loiselle

Frequent Co-Authors

Lise Gauvin
Lise Gauvin University of Montreal
Ann C. Macaulay
Ann C. Macaulay McGill University
Gilles Paradis
Gilles Paradis McGill University
François Champagne
François Champagne University of Montreal
Mark Daniel
Mark Daniel University of Canberra
James R. Dunn
James R. Dunn McMaster University
Margaret Cargo
Margaret Cargo University of Canberra
Pierre Pluye
Pierre Pluye McGill University
Slim Haddad
Slim Haddad Université Laval
Valéry Ridde
Valéry Ridde Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

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