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Overview

Nancy Edwards is affiliated with the University of Ottawa in Canada and focuses their research within the broad fields of Medicine and Health Professions. Their publications demonstrate expertise in subfields including General Health Professions, Physiology, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their recent research output includes studies addressing pressing health concerns and healthcare delivery. Notable papers by Edwards include:

  • Feasibility of Rapidly Developing and Widely Disseminating Patient Decision Aids to Respond to Urgent Decisional Needs due to the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020, Medical Decision Making)
  • Tensions and Paradoxes of Scaling Up: A Critical Reflection on Physical Activity Promotion (2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
  • Mass Casualty Mini Drills on Trauma Surgery Department Staff Knowledge: An Educational Improvement Study (2021, Journal of Trauma Nursing)
  • COVID-19 as a Primary Cause of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (2021, CHEST Journal)
  • PH Grand Rounds: COVID-19 Infection Causing Delayed Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (2022, Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension)

Edwards frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Abhijit Raval and Vipin Kumar Verma, each with two coauthored publications alongside Edwards. Additional coauthors include Dawn Stacey, Claire Ludwig, and Patrick Archambault.

Published articles by Edwards appear in diverse journals, reflecting cross-disciplinary interests. Some of the frequent publication venues are:

  • Medical Decision Making
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Journal of Trauma Nursing
  • CHEST Journal
  • Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension

The primary topics explored in Edwards's research span several areas in health and healthcare, including:

  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Disaster Response and Management

This profile portrays a researcher whose work encompasses a range of clinical, public health, and health systems topics, addressing both acute and chronic health challenges within various populations.

Best Publications

  • Factors Influencing Best‐Practice Guideline Implementation: Lessons Learned from Administrators, Nursing Staff, and Project Leaders

    Jenny Ploeg;Barbara Davies;Nancy Edwards;Wendy Gifford

  • Managerial Leadership for Nurses' Use of Research Evidence: An Integrative Review of the Literature

    Wendy Gifford;Barbara Davies;Nancy Edwards;Pat Griffin

  • Taking account of context in population health intervention research: guidance for producers, users and funders of research

    Peter Craig;Erica Di Ruggiero;Katherine L. Frohlich;Eric Mykhalovskiy

  • The use of tacit and explicit knowledge in public health: a qualitative study

    Anita Kothari;Debbie Rudman;Maureen Dobbins;Michael Rouse

  • Obesity, stigma and public health planning

    Lynne MacLean;Nancy Edwards;Michael Garrard;Nicki Sims-Jones

  • Through Seniors' Eyes: An Exploratory Qualitative Study to Identify Environmental Barriers to and Facilitators of Walking

    Donna Lockett;Alette Willis;Nancy Edwards

  • Stigma and intersectionality: a systematic review of systematic reviews across HIV/AIDS, mental illness, and physical disability.

    Fatimah Jackson-Best;Nancy Edwards

  • Turning around the intergenerational impact of residential schools on Aboriginal people: implications for health policy and practice.

    Dawn Smith;Colleen Varcoe;Nancy Edwards

  • Exploring Seniors' Views on the Use of Assistive Devices in Fall Prevention

    Faranak Aminzadeh;Nancy Edwards

  • Safety in home care: a broadened perspective of patient safety.

    Ariella Lang;Nancy Edwards;Andrea Fleiszer

  • The role of nursing best practice champions in diffusing practice guidelines: a mixed methods study.

    Jenny Ploeg;Jennifer Skelly;Margo Rowan;Nancy Edwards

  • Uncovering Tacit Knowledge: A Pilot Study to Broaden the Concept of Knowledge in Knowledge Translation

    Anita R Kothari;Julia J Bickford;Nancy Edwards;Maureen J Dobbins

  • The Relationship Between Vulnerability Factors and Breastfeeding Outcome

    Sandra Dunn;Barbara Davies;Lynn McCleary;Nancy Edwards

  • The importance of context in implementation research.

    Nancy Edwards;Pierre M. Barker

  • Insights about the process and impact of implementing nursing guidelines on delivery of care in hospitals and community settings

    Barbara Davies;Nancy Edwards;Jenny Ploeg;Tazim Virani

  • Smoking and smoking relapse during pregnancy and postpartum: results of a qualitative study.

    Nancy Edwards;Nicki Sims‐Jones

  • Building Capacity for Nurse-Led Research

    N. Edwards;J. Webber;J. Mill;E. Kahwa

  • Barriers to Physical Activity and Restorative Care for Residents in Long-Term Care: A Review of the Literature

    Kathleen M.B. Benjamin;Nancy C. Edwards;Jenny Ploeg;Frances Legault

  • Indicators at the interface: managing policymaker-researcher collaboration

    Anita Kothari;Lynne MacLean;Nancy Edwards;Allison Hobbs

  • Empty systematic reviews: hidden perils and lessons learned.

    Ariella Lang;Nancy Edwards;Andrea Fleiszer

  • Is research working for you? validating a tool to examine the capacity of health organizations to use research

    Anita Kothari;Nancy Edwards;Nadia Hamel;Maria Judd

  • Development of a social justice gauge and its use to review the Canadian Nurses Association's Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses.

    Colleen M. Davison;Nancy Edwards;June Webber;Sheila Robinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Anita Kothari
Anita Kothari University of Western Ontario
Jenny Ploeg
Jenny Ploeg McMaster University
Arja R. Aro
Arja R. Aro University of Southern Denmark
John C. Spence
John C. Spence University of Alberta
Maureen Dobbins
Maureen Dobbins McMaster University
Kerry R. McGannon
Kerry R. McGannon Laurentian University
Ronald C. Plotnikoff
Ronald C. Plotnikoff University of Newcastle Australia
Chris M. Blanchard
Chris M. Blanchard Dalhousie University
Ryan E. Rhodes
Ryan E. Rhodes University of Victoria
Richelle Mychasiuk
Richelle Mychasiuk Monash University

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