Women's Health Program

International Development Research Centre. Political violence, natural disasters and mental health outcomes: Developing innovative health policies and interventions.
Co-PI’s: Pedersen D, Lopez V, Sharma B, Piazza M, Chamindra Weerackody LP, Kirmayer LJ, Rousseau C, Young A, Guzder J, Stewart DE. Co-Applicants: Anckerman S, Flores MA, deVillagran M, Garcia HA, Chavez C, Jordans M, Kohrt B, Thapa S, Tol W, Castillo H, Cueva G, Mendoza M, Matos L, Calderon D, Rivera M, Fernando S, Amarasuriya H, Fernando S, Zarate CAJ. January 2007-January 2011.

Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. Ontario Women's Health Report Card: Improving Health and Promoting Equity for the Women of Ontario AKA Project for an Ontario Women's Health Evidence-Based Report Card (POWER).
PI: Bierman AS. Co-Applicants: Abramson B, Angus J, Anderson G, Bayoumi A, Booth G, Dunn J, Dunn S, Dusek J, Ferris L, Glazier R, Hawker G, Jaakkimainen L, Khanlou N, Krzyzanowski M, Lin E, McDonald L, Manuel D, Moineddin R, Rabineck L, Rhodes A, Rochon P, Stewart DE, Stukel T.
March 2006-Feb 2009.
For more information please visit www.powerstudy.ca

Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Measuring and understanding gender equity in access to care.
PI: Brown AD. Co-Applicants: Abramson B, Bierman A, Davis D, Laporte A, Levinton C, Maclean H, Mahomed N, Stewart DE, Wilson C. March 2006-March 2009.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research. International comparisons of the perinatal health and care of migrant women.
PI: Gagnon AJ. Co-Applicants: Heaman MI, Small RE, Stewart DE, Zencovich ME. March 2006-March 2007.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. Cardiovascular secondary prevention for vulnerable populations: An interdisciplinary approach to improving access to services and outcomes. Reducing health disparities and promoting equity for vulnerable populations – Interdisciplinary capacity enhancement grants CIHR IGH, ICRH and HSFC.
Co-PI’s: Grace SL, Stewart DE. Co-Applicants: Scholey P, Holder G, Kaur R, Rukholm E, Alter D, Rush J, Anand S, Williamson K, Harvey P, Oh P, Bunker S.
April 2006-March 2011.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research. New mothers in a new country: understanding postpartum depression among recent immigrant and Canadian-born Chinese women.
PI: Noh S, Ross L, Grigoriadis S, Stewart DE, Gagnon A, Wong J, Fung K. March 2006 – March 2007.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Assessing the feasibility to measure and compare gender-sensitive mental health indicators in Peru, Colombia and Canada.
PI: Stewart DE, DesMeules M, Diaz-Granados N, McDermott S, Rondon M, Posada Villa J, Saavedra J.
January 2006 – January 2007.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Contribution of patient and physician factors to cardiac rehabilitation referral and participation: A prospective, multi-level study.
Co-PI’s: Grace SL, Stewart DE, Suskin N, Alter, DA,
Higginson L. April 2005 – May 2008.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Mood changes and daily life.
PI: Romans, SE. Co-Applicants: Benazon, LR, Einstein G, Kreindler D, Laredo, SE, Morgan K, Stewart DE, Toner BB.
February 2005 – February 2008.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Housing Discrimination Against Victims of Domestic Violence.
PI: Stewart DE, Barata P.
May 2004 – February 2005.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging: Developmental Activities – Phase 1. PI: Wolfson C, Kirkland S, Raina P. Co-Applicant: Stewart DE, et al.
April 2004 – March 2006.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The childbearing health and related service needs of newcomers (CHARSNN).
PI: Gagnon AJ, Co-PI’s: Dennis C, Oxman-Martinez J, Stewart DE, Dougherty G, Saucier J, Wahoush E, George M, Stanger E.
March 2004 – March 2008.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research. An RCT to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Peer Support for PPD. PI: Dennis CL, Co-Applicant: Stewart DE. January 2004 – January 2007.

Nursing Research Award. Cultural Care Patterns in a Mobile Health Unit. Co-PI’s: Hunter J, Barker K, Co-Applicants: Geruge S, McNally MJ, Stewart DE. June 2004-June 2005. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The Relation Between Work Related Factors and Mental Health and Well Being in Canadian Men and Women. Co-PI’s: Stewart DE, Robertson EK, Weller IMR. November 2003 – March 2006

Canadian Health Services Research Foundation. An Evidence-Based Health Services Evaluation of Informational and Management Continuity in Heart Patients.
Co-PI’s: Grace SL, Stewart DE, Co-Applicants: Abramson B, Brooks D, Jaglal S, Scholey P, Suskin N, Arthur H, Evindar E.
June 2003 – September 2006.

Canadian Diabetes Association. Psychosocial Determinants of Attrition in Diabetes Education Service Use and its Impact on Diabetes Management Outcomes.
PI: Stewart DE, Co-PI: Gucciardi E. June 2003 – June 2005.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Development of migration and reproductive health studies.
PI: Gagnon AJ, Co-PI’s: Oxman-Martinez J, Janssen PA, Stewart DE, Wahoush O, et al. April 2003-March 2004.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Pregnancy and Child Bearing in Refugees: Transitional Health (PACBIRTH) Phase 1.
Gagnon A, Oxman-Martinez J, Stewart DE, et al. 2002-2004.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Needs of Refugee Mothers After Pregnancy (NORMAP-ERS) Phase 1.
Gagnon AJ, Oxman-Martinez J, Stewart DE, et al. 2002-2003.

Heart & Stroke Foundation of Ontario. Community Outreach and Heart Health Risk Reduction Trials (COHRT) Component Study 1: Efficacy of group outreach methodology.
PI: Nolan RP, Co-PI’s: Ruckholm E, Stewart DE. Co-Applicants: Angus J, Rouleau JL, Franche R-L, Rosser W, Alter D, Picard L, Michel I, Crichton T, Haider L, Micevski V, Grace SL. 2002-2006.

Toronto Rehab Research Institute. COHRT - Component Study 2: Cultural and socio-geographic moderators of risk factor reduction.
Rukholm E, Angus J, Nolan RP, Picard L, Michel I, Rouleau JL, Franche R-L, Stewart DE, Alter D and Component Study 3: Gender-based mediators of risk factor reduction. Stewart DE, Angus J, Nolan RP, Picard L, Michel I, Rukholm E, Franche R-L, Alter D, Grace S. July 2002- December 2002.

Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative (SSHRC). Reducing infant exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in private places: A qualitative study.
Stewart DE, Bercovitz K, Poland BD, Cohen JE, Selby PL, Ferrence RG. August 2001 – Sept. 2005.

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Popular health promotion strategies among Chinese and East Indian immigrant women.
Stewart DE, Ahmad F. July 2001- July 2003.

Vancouver Foundation. Measuring quality of life in nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP): Assessment of the measurement of a new evaluation questionnaire.
PI: Magee L, Co-Applicant: Stewart DE
June 2001 – December 2002.

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The impact of multiple roles and gender role beliefs on health and health behaviours in parents of young children.
Franche, R-L, Stewart DE, Roussy F, Feldberg GD, Grace SL.
April 2001-March 2004.

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). When home care ends and institutional care begins: A longitudinal study of stroke survivors and their family caregivers.
Cheung AM, Cameron J, Stewart DE, Coyte PC, Streiner DL, Feldberg GD. April 2001-March 2004.

Genome Canada. Canadian program on genomics and global health: International and comparative perspectives on health systems and insurance implications of new genetic testing.
PI: Singer P. Co-Applicants: Cheung AM, Deber R, Dickens B, Flood, Lemmens T, Mullen M, Mykitiuk R, Robertson A, Stewart DE, Till J.
2001-2006.

Canadian Population Health Initiative. Canadian women’s health surveillance report: A multidimensional look at the health of Canadian women.
CoPI’s: Demeules M, Stewart DE, Co-I’s: Payne J, Vissandjee B, Authors: Kazanjion A, Maclean H, Mao Y. 2001-2003.

Canadian Institutes for Health Research. Gender differences in pain and analgesic response to kappa & mu opioids after surgery. Katz J, Gagliese L, Snijdelaar D, Stewart DE, Macrae H, Taddio A, Sandler P.
July 2000-June 2003.

National Cancer Institute of Canada (CTRI). Institutional addiction to tobacco: Defining links between Canadian universities and medical schools. Cohen J, Ashley MJ, Ferrence R, Stewart DE, Kyle K.
July 2000 – June 2002.

Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation: Ontario Chapter. The use of community newspapers to promote breast cancer screening among South Asian women. Stewart DE, Ahmad F. May 2000-Dec 2001.

National Health Research and Development Program (NHRDP). Predicting emotional distress in family caregivers: Analysis of the longitudinal National Population Health Survey data.
Cheung AM, Cameron JI, Hyman I, Franche R-L, Stewart DE.
May 2000-May 2001.

University Health Network, Department of Psychiatry Research Fund. Comparison of quality of life and economic cost across home and institutional care settings: Pilot study. Cameron JI, Stewart DE, Cheung AM.
January 2000-January 2001.

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). When home care ends and institutional care begins.
Cheung AM, Cameron JI, Stewart DE, Streiner D, Coyte P, Feldberg G, Nemetz E, Henderson K. July-November 2000.

Ontario Ministry of Health. Women’s health status in Ontario.
Hyman I, Stewart DE, Williams J, Ferris L, Cohen M, Maher J.
December 1999-August 2000.

Ontario Ministry of Health. Psychological adjustment to medical conditions.
Abbey S, Stewart DE, et.al. December 1999 – August 2000.

Canadian Tobacco Research Initiative. Smoking cessation, reduction and relapse among postpartum women.
Stewart DE, Bercovitz K, et.al. December 1999-August 2000.

Ontario Ministry of Health. Women’s health services in Ontario.
Ferris L, Williams J, Hyman I, Stewart DE, Cohen M, Maher J.
December 1999-August 2000.

Ontario HIV Treatment Network. Preferred role of people with HIV and AIDS in treatment decision making.
Deber R, Halman M, Millson P, Meyers T, Stewart DE, Urowitz S, Walmsley S, Bauman A. 1999-2001.

SCRN/ NGC/CTG. Toxicity and quality of life in ovarian cancer.
Butler L, Stewart DE, Bacon M et al. 1999-2000.

Medical Research Council-CIHR Opportunity Program Grant. Women’s health institute.
Bellam P, Grant K, Stewart DE, et al.
October 1999-September 2000.

Canadian Tobacco Research Initiative – National Cancer Institute of Canada. Institutional addiction to tobacco.
Cohen J, Ashley MJ, Terrance R, Stewart DE, Kyle K, Wilson E, Schenban C, Schultz P. July 1999 - June 2000.

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. Psychological treatment of depression in post myocardial infarction and angina patients.
Shnek Z, Irvine J, Ritvo P, Stewart DE, Abbey S, Dorian P.
July 1999 - June 2000.

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