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HeLTI Canada Team Publications

Manuscripts Published/Accepted

  1. Dennis, C. L., Prioreschi, A., Birken, C. S., Brennenstuhl, S., Brown, H. K., Bell, R. C., Marini, F., & Wrottesley, S. V. (2022). Predictors of preconception health knowledge among Canadian women: A nationwide cross-sectional study. Journal of clinical nursing, 10.1111/jocn.16584. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16584
  2. Dennis, C. L., Prioreschi, A., Brown, H. K., Brennenstuhl, S., Bell, R. C., Atkinson, S., Misita, D., Marini, F., Carsley, S., Jiwani-Ebrahim, N., & Birken, C. (2022). Medical, behavioural and social preconception and interconception risk factors among pregnancy planning and recently pregnant Canadian women. Family Medicine and Community Health, 10(3), e001175. https://doi.org/10.1136/fmch-2021-001175
  3. Dennis, C. L., Brown, H. K., Brennenstuhl, S., Vigod, S., Miller, A., Castro, R. A., Marini, F. C., & Birken, C. (2022). Preconception risk factors and health care needs of pregnancy-planning women and men with a lifetime history or current mental illness: A nationwide survey. PloS one, 17(6), e0270158. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270158
  4. Dennis, C. L., Carsley, S., Brennenstuhl, S., Brown, H. K., Marini, F., Bell, R. C., Miller, A., Ravindran, S., D’Paiva, V., Dol, J., & Birken, C. S. (2022). Screen use and internet addiction among parents of young children: A nationwide Canadian cross-sectional survey.  PloS one, 17(1), e0257831.  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257831
  5. Dennis, C. L., Brennenstuhl, S., Brown, H. K., Bell, R. C., Marini, F., & Birken, C. S. (2022). High-risk health behaviours of pregnancy-planning women and men: Is there a need for preconception care?. Midwifery, 106, 103244. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2021.103244
  6. Dennis, C. L., Birken, C. S., Brennenstuhl, S., Wrottesley, S., Marini, F., Bell, R. C., Tremblay, M. S., & Prioreschi, A. (2021). Describing 24-hour movement behaviours among preconception and recently pregnant Canadian parents: Who do we need to target?. Behavioral Medicine, 1–13. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/08964289.2021.1987854
  7. Vanderloo, L. M., Carsley, S., Agarwal, P., Marini, F., Dennis, C. L., & Birken, C. (2021). Selecting and evaluating mobile health apps for the healthy life trajectories initiative: Development of the ehealth resource checklist. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 9(12), e27533. https://doi.org/10.2196/27533
  8. Dennis, C. L., Marini, F., Dick, J. A., Atkinson, S., Barrett, J., Bell, R., Berard, A., Berger, H., Brown, H. K., Constantin, E., Da Costa, D., Feller, A., Guttmann, A., Janus, M., Joseph, K. S., Jüni, P., Kimmins, S., Letourneau, N., Li, P., Lye, S., … Birken, C. (2021). Protocol for a randomised trial evaluating a preconception-early childhood telephone-based intervention with tailored e-health resources for women and their partners to optimise growth and development among children in Canada: a Healthy Life Trajectory Initiative (HeLTI Canada). BMJ Open, 11(2), e046311. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046311
  9. Ravindran, S., Yoganathan, S., Cairncross, Z. F., Dennis, C. L., Enders, J., Graves, L., Mill, C., Telner, D., & Brown, H. K. (2020). Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an Interconception Intervention Provided by Public Health Nurses. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 24(9), 1161–1169. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-020-02980-w
  10. Cairncross Z, Dennis C-L, Brennenstuhl S, et al. (2021). Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Preconception Health Knowledge Questionnaire. American Journal of Health Promotion, 35(2):172-178. doi:10.1177/0890117120946682
  11. Cairncross, Z. F., Ravindran, S., Yoganathan, S., Dennis, C. L., Enders, J., Graves, L., Mill, C., Telner, D., & Brown, H. K. (2019). Measurement of Preconception Health Knowledge: A Systematic Review. American journal of health promotion : AJHP, 33(6), 941–954. https://doi.org/10.1177/0890117119835518
  12. Brown, H. K., Mueller, M., Edwards, S., Mill, C., Enders, J., Graves, L., Telner, D., & Dennis, C. L. (2017). Preconception health interventions delivered in public health and community settings: A systematic review. Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique, 108(4), e388–e397. https://doi.org/10.17269/cjph.108.6029

Manuscripts Submitted

  1. Rae, S., Ong, F., Dennis, CL., Hamilton, J., Maguire, J., Pullenayegum, E., Birken, C. (2022). Parent involvement in child anthropometric measurement. BMC Primary Care (submitted). 
  2. Rae, S., Ong, F., Dennis, CL., Hamilton, J., Maguire, J., Pullenayegum, E., Birken, C. (2022). Reliability of anthropometric measurement of young children with parent facilitator. International Journal of Epidemiology (submitted).  
  3. Rae, S., Keown-Stoneman, C., Ong, F., Dennis, CL., Hamilton, J., Maguire, J., Pullenayegum, E., Birken, C. (2022). Reliability and repeatability of at-home parent height and weight of young children. Pediatrics (submitted)