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HeLTI Canada Team Publications
Manuscripts Published/Accepted
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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).
- 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).
- 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)