This commentary addresses the critically important role of health workers in their countries’
more immediate responses to COVID-19 outbreaks and provides policy recommendations for …

Background Our overarching study objective is to further our understanding of the work
psychology of Health Support Workers (HSWs) in long-term care and home and community care …

Migrants are often proactive about their health, and immunisation uptake might be high if
offered in a culturally competent environment. Vaccine-preventable diseases carry a high …

Although advanced practice nurses (APNs) have existed in Canada for over 40 years and
there is abundant evidence of their safety and effectiveness, their full integration into our …

Although recent immigrants to Canada are healthier than Canadian born (ie, the Healthy
Immigrant Effect), they experience a deterioration in their health status which is partly due to …

There has been a renewed interest in collaborative models of health care delivered by ‘interdisciplinary
teams’ of providers across several health care systems. This growing …

There is a widespread perception that the increasing proportion of female physicians in most
developed countries is contributing to a primary care service shortage because females …

Push! offers a historical account of the forces behind the integration of midwifery in Ontario,
including public interest in funding midwifery services and the impact of political lobbying. …

Immigrant care workers play an increasingly important role in home and long-term care in
Canada, yet the full extent of their relations with older persons in those settings is relatively …

… Ivy Bourgeault, PhD, is a Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of
Ottawa. She holds the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Chair in Health Human Resource …