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Research
Latest papers
A community-engaged public health research and outreach program for immigrant and racialized workers in meat processing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
BMC public health · 2026
Navigating vaccine access, trust, coercion and regret: post-pandemic lessons on COVID-19 vaccination among newcomer communities in Alberta, Canada.
BMC public health · 2026
Linking weather and health outcomes: Examining the potential influences of weather factors and particulate matter pollution on adverse pregnancy outcomes in the Kavre district, Nepal.
Environmental research · 2024
Latest funding
- $1,136,024
Coerced Contraception and Indonesian Migrant Workers in Asia: Implications for Reproductive Justice and Global Health
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
- $100,000
Canadian Mines/Global Issues: An Examination of Policy Context and the Social, Health, and Environmental Effects of Canadian Mining in Three Focal Communities in Brazil, the Kyrgyz Republic, and the Philippines
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
- $75,000
Forced Sterilization and Coerced Contraception: Towards a Multi-National Agenda
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
6 publications.
A community-engaged public health research and outreach program for immigrant and racialized workers in meat processing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fabreau GE, Norrie E, Holdbrook L, Antonio M, Essar MY, Youssef M, Sahilie A, Yemane M, Ramirez-Cerino E, Hassan N, Grewal R, Hussain Z, Altahsh D, Magwood O, Saad A, Santana M, Bharwani A, Nielssen I, Edwards ST, Spitzer D, Coakley A, Pottie K
Navigating vaccine access, trust, coercion and regret: post-pandemic lessons on COVID-19 vaccination among newcomer communities in Alberta, Canada.
Antonio M, Essar MY, Ramirez-Cerino E, Sahilie A, Yemane M, Youssef M, Nielssen I, Holdbrook L, Santana M, Spitzer D, Pottie K, Fabreau GE
Linking weather and health outcomes: Examining the potential influences of weather factors and particulate matter pollution on adverse pregnancy outcomes in the Kavre district, Nepal.
Tiwari I, Syer J, Spitzer D, Hodgins S, Tamrakar SR, Dhimal M, Yamamoto SS
Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine acceptability among refugees and other migrant populations: A systematic scoping review.
Yazdani Y, Pai P, Sayfi S, Mohammadi A, Perdes S, Spitzer D, Fabreau GE, Pottie K
Hiding in plain sight: the absence of consideration of the gendered dimensions in ‘source’ country perspectives on health worker migration
Bourgeault IL, Runnels V, Atanackovic J, Spitzer D, Walton-Roberts M
Impacts of a support intervention for low-income women who smoke.
Stewart MJ, Kushner KE, Greaves L, Letourneau N, Spitzer D, Boscoe M
Coerced Contraception and Indonesian Migrant Workers in Asia: Implications for Reproductive Justice and Global Health
Principal investigators: Spitzer, Denise L
Keywords: Asia; Capacity-Building; Global Health; Indonesia; Intersectionality; Migrant Domestic Workers; Multiple Methods; Participatory Research; Policy; Reproductive Justice
Canadian Mines/Global Issues: An Examination of Policy Context and the Social, Health, and Environmental Effects of Canadian Mining in Three Focal Communities in Brazil, the Kyrgyz Republic, and the Philippines
Principal investigators: Spitzer, Denise L
Keywords: Brazil; Canada; Governance And Policy; Health And Social Impacts; Intersectional Analysis; Kyrgyzstan; Mining; Occupational And Environmental Health; Philippines
Forced Sterilization and Coerced Contraception: Towards a Multi-National Agenda
Principal investigators: Spitzer, Denise L.
Keywords: forced sterilization; coerced contraception; Canada; Peru; Indonesia; reproductive justice
POETRY (Poly-Occular Engagement and Transnational Research Yearnings): Innovations in Research Across Community-Academic Divides
Principal investigators: Spitzer, Denise
Keywords: feminist research methods participatory research migration studies anthropology transnational
Support intervention for low-income women smokers
Principal investigators: Stewart, Miriam J.
Keywords: social support; vulnerable populations; low-income; women; smoking cessation; poverty; social exclusion; social isolation; tobacco reduction; coping
In search of identity, longing for homelands: African women in Alberta
Principal investigators: Okeke, Philomina E.
Keywords: gender; transnationalism; racism; identity; social activism
Multicultural meanings of social support among immigrants and refugees
Principal investigators: Stewart, Miriam
Keywords: Social support; immigrants; refugees; support needs; support experiences; health; health behaviours; health services use; programs and policies; community participation
Immigration as a determinant of a stress-related disorder: focus on diabetes
Principal investigators: Spitzer, Denise
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Ivy Bourgeault and Jelena Atanackovic: 14 shared papers
- Kevin Pottie and Denise Spitzer: 3 shared papers
- Annalee Coakley and Kevin Pottie: 2 shared papers
- Ivy Bourgeault and Denise Spitzer: 1 shared paper
- Annalee Coakley and Denise Spitzer: 1 shared paper
- Jelena Atanackovic and Denise Spitzer: 1 shared paper
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