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Helen Vallianatos

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ProfessorAnthropology DeptUniversity of Alberta

Helen Vallianatos

Professor

Anthropology Dept

Faculty of Arts

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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10 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.

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Research

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Latest papers

Contemporary trends of witchcraft accusations and resulting violence against children: A scoping review and bibliometric analysis protocol.
PloS one · 2026
Satisfaction With Youth Mental Health Services in Diverse Settings: Results From a Pan-Canadian Initiative.
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2026
Exploring the Presenting Problems and Services Received by Youth with Diverse Mental Health Presentations in Integrated Youth Mental Health Services Across Canada.
International journal of integrated care · 2026

All 33 publications

Latest funding

Understanding Witchcraft Beliefs and Practices in Transnational Spaces: Exploring the case of children in Ghana and African newcomers in Canada
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$37,268
To Protect and Serve Whom? The Whiteness of Canadian Policing
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$58,333
Transforming the Lives of Black Children and Youths in Canada
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$500,000

All 10 grants and awards

33 publications.

Contemporary trends of witchcraft accusations and resulting violence against children: A scoping review and bibliometric analysis protocol.

Spence C, Mahama ES, Jarvis K, Zettl M, Yakong VN, Ani-Amponsah M, Vallianatos H, Adjorlolo S, Setsoafia CK, Maina G, Richter S, Petrucka P

PloS one20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0338997 PMID: 41628125

Satisfaction With Youth Mental Health Services in Diverse Settings: Results From a Pan-Canadian Initiative.

Bedirian J, Cowan T, Noël V, Lal S, Joober R, Shah J, Abdel-Baki A, Fuhrer R, Boksa P, Andersson N, MacDonald K, Morin CA, Levasseur MA, Vallianatos H, Augustine L, Friese K, Godin I, Urichuk L, Hutt-MacLeod D, Plourde V, Rabbitskin N, Reaume-Zimmer P, Rousseau C, Malla A, Iyer SN

Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)2026

DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20250441 PMID: 41992106

Exploring the Presenting Problems and Services Received by Youth with Diverse Mental Health Presentations in Integrated Youth Mental Health Services Across Canada.

Mughal S, Sanchez-Allakhverdieva A, Abdel-Baki A, Andersson N, Boksa P, Hutt-Macleod D, Joober R, Lal S, Chisholm-Nelson J, Morrison N, Frampton A, Levasseur MA, Augustine L, Friese K, Godin I, Hay K, Rabbitskin N, Reaume-Zimmer P, Vallianatos H, Iyer SN, Malla A, Shah JL, ACCESS Open Minds

International journal of integrated care2026Open Access

DOI: 10.5334/ijic.10147 PMID: 41868958

Beyond subsidies: An inclusive approach to address financial barriers and inform policy action on access to municipal physical activity infrastructure among young families with low income

Ana Paula Belon, Laura Nieuwendyk, Helen Vallianatos, Candace I. J. Nykiforuk

Community Health Equity Research & Policy2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1177/2752535x261470955 PMID: 42487202

An Approach to Providing Timely Mental Health Services to Diverse Youth Populations.

Iyer SN, Boksa P, Joober R, Shah J, Fuhrer R, Andersson N, Lal S, D'Andrea G, Morrison N, Noel V, Rabouin D, Cowan T, MacDonald K, Levasseur MA, Poukhovski-Sheremetyev F, Abdel-Baki A, Augustine L, Friese K, Godin I, Hay K, Hutt-MacLeod D, Plourde V, Rabbitskin N, Reaume-Zimmer P, Rousseau C, Rudderham H, Abba-Aji A, Aubin D, Urichuk L, Vallianatos H, Golchi S, Winkelmann I, Chisholm-Nelson J, Malla A

JAMA psychiatry202522 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.4880 PMID: 40009399

Transitions for youth and young adults with eating disorders and/or other mental health conditions: a Canadian guideline

Dimitropoulos G, Nicula M, Krishnapillai A, Austin A, Singh M, Lee J, Webb C, Scott S, de Almeida ACV, Bergmann C

Journal of Eating Disorders202511 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s40337-025-01343-6

Examining the experiences of student peer support workers delivering care within post-secondary institutions.

Dimitropoulos G, Cullen E, Hews-Girard JC, Patten SB, MacPherson P, Shah J, Friese K, Wiens K, Lipton-Bos B, Vallianatos H, Szeto ACH, Ferrari M, Iyer S

Journal of American college health : J of ACH20254 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2024.2378291 PMID: 39083788

Exploring relationships with food after dietary intervention in patients with colorectal cancer: a qualitative analysis from the Protein Recommendations to Increase Muscle (PRIMe) trial

Katherine L. Ford, Maira Quintanilha, Claire F. Trottier, Wendy Victoria Wismer, Michael B. Sawyer, Mario Siervo, Nicolaas E.P. Deutz, Helen Vallianatos, Carla Marques Maia Prado

Supportive Care in Cancer20241 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s00520-024-08620-1 PMID: 38849604

Sociocultural Factors Affecting Breastfeeding Practices of Mothers During Natural Disasters: A Critical Ethnography in Rural Pakistan.

Hirani SAA, Richter S, Salami B, Vallianatos H

Global qualitative nursing research202346 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/23333936221148808 PMID: 36727108

Violence and precarity: A neglected cause of large family sizes in Pakistan.

Ataullahjan A, Vallianatos H, Mumtaz Z

Global public health20225 citations

DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2021.1879894 PMID: 33573509

Understanding Witchcraft Beliefs and Practices in Transnational Spaces: Exploring the case of children in Ghana and African newcomers in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Richter, Solina

Keywords: Children; Transnational spaces; Immigrants; Witchcraft; Intersectionality

$37,268

To Protect and Serve Whom? The Whiteness of Canadian Policing

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Black Scholars - CGS

Principal investigators: Yankey, Manzah-Kyentoh

Keywords: policing; race; racism; whiteness; critical race theory; Canada

$58,333

Transforming the Lives of Black Children and Youths in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Grants

Keywords: Adolescent; African; Black; Caribbean; Child; Children; Youth

$500,000

Migration and precarity: from the temporary foreign worker program to permanent resident, student and undocumented migrant status

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Salami, Oluwabukola O.

Keywords: migrant workers; temporary foreign workers; migrant rights; participatory action research; transnationalism

$197,145

A multi-sector partnership to investigate and develop policy and practice models to dismantle rape culture in universities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Grants

Keywords: university policy; sexual violence; rape culture; human rights; social media; news media; art and popular culture; consent; sexting; intent; student agency; accountability; systemic barriers; tacit condoning; prevention; sector experts

$2,499,525

Assessing dietary and lifestyle risk factors for maternal health in 'at high-risk' women of childbearing age (Inuit, Inuvialuit, and First Nations populations in Arctic Canada)

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant - PA: First Nations, Inuit and Metis Health

Principal investigators: Sharma, Sangita; Baker, Philip N

Keywords: Aboriginal Health; Community Based Participatory Research; Community Health Services Delivery; Evidence Based Intervention Development; Knowledge Translation; Lifestyle Risk Factor Assessment; Maternal Health; Nutrition; Policy Development; Sustainable Program Development

$100,000

Optimizing food choices and practices in the perinatal period for immigrant and new Canadian women.

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Higginbottom, Gina M; Etowa, Josephine B; Racine, Louise

Keywords: Cultural Competency; Ethnocultural Health Practices; Focused Ethnography; Food Choices; Health Services; Immigrant Health; Maternity; Perinatal; Postcolonial Theory

$287,997

Assessing dietary and lifestyle risk factors for maternal health in 'at high-risk' women of childbearing age (Inuit, Inuvialuit, and First Nations populations in Arctic Canada)

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Operating Grant - PA: First Nations, Inuit and Metis Health

Principal investigators: Sharma, Sangita; Baker, Philip N

$100,000

If We Build It, Will They Come? Exploring the Impact of Community Investment in Recreation Spaces on Health Equity and Access to Physical Activity Opportunities

Co-investigatorCIHR2010Operating Grant: Population Health Intervention Research

Principal investigators: Nykiforuk, Candace

Keywords: Built Environment; Chronic Disease Prevention; Community Health; Health Equity; Mixed Methods; Municipal Policy; Natural Experiment; Nonrandomized Quasi-Experiment; Physical Activity; Recreation Spaces

Assessing Community Environments for Physical Activity and Healthy Eating: Development of Innovative Mixed-Methods Approaches for Utilizing Objective and Subjective Data

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Operating Grant: Advancing Theoretical & Methodological Innovations in Hlth Res

Principal investigators: Nykiforuk, Candace; Schopflocher, Donald P

Keywords: Built Environment; Community Health; Discriminant Function Analysis; Health Outcomes; Mixed Methods; Participatory Workshops

$197,568

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Helen Vallianatos

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Contemporary trends of witchcraft accusations and resulting violence against children: A scoping review and bibliometric analysis protocol.

Satisfaction With Youth Mental Health Services in Diverse Settings: Results From a Pan-Canadian Initiative.

Exploring the Presenting Problems and Services Received by Youth with Diverse Mental Health Presentations in Integrated Youth Mental Health Services Across Canada.

Beyond subsidies: An inclusive approach to address financial barriers and inform policy action on access to municipal physical activity infrastructure among young families with low income

An Approach to Providing Timely Mental Health Services to Diverse Youth Populations.

Transitions for youth and young adults with eating disorders and/or other mental health conditions: a Canadian guideline

Examining the experiences of student peer support workers delivering care within post-secondary institutions.

Exploring relationships with food after dietary intervention in patients with colorectal cancer: a qualitative analysis from the Protein Recommendations to Increase Muscle (PRIMe) trial

Sociocultural Factors Affecting Breastfeeding Practices of Mothers During Natural Disasters: A Critical Ethnography in Rural Pakistan.

Violence and precarity: A neglected cause of large family sizes in Pakistan.

Understanding Witchcraft Beliefs and Practices in Transnational Spaces: Exploring the case of children in Ghana and African newcomers in Canada

To Protect and Serve Whom? The Whiteness of Canadian Policing

Transforming the Lives of Black Children and Youths in Canada

Migration and precarity: from the temporary foreign worker program to permanent resident, student and undocumented migrant status

A multi-sector partnership to investigate and develop policy and practice models to dismantle rape culture in universities

Assessing dietary and lifestyle risk factors for maternal health in 'at high-risk' women of childbearing age (Inuit, Inuvialuit, and First Nations populations in Arctic Canada)

Optimizing food choices and practices in the perinatal period for immigrant and new Canadian women.

Assessing dietary and lifestyle risk factors for maternal health in 'at high-risk' women of childbearing age (Inuit, Inuvialuit, and First Nations populations in Arctic Canada)

If We Build It, Will They Come? Exploring the Impact of Community Investment in Recreation Spaces on Health Equity and Access to Physical Activity Opportunities

Assessing Community Environments for Physical Activity and Healthy Eating: Development of Innovative Mixed-Methods Approaches for Utilizing Objective and Subjective Data

Frequent collaborators

Solina Richter

Srividya Iyer

Ashok Malla

Candace Nykiforuk

Shalini Lal

Ridha Joober

Jai Shah

Patricia Boksa

Neil Andersson

Zubia Mumtaz

Anushka Ataullahjan

Kimberly Jarvis

Gina Higginbottom

Rebecca Fuhrer

Amal Abdel-Baki

Cecile Rousseau

Mary Levasseur

Norma Rabbitskin

Oluwabukola Salami

Daphne Hutt-MacLeod

JC Spence

Ahmed Boachie

Sarah Smith

Andrea Levinson

Cathleen Steinegger