Alun Edwards, University of Calgary

Research

Cluster Randomized Trial Diabetes Hemoglobin A1c Knowledge Translation

Latest papers

Quality improvement strategies for diabetes care: Effects on outcomes for adults living with diabetes
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2023
Factors that influence specialist physician preferences for fee-for-service and salary-based payment models: A qualitative study.
Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2021
Association of Specialist Physician Payment Model With Visit Frequency, Quality, and Costs of Care for People With Chronic Disease.
JAMA network open · 2019

All 15 publications

Latest funding

Healthy Food Rx - Empowering food insecure Albertans to manage their diabetes through a subsidized healthy food prescription program: A randomized controlled trial & economic evaluation
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$430,908
Healthy Food Rx - Empowering food insecure Albertans to manage their diabetes through a subsidized healthy food prescription program: Proposed expansion of a Randomized Controlled Trial
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Improving diabetes management by addressing food insecurity with a subsidized healthy food prescription program
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator

All 7 grants and awards

15 publications.

01

Quality improvement strategies for diabetes care: Effects on outcomes for adults living with diabetes

Konnyu KJ, Yogasingam S, Lépine J, Sullivan K, Alabousi M, Edwards A, Hillmer M, Karunananthan S, Lavis JN, Linklater S

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews202361 citations

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd014513

02

Factors that influence specialist physician preferences for fee-for-service and salary-based payment models: A qualitative study.

Ogundeji YK, Quinn A, Lunney M, Chong C, Chew D, Danso G, Duggan S, Edwards A, Hopkin G, Senior P, Sumner G, Williams J, Manns B

Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.12.014 PMID: 33509635

03

Association of Specialist Physician Payment Model With Visit Frequency, Quality, and Costs of Care for People With Chronic Disease.

Quinn AE, Hemmelgarn BR, Tonelli M, McBrien KA, Edwards A, Senior P, Faris P, Au F, Ma Z, Weaver RG, Manns BJ

JAMA network open2019

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.14861 PMID: 31702800

04

Population-Level Outcomes With a 2-Step Approach for Gestational Diabetes Screening and Diagnosis: Response to the Letter to the Editor From Dr. Kong.

Donovan L, Edwards A, Savu A, Butalia S, Ryan E, Johnson J, Kaul P

Canadian journal of diabetes2018

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2018.03.012 PMID: 30026046

05

Patient navigators for people with chronic disease: A systematic review.

McBrien KA, Ivers N, Barnieh L, Bailey JJ, Lorenzetti DL, Nicholas D, Tonelli M, Hemmelgarn B, Lewanczuk R, Edwards A, Braun T, Manns B

PloS one2018

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191980 PMID: 29462179

06

Postpartum Diabetes Testing Rates after Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Canadian Women: A Population-Based Study.

Butalia S, Donovan L, Savu A, Johnson J, Edwards A, Kaul P

Canadian journal of diabetes2017

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2016.12.013 PMID: 28506815

07

The evaluating self-management and educational support in severely obese patients awaiting multidisciplinary bariatric care (EVOLUTION) trial: principal results.

Padwal RS, Klarenbach S, Sharma AM, Fradette M, Jelinski SE, Edwards A, Majumdar SR

BMC medicine2017

DOI: 10.1186/s12916-017-0808-6 PMID: 28249576

08

Understanding Financial Barriers to Care in Patients With Diabetes.

Campbell DJ, Manns BJ, Hemmelgarn BR, Sanmartin C, Edwards A, King-Shier K

The Diabetes educator2017

DOI: 10.1177/0145721716679276 PMID: 27920081

09

Smartphone App Use for Diabetes Management: Evaluating Patient Perspectives.

Lithgow K, Edwards A, Rabi D

JMIR diabetes2017

DOI: 10.2196/diabetes.6643 PMID: 30291051

10

Perceived Barriers to and Facilitators of Patient-to-Provider E-Mail in the Management of Diabetes Care.

Popeski N, McKeen C, Khokhar B, Edwards A, Ghali WA, Sargious P, White D, Hebert M, Rabi DM

Canadian journal of diabetes2015

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2015.07.001 PMID: 26409770

Healthy Food Rx - Empowering food insecure Albertans to manage their diabetes through a subsidized healthy food prescription program: A randomized controlled trial & economic evaluation

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Campbell, David J; Beall, Reed; Lipscombe, Lorraine; O'Connell, Petra; Olstad, Dana Lee; Spackman, Eldon

Keywords: Clinical Trial; Diabetes; Food Insecurity; Health Policy; Healthy Food Subsidy; Social Determinants Of Health

$430,908

Healthy Food Rx - Empowering food insecure Albertans to manage their diabetes through a subsidized healthy food prescription program: Proposed expansion of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Campbell, David J; Beall, Reed; Lipscombe, Lorraine; O'Connell, Petra; Olstad, Dana Lee; Spackman, Eldon

Keywords: Clinical Trial; Diabetes; Food Insecurity; Health Policy; Healthy Food Subsidy; Social Determinants Of Health

$100,000

Improving diabetes management by addressing food insecurity with a subsidized healthy food prescription program

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Team Grant: Diabetes Mechanisms and Translational Solutions - LOI - General

Principal investigators: Campbell, David J; Williams, Kienan; Lipscombe, Lorraine; Olstad, Dana Lee; Spackman, Eldon

Keywords: Clinical Trial; Diabetes; Food Insecurity; Health Policy; Healthy Food Subsidy; Social Determinants Of Health

Healthy Food Rx - Evaluation of a subsidized healthy food prescription program for patients with type 2 diabetes and food insecurity.

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Campbell, David J; Beall, Reed; Lipscombe, Lorraine; Olstad, Dana Lee; Oster, Richard T; Spackman, Eldon

Keywords: Clinical Trial; Diabetes; Food Insecurity; Health Policy; Healthy Food Subsidy; Social Determinants Of Health

$100,000

A Mixed-Methods Human Factors Evaluation of Patient Heath Portals in Diabetes.

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Rabi, Doreen M; Caird, Jeffrey K

Keywords: Chronic Disease Management; Diabetes; Ehealth

$220,713

Weight Bias and Primary Health Care: Creating a Provincial Research Strategy

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Planning Grants-Priority Announcement:Partnerships for Health System Improvement

Principal investigators: Russell-Mayhew, Michelle (Shelly) K; Jelinski, Susan

Keywords: Integrated Knowledge Translation; Obesity; Overweight; Primary Health Care; Professional Development; Weight Bias; Weight-Related Issues

$24,960

Translating evidence to improvements in care and outcomes for people with diabetes

Principal investigatorCIHR2012Planning Grants-Priority Announcement:Partnerships for Health System Improvement

Principal investigators: Manns, Braden J; Edwards, Alun L; Sargious, Peter

Keywords: Cluster Randomized Trial; Diabetes; Hemoglobin A1c; Knowledge Translation

$24,995

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

Braden Manns

Medicine/Endocrinology/Metabolism

3 shared papers, latest 2021

Peter Sargious

Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Sathya Karunananthan

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Kathryn King-Shier

Medicine/Nephrology

1 shared papers, latest 2017

David Moher

School of Epidemiology and Public Health

1 shared papers, latest 2023

John Lavis

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

1 shared papers, latest 2023

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Cluster Randomized Trial Dear Professor Edwards, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Quality improvement strategies for diabetes care: Effects on outcomes for adults living with diabetes" (2023), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

Alun Edwards

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Quality improvement strategies for diabetes care: Effects on outcomes for adults living with diabetes

Factors that influence specialist physician preferences for fee-for-service and salary-based payment models: A qualitative study.

Association of Specialist Physician Payment Model With Visit Frequency, Quality, and Costs of Care for People With Chronic Disease.

Population-Level Outcomes With a 2-Step Approach for Gestational Diabetes Screening and Diagnosis: Response to the Letter to the Editor From Dr. Kong.

Patient navigators for people with chronic disease: A systematic review.

Postpartum Diabetes Testing Rates after Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Canadian Women: A Population-Based Study.

The evaluating self-management and educational support in severely obese patients awaiting multidisciplinary bariatric care (EVOLUTION) trial: principal results.

Understanding Financial Barriers to Care in Patients With Diabetes.

Smartphone App Use for Diabetes Management: Evaluating Patient Perspectives.

Perceived Barriers to and Facilitators of Patient-to-Provider E-Mail in the Management of Diabetes Care.

Healthy Food Rx - Empowering food insecure Albertans to manage their diabetes through a subsidized healthy food prescription program: A randomized controlled trial & economic evaluation

Healthy Food Rx - Empowering food insecure Albertans to manage their diabetes through a subsidized healthy food prescription program: Proposed expansion of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Improving diabetes management by addressing food insecurity with a subsidized healthy food prescription program

Healthy Food Rx - Evaluation of a subsidized healthy food prescription program for patients with type 2 diabetes and food insecurity.

A Mixed-Methods Human Factors Evaluation of Patient Heath Portals in Diabetes.

Weight Bias and Primary Health Care: Creating a Provincial Research Strategy

Translating evidence to improvements in care and outcomes for people with diabetes

Frequent collaborators

Alun Edwards

Marcello Tonelli

Noah Ivers

Noah Ivers

Braden Manns

Sonia Butalia

Peter Sargious

Marcello Tonelli

Brenda Hemmelgarn

Ted Braun

Jeffrey Johnson

David Nicholas

Richard Lewanczuk

Sonia Butalia

Peter Senior

Peter Sargious

Sathya Karunananthan

Kathryn King-Shier

David Nicholas

Michael Hillmer

David Moher

John Lavis