Chelsea Pelletier

Research

Aging Implementation Science Mobility Older Adults Physical Activity Program Adaptation Provincial North Sex And Gender Science

Latest papers

Multi-Sectoral Partnerships for Physical Literacy: Setting the Scene for Evaluation.
Health promotion practice · 2026 · first author
Qualitative Experiences of Older Adults Participating in a Student-Delivered Community Outreach TeleheAlth Program for COVID Education and Health Promotion.
Health promotion practice · 2026
Perceptions of the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines among rural adults: awareness, knowledge, and recommendations.
Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme · 2026 · senior author

All 21 publications

Latest funding

Planning a Provincial Strategy for Healthy Screen Use Among Children and Youth
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$25,000
Healthy Cities-Implementation Science Team in Healthy Aging
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$3,000,000
The Forgotten North: Adapting an effective health-promoting program for northern British Columbia
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$20,000

All 5 grants and awards

21 publications.

01

Multi-Sectoral Partnerships for Physical Literacy: Setting the Scene for Evaluation.

Pelletier C, Wu C, Faulkner G, Naylor PJ

Health promotion practice2026First author

DOI: 10.1177/15248399261460357 PMID: 42454442

02

Qualitative Experiences of Older Adults Participating in a Student-Delivered Community Outreach TeleheAlth Program for COVID Education and Health Promotion.

Yang MC, Clayton C, Harris D, Pelletier C, Schmidt J, Zwicker JG, Sakakibara BM

Health promotion practice2026

DOI: 10.1177/15248399251414647 PMID: 41593434

03

Perceptions of the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines among rural adults: awareness, knowledge, and recommendations.

Aird C, Manyanga T, Banner D, Pelletier C

Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2025-0371 PMID: 42341342

04

Barriers and facilitators to physical activity in rural communities: using the Behaviour Change Wheel to identify intervention functions.

Pelletier C, Ward K, Aird C, Jung M, Fox G, Pousette A, Faulkner G

BMC public health2025First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-24672-2 PMID: 41044481

05

Biopsychosocial and Environmental Correlates of Children's Motor Competence: An Exploratory Study.

Algurén B, Tang Y, Pelletier C, Naylor PJ, Faulkner G

Sports medicine - open2024

DOI: 10.1186/s40798-024-00763-z PMID: 39183225

06

Perceived Barriers to Physical Activity Among Youth Living in Rural and Urban Canadian Communities: A Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Study.

Manyanga T, White N, Sluggett L, Duchesne A, Anekwe D, Pelletier C

Journal of physical activity & health2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2023-0254 PMID: 38575136

07

Dementia-Inclusive Choices for Exercise Toolkit: Impact on the Knowledge, Perspectives, and Practices of Exercise Providers.

Middleton LE, Pelletier C, Koch M, Norman R, Dupuis S, Astell A, Giangregorio L, Freeman S, DICE Research Team

Journal of aging and physical activity2024

DOI: 10.1123/japa.2022-0401 PMID: 38262407

08

A Qualitative Investigation on Chronic Disease Management and Prevention Among Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Yang MC, Clayton C, Harris D, Pelletier C, Schmidt J, Zwicker JG, Sakakibara BM

American journal of health promotion : AJHP2024

DOI: 10.1177/08901171231218681 PMID: 38000140

09

Exercise prescription for persons with spinal cord injury: a review of physiological considerations and evidence-based guidelines.

Pelletier C

Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme2023First author

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0227 PMID: 37816259

10

Work, travel, or leisure: comparing domain-specific physical activity patterns based on rural-urban location in Canada.

Pelletier C, White N, Duchesne A, Sluggett L

BMC public health2023First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-16876-1 PMID: 37950219

Planning a Provincial Strategy for Healthy Screen Use Among Children and Youth

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grants - Institute/Initiative Community Support

Principal investigators: Faulkner, Guy

Keywords: Children And Youth; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Mental Health; Provincial Strategy; Screen Use; Social Media

$25,000

Healthy Cities-Implementation Science Team in Healthy Aging

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: HCIS - Healthy aging

Principal investigators: Mckay, Heather A; Kupferschmidt, Anthony; Lusina, Sarah Jane C; Prakash, Adrian A; Tosdevine-Tataryn, Sahra-Lea; Tunnacliffe, Rebecca; Havaei, Farinaz; Mackey, Dawn C; Sims-Gould, Joanie

Keywords: Aging; Health Equity; Implementation Science; Knowledge Translation; Mobility; Physical Activity; Program Adaptation; Sex And Gender; Social Connectedness

$3,000,000

The Forgotten North: Adapting an effective health-promoting program for northern British Columbia

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Mckay, Heather A; Pelletier, Chelsea

Keywords: Aging; Implementation Science; Mobility; Older Adults; Physical Activity; Program Adaptation; Provincial North; Sex And Gender Science; Social Connectedness

$20,000

Making an impact on rural health: Scaling-out and evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of an evidence-based diabetes prevention program across Interior British Columbia

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Jung, Mary E

Keywords: Community-Engaged Research; Diabetes Prevention; Diet; Effectiveness; Evaluation; Exercise; Implementation; Prediabetes; Scale-Out

$585,224

Implementation Science Team in Healthy Aging

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Team Grant: HCIS - LOI - Healthy aging

Principal investigators: Mckay, Heather A; Tosdevine-Tataryn, Sahra-Lea; Havaei, Farinaz; Mackey, Dawn C; Sims-Gould, Joanie

Keywords: Healthy Aging; Implementation Science; Knowledge Translation; Loneliness; Older Adults; Physical Activity; Program Adaptation; Scale-Up; Social Isolation

$24,850

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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1 shared papers, latest 2024

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