David Tu, University of British Columbia

Research

Depression Implementation Science Indigenous Mental Health Intervention Research Mixed-Methods Program Evaluation Resilience Suicide Prevention

Latest papers

Challenges of implementing safer supply programs in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative analysis.
The International journal on drug policy · 2023
Enhancing health care equity with Indigenous populations: evidence-based strategies from an ethnographic study.
BMC health services research · 2016
Development of health equity indicators in primary health care organizations using a modified Delphi.
PloS one · 2014 · senior author

All 6 publications

Latest funding

Partnering with Elders to Improve Mental Health Outcomes of Indigenous People Living in a Canadian Inner City
CIHR · 2014 · Principal investigator
$49,984
The British Columbia Centre for Addiction Clinical Trials
CIHR · 2013 · Co-investigator
$48,360
Equity-Oriented Primary Health Care Interventions for Marginalized Populations: Addressing Structural Inequities and Structural Violence
CIHR · 2011 · Co-investigator
$1,974,691

All 4 grants and awards

6 publications.

01

Challenges of implementing safer supply programs in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative analysis.

Karamouzian M, Rafat B, Kolla G, Urbanoski K, Atkinson K, Bardwell G, Bonn M, Touesnard N, Henderson N, Bowles J, Boyd J, Brunelle C, Eeuwes J, Fikowski J, Gomes T, Guta A, Hyshka E, Ivsins A, Kennedy MC, Laurence G, Martignetti L, Nafeh F, Salters K, Tu D, Strike C, Pauly B, Werb D

The International journal on drug policy2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104157 PMID: 37574645

02

Enhancing health care equity with Indigenous populations: evidence-based strategies from an ethnographic study.

Browne AJ, Varcoe C, Lavoie J, Smye V, Wong ST, Krause M, Tu D, Godwin O, Khan K, Fridkin A

BMC health services research2016

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1707-9 PMID: 27716261

03

Development of health equity indicators in primary health care organizations using a modified Delphi.

Wong ST, Browne AJ, Varcoe C, Lavoie J, Fridkin A, Smye V, Godwin O, Tu D

PloS one2014Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114563 PMID: 25478914

04

Adoption of the chronic care model to improve HIV care: in a marginalized, largely aboriginal population.

Tu D, Belda P, Littlejohn D, Pedersen JS, Valle-Rivera J, Tyndall M

Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2013First author

PMID: 23766052

05

Closing the health equity gap: evidence-based strategies for primary health care organizations.

Browne AJ, Varcoe CM, Wong ST, Smye VL, Lavoie J, Littlejohn D, Tu D, Godwin O, Krause M, Khan KB, Fridkin A, Rodney P, O'Neil J, Lennox S

International journal for equity in health2012

DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-59 PMID: 23061433

06

Enhancing measurement of primary health care indicators using an equity lens: An ethnographic study.

Wong ST, Browne AJ, Varcoe C, Lavoie J, Smye V, Godwin O, Littlejohn D, Tu D

International journal for equity in health2011Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-10-38 PMID: 21892956

Partnering with Elders to Improve Mental Health Outcomes of Indigenous People Living in a Canadian Inner City

Principal investigatorCIHR2014Operating Grant: Pathways Implementation Research Team - Component 1

Principal investigators: Hadjipavlou, George A; Dehoney, Jennifer; Dove, Naomi A; Paul, Doris; Behn Smith, Daniele M; King, Alexandra; Tu, David T; Varcoe, Colleen M

Keywords: Depression; Implementation Science; Indigenous Mental Health; Intervention Research; Mixed-Methods; Program Evaluation; Resilience; Suicide Prevention

$49,984

The British Columbia Centre for Addiction Clinical Trials

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse

Principal investigators: Wood, Evan; Barrios, Rolando; Burrows, Mae; Kendall, Perry

Keywords: Addiction; Clinical Trial; Knowledge Translation; Substance Abuse; Substance Misuse

$48,360

Equity-Oriented Primary Health Care Interventions for Marginalized Populations: Addressing Structural Inequities and Structural Violence

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Operating Grant: Programmatic Grants to tackle health and health equity

Principal investigators: Browne, Annette J; Ford-Gilboe, Marilyn V; Varcoe, Colleen M

Keywords: Effectiveness Of Complex Interventions; Health Equity; Health Policy Ethics; Knowledge Translation And Exchange; Marginalized Populations; Population Health Interventions; Primary Health Care Indicators; Primary Health Care Interventions; Structural Violence

$1,974,691

Creating Responsive Community-Based Primary Healthcare Models for HIV in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Planning Grants - PA: Community-based Primary Healthcare

Principal investigators: Kendall, Claire; Rourke, Sean B; Tyndall, Mark W

Keywords: Chronic Disease Management; Community-Based Primary Health Care; Health Services Research; Hiv/Aids; Quality Of Care

$24,940

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

Medicine
Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research
Psychiatry
School of Nursing
School of Social Work
Division of Social and Behavioural Health Sciences
School of Public Health Sciences
Other

Co-authors at University of British Columbia, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Colleen Varcoe

School of Nursing

3 shared papers, latest 2016

Victoria Smye

Faculty

2 shared papers, latest 2014

Karen Urbanoski

Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Elaine Hyshka

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Adrian Guta

School of Social Work

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Tara Gomes

Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Jade Boyd

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Kate Salters

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Andrew Ivsins

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Mohammad Karamouzian

Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Geoff Bardwell

School of Public Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Gillian Kolla

Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Bernadette Pauly

Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Carol Strike

Division of Social and Behavioural Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2023

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