Regina Renner, University of British Columbia

Research

Abortion Clinical Practice Family Planning Services Health Human Resources Health Provider Experiences Health Service Delivery Quality Of Care Workforce Characteristics

Latest papers

Temporal trends in contraceptive use in British Columbia, Canada between 2001 and 2021: A descriptive analysis.
Contraception · 2026
Factors that influence care for second and third trimester termination of pregnancy for medical reasons in Canada: A qualitative investigation.
PloS one · 2026
Local anaesthesia for pain control in surgical abortion before 14 weeks of pregnancy: a systematic review.
BMJ sexual & reproductive health · 2025 · first author

All 14 publications

Latest funding

Teaching by Texting to Promote Health Behaviours in Pregnancy
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$562,275
Teaching by Texting to Promote Healthy Behaviours in Pregnancy
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$100,000
The CART Mife-Outcomes study: Relating Canada's unique mifepristone regulations to health system events, costs and access to abortion, using linked health administrative data.
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$524,024

All 6 grants and awards

14 publications.

01

Temporal trends in contraceptive use in British Columbia, Canada between 2001 and 2021: A descriptive analysis.

Mei AJ, Shore A, Abreu do Valle H, Pearce CL, Meza R, Renner R, Hanley GE

Contraception2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2026.111487 PMID: 42167641

02

Factors that influence care for second and third trimester termination of pregnancy for medical reasons in Canada: A qualitative investigation.

Ennis M, Lavoie-Lebel E, Renner R, Munro S, Barone C, Ilott E, Chisholm J, Dineley B, Knutzen L, Robertson J, Liauw J

PloS one2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0349167 PMID: 42139230

03

Local anaesthesia for pain control in surgical abortion before 14 weeks of pregnancy: a systematic review.

Renner R, Ennis M, McKercher A, Henderson JT, Edelman A

BMJ sexual & reproductive health2025First author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2024-202437 PMID: 39209519

04

Nurse practitioner medication abortion providers in Canada: results from a national survey

Stirling-Cameron E, Carson A, Abdulai A-F, Martin-Misener R, Renner R, Ennis M, Norman WV

BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health20254 citations

DOI: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2024-202379

05

Provision of care to diverse populations: results from the 2019 Canadian Abortion Provider Survey.

Ennis M, Renner R, Olure B, Begun S, Norman WV, Munro S

BMJ sexual & reproductive health2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2023-202175 PMID: 38729768

06

Teaching by texting to promote positive health behaviours in pregnancy: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial of SmartMom.

Janssen P, Lecke S, Renner R, Zhang W, Vedam S, Norman WV, Bayrampour H, Tough S, Murray J, Muhajarine N, Dennis CL

BMJ open2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081730 PMID: 38238058

07

Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile Technology Intervention to Support Postabortion Care After Surgical Abortion (the FACTS Study Phase 3): Mixed Methods Prospective Pilot Study.

Gill R, Ogilvie G, Norman WV, Fitzsimmons B, Maher C, Renner R

JMIR formative research2024Senior author

DOI: 10.2196/46284 PMID: 38194252

08

A Canadian survey of patients' attitudes toward donation of products of conception for research at the time of their aspiration abortion.

Hazan A, Fitzsimmons B, Albert A, Renner R

Contraception2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2022.06.005 PMID: 35716804

09

The problem with "unprotected" sex.

Chan MC, Martin L, Renner R

Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2022.100729 PMID: 35490480

10

Provision of first-trimester medication abortion in 2019: Results from the Canadian abortion provider survey

Ennis M, Renner R, Guilbert E, Norman WV, Pymar H, Kean L, Carson A, Martin-Misener R, Dunn S

Contraception202212 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2022.03.020

Teaching by Texting to Promote Health Behaviours in Pregnancy

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Janssen, Patricia A

Keywords: Health Promotion; Indigenous; Mhealth; Perinatal Outcomes; Population Health; Prenatal Education; Preterm Birth; Randomized Controlled Trial; Rural And Remote Health; Texting

$562,275

Teaching by Texting to Promote Healthy Behaviours in Pregnancy

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant - PA: Healthy pregnancy/early child dev. in Indigenous contexts

Principal investigators: Janssen, Patricia A

Keywords: Health Promotion; Indigenous; Mhealth; Perinatal Outcomes; Population Health; Prenatal Education; Preterm Birth; Randomized Controlled Trial; Rural And Remote Health; Texting

$100,000

The CART Mife-Outcomes study: Relating Canada's unique mifepristone regulations to health system events, costs and access to abortion, using linked health administrative data.

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Norman, Wendy V; Henry, Bonnie J; McGrail, Kimberlyn M

Keywords: Drug Policy Research; Family Planning; Health Economic Analyses; Health Equity; Health Research Capacity Building; Health Services Access; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Inter-Jurisdictional Health System And Service Comparison; Linked Health Administrative Data Analysis; Population Health Research

$524,024

The CART Canadian NP mifepristone implementation study

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Norman, Wendy V; Martin-Misener, Ruth; Roussel, Josette

Keywords: Access To Care; Family Planning; Health Equity; Health Policy, Systems And Services; Implementation Research; Inter-Jurisdictional Comparisons; Interdisciplinary Team; Medical Abortion; Mifepristone; Nurse Practitioner

$481,950

The Canadian Surgical and Medical Abortion Provider Survey (CAPS)

Nominated PICIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Renner, Regina M; Henry, Bonnie J; Wagner, Marie-Soleil

Keywords: Abortion; Clinical Practice; Family Planning Services; Health Human Resources; Health Provider Experiences; Health Service Delivery; Quality Of Care; Workforce Characteristics

$407,780

Mifepristone implementation in Canada (The CART-Mife Study)

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI)

Principal investigators: Norman, Wendy V; Kendall, Tamil

Keywords: Family Planning; Health Policy- Health Systems; Health Professional Education; Implementation Research; Rural Health Services; Women'S Health

$400,000

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

Family Practice
Obstetrics and Gynecology
School of Population and Public Health
Nursing
Clinical Public Health Division
School of Nursing
Community Health and Epidemiology
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2019

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