Elizabeth Decaire, University of Manitoba

Research

Breastfeeding Pregnant Women First Nations Infants Prenatal Education Nursing Mothers Prenatal Education And Support Sexual And Gender Minority People

Latest papers

Examining the rollout of the Triple P system parenting program in Manitoba on rates of child maltreatment: Administrative data analyses and document review of policies and programs
Canadian Journal of Public Health · 2025
Impact of COVID-19 on perinatal outcomes in First Nations and all other mothers and their offspring in Manitoba.
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology · 2025
Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Health (BEAM): study protocol for a hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial of the BEAM app-based program for parents with clinical mental health problems.
BMC psychiatry · 2025

All 6 publications

Latest funding

Protecting and supporting breastfeeding and lactation equity in Manitoba through community-integrated education and care using novel technologies, culturally safe and gender affirming approaches
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$600,000
Oral mycobiome and caries risk in young Indigenous children in Manitoba
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$1,319,625
To enhance prenatal education program interrupted by COVID-19 in remote and rural First Nations communities by expanding remote education through two-eyed seeing framework to improve maternal child health
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$1,155,150

All 5 grants and awards

6 publications.

01

Examining the rollout of the Triple P system parenting program in Manitoba on rates of child maltreatment: Administrative data analyses and document review of policies and programs

Joshi D, Brownell M, Decaire E, Santos R, Dharmasena I, Prior H, Ekuma O, Attard C, Afifi TO, Gonzalez A

Canadian Journal of Public Health20251 citations

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01005-9

02

Impact of COVID-19 on perinatal outcomes in First Nations and all other mothers and their offspring in Manitoba.

Hui A, Dragan R, Decaire E, Omarr V, Kuzdak C, Yamamoto J, Wicklow B, Sellers E, McGavock J, Pylypjuk C, Nickel N, Jiang D, Shen GX

European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2025.114006 PMID: 40339467

03

Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Health (BEAM): study protocol for a hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial of the BEAM app-based program for parents with clinical mental health problems.

Simpson KM, McHardy RJW, Zhou JG, Levasseur-Puhach S, Côté CM, Braun M, Clement F, MacKinnon AL, Nickel N, Afifi TO, Giesbrecht GF, Giuliano R, Katz LY, Kelly LE, Klassen TP, Lebel C, Mushquash A, Reynolds K, Decaire E, Mughal W, Chartrand F, Kloss O, Hensel JM, Bolton JM, Unger JAM, Archibald M, Fisher P, Pharazyn A, Tomfohr-Madsen L, Roos LE

BMC psychiatry2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12888-025-06964-4 PMID: 40457257

04

Impact of discontinuation of lactation consultant program on early infant feeding in Manitoba.

Hui A, Yamamoto JM, Dragan R, Poliquin V, Birk P, Kearns K, Decaire E, Omarr V, Onyiuke C, Friesen K, Raimondi C, Wicklow B, Dyck C, Shen GX

International breastfeeding journal2025

DOI: 10.1186/s13006-025-00737-1 PMID: 40420158

05

Impact of being taken into out-of-home care: a longitudinal cohort study of First Nations and other child welfare agencies in Manitoba, Canada.

Brownell M, Nickel NC, Frank K, Flaten L, Sinclair S, Sinclair S, Murdock N, Enns JE, Pfau J, Durksen A, Scatliff C, Prior H, Walld R, Turnbull L, Levasseur K, Mayer T, Chartrand J, Nash C, Decaire E, Casiano H, Bennett M, Casidsid HJM, Hunter M, Owczar H, Brownell E, Stukel TA

Lancet regional health. Americas2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2024.100886 PMID: 39309258

06

Birth Outcomes Among First Nations Birthing Parents Incarcerated While Pregnant: A Linked Administrative Data Study From Manitoba, Canada.

Nickel NC, Enns JE, Brownell M, Quddus F, Walld R, Brownell E, Turnbull L, Casiano H, Urquia M, Decaire E, Mahar A, Wall-Wieler E, Campbell R, Durksen A, Lee JB, Tso Deh M, Ferland I, Granger M, Phillips-Beck W

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2024.06.001 PMID: 38971690

Protecting and supporting breastfeeding and lactation equity in Manitoba through community-integrated education and care using novel technologies, culturally safe and gender affirming approaches

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Op. Grant: NWHRI: Innovation Fund - Healthcare implementation research

Principal investigators: Shen, Garry X; Decaire, Elizabeth; Azad, Meghan; Kearns, Katherine; Raimondi, Christina J

Keywords: Breastfeeding; First Nations; Infants; Nursing Mothers; Pregnant Women; Prenatal Education And Support; Sexual And Gender Minority People; Social Media And Ai; Spouses Or Partners; Urban, Rural Andremote Communities

$600,000

Oral mycobiome and caries risk in young Indigenous children in Manitoba

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Chelikani, Prashen V; Campbell, Rhonda; Chartrand, Frances; Decaire, Elizabeth; Kloss, Olena; Schroth, Robert J; Yerex, Katherine

Keywords: Early Childhood Caries; Oral Fungi

$1,319,625

To enhance prenatal education program interrupted by COVID-19 in remote and rural First Nations communities by expanding remote education through two-eyed seeing framework to improve maternal child health

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Shen, Garry X; Decaire, Elizabeth; Mousseau, Wendy; Omarr, Vivian L; Sinclair, Stephanie A

Keywords: Breastfeeding; First Nations; Healthy Eating And Activity; Indigenous Knowledge Education; Infants; Pregnant Women; Prenatal Education; Remote Education; Rural And Remote Communities; Spousal Support

$1,155,150

Moms in Motion: Diabetes Prevention in Pregnancy Program in First Nations communities

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Team Gr: Diabetes Prevention & Treatment in Indigenous Communities: R&W - LOI

Principal investigators: Shen, Garry X; Mousseau, Wendy; Omarr, Vivian L

Keywords: Breastfeeding; First Nations Pregnant Women And Children; Gestational Diabetes; Healthy Eating; Physical Activity; Remote Prenatal Education; Rural And Remote Communities; Traditional Knowledge; Two-Eyed Seeing Education; Type 2 Diabetes

$35,000

To assess the impact of COVID-19 on prenatal education and pregnancy outcomes in mothers and children in remote First Nations communities in Manitoba

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Op Gr:Underst./miti. imp. of COVID on chldn, youth/families-Indigenous Hlth Res

Principal investigators: Shen, Garry X; Decaire, Elizabeth; Omarr, Vivian L

Keywords: Breastfeeding; Childrem; Covid-19; Diabetes; Pregnant Women; Prenatal Education; Remote Or Rural Communities; Spouses

$150,000

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

Jonathan McGavock and Brandy Wicklow: 14 shared papers
Catherine Lebel and Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen: 14 shared papers
Marni Brownell and Elizabeth Wall-Wieler: 11 shared papers
Brandy Wicklow and Elizabeth Sellers: 11 shared papers
Jonathan McGavock and Elizabeth Sellers: 7 shared papers
Marni Brownell and Nathan Nickel: 4 shared papers
Marni Brownell and Rhonda Campbell: 4 shared papers
Rhonda Campbell and Frances Chartrand: 4 shared papers
Katherine Kearns and Christina Raimondi: 4 shared papers
Jonathan McGavock and Depeng Jiang: 3 shared papers
Jonathan McGavock and Jennifer Yamamoto: 3 shared papers
Catherine Lebel and Kristin Reynolds: 3 shared papers
Marni Brownell and Marcelo Urquia: 3 shared papers
Marni Brownell and Depeng Jiang: 3 shared papers
Marni Brownell and Elizabeth Decaire: 3 shared papers
Nathan Nickel and Elizabeth Wall-Wieler: 3 shared papers
Aislin Mushquash and Mandy Archibald: 3 shared papers
Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen and Kristin Reynolds: 3 shared papers
Jonathan McGavock and Nathan Nickel: 2 shared papers
Jonathan McGavock and Mandy Archibald: 2 shared papers
Marni Brownell and Alyson Mahar: 2 shared papers
Brandy Wicklow and Nathan Nickel: 2 shared papers
Brandy Wicklow and Depeng Jiang: 2 shared papers
Brandy Wicklow and Vivian Omarr: 2 shared papers
Brandy Wicklow and Elizabeth Decaire: 2 shared papers
Nathan Nickel and Rhonda Campbell: 2 shared papers
Nathan Nickel and Elizabeth Decaire: 2 shared papers
Nathan Nickel and Olena Kloss: 2 shared papers
Nathan Nickel and Elizabeth Sellers: 2 shared papers
Frances Chartrand and Olena Kloss: 2 shared papers
Aislin Mushquash and Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen: 2 shared papers
Vivian Omarr and Elizabeth Decaire: 2 shared papers
Mandy Archibald and Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen: 2 shared papers
Andrea Gonzalez and Marni Brownell: 1 shared paper
Andrea Gonzalez and Aislin Mushquash: 1 shared paper
Andrea Gonzalez and Elizabeth Decaire: 1 shared paper
Fiona Clement and Catherine Lebel: 1 shared paper
Fiona Clement and Nathan Nickel: 1 shared paper
Fiona Clement and Frances Chartrand: 1 shared paper
Fiona Clement and Elizabeth Decaire: 1 shared paper
Fiona Clement and Olena Kloss: 1 shared paper
Fiona Clement and Kristin Reynolds: 1 shared paper
Jonathan McGavock and Vivian Omarr: 1 shared paper
Jonathan McGavock and Elizabeth Decaire: 1 shared paper
Catherine Lebel and Elizabeth Decaire: 1 shared paper
Marni Brownell and Marlyn Bennett: 1 shared paper
Brandy Wicklow and Jennifer Yamamoto: 1 shared paper
Brandy Wicklow and Katherine Kearns: 1 shared paper
Brandy Wicklow and Christina Raimondi: 1 shared paper
Nathan Nickel and Jennifer Yamamoto: 1 shared paper
Rhonda Campbell and Marcelo Urquia: 1 shared paper
Rhonda Campbell and Alyson Mahar: 1 shared paper
Rhonda Campbell and Elizabeth Wall-Wieler: 1 shared paper
Rhonda Campbell and Elizabeth Decaire: 1 shared paper
Frances Chartrand and Elizabeth Decaire: 1 shared paper
Marcelo Urquia and Alyson Mahar: 1 shared paper
Marcelo Urquia and Elizabeth Decaire: 1 shared paper
Depeng Jiang and Elizabeth Decaire: 1 shared paper
Alyson Mahar and Elizabeth Decaire: 1 shared paper
Aislin Mushquash and Elizabeth Decaire: 1 shared paper
Elizabeth Wall-Wieler and Elizabeth Decaire: 1 shared paper
Marlyn Bennett and Elizabeth Decaire: 1 shared paper
Vivian Omarr and Katherine Kearns: 1 shared paper
Vivian Omarr and Christina Raimondi: 1 shared paper
Jennifer Yamamoto and Elizabeth Decaire: 1 shared paper
Elizabeth Decaire and Mandy Archibald: 1 shared paper
Elizabeth Decaire and Olena Kloss: 1 shared paper
Elizabeth Decaire and Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen: 1 shared paper
Elizabeth Decaire and Kristin Reynolds: 1 shared paper
Elizabeth Decaire and Katherine Kearns: 1 shared paper
Elizabeth Decaire and Christina Raimondi: 1 shared paper
Elizabeth Decaire and Elizabeth Sellers: 1 shared paper

Community Health Sciences
Internal Medicine
Pediatrics and Child Health
Psychology
College of Community and Global Health
Oral Biology
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Other

Applying for

Paper to mentionMention their CIHR grant from 2024

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Breastfeeding Dear Professor Decaire, 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 "Examining the rollout of the Triple P system parenting program in Manitoba on rates of child maltreatment: Administrative data analyses and document review of policies and programs" (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Protecting and supporting breastfeeding and lactation equity in Manitoba through community-integrated education and care using novel technologies, culturally safe and gender affirming approaches" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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]