Tara Horrill, University of Manitoba

Research

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Latest papers

Receipt of cancer care among stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer patients with and without intellectual or developmental disabilities: A population-based retrospective cohort study
Palliative Medicine · 2026
Barriers to cancer treatment for people experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage in high-income countries: a scoping review.
BMC health services research · 2024
Elevating the uses of storytelling approaches within Indigenous health research: a critical and participatory scoping review protocol involving Indigenous people and settlers.
Systematic reviews · 2020

All 6 publications

Latest funding

End-of-life cancer care among adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$546,976
A program to address poverty, food insecurity, financial toxicity and intersecting cancer health inequalities in Canada
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$50,000
This Is Medical Transport: Listening to First Nations Peoples' voices and perspectives of medical transportation and learning from the lived realities of the impacts on health and healthcare
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$125,000

All 6 grants and awards

6 publications.

01

Receipt of cancer care among stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer patients with and without intellectual or developmental disabilities: A population-based retrospective cohort study

Rebecca L. W. Hansford, Laura Davis, Rebecca Griffiths, Tara C. Horrill, Paul Nguyen, Catherine Goldie, Timothy P. Hanna, Alyson L Mahar

Palliative Medicine2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1177/02692163261464345 PMID: 42490651

02

Barriers to cancer treatment for people experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage in high-income countries: a scoping review.

Bourgeois A, Horrill T, Mollison A, Stringer E, Lambert LK, Stajduhar K

BMC health services research202496 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-11129-2 PMID: 38807237

03

Elevating the uses of storytelling approaches within Indigenous health research: a critical and participatory scoping review protocol involving Indigenous people and settlers.

Rieger KL, Gazan S, Bennett M, Buss M, Chudyk AM, Cook L, Copenace S, Garson C, Hack TF, Hornan B, Horrill T, Horton M, Howard S, Linton J, Martin D, McPherson K, Rattray JM, Phillips-Beck W, Sinclair R, Schultz ASH

Systematic reviews202040 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s13643-020-01503-6 PMID: 33148328

04

Understanding access to healthcare among Indigenous peoples: A comparative analysis of biomedical and postcolonial perspectives.

Horrill T, McMillan DE, Schultz ASH, Thompson G

Nursing inquiry2018171 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/nin.12237 PMID: 29575412

05

Models and frameworks of patient engagement in health services research: a scoping review protocol.

Chudyk AM, Waldman C, Horrill T, Demczuk L, Shimmin C, Stoddard R, Hickes S, Schultz ASH

Research involvement and engagement201858 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-018-0111-5 PMID: 30214822

06

Active surveillance in prostate cancer: a concept analysis.

Horrill T

Journal of clinical nursing2016First author

DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13111 PMID: 26786713

End-of-life cancer care among adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Mahar, Alyson L

Keywords: Cancer; End-Of-Life Care; Intellectual Or Developmental Disability

$546,976

A program to address poverty, food insecurity, financial toxicity and intersecting cancer health inequalities in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Henry, Melissa

Keywords: Cancer; Equity; Financial Toxicity; Food Insecurity; Oncology; Pain; Palliative Care; Poverty; Symptom Burden

$50,000

This Is Medical Transport: Listening to First Nations Peoples' voices and perspectives of medical transportation and learning from the lived realities of the impacts on health and healthcare

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Catalyst Grant: Moving Upstream - Indigenous Health and Wellness

Principal investigators: Fowler-Woods, Amanda D; Lavallee, Barry

Keywords: Health Services Research; Indigenous Health; Medical Transport; Qualitative Research

$125,000

Evaluation of the structural determinants of equitable cancer care for people who use drugs: a community-based participatory approach

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Cat. Grant: Moving Upstream-Structural Determinants of Health -Cancer Inequities

Principal investigators: Lau, Jenny; Johnson, Colin H; Wolfson-Stofko, Brett; Powis, Melanie L

Keywords: Cancer Care; Cognitive Map; Community-Based Participatory Research; Drug Use; Equity; Photovoice; Realist Review; Structural Determinants Of Health; Substance Use Disorders

$124,970

Beyond the Binary: Gender diversity in cancer health services research

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Mahar, Alyson L

Keywords: Cancer; Community-Based Research; Gender Diversity; Health Services Research; Routinely Collected Data

$256,274

Elevating the Uses of Storytelling Approaches within Indigenous Health Research: A Patient-engaged Scoping Review Study Involving Indigenous People and Settlers

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Catalyst Grant: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Rieger, Kendra L; Gazan, Sarah M

Keywords: Arts-Based Research; Decolonizing Research Methods; Health Equity; Indigenous Health; Indigenous Knowledge; Interdisciplinary; Patient Engagement; Patient Oriented Research; Scoping Review; Two-Eyed Seeing

$100,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

College of Nursing
School of Nursing
Community Health Sciences
College of Pharmacy
The MacIsaac School of Nursing
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Thomas Hack

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2020

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