Sarah Rudrum, Acadia University

Research

(1) maternity care (2) midwifery (3) women's health (4) Nova Scotia (5) health policy (6) rural (7) inequities (8) regulation

Latest papers

Circumcision as conquest: Masculinity in Eswatini's voluntary medical male circumcision campaign materials.
Global public health · 2023 · first author
When work came home: Formation of feeling rules in the context of a pandemic.
Emotion, space and society · 2022 · first author
Pregnancy During the Global COVID-19 Pandemic: Canadian Experiences of Care.
Frontiers in sociology · 2021 · first author

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Taxing Global Online Businesses
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$44,395
Stalled delivery: Understanding the failed introduction of midwifery in rural Nova Scotia
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$55,350

All 2 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

Circumcision as conquest: Masculinity in Eswatini's voluntary medical male circumcision campaign materials.

Rudrum S

Global public health2023First author

DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2023.2208202 PMID: 37156227

02

When work came home: Formation of feeling rules in the context of a pandemic.

Rudrum S, Rondinelli E, Carlson J, Frank L, Brickner RK, Casey R

Emotion, space and society2022First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.emospa.2021.100861 PMID: 36570600

03

Pregnancy During the Global COVID-19 Pandemic: Canadian Experiences of Care.

Rudrum S

Frontiers in sociology2021First author

DOI: 10.3389/fsoc.2021.611324 PMID: 33869555

04

Promoting male circumcision as HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa: An evaluation of the ethical and pragmatic considerations of adopting a demand creation approach.

Rudrum S

Global public health2020First author

DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2020.1761423 PMID: 32396036

Taxing Global Online Businesses

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Edwards, Alexander S.

Keywords: Taxes; global; accounting; sales taxes

$44,395

Stalled delivery: Understanding the failed introduction of midwifery in rural Nova Scotia

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Rudrum, Sarah

Keywords: (1) maternity care; (2) midwifery; (3) women's health; (4) Nova Scotia; (5) health policy; (6) rural; (7) inequities; (8) regulation; (9) health professions

$55,350

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

Lesley Frank

Sociology

1 shared papers, latest 2022

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: (1) maternity care Dear Professor Rudrum, 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 "Circumcision as conquest: Masculinity in Eswatini's voluntary medical male circumcision campaign materials." (2023), 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 SSHRC-funded project "Stalled delivery: Understanding the failed introduction of midwifery in rural Nova Scotia" (2019), 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]