Elizabeth Keys, Dalhousie University

Research

Digital Approaches Health Care Service Delivery Indigenous Sleep Health Insomnia Knowledge Mobilization Lifespan Priority Populations Sleep Promotion

Latest papers

The Promoting Healthy Sleep E-Learning Professional Development Program for Health Care Providers: Mixed Methods Usability Study.
JMIR formative research · 2026
An Interpretive Description of Nurses' Perspectives on Rural Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Care.
Global qualitative nursing research · 2025 · senior author
A scoping review of rural mental health and substance use nursing.
Rural and remote health · 2024 · senior author

All 6 publications

Latest funding

Better Nights and Better Days for Canadians: An Innovative National Strategy to Prevent and Improve Insomnia Across the Lifespan Using Digital Approaches for Sleep Promotion, Intervention, and Provider Training
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$1,374,898
Pragmatic trial of two novel pathways for implementation of the Better Nights, Better Days (BNBD) online program to promote and protect the sleep, mental health, psychosocial wellbeing, and family resiliency of children and families during and after COVID-19 pandemic
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$179,700

All 2 grants and awards

6 publications.

01

The Promoting Healthy Sleep E-Learning Professional Development Program for Health Care Providers: Mixed Methods Usability Study.

Ilie A, Keys E, Pencer A, Weiss S, Corkum P

JMIR formative research2026

DOI: 10.2196/91150 PMID: 42580698

02

An Interpretive Description of Nurses' Perspectives on Rural Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Care.

Thomas S, Oelke ND, Jasper D, Keys E

Global qualitative nursing research2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/23333936251404917 PMID: 41399691

03

A scoping review of rural mental health and substance use nursing.

Thomas S, Oelke ND, Jasper D, Pavloff M, Keys E

Rural and remote health2024Senior author

DOI: 10.22605/rrh9106 PMID: 39600215

04

School start times and their association with rurality in British Columbia, Canada: An environmental scan.

Keys E, Michon TL, Boogaart K, Beck A

Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society2024First author

DOI: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpae075 PMID: 39540081

05

Understanding patient characteristics and medication prescriptions in children with mental health and neurodevelopmental disorders referred to a sleep clinic-A quality improvement/quality assurance analysis.

Ipsiroglu OS, Bhathella J, Boldut RP, Elbe D, Hill O, Keys E, McWilliams S, Silvestri R, Wensley DF

Frontiers in psychiatry2022

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.878356 PMID: 36440388

06

Children's Sleep During COVID-19: How Sleep Influences Surviving and Thriving in Families.

MacKenzie NE, Keys E, Hall WA, Gruber R, Smith IM, Constantin E, Godbout R, Stremler R, Reid GJ, Hanlon-Dearman A, Brown CA, Shea S, Weiss SK, Ipsiroglu O, Witmans M, Chambers CT, Andreou P, Begum E, Corkum P

Journal of pediatric psychology2021

DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsab075 PMID: 34472600

Better Nights and Better Days for Canadians: An Innovative National Strategy to Prevent and Improve Insomnia Across the Lifespan Using Digital Approaches for Sleep Promotion, Intervention, and Provider Training

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: Sleep Research Consortium - Sleep across the life cycle

Principal investigators: Corkum, Penny V; Roberts, Karen C; Earle, Christopher I; Keys, Elizabeth M; Simonelli, Guido

Keywords: Digital Approaches; Health Care Service Delivery; Indigenous Sleep Health; Insomnia; Knowledge Mobilization; Lifespan; Priority Populations; Sleep Promotion; Sustainability; Training

$1,374,898

Pragmatic trial of two novel pathways for implementation of the Better Nights, Better Days (BNBD) online program to promote and protect the sleep, mental health, psychosocial wellbeing, and family resiliency of children and families during and after COVID-19 pandemic

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Op Gr: COVID-19 MH/SU - Developing Innovative Adaptations of Services/Delivery

Principal investigators: Corkum, Penny V; Bastien, Célyne H

Keywords: Behavioural Insomnia; Behavioural Intervention; Ehealth; Implementation Science; Mental Health; Online Treatment; Pediatric Sleep; Psychosocial Outcomes; Technology

$179,700

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

Psychology and Neuroscience
School of Nursing
Community Health Sciences
Pediatrics
Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Community Health and Epidemiology
Psychiatry
Other

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

Elizabeth Keys

School of Nursing

5 shared papers, latest 2026

Penny Corkum

Psychology and Neuroscience

2 shared papers, latest 2026

Shelly Weiss

Department of Paediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Ana Hanlon-Dearman

Community Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Osman Ipsiroglu

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Pantelis Andreou

Community Health and Epidemiology

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Evelyn Constantin

Pediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Robyn Stremler

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Evelyn Constantin

Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Reut Gruber

Psychiatry

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Digital Approaches Dear Professor Keys, 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 "The Promoting Healthy Sleep E-Learning Professional Development Program for Health Care Providers: Mixed Methods Usability Study." (2026), 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 "Better Nights and Better Days for Canadians: An Innovative National Strategy to Prevent and Improve Insomnia Across the Lifespan Using Digital Approaches for Sleep Promotion, Intervention, and Provider Training" (2022), 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]