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Enza Gucciardi
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Latest papers
South Asian-Tamil Older Adults Accessing Diabetes-Related Health Care Services in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada: An Interpretive Descriptive Study.
Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement · 2026
Impact of Immersive Short-Term Cooking Programs outside of the School Curriculum on the Cooking Skills and Cooking Self-Efficacy of Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review
Nutrition Reviews · 2026
Voucher for Healthy Foods and Diabetes Control
JAMA Internal Medicine · 2025 · senior author
Latest funding
- $100,000
Effect of healthy food vouchers on blood glucose control in people with type 2 diabetes or prediabetes: a randomized controlled trial
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
Collaborative Models for Implementing and Evaluating Evidence-based Mental Health Interventions for Transformative System Change in Community-Based Primary Healthcare: Increasing Access for Vulnerable Populations
CIHR · 2012 · Co-investigator
- $223,468
Mobile Diabetes Education Teams in Primary Care
CIHR · 2011 · Nominated PI
8 publications.
South Asian-Tamil Older Adults Accessing Diabetes-Related Health Care Services in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada: An Interpretive Descriptive Study.
Kathiravel T, Ghahari S, Awada B, Gucciardi E, Kessler D
Impact of Immersive Short-Term Cooking Programs outside of the School Curriculum on the Cooking Skills and Cooking Self-Efficacy of Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review
Geneviève Bessette, Angela H Tung, Claudia L W Lo, Samantha K Y Yang, Amanda Yang, Enza Gucciardi, Adriane Newsham, Jessica A. Omand
Voucher for Healthy Foods and Diabetes Control
Nav Persaud, Moizza Zia Ul Haq, Adelaide Buadu, Areesha Sabir, Lavanya Sinha, Kevin E. Thorpe, Keying Xu, Stephen W. Hwang, Andrew David Pinto, Enza Gucciardi
Assessing the Effect of a Food Voucher on the Dietary Intake of Patients with Diabetes Using the Canadian Diet History Questionnaire III: A Randomized Control Trial.
Buadu A, Ul Haq MZ, Sinha L, Sabir A, Gucciardi E, Persaud N
Assessing the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Virtual Food Skills and Food Sustainability Program Designed for Children Living With Type 1 Diabetes.
Goldstein S, Chow O, Schwartz J, Pais V, Wright S, Gucciardi E
Home Away from Home: How Undergraduate and Graduate Students Experience Space and Place in a new Health Sciences Building.
LeGrow K, Espin S, Chui L, Rose D, Meldrum R, Sharpe M, Gucciardi E
The Effect of Food is Medicine Interventions on Diabetes-related Health Outcomes Among Low-income and Food-insecure Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Gao Y, Yang A, Zurbau A, Gucciardi E
How Outpatient Diabetes Education Programs Can Support Local Hospitals to Reduce Emergency Department Visits for Adults With Diabetes.
Gao Y, Xu C, Yang A, Greco A, Horodezny S, Barnet C, Gucciardi E
Effect of healthy food vouchers on blood glucose control in people with type 2 diabetes or prediabetes: a randomized controlled trial
Principal investigators: Persaud, Navindra
Keywords: Diabetes; Food Security; Poverty
Collaborative Models for Implementing and Evaluating Evidence-based Mental Health Interventions for Transformative System Change in Community-Based Primary Healthcare: Increasing Access for Vulnerable Populations
Principal investigators: Mccay, Elizabeth A; Massaquoi, Notisha; Sloane, Gail T; Srinivasan, Vasanthi; Antony, Martin M; Browne, Gina M; Hughes, Jean M; MacQueen, Glenda M; Segal, Zindel V; Stergiopoulos, Vicky; Williams, Charmaine C
Keywords: Anxiety; Chronic Illness; Community-Based Primary Healthcare; Depression; Ethnocultural Groups; Evidence-Based Mental Health Interventions; Health Equity & Access; Mixed Methods; Vulnerable Populations; Women'S Health
Mobile Diabetes Education Teams in Primary Care
Principal investigators: Gucciardi, Enza
Keywords: Coordinated And Integrated Care; Diabetes Care; Diabetes Education Programs; Diabetes Self-Management Education; Health Services; Implementation And Evaluation; Interprofessional Collaboration; Patient Care Processess; Primary Care Physicians; Qualitative; Quantitative
Implementing and Evaluating Mindfulness Approaches in Community-based Primary Healthcare Settings
Principal investigators: Mccay, Elizabeth A; Srivastava, Rani H
Keywords: At Risk Youth; Chronic Illness (Physical & Mental); Mindfulness-Based Approaches; Psychological & Emotional Distress; Vulnerable Populations
Culturally Appropriate Diabetes Management Support for South Asian Newcomers in Canada
Principal investigators: Vijendran, Mythri
Keywords: Chronic Disease; Culture; Diet; Immigrants; Newcomers; Physical Activity; Religion; Settlement; South Asians; Stress
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
- Kevin Thorpe and Jessica Omand: 27 shared papers
- Stephen Hwang and Andrew Pinto: 13 shared papers
- Kevin Thorpe and Andrew Pinto: 9 shared papers
- Stephen Hwang and Kevin Thorpe: 7 shared papers
- Kevin Thorpe and Nav Persaud: 7 shared papers
- Andrew Pinto and Nav Persaud: 7 shared papers
- Stephen Hwang and Nav Persaud: 5 shared papers
- Setareh Ghahari and Dorothy Kessler: 4 shared papers
- Enza Gucciardi and Nav Persaud: 2 shared papers
- Stephen Hwang and Enza Gucciardi: 1 shared paper
- Kevin Thorpe and Sherry Espin: 1 shared paper
- Kevin Thorpe and Enza Gucciardi: 1 shared paper
- Andrew Pinto and Jessica Omand: 1 shared paper
- Andrew Pinto and Enza Gucciardi: 1 shared paper
- Sherry Espin and Enza Gucciardi: 1 shared paper
- Jessica Omand and Enza Gucciardi: 1 shared paper
- Setareh Ghahari and Enza Gucciardi: 1 shared paper
- Dorothy Kessler and Enza Gucciardi: 1 shared paper
- School of Rehabilitation Therapy
- School of Nutrition
- Department of Family & Community Medicine
- Clinical Public Health Division
- Food, Nutrition and Health
- Department of Surgery
- Nursing
- Other
Co-authors at Toronto Metropolitan University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Nav Persaud
Department of Family & Community Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Stephen Hwang
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Kevin Thorpe
Department of Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Andrew Pinto
Clinical Public Health Division
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Sherry Espin
Nursing
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Jessica Omand
Food, Nutrition and Health
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Setareh Ghahari
School of Rehabilitation Therapy
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Dorothy Kessler
School of Rehabilitation Therapy
1 shared papers, latest 2026
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