Joan Almost, University of Ottawa

Research

Burnout Compassion Fatigue Frontline Workers Homeless Communities Mental Health Secondary Trauma Service Adaptation

Latest papers

Leading Indicators in Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems in Healthcare: A Quasi-Experimental Longitudinal Study.
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2019 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Adapting a holistic program to support the mental health and wellness of front line workers providing care to homeless and street communities
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator
$197,250
Building culturally safe cancer survivorship care with Inuit in Inuit Nunangat
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$738,224

All 2 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Leading Indicators in Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems in Healthcare: A Quasi-Experimental Longitudinal Study.

Almost J, Caicco Tett L, VanDenKerkhof E, Paré G, Strahlendorf P, Noonan J, Hayes T, Van Hulle H, Holden J, Silva E Silva V, Rochon A

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine2019First author

DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000001738 PMID: 31626068

Adapting a holistic program to support the mental health and wellness of front line workers providing care to homeless and street communities

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

Principal investigators: Gifford, Wendy A; Muckle, Wendy L; Almost, Joan; Phillips, J. Craig

Keywords: Burnout; Compassion Fatigue; Frontline Workers; Homeless Communities; Mental Health; Secondary Trauma; Service Adaptation

$197,250

Building culturally safe cancer survivorship care with Inuit in Inuit Nunangat

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Gifford, Wendy A; Ashton, Savanah

Keywords: Cancer Survivorship Care; Culturally Safe Care; Implementation Science; Indigenous Research; Inuit; Knowledge Translation

$738,224

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

Joan Almost

Centre for Health Services and Policy Research

1 shared papers, latest 2019

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Burnout Dear Professor Almost, 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 "Leading Indicators in Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems in Healthcare: A Quasi-Experimental Longitudinal Study." (2019), 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 "Adapting a holistic program to support the mental health and wellness of front line workers providing care to homeless and street communities" (2020), 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]