Wendy Peterson, University of Ottawa

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Ottawa profile.

Breastfeeding Cost Of Health Services Home-Visiting Ic/Es Database Linkage Maternal-Newborn Health Services Midwifery Patient Experience Postnatal Care

Latest papers

A Scoping Review on Factors Influencing Parental Involvement in Healthy Newborns' Pain Management.
The Clinical journal of pain · 2026
"Is that a policy thing or is that a guard thing?": A qualitative study of providers' experiences supporting pregnant individuals incarcerated in Ontario, Canada.
BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025 · senior author
Data accuracy in the Ontario birth Registry: a chart re-abstraction study
BMC Health Services Research · 2019

All 4 publications

Latest funding

The Montfort Postnatal Care at Home Program: How do health outcomes, costs, patient and provider experiences compare with usual hospital-based postnatal care?
CIHR · 2020 · Nominated PI
$451,350
Understanding Factors Related to Evidence-Informed Practice: Attributes, Contextual Factors and Barriers to Use of the Maternal Newborn Dashboard in Ontario.
CIHR · 2013 · Co-investigator
$208,348
Program of KT Events in Urban Aboriginal Community Health
CIHR · 2010 · Co-investigator
$25,000

All 3 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

A Scoping Review on Factors Influencing Parental Involvement in Healthy Newborns' Pain Management.

Candido LK, Forgeron P, Pope N, Bancroft X, Squires JE, Peterson W, Harrison D

The Clinical journal of pain2026

DOI: 10.1097/ajp.0000000000001370 PMID: 42444174

02

"Is that a policy thing or is that a guard thing?": A qualitative study of providers' experiences supporting pregnant individuals incarcerated in Ontario, Canada.

Bancroft X, Ferron Parayre A, McGee A, Morgan L, Peterson W

BMC pregnancy and childbirth2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12884-025-07696-9 PMID: 40380080

03

Data accuracy in the Ontario birth Registry: a chart re-abstraction study

Dunn S, Lanes A, Sprague AE, Fell DB, Weiss D, Reszel J, Taljaard M, Darling EK, Graham ID, Grimshaw JM

BMC Health Services Research201981 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4825-3 PMID: W2997989859

04

Rethinking nursing best practices with aboriginal communities: informing dialogue and action.

Smith D, Edwards N, Peterson W, Jaglarz M, Laplante D, Estable A

Nursing leadership (Toronto, Ont.)2010

DOI: 10.12927/cjnl.2010.21595 PMID: 20160522

The Montfort Postnatal Care at Home Program: How do health outcomes, costs, patient and provider experiences compare with usual hospital-based postnatal care?

Nominated PICIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Peterson, Wendy; Salvador, Ann J

Keywords: Breastfeeding; Cost Of Health Services; Home-Visiting; Ic/Es Database Linkage; Maternal-Newborn Health Services; Midwifery; Patient Experience; Postnatal Care; Primary Care Providers; Shifting Care From Hospital To Home

$451,350

Understanding Factors Related to Evidence-Informed Practice: Attributes, Contextual Factors and Barriers to Use of the Maternal Newborn Dashboard in Ontario.

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Dunn, Sandra I; Walker, Mark C

Keywords: Audit And Feedback; Dashboard; Key Performance Indicators; Knowledge Translation; Maternal-Child Care; Mixed Methods Research; Qualitative Research; Quality Care; Quantitative Research

$208,348

Program of KT Events in Urban Aboriginal Community Health

Co-investigatorCIHR2010Dissemination Events - PA: Integrated Knowledge Translation

Principal investigators: Smith, Dawn A

Keywords: Access To Community-Based Preventive Care; Implementation Systems For Population Health Intervention; Relational Knowledge Translation; Urban Aboriginal Health Services

$25,000

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

Nursing Sciences
School of Epidemiology and Public Health
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Other

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

Paula Forgeron

Nursing Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Deborah Weiss

School of Epidemiology and Public Health

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Nancy Edwards

Nursing Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2010

Liz Darling

Obstetrics & Gynecology

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Monica Taljaard

School of Epidemiology and Public Health

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Sandra Dunn

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Mark Walker

Obstetrics and Gynecology

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Denise Harrison

Nursing Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Audrey Ferron Parayre

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Breastfeeding Dear Professor Peterson, 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 "A Scoping Review on Factors Influencing Parental Involvement in Healthy Newborns' Pain Management." (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 "The Montfort Postnatal Care at Home Program: How do health outcomes, costs, patient and provider experiences compare with usual hospital-based postnatal care?" (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]