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Anita Kothari

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Associate ProfessorSchool of Health StudiesWestern University

Anita Kothari

Associate Professor

School of Health Studies

Faculty of Health Sciences

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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39 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 11 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (6 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2008.

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103

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1,024

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Research

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Equity Integrated Knowledge Translation Research Intersectionality Knowledge Generation Research Power Emergency Response Public Health Systems Social Media

Latest papers

An international and interdisciplinary framework for nature prescribing in healthcare: A modified Delphi study.
PLOS global public health · 2026
Mental health and workplace wellbeing among Frontline healthcare providers who provide HIV care to children, adolescents and their families: a mixed-methods study from twelve African countries.
AIDS care · 2026
Beyond the horizon: new directions in research coproduction.
Health research policy and systems · 2026 · first author

All 103 publications

Latest funding

Improving Integrated Knowledge Translation for Evidence-Informed Health Care by Attending to Power
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$355,726
Resilience and Innovation for Supporting Frontline Providers (RISE): a partnership approach for frontline provider resilience and wellbeing in the African Paediatric-Adolescent HIV response
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$99,675
Implementation, Equity and Impact: Examining specialized geriatric care programs in Ontario
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 15 grants and awards

103 publications.

An international and interdisciplinary framework for nature prescribing in healthcare: A modified Delphi study.

Struthers NA, Zecevic AA, Stanhope J, Breed MF, Gittings L, Gunz A, Wagenfeld A, Birmingham T, Kothari A, Maric F

PLOS global public health2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0006361 PMID: 42060661

Mental health and workplace wellbeing among Frontline healthcare providers who provide HIV care to children, adolescents and their families: a mixed-methods study from twelve African countries.

Gittings L, Vafaei A, Miller MMR, Hatane L, Ronan A, Toska E, Engelsmann B, Ncube N, Logie CH, Ataullahjan A, Kothari A, Uwizeye G

AIDS care2026

DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2025.2595271 PMID: 41420842

Beyond the horizon: new directions in research coproduction.

Kothari A, McCutcheon C, Graham ID

Health research policy and systems2026First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12961-026-01510-4 PMID: 42426804

A scoping review of frameworks that guide race and ethnicity data collection in health settings: Learnings for the Canadian health setting.

Tinuoye O, Locklear S, Ibrahim S, Kothari A

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026Senior author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-026-01161-6 PMID: 41806083

It is time to acknowledge and act on the importance of power in integrated knowledge translation.

Kothari A, Holmes BJ, Lang I, McCutcheon C, Comer L, Graham ID

Health research policy and systems2025First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12961-025-01353-5 PMID: 40524161

A multi-method evaluation of how equity deserving communities were engaged in research.

Porchak E, Graham ID, Presseau J, Kothari A

BMC public health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-23149-6 PMID: 40448017

Addressing power imbalance in research: exploring power in integrated knowledge translation health research.

Cameron J, Kothari A, Fiolet R

Research involvement and engagement2025

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-025-00706-2 PMID: 40270007

Variations in caregiving patterns of spouses/partners and adult children of long-term care home residents in Ontario, Canada.

Ménard A, Podinic I, Conklin J, Hossain S, Arya A, Archibald D, Elliott J, Kothari A, Stolee P, Sveistrup H, Dehcheshmeh MM, Hsu AT

Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2025.01.038 PMID: 39919696

Reinforcing the Research Coproduction Impact Pathway: A Response to Recent Commentaries.

McCutcheon C, Graham ID, Kothari A, Rycroft-Malone J

International journal of health policy and management2025

DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.9302 PMID: 40767232

Experiences on the implementation and maintenance of the Canadian Disability Participation Project: A mixed-methods study.

Hoekstra F, Shwed A, Lawrason S, Ginis KAM, Allan V, Kothari A, McBride CB, Gainforth HL

PloS one2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0334835 PMID: 41231810

Improving Integrated Knowledge Translation for Evidence-Informed Health Care by Attending to Power

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kothari, Anita R; Gainforth, Heather L

Keywords: Equity; Integrated Knowledge Translation Research; Intersectionality; Knowledge Generation Research; Power

$355,726

Resilience and Innovation for Supporting Frontline Providers (RISE): a partnership approach for frontline provider resilience and wellbeing in the African Paediatric-Adolescent HIV response

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Gittings, Lesley

Keywords: frontline provider wellbeing; organizational development; Africa

$99,675

Implementation, Equity and Impact: Examining specialized geriatric care programs in Ontario

Co-investigatorCIHR2023PG - PA: The Science of HSPR: Methods, Theories, Approaches & Frameworks

Principal investigators: Elliott, Jacobi B; Kay, Kelly A

Keywords: Equity And Diversity; Geriatrics; Health Services; Mixed-Methods; Person-Centred Care

$100,000

The Face of Care: Connecting and supporting frontline social and health workers in the paediatric-adolescent HIV response through art-based knowledge translation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Gittings, Lesley

Keywords: Sub-Saharan Africa; South-South knowledge mobiliation; art-based knowledge translation; frontline paediatric-adolescent HIV worker support; dialogue; connection; knowledge for action

$102,943

From Intent to Action: Embedding Organizational Practices of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Decolonization in Leadership

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Le Ber, Marlene J.

Keywords: gender; intersectionality and leadership; equity; diversity; inclusion; and decolonization; organizational practices; board practices

$72,972

From Intent to Action: Embedding Organizational Practices of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Decolonization in Leadership

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Le Ber, Marlene J.

Keywords: gender; intersectionality and leadership; equity; diversity; inclusion; and decolonization; organizational practices; board practices

$107,867

Health Data Dialogues: Supporting Data Stewards for the Future of Healthcare

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Donelle, Lorie F.

Keywords: digital health; surveillance; ethics; health equity; health data

$37,500

What is the public health risk communication response to COVID-19 in the context of social media?

Nominated PICIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Social dynamics, communication and trust

Principal investigators: Kothari, Anita R; Foisey, Lyndsay

Keywords: Emergency Response; Public Health Systems; Social Media

$129,595

Spread and Sustainability of Integrated Models of Team-Based Care for the Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Multi-site Case Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sibbald, Shannon L

Keywords: Chronic Disease Management; Copd; Implementation; Mixed Methods; Spread; Sustainability; Team-Based Models Of Care

$283,050

Optimizing the Public Health System as an Implementation Mechanism for Population Health Interventions

Nominated PICIHR2013Applied Public Health Chair - LOI

Principal investigators: Kothari, Anita R

Keywords: Community-Based Primary Health Care; Governance; Health Services Research; Healthy Weights; Knowledge Translation; Partnerships; Population Health; Public Health Systems Research

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Anita Kothari

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

An international and interdisciplinary framework for nature prescribing in healthcare: A modified Delphi study.

Mental health and workplace wellbeing among Frontline healthcare providers who provide HIV care to children, adolescents and their families: a mixed-methods study from twelve African countries.

Beyond the horizon: new directions in research coproduction.

A scoping review of frameworks that guide race and ethnicity data collection in health settings: Learnings for the Canadian health setting.

It is time to acknowledge and act on the importance of power in integrated knowledge translation.

A multi-method evaluation of how equity deserving communities were engaged in research.

Addressing power imbalance in research: exploring power in integrated knowledge translation health research.

Variations in caregiving patterns of spouses/partners and adult children of long-term care home residents in Ontario, Canada.

Reinforcing the Research Coproduction Impact Pathway: A Response to Recent Commentaries.

Experiences on the implementation and maintenance of the Canadian Disability Participation Project: A mixed-methods study.

Improving Integrated Knowledge Translation for Evidence-Informed Health Care by Attending to Power

Resilience and Innovation for Supporting Frontline Providers (RISE): a partnership approach for frontline provider resilience and wellbeing in the African Paediatric-Adolescent HIV response

Implementation, Equity and Impact: Examining specialized geriatric care programs in Ontario

The Face of Care: Connecting and supporting frontline social and health workers in the paediatric-adolescent HIV response through art-based knowledge translation

From Intent to Action: Embedding Organizational Practices of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Decolonization in Leadership

From Intent to Action: Embedding Organizational Practices of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Decolonization in Leadership

Health Data Dialogues: Supporting Data Stewards for the Future of Healthcare

What is the public health risk communication response to COVID-19 in the context of social media?

Spread and Sustainability of Integrated Models of Team-Based Care for the Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Multi-site Case Study

Optimizing the Public Health System as an Implementation Mechanism for Population Health Interventions

Frequent collaborators

Lorie Donelle

Paul Stolee

Ruta K Valaitis

Saverio Stranges

Shannon Sibbald

James Conklin

Jason Gilliland

Jacobi Elliott

Jacobi Elliott

Heidi Sveistrup

Sandra Regan

Dorothy Forbes

Lesley Gittings

Marjorie MacDonald

Douglas Archibald

Lyndsay Foisey

Amy Hsu

Lloy Wylie

Whitney Berta

Katrina Plamondon

Femke Hoekstra

Sara Kreindler

Catherine Ward-Griffin

Rebecca Ganann

Robin Urquhart

Heather Manson

John Lavis

Dianne Bryant

Jenny Ploeg

Dale Guenter

Laura Cleghorn

Sabrina Wong

Vasanthi Srinivasan

Brigitte Vachon

Marie-Pierre Gagnon

Emily Seto

Bernadette Pauly

Vasanthi Srinivasan

Martha MacLeod

Vivian Welch