Anne Westhues, Wilfrid Laurier University

Research

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Latest papers

The medicine that might kill the patient: Structural Adjustment and its impacts on health care in Bangladesh.
Social work in public health · 2012 · senior author
Improving access to government health care in rural bangladesh: the voice of older adult women.
Health care for women international · 2011 · senior author
Rural women's access to health care in Bangladesh: swimming against the tide?
Social work in public health · 2011 · senior author

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Community mental health practice in context: taking culture seriously
SSHRC · 2004 · Co-investigator
$997,500
Pathways to success: immigrant youth at school
SSHRC · 2004 · Co-investigator
$39,900

All 2 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

The medicine that might kill the patient: Structural Adjustment and its impacts on health care in Bangladesh.

Hossen MA, Westhues A

Social work in public health2012Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/19371910903126754 PMID: 22486427

02

Improving access to government health care in rural bangladesh: the voice of older adult women.

Hossen A, Westhues A

Health care for women international2011Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2011.603862 PMID: 22087597

03

Rural women's access to health care in Bangladesh: swimming against the tide?

Hossen MA, Westhues A

Social work in public health2011Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/19371910903126747 PMID: 21534125

04

Developing Theory From Complexity: Reflections on a Collaborative Mixed Method Participatory Action Research Study

Anne Westhues, Joanna Ochocka, Nora A. Jacobson, Laura Simich, Sarah Maiter, Rich Janzen, Augie Fleras

Qualitative Health Research200892 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1177/1049732308316531 PMID: 18420539

Community mental health practice in context: taking culture seriously

Co-investigatorSSHRC2004Community-University Research Alliances (CURA)

Keywords: community mental health; cultural diversity; human services innovation; serious mental illness; inclusion; participatory inquiry; program evaluation research

$997,500

Pathways to success: immigrant youth at school

Co-investigatorSSHRC2004Multiculturalism Issues in Canada

Principal investigators: Ochocka, Joanna M.

Keywords: immigrant youth; educational performance; institutional change; inclusion; participatory inquiry

$39,900

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

Sarah Maiter

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2008

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Westhues, 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 medicine that might kill the patient: Structural Adjustment and its impacts on health care in Bangladesh." (2012), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]