Lydia Kapiriri, York University

Research

Black Older Adults Care Equity Unmet Needs

Latest papers

Setting priorities in global child health research investments: addressing values of stakeholders.
Croatian medical journal · 2007 · first author
Priority setting at the micro-, meso- and macro-levels in Canada, Norway and Uganda
Health Policy · 2007 · first author
A Strategy to Improve Priority Setting in Developing Countries
Health Care Analysis : HCA · 2007 · first author

All 7 publications

Latest funding

Addressing the Unmet Needs of Older Black Canadians through the Co-Development and Usability Testing of the Black-Focused Interactive-Repository for Actionable Voices and Engagement (BiRAVE) For Equitable Care
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$100,000

All 1 grants and awards

7 publications.

01

Setting priorities in global child health research investments: addressing values of stakeholders.

Kapiriri L, Tomlinson M, Chopra M, El Arifeen S, Black RE, Rudan I, Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI)

Croatian medical journal2007First author

PMID: 17948948

02

Priority setting at the micro-, meso- and macro-levels in Canada, Norway and Uganda

Kapiriri L, Norheim OF, Martin DK

Health Policy2007123 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2006.09.001

03

A Strategy to Improve Priority Setting in Developing Countries

Kapiriri L, Martin DK

Health Care Analysis : HCA200767 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1007/s10728-006-0037-1

04

Bedside Rationing by Health Practitioners: A Case Study in a Ugandan Hospital

Kapiriri L, Martin DK

Medical decision making200739 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1177/0272989x06297397

05

Priority setting in developing countries health care institutions: the case of a Ugandan hospital

Kapiriri L, Martin DK

BMC Health Services Research200645 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-127

06

Health practitioners’ and health planners’ information needs and seeking behavior for decision making in Uganda

Kapiriri L, Bondy SJ

International Journal of Medical Informatics200638 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2005.10.003

07

The Global Fund Secretariat's suspension of funding to Uganda: how could this have been avoided?

Kapiriri L, Martin DK

Bulletin of the World Health Organization200613 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.2471/blt.06.030718

Addressing the Unmet Needs of Older Black Canadians through the Co-Development and Usability Testing of the Black-Focused Interactive-Repository for Actionable Voices and Engagement (BiRAVE) For Equitable Care

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Kalu, Michael E; Hamilton-Hinch, Barbara-Ann G; Kapiriri, Lydia; Ojembe, Blessing U; Orji, Rita O; Salami, Bukola O; Waldron, Ingrid R

Keywords: Black Older Adults; Care Equity; Unmet Needs

$100,000

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

Lydia Kapiriri

Health, Aging & Society

6 shared papers, latest 2007

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Black Older Adults Dear Professor Kapiriri, 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 "Setting priorities in global child health research investments: addressing values of stakeholders." (2007), 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 "Addressing the Unmet Needs of Older Black Canadians through the Co-Development and Usability Testing of the Black-Focused Interactive-Repository for Actionable Voices and Engagement (BiRAVE) For Equitable Care" (2025), 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]