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Anita Gagnon

ResearcherNursingMcGill University

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Anita Gagnon

Researcher

Nursing

Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
2 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 10 research grants (10 CIHR), most recently in 2013.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2011.

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Research

Emergency Caesarean Birth Health Equity Health Services International Migrant Women Maternity Care Perinatal Health Women

Latest papers

Migrant-friendly maternity care in Montreal, Canada: A cross-sectional study on migrant women's care perspectives.
PloS one · 2025 · senior author
Transnational prenatal care among migrant women from low-and-middle-income countries who gave birth in Montreal, Canada.
BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023 · senior author
Refugee mothers, migration pathways and HIV: a population-based cohort study.
AIDS care · 2020

All 7 publications

Latest funding

Sharing Actions and Strategies for Respectful and Equitable Health Care for Women with FGC/M
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$288,519
Addressing gender-based health inequities among immigrants to Canada
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$1,086,322
Maternal and Perinatal Health of Refugees in Canada
CIHR · 2014 · Co-investigator
$152,576

All 19 grants and awards

7 publications.

Migrant-friendly maternity care in Montreal, Canada: A cross-sectional study on migrant women's care perspectives.

Baltzan I, Merry L, Fraser W, Semenic S, Pelaez S, Edington A, Baig A, Gagnon A

PloS one2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0330830 PMID: 40839699

Transnational prenatal care among migrant women from low-and-middle-income countries who gave birth in Montreal, Canada.

Merry L, Kim YN, Urquia ML, Goulet J, Villadsen SF, Gagnon A

BMC pregnancy and childbirth2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12884-023-05582-w PMID: 37101137

Refugee mothers, migration pathways and HIV: a population-based cohort study.

Wanigaratne S, Rashid M, Gagnon A, Cole DC, Shakya Y, Moineddin R, Blake J, Yudin MH, Campbell D, Ray JG, Urquia ML

AIDS care2020

DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2019.1612009 PMID: 31060379

A qualitative exploration of access to urban migrant healthcare in Nairobi, Kenya.

Arnold C, Theede J, Gagnon A

Social science & medicine (1982)2014Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.03.019 PMID: 24698760

Timing of umbilical cord-clamping and infant anaemia: the role of maternal anaemia.

Blouin B, Penny ME, Maheu-Giroux M, Casapía M, Aguilar E, Silva H, Creed-Kanashiro HM, Joseph SA, Gagnon A, Rahme E, Gyorkos TW

Paediatrics and international child health2013

DOI: 10.1179/2046905512y.0000000036 PMID: 23925280

Migration to western industrialised countries and perinatal health: a systematic review.

Gagnon AJ, Zimbeck M, Zeitlin J, ROAM Collaboration, Alexander S, Blondel B, Buitendijk S, Desmeules M, Di Lallo D, Gagnon A, Gissler M, Glazier R, Heaman M, Korfker D, Macfarlane A, Ng E, Roth C, Small R, Stewart D, Stray-Pederson B, Urquia M, Vangen S, Zeitlin J, Zimbeck M

Social science & medicine (1982)2009

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.06.027 PMID: 19664869

One-on-one coaching to improve pain assessment and management practices of pediatric nurses.

Johnston CC, Gagnon A, Rennick J, Rosmus C, Patenaude H, Ellis J, Shapiro C, Filion F, Ritchie J, Byron J

Journal of pediatric nursing2007

DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2007.07.004 PMID: 18036467

Sharing Actions and Strategies for Respectful and Equitable Health Care for Women with FGC/M

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Team Grant: GenderNet Plus

Principal investigators: Vissandjée, Bilkis

Keywords: European Collaboration; Female Genital Cutting; Female Genital Mutilation; Gender And Health; Girls' Health; International Health; Women'S Health

$288,519

Addressing gender-based health inequities among immigrants to Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Urquia, Marcelo L

Keywords: Equity; Gender; Immigrants; Life Course; Population Health; Vulnerable Populations

$1,086,322

Maternal and Perinatal Health of Refugees in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Urquia, Marcelo L; Ray, Joel G

Keywords: Epidemiology; Maternal And Infant Health; Public Health; Refugee Health

$152,576

Migrant Friendly Maternity Care (MFMC) in Montreal

Nominated PICIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Gagnon, Anita J

Keywords: Emergency Caesarean Birth; Health Equity; Health Services; International Migrant Women; Maternity Care; Perinatal Health; Women

$463,679

Accessibility and costs of healthcare for refugee claimants following changes to the Interim Federal Health Program

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Rousseau, Cecile; Glazier, Richard H; Greenaway, Christina A; Rummens, Joanna (Anneke) W

Keywords: Access To Health Care; Administrative Data Analysis; Costs Of Health Care; Critical Incident Analysis; Ethics; Health Policies; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Interim Federal Health Program; Mixed-Method Design; Refugee Claimant

$766,176

Interventions for Underweight Migrant Children at Risk of or Diagnosed with Tuberculosis (TB)

SupervisorCIHR2011Master's Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Gaitan, Deivi N

Keywords: Medical; Nursing And Alternative Interventions; Prospective Component To Four Months Post-Tb Diagnosis; Retrsopective Cohort Study; Tuberculosis; Underweight Migrant Children

$17,500

The Last Mile Project: Improving the Delivery of Primary Care for Vulnerable Migrants

Principal investigatorCIHR2011Planning Grants - PA: Community-based Primary Healthcare

Principal investigators: Pottie, Kevin; Gagnon, Anita J; Mayhew, Maureen; Tugwell, Peter S

Keywords: Chronic Disease Management; Immigrant Health; Maternal Child Health; Primary Health Care

$24,989

Perinatal Health Equity for Women on the Move

Nominated PICIHR2010Operating Grant: Programmatic Grants to tackle health and health equity - LOI

Principal investigators: Gagnon, Anita J

Keywords: Equity; Migrants; Perinatal Health

$15,000

Maternal-Child Population Interventions for International Migrants after Birth

Nominated PICIHR2010Dissemination Events - PA: Health and Health Equity

Principal investigators: Gagnon, Anita J

Keywords: Knowledge Translation; Maternal-Infant Health; Migrants

$22,500

L'accès des familles musulmanes d'immigration récente aux services de santé périnatale : savoirs, pratiques et rapports de genre.

Co-investigatorCIHR2010Operating Grant - PA: Gender, Sex and Health Research

Principal investigators: Fortin, Sylvie; Le Gall, Josiane

Keywords: Adéquation Savoirs Et Pratiques De Soins; Anthropologie De La Santé; Anthropologie Sociale; Culturelle; Minorités Ethniques & Religieuses; Méthodes Qualitatives; Normes; Pré&Post-Natal; Rapports De Genre; Soutien Familial - Périnatalité; Valeurs

$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.

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Anita Gagnon

Research

Latest papers

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Migrant-friendly maternity care in Montreal, Canada: A cross-sectional study on migrant women's care perspectives.

Transnational prenatal care among migrant women from low-and-middle-income countries who gave birth in Montreal, Canada.

Refugee mothers, migration pathways and HIV: a population-based cohort study.

A qualitative exploration of access to urban migrant healthcare in Nairobi, Kenya.

Timing of umbilical cord-clamping and infant anaemia: the role of maternal anaemia.

Migration to western industrialised countries and perinatal health: a systematic review.

One-on-one coaching to improve pain assessment and management practices of pediatric nurses.

Sharing Actions and Strategies for Respectful and Equitable Health Care for Women with FGC/M

Addressing gender-based health inequities among immigrants to Canada

Maternal and Perinatal Health of Refugees in Canada

Migrant Friendly Maternity Care (MFMC) in Montreal

Accessibility and costs of healthcare for refugee claimants following changes to the Interim Federal Health Program

Interventions for Underweight Migrant Children at Risk of or Diagnosed with Tuberculosis (TB)

The Last Mile Project: Improving the Delivery of Primary Care for Vulnerable Migrants

Perinatal Health Equity for Women on the Move

Maternal-Child Population Interventions for International Migrants after Birth

L'accès des familles musulmanes d'immigration récente aux services de santé périnatale : savoirs, pratiques et rapports de genre.

Frequent collaborators

William Fraser

Douglas Campbell

Sandra Pelaez

Mathieu Maheu-Giroux

Rahim Moineddin

Susitha Wanigaratne

Janet Rennick

Elham Rahme

Richard Glazier