Loubna Belaid, McGill University

Research

Deliberative Dialogue Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping Gender Violence Participatory Research Participatory Visual Media Youth Mental Health Youth Suicide

Latest papers

The Equity Impact of Universal Home Visits to Pregnant Women and Their Spouses in Bauchi State, Nigeria: Secondary Analysis From a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial.
Community health equity research & policy · 2025
Factors Influencing Domestic Human Trafficking in Africa: Protocol for a Scoping Review.
JMIR research protocols · 2024 · first author
Promoting gender equity in a home visits programme: a qualitative study in Northern Nigeria.
BMC women's health · 2024 · first author

All 21 publications

Latest funding

Reviving social interaction for healthy aging: participatory engagement of older adults in dementia prevention in rural African and Montreal contexts
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$888,165
Youth co-design prevention of gendered personal and interpersonal violence in Botswana
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Impact oriented dialogue for culturally safe adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Bauchi State, Nigeria
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$1,430,550

All 5 grants and awards

21 publications.

01

The Equity Impact of Universal Home Visits to Pregnant Women and Their Spouses in Bauchi State, Nigeria: Secondary Analysis From a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial.

Cockcroft A, Belaid L, Omer K, Ansari U, Aziz A, Gidado Y, Mudi H, Mohammed R, Sale R, Andersson N

Community health equity research & policy2025

DOI: 10.1177/2752535x241249893 PMID: 38676402

02

Factors Influencing Domestic Human Trafficking in Africa: Protocol for a Scoping Review.

Belaid L, Sarmiento I, Dion A, Rojas Cardenas A, Cockcroft A, Andersson N

JMIR research protocols2024First author

DOI: 10.2196/56392 PMID: 39556420

03

Promoting gender equity in a home visits programme: a qualitative study in Northern Nigeria.

Belaid L, Mudi H, Omer K, Gidado Y, Ansari U, Rilwanu M, Andersson N, Cockcroft A

BMC women's health2024First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12905-024-03293-8 PMID: 39182073

04

Fuzzy cognitive mapping in participatory research and decision making: a practice review.

Sarmiento I, Cockcroft A, Dion A, Belaid L, Silver H, Pizarro K, Pimentel J, Tratt E, Skerritt L, Ghadirian MZ, Gagnon-Dufresne MC, Andersson N

Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique2024

DOI: 10.1186/s13690-024-01303-7 PMID: 38769567

05

How does participatory research work: protocol for a realist synthesis.

Belaid L, Sarmiento I, Dion A, Pimentel JP, Rojas-Cárdenas A, Cockcroft A, Andersson N

BMJ open2023First author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074075 PMID: 37775285

06

Community Participation in Primary Healthcare in the South Sudan Boma Health Initiative: A Document Analysis.

Belaid L, Sarmiento I, Dimiti A, Andersson N

International journal of health policy and management2022First author

DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.2022.6639 PMID: 35418007

07

Shifting paradigm from biomedical to decolonised methods in Inuit public health research in Canada: a scoping review.

Belaid L, Budgell R, Sauvé C, Andersson N

BMJ global health2022First author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-008311 PMID: 36323455

08

Impact-Oriented Dialogue for Culturally Safe Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Bauchi State, Nigeria: Protocol for a Codesigned Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.

Cockcroft A, Omer K, Gidado Y, Mohammed R, Belaid L, Ansari U, Mitchell C, Andersson N

JMIR research protocols2022

DOI: 10.2196/36060 PMID: 35289762

09

"I had to change my attitude": narratives of most significant change explore the experience of universal home visits to pregnant women and their spouses in Bauchi State, Nigeria.

Belaid L, Ansari U, Omer K, Gidado Y, Baba MC, Daniel LE, Andersson N, Cockcroft A

Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique2021First author

DOI: 10.1186/s13690-021-00735-9 PMID: 34794488

10

Impact of home visits to pregnant women and their spouses on gender norms and dynamics in Bauchi State, Nigeria: Narratives from visited men and women.

Mudi H, Dutse U, Belaid L, Ansari U, Omer K, Gidado Y, Baba MC, Mahdi A, Andersson N, Cockcroft A

Global health promotion2021

DOI: 10.1177/1757975920986703 PMID: 33517842

Reviving social interaction for healthy aging: participatory engagement of older adults in dementia prevention in rural African and Montreal contexts

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Andersson, Neil; Abbasgholizadeh Rahimi, Samira; Cockcroft, Anne; Geddes, Maiya R; Wilchesky, Machelle

Keywords: Dementia Prevention; Participatory Research; Social Dimensions Of Aging; Social Interaction

$888,165

Youth co-design prevention of gendered personal and interpersonal violence in Botswana

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Global Health Research

Principal investigators: Cockcroft, Anne; Andersson, Neil; Belaid, Loubna; Leteane, Nonofo; Mitchell, Claudia; Sarmiento, Ivan; Shah, Jai

Keywords: Deliberative Dialogue; Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping; Gender Violence; Participatory Research; Participatory Visual Media; Youth Mental Health; Youth Suicide

$100,000

Impact oriented dialogue for culturally safe adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Bauchi State, Nigeria

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cockcroft, Anne; Gidado, Yagana

Keywords: Adolescent Sexual And Reproductive Health; Capacity Building; Cultural Safety; Deliberative Dialogue; Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping; Participatory Research

$1,430,550

Co-designed cultural safety in Nunavik: proof-of-impact

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Andersson, Neil; Ahmad Khan, Faiz; Budgell, Richard; Cockcroft, Anne; Vang, Zoua

Keywords: Capacity Building; Cultural Safety; Deliberative Dialogue; Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping; Indigenous Health; Institutional Racism; Inuit Knowledge; Participatory Research; Self-Determination

$1,889,550

Impact oriented dialogue for culturally safe adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Bauchi State, Nigeria

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant - PA: Population and Public Health - Global Health Policy

Principal investigators: Cockcroft, Anne; Gidado, Yagana

Keywords: Adolescent Sexual And Reproductive Health,; Cultural Safety; Deliberative Dialogue; Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping; Participatory Research

$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

Family Medicine
Social and Preventive Medicine
Other

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

Neil Andersson

Family Medicine

12 shared papers, latest 2025

Neil Andersson

Social and Preventive Medicine

11 shared papers, latest 2025

Anne Cockcroft

Family Medicine

8 shared papers, latest 2025

Ivan Sarmiento

Family Medicine

3 shared papers, latest 2024

Kate Zinszer

Social and Preventive Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2021

Claudia Mitchell

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Richard Budgell

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2022

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Paper to mentionMention their CIHR grant from 2023

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Deliberative Dialogue Dear Professor Belaid, 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 Equity Impact of Universal Home Visits to Pregnant Women and Their Spouses in Bauchi State, Nigeria: Secondary Analysis From a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial." (2025), 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 "Youth co-design prevention of gendered personal and interpersonal violence in Botswana" (2023), 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]

Loubna Belaid

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The Equity Impact of Universal Home Visits to Pregnant Women and Their Spouses in Bauchi State, Nigeria: Secondary Analysis From a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial.

Factors Influencing Domestic Human Trafficking in Africa: Protocol for a Scoping Review.

Promoting gender equity in a home visits programme: a qualitative study in Northern Nigeria.

Fuzzy cognitive mapping in participatory research and decision making: a practice review.

How does participatory research work: protocol for a realist synthesis.

Community Participation in Primary Healthcare in the South Sudan Boma Health Initiative: A Document Analysis.

Shifting paradigm from biomedical to decolonised methods in Inuit public health research in Canada: a scoping review.

Impact-Oriented Dialogue for Culturally Safe Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Bauchi State, Nigeria: Protocol for a Codesigned Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.

"I had to change my attitude": narratives of most significant change explore the experience of universal home visits to pregnant women and their spouses in Bauchi State, Nigeria.

Impact of home visits to pregnant women and their spouses on gender norms and dynamics in Bauchi State, Nigeria: Narratives from visited men and women.

Reviving social interaction for healthy aging: participatory engagement of older adults in dementia prevention in rural African and Montreal contexts

Youth co-design prevention of gendered personal and interpersonal violence in Botswana

Impact oriented dialogue for culturally safe adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Bauchi State, Nigeria

Co-designed cultural safety in Nunavik: proof-of-impact

Impact oriented dialogue for culturally safe adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Bauchi State, Nigeria

Frequent collaborators

Neil Andersson

Neil Andersson

Anne Cockcroft

Christina Zarowsky

Ivan Sarmiento

Kate Zinszer

Claudia Mitchell

Richard Budgell