Research
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Latest funding
- $294,525
Improving physician competency in communication skills for behavior change counselling: The validation of a new digital assessment tool
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
- $25,000
Are e-cigarettes really a healthy alternative to combustible cigarettes? Cardiorespiratory, immune and thrombotic responses to smoking e-cigarettes vs combustible cigarettes under conditions of physical and mental stress
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
- $683,686
Optimizing physician training in motivational communication (MC) skills for health behavior change
CIHR · 2014 · Co-investigator
No publications available.
Improving physician competency in communication skills for behavior change counselling: The validation of a new digital assessment tool
Principal investigators: Lavoie, Kim; Bacon, Simon L; Gauthier, Annick
Keywords: Behavior Change Counselling; Chronic Disease Prevention; Competency Assessments; Health Promotion; Health Services Research; Medical Education; Motivational Communication; Psychometric Validation; Quality Of Care; Tool Development
Are e-cigarettes really a healthy alternative to combustible cigarettes? Cardiorespiratory, immune and thrombotic responses to smoking e-cigarettes vs combustible cigarettes under conditions of physical and mental stress
Principal investigators: Bacon, Simon L; Lavoie, Kim
Keywords: Cardiovascular Reactivity; Chronic Disease Prevention; Electronic Cigarettes; Exercise; Lung Function; Mental Stress; Safety; Smoking; Stress Reactivity; Vascular Function
Optimizing physician training in motivational communication (MC) skills for health behavior change
Principal investigators: Lavoie, Kim; Bacon, Simon L
Keywords: Behaviour Change; Cardiovascular Diseases; Chronic Lung Diseases; Health Services; Motivational Communication; Physician Communication; Physician Skills Competency; Physician Training; Poor Health Behaviors; Randomized Controlled Trial
Understanding mechanisms of elevated blood clotting during acute psychological stress in those with and without heart disease
Principal investigators: Bacon, Simon L
Keywords: Clotting; Haemoconcentration; Heart Disease; Sex And Gender; Stress
Optimizing physician training in motivational interviewing (MI) to improve MI compentency, patient health behaviors, and morbidity among patients with cardiovascular and chronic lung disease
Principal investigators: Lavoie, Kim; Bacon, Simon L
Keywords: Behaviour Change; Cardiovascular Diseases; Chronic Lung Diseases; Health Services; Motivational Communication; Physician Communication; Physician Skills Competency; Physician Training; Poor Health Behaviors; Randomized Controlled Trial
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.
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