Helena Piccinini-Vallis

Research

Case Management Integrated Knowledge Transfer Mixed Methods Primary Healthcare Realist Evaluation

Latest papers

Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline
CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL · 2020
L’obésité chez l’adulte : ligne directrice de pratique clinique
CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL · 2020

All 2 publications

Latest funding

PriCARE Integration - Case management in primary healthcare for people with complex healthcare needs to improve integrated care: a large-scale implementation study
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$1,448,560
Conversation Cards for Moms: A mixed methods study to create and evaluate a new clinical tool for use in maternity care settings
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$105,000
Nova Scotia SPOR Network in Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovations
CIHR · 2014 · Co-investigator
$75,000

All 5 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline

Wharton S, Lau DCW, Vallis M, Sharma AM, Biertho L, Campbell-Scherer D, Adamo K, Alberga A, Bell R, Boulé N

CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL20201,382 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.191707 PMID: W3046790675

02

L’obésité chez l’adulte : ligne directrice de pratique clinique

Wharton S, Lau DCW, Vallis M, Sharma AM, Biertho L, Campbell-Scherer D, Adamo K, Alberga A, Bell R, Boulé N

CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL20209 citations

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.191707-f

PriCARE Integration - Case management in primary healthcare for people with complex healthcare needs to improve integrated care: a large-scale implementation study

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: THINC Implem. Science - Health Services and Policy pool

Principal investigators: Hudon, Catherine; Benoit, René; Fairman, Kimberly D; Gaudreau, André; Lachance, Philippe; Rock-Hervieux, Audrey-Lise; Rubenstein, Donna; Sampalli, Tara; Sargent, Greg; Wilhelm, Linda; Zed, Joanna; Chouinard, Maud-Christine; Doucet, Shelley A; Piccinini-Vallis, Helena

Keywords: Case Management; Integrated Knowledge Transfer; Mixed Methods; Primary Healthcare; Realist Evaluation

$1,448,560

Conversation Cards for Moms: A mixed methods study to create and evaluate a new clinical tool for use in maternity care settings

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Operating Grant: ECI grants in Maternal, Reproductive, Child & Youth Health

Principal investigators: Alberga, Angela S; Cook, Jocelynn L; Cohen, Tamara R

Keywords: Clinical Tool; Communication; Dialogue; Education; Gestational Weight Gain; Health Behaviours; Maternity Care Providers; Pregnancy; Prenatal; Self-Efficacy

$105,000

Nova Scotia SPOR Network in Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovations

Co-investigatorCIHR2014SPOR Network in Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovations - Nova Scotia

Principal investigators: Burge, Frederick I; Bower, Ian; Gibson, Richard

Keywords: Primary And Integrated Health Care

$75,000

D-WISE - A Diabetes Web-Centric Information and Support Environment: An E-health Solution Operationalizing Behaviour Change Models and Clinical Guidelines for Patient-centered Diabetes Self-management

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Catalyst Grant: eHealth Innovations

Principal investigators: Abidi, Samina R; MacDonald, Lisa G; Vallis, Micheal T

Keywords: Behavior Modification; Certified Diabetes Educator; E-Health Diabetes Self-Management Platform; Evidence-Based Diabetes Guideline; Healthcare Knowledge Management; Motivational Enhancement; Ontology Based Healthcare Knowledge Modeling; Patient Empowerment; Personalized Cinical Decision Support System; Primary Care Provider

$99,905

Pregnancy-Related Excess Weight

Nominated PICIHR2011Planning Grants

Principal investigators: Piccinini-Vallis, Helena; Dodds, Linda; Gaudet, Laura M; McDonald, Sarah D; Wicklum, Sonja C

Keywords: Behaviour Change; Obesity; Pregnancy; Primary Care

$24,032

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

Medicine
Human Kinetics
Médecine de famille
Family Medicine
Surgery
Nursing
Health and Human Performance
Other

Applying for

Paper to mentionMention their CIHR grant from 2022

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Case Management Dear Professor Piccinini-Vallis, 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 "Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline" (2020), 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 "PriCARE Integration - Case management in primary healthcare for people with complex healthcare needs to improve integrated care: a large-scale implementation study" (2022), 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]