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Roland Dyck

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Latest papers

Closing the indigenous health gap in Canada: Results from the TransFORmation of IndiGEnous PrimAry HEAlthcare delivery (FORGE AHEAD) program.
Diabetes research and clinical practice · 2020
‘Turning the tide’ on hyperglycemia in pregnancy: insights from multiscale dynamic simulation modeling
BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care · 2020
Risk factors, incidence, and prevalence of diabetes among rural farm and non-farm residents of Saskatchewan, Canada; a population-based longitudinal cohort study.
Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2020

All 16 publications

Latest funding

Indigenous Peoples' Health Research Centre
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$75,000
Transformation of Indigenous Primary Healthcare Delivery (FORGE AHEAD): Enhancement and Adaptation of Community-driven Innovations and Scale-up Toolkits
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$5,744
Transformation of Indigenous Primary Healthcare Delivery (FORGE AHEAD): Enhancement and Adaptation of Community-driven Innovations and Scale-up Toolkits
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$652,110

All 11 grants and awards

16 publications.

Closing the indigenous health gap in Canada: Results from the TransFORmation of IndiGEnous PrimAry HEAlthcare delivery (FORGE AHEAD) program.

Hayward MN, Pace R, Zaran H, Dyck R, Hanley AJ, Green ME, Bhattacharyya O, Zwarenstein M, Emond J, Benoit C, Jebb ML, Harris SB, FORGE AHEAD Program Team

Diabetes research and clinical practice202016 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2020.108066 PMID: 32045618

‘Turning the tide’ on hyperglycemia in pregnancy: insights from multiscale dynamic simulation modeling

Louise Freebairn, Jo-an Atkinson, Yang Qin, Christopher James Nolan, Alison L. Kent, Paul Kelly, Luke Penza, Ante Prodan, Anahita Safarishahrbijari, Weicheng Qian, Louise J Maple-Brown, Roland F Dyck, Allen McLean, Geoff McDonnell, Nathaniel David Osgood

BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care202011 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2019-000975 PMID: 32475837

Risk factors, incidence, and prevalence of diabetes among rural farm and non-farm residents of Saskatchewan, Canada; a population-based longitudinal cohort study.

Alam MS, Dyck R, Janzen B, Karunanayake C, Dosman J, Pahwa P

Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders20209 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s40200-020-00693-z PMID: 33520853

Asthma diagnosis among children along an urban-rural gradient.

Oluwole O, Rennie DC, Senthilselvan A, Dyck R, Afanasieva A, Adamko DJ, Lawson JA

The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma201820 citations

DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2017.1407335 PMID: 29420108

The association between endotoxin and beta-(1 → 3)-D-glucan in house dust with asthma severity among schoolchildren.

Oluwole O, Rennie DC, Senthilselvan A, Dyck R, Afanasieva A, Kirychuk S, Katselis G, Lawson JA

Respiratory medicine201818 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2018.03.015 PMID: 29724391

The association between endotoxin in house dust with atopy and exercise-induced bronchospasm in children with asthma.

Oluwole O, Rennie DC, Senthilselvan A, Dyck R, Afanasieva A, Kirychuk S, Katselis G, Lawson JA

Environmental research20186 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.03.012 PMID: 29554621

Correction to: Cohort profile: the Saskatchewan Rural Health Study-adult component.

Pahwa P, Rana M, Pickett W, Karunanayake CP, Amin K, Koehncke N, Elliot V, Hagel L, Lawson J, Rennie D, Kirychuk S, Janzen B, Dyck R, Dosman J

BMC research notes2018Open Access

DOI: 10.1186/s13104-018-3294-9 PMID: 29580295

Childhood asthma, asthma severity indicators, and related conditions along an urban-rural gradient: a cross-sectional study

Joshua Allan Lawson, Donna Rennie, Don Cockcroft, Roland F Dyck, Anna Afanasieva, Oluwafemi Oluwole, Jinnat Afsana

BMC Pulmonary Medicine201748 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12890-016-0355-5 PMID: 28056923

The FORGE AHEAD clinical readiness consultation tool: a validated tool to assess clinical readiness for chronic disease care mobilization in Canada's First Nations.

Hayward MN, Mequanint S, Paquette-Warren J, Bailie R, Chirila A, Dyck R, Green M, Hanley A, Tompkins J, Harris S, FORGE AHEAD Program Team

BMC health services research201715 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2175-6 PMID: 28335823

Cohort profile: the Saskatchewan Rural Health Study-adult component.

Pahwa P, Rana M, Pickett W, Karunanayake CP, Amin K, Koehncke N, Elliot V, Hagel L, Lawson J, Rennie D, Kirychuk S, Janzen B, Dyck R, Dosman J

BMC research notes201710 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s13104-017-3047-1 PMID: 29228973

Indigenous Peoples' Health Research Centre

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Operating Grant: Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research- Dev Grants

Principal investigators: Tait, Caroline L; Starblanket, Noel; LaVallie, Carrie; Sasakamoose, JoLee

Keywords: Community Based Research; Ethics; First Nations; Health Equity; Health Services; Indigenous; Metis; Public Health; Remote; Rural

$75,000

Transformation of Indigenous Primary Healthcare Delivery (FORGE AHEAD): Enhancement and Adaptation of Community-driven Innovations and Scale-up Toolkits

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Team Grant: Pathways Implementation Research Team - Component 2 - LOI

Principal investigators: Harris, Stewart B; McComber, Alex M

Keywords: Chronic Disease; Diabetes; Health Services Research; Implementation Science; Indigenous; Knowledge Translation And Exchange; Mixed-Methods; Participatory Research; Primary Healthcare; Quality Improvement

$5,744

Transformation of Indigenous Primary Healthcare Delivery (FORGE AHEAD): Enhancement and Adaptation of Community-driven Innovations and Scale-up Toolkits

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Team Grant: Pathways IRT - Component 2 -Obesity/Diabetes

Principal investigators: Harris, Stewart B; Cornelius, Ida

$652,110

SPOR Network in Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovations: Saskatchewan LOI

Co-investigatorCIHR2014SPOR Network in Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovations - Saskatchewan

Principal investigators: Muhajarine, Nazeem; Baker, Margaret J; Neudorf, Cordell (Cory) O

Keywords: Continuum Of Care; Data Linkage; Health Equity; Integrated Health Care; Life Course; Primary Health Care; Primary Prevention; Social Determinants Of Health; Survey Methods

$73,750

CIHR Network Environments for Aboriginal Health Research

Co-investigatorCIHR2013CIHR Network Environments for Aboriginal Health Research

Principal investigators: Wien, Frederic C; Andersson, Neil; Arbour, Laura T; Bartlett, Cheryl; Bastien, Betty J; Baydala, Lola T; Bourassa, Carrie A; Butler Walker, Jody E; Cameron, Brenda L; Caron, Nadine R; Castleden, Heather E; Cook, Catherine L; Dewailly, Éric; Donald, Dwayne; Elias, Brenda D; Episkenew, Jo-Ann M; Furgal, Christopher M; Houle, Lauralyn C; Jacklin, Kristen M; Jardine, Patricia G; Jovel, Eduardo M; Kirmayer, Laurence J; Lalonde, Christopher E; Long, Richard; Loppie, Charlotte J; Maar, Marion A; Macaulay, Ann C; Martin, Debbie H; Martin-Hill, Dawn; McCarthy, Theresa L; Mccormick, Roderick M; Minore, James B; Parlee, Brenda L; Poudrier, Jennifer; Richmond, Chantelle A; Santos Salas, Anna; Shea, Beverley J; Sioui, George; Steinhauer, Evelyn L; Vedan, Richard; Warry, Wayne R; Weber-Pillwax, Cora K; Williams, Lorna B; Willows, Noreen D; Young, Kue

Keywords: Aboriginal Health

$1,000,000

Transformation of Indigenous Primary Healthcare Delivery (FORGE AHEAD): Community-driven Innovations and Strategic Scale-up Toolkits

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Team Grant: Community-Based Primary Healthcare - IAPH

Principal investigators: Harris, Stewart B

Keywords: Capacity Building; Chronic Disease; Community Readiness; Diabetes Mellitus; First Natons; Knowledge Translation; Participatory Action Research; Policy; Primary Healthcare Delivery; Quality Improvement

$2,500,000

Strategic Planning to Support First Nations Communities Participating in the FORGE AHEAD Program

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Planning Grants - PA: First Nations, Inuit or Métis Planning Activities

Principal investigators: Harris, Stewart B

Keywords: Aboriginal; Access To Health Care; Diabetes Mellitus Type 2; Health Care Services; Participatory Action Research; Primary Health Care; Strategic Planning; Team-Building

$24,997

Transformation of Indigenous Primary Healthcare Delivery: Community-driven Innovations and Scale-up Toolkits

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Team Grant: Community-Based Primary Healthcare - LOI

Principal investigators: Harris, Stewart B; Mcdonald, Heather L

Keywords: Capacity Building; Chronic Disease; Community Readiness; Diabetes Mellitus; First Nations; Knowledge Translation; Participatory Action Research; Policy; Primary Healthcare Delivery; Quality Improvement

Diabetes in pregnancy in Aboriginal women: a mixed-methods study in three provinces

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant - PA: First Nations, Inuit and Metis Health

Principal investigators: Toth, Ellen L

Keywords: Aboriginal; Community; Determinants Of Health; Diabetes In Pregnancy; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Pregnancy; Qualitative

$100,000

First Nations Community-Based Chronic Disease System Improvment Strategy - Planning Grant

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Planning Grants - PA: Community-based Primary Healthcare

Principal investigators: Harris, Stewart B

Keywords: Aboriginal; Cardio-Metabolic; Diabetes; Primary Care; Team-Building

$24,999

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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Roland Dyck

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Closing the indigenous health gap in Canada: Results from the TransFORmation of IndiGEnous PrimAry HEAlthcare delivery (FORGE AHEAD) program.

‘Turning the tide’ on hyperglycemia in pregnancy: insights from multiscale dynamic simulation modeling

Risk factors, incidence, and prevalence of diabetes among rural farm and non-farm residents of Saskatchewan, Canada; a population-based longitudinal cohort study.

Asthma diagnosis among children along an urban-rural gradient.

The association between endotoxin and beta-(1&#x202f;&#x2192;&#x202f;3)-D-glucan in house dust with asthma severity among schoolchildren.

The association between endotoxin in house dust with atopy and exercise-induced bronchospasm in children with asthma.

Correction to: Cohort profile: the Saskatchewan Rural Health Study-adult component.

Childhood asthma, asthma severity indicators, and related conditions along an urban-rural gradient: a cross-sectional study

The FORGE AHEAD clinical readiness consultation tool: a validated tool to assess clinical readiness for chronic disease care mobilization in Canada's First Nations.

Cohort profile: the Saskatchewan Rural Health Study-adult component.

Frequent collaborators

James Dosman

Punam Pahwa

Joshua Lawson

Shelley Kirychuk

William Pickett

Chandima Karunanayake

Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan

Nathaniel Osgood

Anthony Hanley

Stewart Harris

Mariam Hayward

Niels Koehncke

Onil Bhattacharyya

Sylvia Abonyi

Michael Green

Kevin Stanley

Romina Pace

Yue Chen

Merrick Zwarenstein

Darryl Adamko

The association between endotoxin and beta-(1 → 3)-D-glucan in house dust with asthma severity among schoolchildren.