Current research projects

Currently, IIHR team is working on the following research projects. If you are interested in engaging in any of these researches by actively conducting research or by sponsorship and being acknowledged in any of these research projects, please contact us at info@iihr.ca.

  1. Divorce among immigrants and its role on mental health of family members and future of Canadian citizens (under development: currently open for sponsors): The purpose of this project is to explore perceptions of the immigrants about divorce, contributing factors, its influence on the mental health of the family members and future of the citizens and future of Canadian society. Project is under development and will start in July, 2017 and will run until August 2018. It is open for sponsors and will be open for volunteers in mid May.
  2. Role of Communities of Practice on transferring knowledge among nurses: a meta ethnography (project ended, open for sponsors only): This project explored the role of communities of practice on learning among the nurses. This project was a meta ethnography and is now closed. It is in progress for submission for publication. It is still open for sponsorship for publication, but it is closed for volunteers.
  3. This circle is small: a need for revising traditional nursing process (project ended): This project explored the nursing process among a sample of registered nurses in Vancouver. It is closed for sponsors and volunteers.
  4. A framework for implementing clinical practice guidelines in the hospitals (project closed for sponsors and volunteers): The purpose of this project is to develop a framework for implementation of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). The framework is based on the series of research projects that were conducted in Vancouver by members of IIHR. This project and is in write up phase and is now closed for both sponsor and volunteers.
  5. Evaluation of patient education media in selected hospitals in the city of Vancouver (under development, open for sponsors, open for volunteers): The purpose of this project is to evaluate media produced for health education and health literacy at local, provincial and national level in Canada. The project is open for being expanded on an international level and it is open for both sponsors and volunteers.

Previous research projects

Founders and members of the IIHR have been involved in various research projects that have been published (articles) or presented (posters or oral presentations) in different international, national or local academic journals and conferences. Some of these research projects can be found here:

  1. Mosavianpour M, Sarmast HH, Kissoon N, Collet J: Theoretical domains framework to assess barriers to change for planning healthcare quality interventions: a systematic literature review. J Multidiscip Healthc 2016, 9(July):303–310.
  2. Mosavianpour M, Sarmast HH, Kissoon NT, Collet J-P: Barriers to the implementation of sepsis guideline in a Canadian Pediatric tertiary care centre. J Nurs Educ Pract 2016(In press: accepted in June, 2016).
  3. Mosavianpour M, Collet J-P, Sarmast HH, Kissoon N: A quality driven process for developing sepsis practice guideline. Indian J Appl Sci 2015, 5:344–353.
  4. Mosavianpour M, Collet J, McKellin W, Kissoon N: IPAQ: iPad and Quality of Care in Pedictric Intensive Care Unit. Vancouver, Canada; 2015.
  5. Mosavianpour Mirkaber, Jean-Paul C, Nekouipanah T, Niranjan K: Perceived Barriers to the Application of Guidelines in General in British Columbia’s Children Hospital: a Theory Driven Study for Assessing Barriers. In CAPHC (Canadian Association of Pediatric Health Centres). Quebec- Canada: CAPHC; 2015:3.13.
  6. Mirkaber M, Jean-Paul C, Nekouipanah T, Niranjan K: Assessing Perceived Barriers to the Application of Sepsis Guideline in a British Columbia’s Children Hospital: a Theory Driven Study. In CAPHC (Canadian Association of Pediatric Health Centres). Quebec- Canada: CAPHC; 2015:3.31.
  7. Mosavianpour M, Sarmast H, Niranjan K, Collet J-P: A Systematic Review of Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF): TDF Domains and Constructs Compared to Other Tools for Assessing Barriers to Change. In Canadian Conference on Medical Education; 2015:OA2–2.
  8. Sarmast H, Mosavianpour M, Collet J-P, Kissoon N: TDF (Theoretical Domain Framework): how inclusive are TDF domains and constructs compared to other tools for assessing barriers to change? BMC Health Serv Res 2014, 14(Suppl 2):P81.
  9. Mosavianpour M, Collet J-P, Kissoon N, Skippen P, Pitfield S, McKellin B: The PICU Participatory Action Research (PICU-PAR) Project phase 1: Ethnographic study of culture of engaging Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) clinical staff to lead practice improvement. In BC Patient Safety and Quality Council :Quality Forum; 2014.
  10. Mosavianpour M, Collet J-P, McKellin B, Kissoon N: Barriers to Implementing Clinical Practice Guidelines. In BC Patient Safety and Quality Council: Quality Forum; 2014.
  11. Mosavianpour M, Jean-Paul C, Kissoon C, Skippen P E, Pitfield S, Chakraborty B, Hunte G, Mckellin B: Process of Learning to Improve the Quality of Care among Nursing Staff in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). In CAPHC (Canadian Association of Pediatric Health Centres) Annual Conference. Toronto: CAPHC; 2013.
  12. Mosavianpour M, Jean-Paul C, Kissoon C, Skippen P E, Pitfield S, Chakraborty B, Hunte G, Mckellin B: Engaging Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Clinical Staff To Lead Practice Improvement: The PICU Participatory Action Research Project (PICU-PAR). In CAPHC (Canadian Association of Pediatric Health Centres) Annual Conference. Toronto: CAPHC; 2013.
  13. Sarmast, Hamideh; Mosavianpour, Mirkaber; Poureslami I: Popular media for HIV/AIDS literacy among northern Tehran male high school students. In Health Literacy Round Table. Vancouver, Canada: UBC; 2013.
  14. Sarmast H, Mosavianpour M, Poureslami I: Popular media for HIV/AIDS literacy among northern Tehran male high school students. In Health Literacy Round Table. Vancouver, Canada: UBC (University of British Columbia); 2013.
  15. Sarmast, Hamideh; Mosavianpour, Mirkaber; Poureslami I: Knowledge and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS among northern Tehran male high school students. In Health Literacy Round Table. Vancouver, Canada: UBC; 2013.
  16. Sarmast H, Mosavianpour M, Poureslami I: Knowledge and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS among northern Tehran male high school students. In Health Literacy Round Table. Vancouver, Canada: UBC (University of British Columbia); 2013.
  17. Mosavianpour M, Collet J-P, Kissoon N: Developing Standard Template for Developing Sepsis Guideline: BC Children’s Hospital Experience. In BC PATIENT SAFETY & QUALITY COUNCIL Quality Forum. Vancouver, Canada: BC PATIENT SAFETY & QUALITY COUNCIL; 2012.
  18. Mosavianpour M, Northway T, Scott D, Collet J-P, Kissoon N: From Practice Guidelines to Practice Changes: Standard Process for Implementing Guidelines at BC Children’s Hospital. In Student Research Day June 2012. Vancouver, Canada: UBC; 2012.
  19. Mosavianpour M, Collet J-P, Kissoon N, McKellin B: Implementing Practice Guidelines: Analyzing the Impact of Social Networks and Communities of Practice. In CAPHC (Canadian Association of Pediatric Health Centres) Annual ConferenceAnnual Conference. Vancouver, Canada: CAPHC; 2012.
  20. Mosavianpour M, Northway T, Scott D, Collet J-P, Kissoon N, DeZorzi P: Developing Guidelines to Improve Practice Quality and Safety at BC Children’s Hospital: A Standard Process. In BC PATIENT SAFETY & QUALITY COUNCIL Quality Forum. Vancouver, Canada: BC PATIENT SAFETY & QUALITY COUNCIL; 2012:33.
  21. Mosavianpour M, Northway T, Scott D, Collet J-P, Kissoon N, DeZorzi P: From Practice Guidelines to Practice Changes: Standard Process for Implementing Guidelines at BC Children’s Hospital. In BC PATIENT SAFETY & QUALITY COUNCIL Quality Forum. Vancouver, Canada: BC PATIENT SAFETY & QUALITY COUNCIL; 2012:33.
  22. Jean-Paul C, Mosavianpour M, McKellin B, Kisson N: Quality Continuum from Hospital to Community Life: A Comprehensive Quality Improvement Model. In CAPHC (Canadian Association of Pediatric Health Centres) Annual Conference. Vancouver, Canada: CAPHC; 2012.
  23. Mosavianpour M, Northway T, Scott D, DeZorzi P, Collet J-P, Kissoon N: Developing Guidelines to Improve Practice Quality and Safety at BC Children’s Hospital: A Standard Process. In CAPHC (Canadian Association of Pediatric Health Centres) 2011 Annual Conference. Ottawa, Canada: CAPHC; 2011.
  24. Mosavianpour M, Northway T, Scott D, Collet J-P, Kissoon N: From Practice Guidelines to Practice Changes: Standard Process for Implementing Guidelines at BC Children’s Hospital. In CAPHC (Canadian Association of Pediatric Health Centres) 2011 Annual Conference. Ottawa, Canada: CAPHC; 2011.
  25. Mosavianpour M, Scott D, Collet J-P, Kissoon N: Developing Guidelines to Improve Practice Quality and Safety at BC Children’s Hospital: A Standard Process. In Student Research Day November 2011. Vancouver, Canada: UBC; 2011.
  26. Collet J-P, Skippen P, Mosavianpour M, Pitfield S, Chakraborty B, Hunte G, Kissoon N, Mckellin B: Engaging Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) clinical staff to lead practice improvement: the PICU Participatory Action Research Project (PICU-PAR). Implement Sci 2014, 9:6.
  27. IPAQ (iPad and Quality of Care): Advances in Pediatrics, 2016 (UBC, Vancouver, Canada)
  28. Patient Safety: iPad and Quality of Care, 2016 (Child and Family Research Institute (CFRI), Vancover, Canada)
  29. Theoretical Domain Framework and practice change in health, 2016 (Canadian Medical Education Conference, Vancouver, Canada)
  30. Guest speaker for Qualitative Research Methodology for graduate students, 2015 (UBC, Vancouver, Canada)
  31. Health Service Research, 2015 (UBC, Vancouver, Canada)
  32. Advances in Pediatrics: Behavior Change Models, 2013 (UBC, Vancouver, Canada)
  33. Advances in Pediatrics: Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs), 2013 & 2014 (UBC, Vancouver, Canada)
  34. Advances in Pediatrics: Sepsis Clinical Practice Guideline, 2014 (UBC, Vancouver, Canada)
  35. Patient Safety: iPad and Quality of Care, 2014 (BC Children Hospital, Vancouver, Canada)
  36. Generalizability in qualitative research, 2014 (UBC, Vancouver, Canada)