R Valaitis

Affiliations

School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Publications (40)

"Primary care is primary care": Use of Normalization Process Theory to explore the implementation of primary care services for transgender individuals in Ontario.

PloS one

Avec: Erin Ziegler , Ruta Valaitis , Jennifer Yost , Nancy Carter , Cathy Risdon

Feasibility and preliminary effects of an integrated hospital-to-home transitional care intervention for older adults with stroke and multimorbidity: A study protocol.

Journal of comorbidity

Avec: Maureen Markle-Reid , Ruta Valaitis , Amy Bartholomew , Kathryn Fisher , Rebecca Fleck , Jenny Ploeg , Jennifer Salerno , Lehana Thabane

An integrated hospital-to-home transitional care intervention for older adults with stroke and multimorbidity: A feasibility study.

Journal of comorbidity

Avec: Maureen Markle-Reid , Ruta Valaitis , Amy Bartholomew , Kathryn Fisher , Rebecca Fleck , Jenny Ploeg , Jennifer Salerno

The role of trained champions in sustaining and spreading nutrition care improvements in hospital: qualitative interviews following an implementation study.

BMJ nutrition, prevention & health

Avec: Celia Laur , Jack Bell , Renata Valaitis , Sumantra Ray , Heather Keller

The Role of the Indigenous Patient Navigator: A Scoping Review.

The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres

Avec: Aric Rankin , Andrea Baumann , Bernice Downey , Ruta Valaitis , Amy Montour , Pat Mandy

Study protocol for a hospital-to-home transitional care intervention for older adults with multiple chronic conditions and depressive symptoms: a pragmatic effectiveness-implementation trial.

BMC geriatrics

Avec: Maureen Markle-Reid , Carrie McAiney , Rebecca Ganann , Kathryn Fisher , Amiram Gafni , Alain P Gauthier , Gail Heald-Taylor , Janet McElhaney , Jenny Ploeg , Diana J Urajnik , Ruta Valaitis , Carly Whitmore

Exploring the implementation and delivery of primary care services for transgender individuals in Ontario: case study protocol.

Primary health care research & development

Avec: Erin Ziegler , Ruta Valaitis , Nancy Carter , Cathy Risdon , Jennifer Yost

Multi-site implementation of nutrition screening and diagnosis in medical care units: Success of the More-2-Eat project.

Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Avec: Heather H Keller , Renata Valaitis , Celia V Laur , Tara McNicholl , Yingying Xu , Joel A Dubin , Lori Curtis , Suzanne Obiorah , Sumantra Ray , Paule Bernier , Leah Gramlich , Marilee Stickles-White , Manon Laporte , Jack Bell

Capacity development among academic trainees in community-based primary health care research: The Aging, Community and Health Research Unit Experience.

Primary health care research & development

Avec: Rebecca Ganann , Shelley Peacock , Anna Garnett , Melissa Northwood , Ashley Hyde , Sue Bookey-Bassett , Laurie Kennedy , Maureen Markle-Reid , Jenny Ploeg , Ruta Valaitis

Engagement of older adults with multimorbidity as patient research partners: Lessons from a patient-oriented research program.

Journal of multimorbidity and comorbidity

Avec: Maureen Markle-Reid , Rebecca Ganann , Jenny Ploeg , Gail Heald-Taylor , Laurie Kennedy , C McAiney , Ruta Valaitis

More-2-Eat implementation demonstrates that screening, assessment and treatment of malnourished patients can be spread and sustained in acute care; a multi-site, pretest post-test time series study.

Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Avec: Heather Keller , Jill Morrison Koechl , Celia Laur , Helen Chen , Lori Curtis , Joel A Dubin , Leah Gramlich , Sumantra Ray , Renata Valaitis , Yang Yang , Jack Bell

Social capital and self-rated health: A cross-sectional study of the general social survey data comparing rural and urban adults in Ontario.

Health & social care in the community

Avec: Ellen Buck-McFadyen , Noori Akhtar-Danesh , Sandy Isaacs , Beverly Leipert , Patricia Strachan , Ruta Valaitis

Impact of Facilitated Behavior Change Strategies on Food Intake Monitoring and Body Weight Measurements in Acute Care: Case Examples From the More-2-Eat Study.

Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Avec: Celia Laur , Donna Butterworth , Roseann Nasser , Jack Bell , Chelsa Marcell , Joseph Murphy , Renata Valaitis , Paule Bernier , Sumantra Ray , Heather Keller

Disconnected relationships between primary care and community-based health and social services and system navigation for older adults: a qualitative descriptive study.

BMC family practice

Avec: Ruta Valaitis , Laura Cleghorn , Jenny Ploeg , Cathy Risdon , Derelie Mangin , Lisa Dolovich , Gina Agarwal , Doug Oliver , Jessica Gaber , Harjit Chung

Health TAPESTRY Ontario: protocol for a randomized controlled trial to test reproducibility and implementation.

Trials

Avec: Dee Mangin , Larkin Lamarche , Doug Oliver , Sivan Bomze , Sayem Borhan , Tracy Browne , Tracey Carr , Julie Datta , Lisa Dolovich , Michelle Howard , Sarah Marentette-Brown , Cathy Risdon , Samina Talat , Jean-Eric Tarride , Lehana Thabane , Ruta Valaitis , David Price

Influences on the uptake of a population health approach to sexual health programs in Ontario public health units: a qualitative descriptive study.

Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health

Avec: Linda Frost , Ruta Valaitis , Michelle Butt , Susan M Jack , Noori Akhtar-Danesh

Learning circles: an adaptive strategy to support food sovereignty among First Nations communities in Canada.

Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme

Avec: Louise W McEachern , Jennifer Yessis , Barbara Zupko , Joanne Yovanovich , Renata Valaitis , Rhona M Hanning

Enhancing Physical and Community MoBility in OLDEr Adults with Health Inequities Using CommuNity Co-Design (EMBOLDEN): Results of an Environmental Scan.

Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ

Avec: K Bruce Newbold , Ruta Valaitis , Stuart Phillips , Elizabeth Alvarez , Sarah Neil-Sztramko , Davneet Sihota , Mainka Tandon , Abbira Nadarajah , Amy Wang , Caroline Moore , Elizabeth Orr , Rebecca Ganann

National Competencies for Registered Nurses in Primary Care: A Delphi Study.

Western journal of nursing research

Avec: Julia Lukewich , Michelle Allard , Lisa Ashley , Kris Aubrey-Bassler , Denise Bryant-Lukosius , Treena Klassen , Tanya Magee , Ruth Martin-Misener , Maria Mathews , Marie-Eve Poitras , Josette Roussel , Dana Ryan , Ruth Schofield , Joan Tranmer , Ruta Valaitis , Sabrina T Wong

Modifiable factors related to life-space mobility in community-dwelling older adults: results from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

BMC geriatrics

Avec: A Kuspinar , C P Verschoor , M K Beauchamp , J Dushoff , J Ma , E Amster , C Bassim , V Dal Bello-Haas , M A Gregory , J E Harris , L Letts , S E Neil-Sztramko , J Richardson , R Valaitis , B Vrkljan

Combining volunteers and primary care teamwork to support health goals and needs of older adults: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial.

CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne

Avec: Lisa Dolovich , Doug Oliver , Larkin Lamarche , Lehana Thabane , Ruta Valaitis , Gina Agarwal , Tracey Carr , Gary Foster , Lauren Griffith , Dena Javadi , Monika Kastner , Dee Mangin , Alexandra Papaioannou , Jenny Ploeg , Parminder Raina , Julie Richardson , Cathy Risdon , Pasqualina Santaguida , Sharon Straus , David Price

Optimizing the Meaningful Engagement of Older Adults With Multimorbidity and Their Caregivers as Research Partners: A Qualitative Study.

Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society

Avec: Kristina Chang , Maureen Markle-Reid , Ruta Valaitis , Carrie McAiney , Nancy Carter

Health TAPESTRY: Exploring the Potential of a Nursing Student Placement Within a Primary Care Intervention for Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

SAGE open nursing

Avec: Ruta Valaitis , Jessica Gaber , Heather Waters , Larkin Lamarche , Doug Oliver , Fiona Parascandalo , Ruth Schofield , Lisa Dolovich

A Web-Based Social Network Tool (GENIE) for Supporting Self-management Among High Users of the Health Care System: Feasibility and Usability Study.

JMIR formative research

Avec: Ruta Valaitis , Laura Cleghorn , Ivaylo Vassilev , Anne Rogers , Jenny Ploeg , Anita Kothari , Cathy Risdon , James Gillett , Dale Guenter , Lisa Dolovich

Implementation of the Community Assets Supporting Transitions (CAST) transitional care intervention for older adults with multimorbidity and depressive symptoms: A qualitative descriptive study.

PloS one

Avec: Carrie McAiney , Maureen Markle-Reid , Rebecca Ganann , Carly Whitmore , Ruta Valaitis , Diana J Urajnik , Kathryn Fisher , Jenny Ploeg , Penelope Petrie , Fran McMillan , Janet E McElhaney

Learning Circles: A Collaborative Approach to Enhance Local, Healthy and Traditional Foods for Youth in the Northerly Community of Hazelton/Upper Skeena, British Columbia, Canada.

International journal of environmental research and public health

Avec: Louise W McEachern , Sandra Harris , Renata Valaitis , Anissa Watson , Jennifer Yessis , Barbara Zupko , Rhona M Hanning

A Multiphase Mixed Methods Study on the Integration of a Population Health Approach in Sexual Health Programs and Services in Ontario Public Health Units.

The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres

Avec: Linda Frost , Ruta Valaitis , Susan M Jack , Michelle Butt , Noori Akhtar-Danesh

Older adults' experiences and perceived impacts of the Aging, Community and Health Research Unit-Community Partnership Program (ACHRU-CPP) for diabetes self-management in Canada: a qualitative descriptive study.

BMJ open

Avec: Marie-Lee Yous , Rebecca Ganann , Jenny Ploeg , Maureen Markle-Reid , Melissa Northwood , Kathryn Fisher , Ruta Valaitis , Tracey Chambers , William Montelpare , France Légaré , Ron Beleno , Gary Gaudet , Luisa Giacometti , Deborah Levely , Craig Lindsay , Allan Morrison , Frank Tang , Auteur inconnu

Scale up of the learning circles: a participatory action approach to support local food systems in four diverse First Nations school communities within Canada.

BMC public health

Avec: Ashleigh Domingo , Jennifer Yessis , Barbara Zupko , Louise Watson McEachern , Renata Valaitis , Kelly Skinner , Rhona M Hanning

Examining Interprofessional teams structures and processes in the implementation of a primary care intervention (Health TAPESTRY) for older adults using normalization process theory.

BMC family practice

Avec: Ruta Valaitis , Laura Cleghorn , Lisa Dolovich , Gina Agarwal , Jessica Gaber , Derelie Mangin , Doug Oliver , Fiona Parascandalo , Jenny Ploeg , Cathy Risdon

Experiences of integrating community volunteers as extensions of the primary care team to help support older adults at home: a qualitative study.

BMC family practice

Avec: Jessica Gaber , Doug Oliver , Ruta Valaitis , Laura Cleghorn , Larkin Lamarche , Ernie Avilla , Fiona Parascandalo , David Price , Lisa Dolovich

Exploration of volunteers as health connectors within a multicomponent primary care-based program supporting self-management of diabetes and hypertension.

Health & social care in the community

Avec: Lisa Dolovich , Jessica Gaber , Ruta Valaitis , Jenny Ploeg , Doug Oliver , Julie Richardson , Dee Mangin , Fiona Parascandalo , Gina Agarwal

Pilot randomized controlled trial of a complex intervention for diabetes self-management supported by volunteers, technology, and interprofessional primary health care teams.

Pilot and feasibility studies

Avec: Gina Agarwal , Jessica Gaber , Julie Richardson , Dee Mangin , Jenny Ploeg , Ruta Valaitis , Graham J Reid , Larkin Lamarche , Fiona Parascandalo , Dena Javadi , Daria O'Reilly , Lisa Dolovich

Health TAPESTRY: co-designing interprofessional primary care programs for older adults using the persona-scenario method.

BMC family practice

Avec: Ruta Valaitis , Jennifer Longaphy , Jenny Ploeg , Gina Agarwal , Doug Oliver , Kalpana Nair , Monika Kastner , Ernie Avilla , Lisa Dolovich

Knowledge translation strategies for sharing evidence-based health information with older adults and their caregivers: findings from a persona-scenario method.

BMC geriatrics

Avec: Cynthia Lokker , Stephen J Gentles , Rebecca Ganann , Rita Jezrawi , Irtaza Tahir , Opeyemi Okelana , Claudia Yousif , Alfonso Iorio , Ruta Valaitis

Optimization of home care nurses in Canada: A scoping review.

Health & social care in the community

Avec: Rebecca Ganann , Annette Weeres , Annie Lam , Harjit Chung , Ruta Valaitis

The Aging, Community and Health Research Unit Community Partnership Program (ACHRU-CPP) for older adults with diabetes and multiple chronic conditions: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

BMC geriatrics

Avec: Jenny Ploeg , Maureen Markle-Reid , Ruta Valaitis , Kathryn Fisher , Rebecca Ganann , Johanne Blais , Tracey Chambers , Robyn Connors , Andrea Gruneir , France Légaré , Janet MacIntyre , William Montelpare , Jean-Sébastien Paquette , Marie-Eve Poitras , Angela Riveroll , Marie-Lee Yous , Auteur inconnu

Preliminary instrument development to measure implementing a population health approach in sexual health.

Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)

Avec: Linda Frost , Ruta Valaitis , Michelle Butt , Noori Akhtar-Danesh , Susan M Jack

Evaluating Public Participation in a Deliberative Dialogue: A Single Case Study.

International journal of health policy and management

Avec: Tiffany Scurr , Rebecca Ganann , Shannon L Sibbald , Ruta Valaitis , Anita Kothari

Implementation of the Learning Circle: Local Food to School Initiative in the Island Communities of Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada-a Descriptive Case Study.

Current developments in nutrition

Avec: Louise W McEachern , Jennifer Yessis , Joanne Yovanovich , Shelly Crack , Barbara Zupko , Renata Valaitis , Rhona M Hanning

Réseau de co-auteurs

Ruta Valaitis 31 collaborations

Jenny Ploeg 15 collaborations

Rebecca Ganann 10 collaborations

Lisa Dolovich 10 collaborations

Maureen Markle-Reid 9 collaborations

Renata Valaitis 8 collaborations

Doug Oliver 8 collaborations

Cathy Risdon 7 collaborations

Kathryn Fisher 6 collaborations

Gina Agarwal 6 collaborations

Jessica Gaber 6 collaborations

Larkin Lamarche 5 collaborations

Fiona Parascandalo 5 collaborations

Jack Bell 4 collaborations

Sumantra Ray 4 collaborations

Noori Akhtar-Danesh 4 collaborations

Laura Cleghorn 4 collaborations

Dee Mangin 4 collaborations

Jennifer Yessis 4 collaborations

Barbara Zupko 4 collaborations

Rhona M Hanning 4 collaborations

Nancy Carter 3 collaborations

Lehana Thabane 3 collaborations

Celia Laur 3 collaborations

Heather Keller 3 collaborations

Carrie McAiney 3 collaborations

David Price 3 collaborations

Linda Frost 3 collaborations

Michelle Butt 3 collaborations

Susan M Jack 3 collaborations

Louise W McEachern 3 collaborations

Julie Richardson 3 collaborations

Erin Ziegler 2 collaborations

Jennifer Yost 2 collaborations

Amy Bartholomew 2 collaborations

Rebecca Fleck 2 collaborations

Jennifer Salerno 2 collaborations

Gail Heald-Taylor 2 collaborations

Diana J Urajnik 2 collaborations

Carly Whitmore 2 collaborations

Joel A Dubin 2 collaborations

Lori Curtis 2 collaborations

Paule Bernier 2 collaborations

Leah Gramlich 2 collaborations

Melissa Northwood 2 collaborations

Laurie Kennedy 2 collaborations

Derelie Mangin 2 collaborations

Harjit Chung 2 collaborations

Tracey Carr 2 collaborations

Joanne Yovanovich 2 collaborations

Marie-Eve Poitras 2 collaborations

Ruth Schofield 2 collaborations

Dena Javadi 2 collaborations

Monika Kastner 2 collaborations

Anita Kothari 2 collaborations

Marie-Lee Yous 2 collaborations

Tracey Chambers 2 collaborations

William Montelpare 2 collaborations

France Légaré 2 collaborations

None None 2 collaborations

Ernie Avilla 2 collaborations

Aric Rankin 1 collaboration

Andrea Baumann 1 collaboration

Bernice Downey 1 collaboration

Amy Montour 1 collaboration

Pat Mandy 1 collaboration

Amiram Gafni 1 collaboration

Alain P Gauthier 1 collaboration

Janet McElhaney 1 collaboration

Heather H Keller 1 collaboration

Celia V Laur 1 collaboration

Tara McNicholl 1 collaboration

Yingying Xu 1 collaboration

Suzanne Obiorah 1 collaboration

Marilee Stickles-White 1 collaboration

Manon Laporte 1 collaboration

Shelley Peacock 1 collaboration

Anna Garnett 1 collaboration

Ashley Hyde 1 collaboration

Sue Bookey-Bassett 1 collaboration

C McAiney 1 collaboration

Jill Morrison Koechl 1 collaboration

Helen Chen 1 collaboration

Yang Yang 1 collaboration

Ellen Buck-McFadyen 1 collaboration

Sandy Isaacs 1 collaboration

Beverly Leipert 1 collaboration

Patricia Strachan 1 collaboration

Donna Butterworth 1 collaboration

Roseann Nasser 1 collaboration

Chelsa Marcell 1 collaboration

Joseph Murphy 1 collaboration

Sivan Bomze 1 collaboration

Sayem Borhan 1 collaboration

Tracy Browne 1 collaboration

Julie Datta 1 collaboration

Michelle Howard 1 collaboration

Sarah Marentette-Brown 1 collaboration

Samina Talat 1 collaboration

Jean-Eric Tarride 1 collaboration

K Bruce Newbold 1 collaboration

Stuart Phillips 1 collaboration

Elizabeth Alvarez 1 collaboration

Sarah Neil-Sztramko 1 collaboration

Davneet Sihota 1 collaboration

Mainka Tandon 1 collaboration

Abbira Nadarajah 1 collaboration

Amy Wang 1 collaboration

Caroline Moore 1 collaboration

Elizabeth Orr 1 collaboration

Julia Lukewich 1 collaboration

Michelle Allard 1 collaboration

Lisa Ashley 1 collaboration

Kris Aubrey-Bassler 1 collaboration

Denise Bryant-Lukosius 1 collaboration

Treena Klassen 1 collaboration

Tanya Magee 1 collaboration

Ruth Martin-Misener 1 collaboration

Maria Mathews 1 collaboration

Josette Roussel 1 collaboration

Dana Ryan 1 collaboration

Joan Tranmer 1 collaboration

Sabrina T Wong 1 collaboration

A Kuspinar 1 collaboration

C P Verschoor 1 collaboration

M K Beauchamp 1 collaboration

J Dushoff 1 collaboration

J Ma 1 collaboration

E Amster 1 collaboration

C Bassim 1 collaboration

V Dal Bello-Haas 1 collaboration

M A Gregory 1 collaboration

J E Harris 1 collaboration

L Letts 1 collaboration

S E Neil-Sztramko 1 collaboration

J Richardson 1 collaboration

B Vrkljan 1 collaboration

Gary Foster 1 collaboration

Lauren Griffith 1 collaboration

Alexandra Papaioannou 1 collaboration

Parminder Raina 1 collaboration

Pasqualina Santaguida 1 collaboration

Sharon Straus 1 collaboration

Kristina Chang 1 collaboration

Heather Waters 1 collaboration

Ivaylo Vassilev 1 collaboration

Anne Rogers 1 collaboration

James Gillett 1 collaboration

Dale Guenter 1 collaboration

Penelope Petrie 1 collaboration

Fran McMillan 1 collaboration

Janet E McElhaney 1 collaboration

Sandra Harris 1 collaboration

Anissa Watson 1 collaboration

Ron Beleno 1 collaboration

Gary Gaudet 1 collaboration

Luisa Giacometti 1 collaboration

Deborah Levely 1 collaboration

Craig Lindsay 1 collaboration

Allan Morrison 1 collaboration

Frank Tang 1 collaboration

Ashleigh Domingo 1 collaboration

Louise Watson McEachern 1 collaboration

Kelly Skinner 1 collaboration

Graham J Reid 1 collaboration

Daria O'Reilly 1 collaboration

Jennifer Longaphy 1 collaboration

Kalpana Nair 1 collaboration

Cynthia Lokker 1 collaboration

Stephen J Gentles 1 collaboration

Rita Jezrawi 1 collaboration

Irtaza Tahir 1 collaboration

Opeyemi Okelana 1 collaboration

Claudia Yousif 1 collaboration

Alfonso Iorio 1 collaboration

Annette Weeres 1 collaboration

Annie Lam 1 collaboration

Johanne Blais 1 collaboration

Robyn Connors 1 collaboration

Andrea Gruneir 1 collaboration

Janet MacIntyre 1 collaboration

Jean-Sébastien Paquette 1 collaboration

Angela Riveroll 1 collaboration

Tiffany Scurr 1 collaboration

Shannon L Sibbald 1 collaboration

Shelly Crack 1 collaboration