PUBLICATIONS: METHODOLOGY & OTHERS

  1. Franke T, Nettlefold L, Nandra K, Sims Gould J, McKay H, Havaei F. Measuring Organizational Readiness in a Community Health Promotion Program: Instrument Tailoring and Psychometric Testing. Health Promot Pract. 2025:15248399251387143. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248399251387143.
  2. Sims Gould J, Lasinsky AM, Mota A, Khan KM, Ardern CL. Threats to grant peer review: a qualitative study. BMJ Open. 2025;15(2):e091666. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091666.
  3. McKay HA, Kennedy SG, Macdonald HM, Naylor PJ, Lubans DR. The Secret Sauce? Taking the Mystery Out of Scaling-Up School-Based Physical Activity Interventions. J Phys Act Health. 2024;21(8):731-40. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2024-0274  
  4. McCrabb, S., Hall, A., McKay, H.A., Gonzalez, S., Milat, A., Bauman, A., Sutherland, R. & Wolfenden, L. (2023). From trials to communities: implementation and scale-up of health behaviour interventions. Health Research Policy and Systems, 21, 79. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-023-01027-0 
  5. Havaei, F., Staempfli, S., Ma, A., Sims-Gould, J., Franke, T., Park, M., Ma, A. & Kaulius, M. (June 2023). Impact of the single site order in LTC: exacerbation of an overburdened system. BMC Health Services Research, 23, 666. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09670-7
  6. Havaei F, Staempfli S, Ma A, Sims-Gould J, Franke T, Park M. Resident Impact of the Single Site Order Restricting Staff Mobility across Long-Term Care Homes in British Columbia, Canada. Healthcare. 2023; 11(24):3190. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11243190
  7. Sims Gould, J, Franke,  T, Staempfli, S, Hung, L and Havaei, F. 2023. Implementation of the Single Site Order in Long-Term Care: What We Can Learn from Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. Journal of Long-Term Care, (2023), pp. 153–165. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31389/jltc.145
  8. Yang, Y., van Schooten, K.S., Komisar, V., McKay, H.A., Sims-Gould, J., Cheong, D., & Robinovitch S.N. (2022). Effects of the Mobility-Fit Physical Activity Program on Strength and Mobility in Older People in Assisted Living: A Feasibility Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(9), 5453. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095453
  9. Crane, M., Nathan, N., McKay, H.A., Lee, K., Wiggers, J., & Bauman, A. (2022). Understanding the sustainment of population health programs from a whole of system approach. Health Research Policy and Systems. 20(1).  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00843-0
  10. Li, N., Sims-Gould, J., & Vazirian, S. (2021). Consumer Evaluation of the Jump Step Program for People with Mood Disorders: Implications for Program Development. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health. 39(3): 1-15. https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2020-017
  11. Ottoni CA, Sims-Gould J, McKay HA. Video for Knowledge Translation: Engaging Older Adults in Social and Physical Activity. Can J Aging. 2020;39(1):31-41. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980819000217.
  12. Yoong, S., Bolsewicz, S., Grady, A., Wyse, R., Sutherland, R., Hodder, R., Kingsland, M., Nathan, N., McCrabb, S., Bauman, A., Wiggers, J., Moullin, J., Albers, B., Fernandez, M., Hall, A., Sims-Gould, J., Taylor, N., Rissel, C., Milat, A., Bailey, A., Batchelor, S., Attia, J., & Wolfenden, L. (2020). Adaptation of public health initiatives: expert views on current guidance and opportunities to advance their application and benefit. Health Education Research, 35(4), 243-257. https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyaa014
  13. Piatkowski, C., Keidar, S., Carbert, N., Naylor, P. J., McKay, H.A., Hanning, R., Le Mare, L., & Masse, L. C. (2020). Co-development of healthy and unhealthy dietary behaviours: A dyadic examination of parenting practices and adolescent characteristics. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 53(3): 254-260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2020.10.013
  14. Buttner, F., Ardern, C., Blazey, P., Dastouri, S., McKay, H. A., Moher, D., & Karim, K. (2020). Counting publications and citations isn’t just irrelevant: it’s an incentive that subverts the impact of clinical research. Submitted to British Journal of Sports Medicine, 55:647-648. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2020-103146
  15. Kestens, Y., Winters , M., Fuller, D., Bell, S., Berscheid, J., Brondeel, R., Cantinotti, M., Datta, G., Gauvin, L., Gough, M., Laberee, K., Lewis, P., Lord, S., Luan, H., McKay, H., Morency, C., Muhajarine, N., Nelson, T., Ottoni, C., Poirier Stephens, Z., Pugh, C., Rancourt, G., Shareck, M., Sims-Gould, J., Sones, M., Stanley, K., Thierry, B., Thigpen, C., & Wasfi, R. (2019). INTERACT: A comprehensive approach to assess urban form interventions through natural experiments. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 51. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-018-6339-z
  16. McKay, H., Naylor, P. J., Lau, E., Gray, S. M., Wolfenden, L., Milat, A., Bauman, A., Race, D., Nettlefold, L., & Sims-Gould, J. (2019). Implementation and scale-up of physical activity and behavioural nutrition interventions: an evaluation roadmap. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 16(102). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-019-0868-4
  17. Wolfenden, L., Bolsewicz, K., Grady, A., McCrabb, S., Kingland, M., Wiggers, J., Bauman, A., Wyse, R., Nathan, N., Sutherland, R., Hodder, R., Fernandez, M., Lewis, C., Taylor, N., McKay, H., Grimshaw, J., Hall, A., Moullin, J., Albers, G., Batchelor, S., Attia, J., Milat, A., Bailey, A., Rissel, C., Reeves, P., Sims-Gould, J., Mildon, R., Doran, C., & Yoong, S. (2019). Optimistion: defining and exploring a concept to enhance the impact of public health initiatives. Health Research Policy and Systems, 17(108). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-019-0502-6
  18. Tang, T., Cripton, P., Guy, P., McKay, H. A., & Wang, R. (2018). Clinical hip fracture is accompanied by compression induced failure in the superior cortex of the femoral neck. Bone, 108, 121-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2017.12.020
  19. Ashe, M. C., Merali, K., Edwards, N., Schiller, C., Hanson, H. M., Fleig, L., Khan, K. M., Cook, W., & McKay, H. A. (2018). Integrating research into clinical practice for hip fracture rehabilitation: Implementation of a pragmatic RCT. AIMS Medical Science, 5(2), 90-109. http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/medsci.2018.2.102
  20. Bonaretti, S., Vilayphiou, N., Chan, C. M., Yu, A., Nishiyama, K., Liu, D., Boutroy, S., Ghasem-Zadeh, A., Boyd, S. K., Chapurlat, R., McKay, H. A., Shane, E., Bouxsein, M. L., Black, M., Majumdar, S., Orwoll, E. S., Lang, T. F., Khosla, S., & Burghardt, A. J. (2017). Operator variability in scan positioning is a major component of HR-pQCT precision error and is reduced by standardized training. Osteoporosis International, 28(1), 245-257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-016-3705-5 
  21. Hirsch, J., Winters, M., Sims-Gould, J., Clarke, P. J., Ste-Marie, N., Ashe, M. C., & McKay, H. A. (2017). Developing a Comprehensive Measure of Mobility: Mobility Over Varied Environments Scale (MOVES). BMC Public Health, 17(513). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4450-1 
  22. Sims-Gould, J., Vazirian, S., Li, N., Remick, R., & Khan, K. (2017). Jump step – a community based participatory approach to physical activity & mental wellness. BMC Psychiatry, 17(1), 319. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186%2Fs12888-017-1476-y  

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