Ongoing Research

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Collaborative Knowledge Sharing (CKS) Project:

Developing and disseminating a visual representation of standards of care for pregnant and parenting adolescents in the Greater Toronto Area.

Click the image to learn more about the racialized gender diverse youth study. The photo depicts brown hand holding the blue, pink, and white transgender flag

Racialized Gender-Diverse Youth (RGDY) Project:

A critical consideration of barriers and enablers to accessing gender-related care for racialized gender-diverse youth.

Click the image for a link to the Senegalese youth reproductive health study. The photo depicts reproductive health supplies

Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) in Senegal:

Evaluation of a Youth Participatory Action Research project to address adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights issues in Senegal.

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Sexual Health and Reproductive Empowerment (SHARE) Project:

Exploring inequities in adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Other projects we are involved in:

  • Co-designing a mobile application with immigrant adolescents for better sexual and reproductive health. Co-investigators: Meherali S (PI), Chabot F (PI), Munro S (PI), Benoit J, Flicker S, Norman WV, Okeke-Ihejirika PE, Salami OB, Scott SD, Stroulia E, Wong JP. 
  • Addressing socioeconomic and racial/ethnic inequities in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among parents and adolescents. Co-investigators: McKinnon B (PI), Zinszer K (PI), Dube E, Nguyen C, Thanh C.  
  • Understanding and responding to the lived experience of breastfeeding for adolescent-led families: optimizing supportive feeding choices. Co-investigators: Thompson G (co-PI), Lorber S, Murphy N, Kherani, I. 
  • Intersectoral youth policies and adolescent health system transformation: A multiple case study from Canada, India and Malawai. Co-investigators: Berta W, Munthali A.  
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Publications

Fuller AE, Zaffar N, Cohen E, Pentland M, Siddiqi A, Vandermorris A, Van Den Heuvel M, Birken CS, Guttmann A, de Oliveira C. (2022). Cash transfer programs and child health and family economic outcomes: a systematic review. Canadian Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-022-00610-2

Vandermorris A, McKinnon B, Sall M, Witol A, Traoré M, Lamesse-Diedhiou F, Bassani D.  (2021). Adolescents’ experiences with group antenatal care: Insights from a mixed-methods study in Senegal. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 26(12):1700-1708.  https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13692

Livingston E, Joh-Carnella N, Lindberg DM, Vandermorris A, Smith J, Kagan-Cassidy M, Giokas D, Fallon B (2021). Characteristics of child welfare investigations reported by healthcare professionals in Ontario: secondary analysis of a regional database. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 5(1):e001167. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001167  

Campisi SC, Humayun KN, Wasan Y, Soofi SB, Islam M, Shakeel A, Hussain A, Vandermorris A, Soder O, Bhutta ZA. (2021). The relationship between pubertal timing and under-nutrition in rural Pakistan. Journal of Adolescence. 88:58-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2021.02.002

Allan K, Houston E, Joh-Carnella N, Vandermorris A, Fallon B. (2021). Medical neglect in Ontario: Implications for healthcare provision. Paediatrics & Child Health. 26(7):e283-e289.  https://doi.org/10.1093/pch/pxab012

Millar HC, Lorber S, Vandermorris A, Thompson G, Thompson M, Allen L, Aggarwal A, Spitzer RF. (2021).“No, you need to explain what you are doing”: Obstetric care experiences and preferences of adolescent mothers with a history of childhood trauma. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 34(4):538-545.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpag.2021.01.006

van Buuren A, Thompson G, Vandermorris A. (2021). Making social determinants of health screening truly universal means including adolescents. Canadian Family Physician 67(1):17-9. https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.670117

Akseer N, Mehta S, Wigle J, Chera R, Brickman ZJ, Al-Gashm S, Sorichetti B, Vandermorris A, Hipgrave DB, Schwalbe N, Bhutta ZA. (2020). Non-communicable diseases among adolescents: current status, determinants, interventions and policies. BMC Public Health 20(1):1-20.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09988-5

McKinnon B, Sall M, Vandermorris A, Bassani D. (2020). Feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of group antenatal care in Senegalese health posts: a pilot implementation trial. Health Policy and Planning. 35(5):587-599.  https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czz178

Campisi S, Humayun KN, Wasan Y, Soofi S, Islam M, Lou W, Vandermorris A, Söder O, Bhutta Z. (2020) Self-assessed puberty is reliable in a low-income setting in rural Pakistan. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 33(9):1191-1196. htpps://doi.org/10.1515/jpem-2020-0246

Moodie JL, Campisi SC, Salena K, Wheatley M, Vandermorris A, Bhutta ZA. (2020). Timing of Pubertal Milestones in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Advances in Nutrition. 11(4):951-959. https://doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmaa007

Vandermorris A, Sampson L, Korenblum C. (2020).  Promoting adherence in adolescents and young adults with cancer to optimize outcomes: A developmentally oriented narrative review.  Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 67(4):e28128.  https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.28128

Hackett K, Lenters L, Vandermorris A, LaFleur C, Newton S, Zlotkin S. (2019). How can the engagement of adolescents in antenatal care services be enhanced? Learning from the perspectives of young mothers in Ghana and Tanzania. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 19(1):184.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-019-2326-3

Campisi S, Wasan Y, Soofi SB, Monga S, Korczak DJ, Lou W, Söder O, Vandermorris A, Humayun K, Mian A, Szatmari  P, Bhutta Z. (2019). Nash-wo-Numa (childhood growth & development) study protocol: factors that impact linear growth in children 9 to 15 years of age in Matiari, Pakistan. BMJ Open. 9:e028343.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028343 

Thorne J, Millar H, Mogaka RM, Ogalo EA, Doyle R, Atkinson-Graham M, Bernard C, Spitzer R, Vandermorris A, Onkware PO, Rop MC. (2019). Starting from the roots—Using human centered design to innovate an adolescent-centred pregnancy program in Western Kenya. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada. 41(5):735.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogc.2019.02.240

Vandermorris A, Kerr L, Kives S. (2019). Receptiveness to patient-delivered partner therapy (PDPT) for chlamydia infection: exploratory findings from a sample of Canadian youth.  Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada. 41(4):473-478.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jogc.2018.03.131

McKinnon B, Vandermorris A. (2018).  National age of consent laws and adolescent HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa: a propensity-score matched study. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 97(1):42-50.  https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.18.212993

Khan S, Vandermorris A, Shepherd J, Begun J, Lanham H, Uhl-Bien, H, Berta W. (2018). Embracing uncertainty, managing complexity: applying complexity thinking principles to transformation efforts in healthcare systems. BMC Health Services Research. 18(1):192.  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-2994-0

Vandermorris A, Bhutta ZA. (2017). How Canada can help global adolescent health mature. Reproductive Health. 14(1):1-3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-017-0353-y