Publications by authors named "Christine F Provvidenza"

Objective: Educators often lack the knowledge and resources to assist students with acquired brain injury (ABI). an education module, was created to help elementary school teachers support students with ABI in classrooms. This study examined the adaptability of for high school educators.

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Background: Due to reported challenges experienced by healthcare providers (HCPs) when having weight-related conversations with children with disabilities and their families, a knowledge translation (KT) casebook was developed, providing key communication principles with supportive resources. Our aim was to explore how the KT casebook could be implemented into a disability context. Study objectives were to develop and integrate needs-based implementation supports to help foster the uptake of the KT casebook communication principles.

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Objective: To cocreate an evidence-based resource to enable educators to support students returning to school after concussion; evaluate the usability of and users' satisfaction with the resource; understand the role of the resource in supporting students' return to school; and describe changes in concussion knowledge following a concussion education and training workshop.

Design: Survey during a concussion education and training workshop.

Setting: Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto, Ont, and York Region District School Board in Richmond Hill, Ont.

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Background: Healthcare professionals (HCPs) play an important role in discussing weight with children and their parents but report barriers such as lack of training and supports. These barriers are especially prevalent within specialized populations such as children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). To address this, a Knowledge Translation Casebook on positive weight-related conversations was developed by a research team at a Canadian paediatric hospital.

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Knowledge gaps exist regarding how to best educate audiences about concussion. Knowledge translation (KT) plays a critical role in how information is shared. In the field of concussion, infographics are becoming a popular KT strategy for synthesising and sharing information.

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Background: Health care professionals (HCPs) must communicate with children and families about weight management in a sensitive and nonstigmatizing manner. However, HCPs receive little training in weight-related communication and have requested resources, but these are scarce. This article details the development process of a knowledge translation (KT) Casebook and outlines the proposed protocol for its implementation and evaluation.

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