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Published Articles

Guruge, S., Khanlou, N., Gastaldo, D. (In Press). The production of intimate male partner violence in the migration process: Intersections of gender, race, and class. Journal of Advanced Nursing.

Higgins, B. L., & MacIntosh, J. (In Press). Operating Room nurses’ perceptions of the effects of physician-perpetrated abuse. International Nursing Review.

MacIntosh, J., Wuest, J., Merritt Gray, M., & Cronkhite, M. (In Press). Workplace bullying in health care affects meaning of work. Qualitative Health Research.

O’Donnell, S., MacIntosh, J., & Wuest, J. (In Press). A theoretical understanding of sickness absence among women who have experienced workplace bullying. Qualitative Health Research.

Davies, L., Ford-Gilboe, M., & Hammerton, J. (2009). Gender inequality and        
patterns of abuse post leaving. Journal of Family Violence 24(1), 27-39.

Ford-Gilboe, M., Wuest, J., Varcoe, C., Davies, L., Merritt-Gray, M., Campbell, J., & Wilk, P. (2009). Modeling the effects of intimate partner violence and access to resources on women’s health in the early years after leaving an abusive partner. Social Science and Medicine. 68(6), 1021-1029.

Guruge, S., & Humphreys, J. (2009). Barriers that affect abused immigrant women’s access to and use of formal social supports. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research (Special issue on Social Network, Social Support, and Health), 41(3): 64-84.

MacMillan, H., Wathen, N., Jamieson, E., Boyle, M., Shannon, H., Ford-Gilboe, M., Worster,      A., Lent, B., Coben, J., Campbell, J., McNutt, L.A. & McMaster Violence Against Women Research Group. (2009). Screening for intimate partner violence in health care settings:  Results of a multi-site randomized trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, 302(5),493-501.

Riddell, T., Ford-Gilboe, M., & Leipert, B. (2009). Strategies used by rural women to stop, avoid or prevent intimate partner violence. Health Care for Women International, 30(1),134-159

Scott-Storey, K., Wuest, J., & Ford-Gilboe, M. (2009). Intimate partner violence and cardiovascular risk: Is there a link? Journal of Advanced Nursing, 65(10), 2186-2197. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05086.x.

Wuest, J., Ford-Gilboe, M., Merritt-Gray, M., Varcoe, C., Lent, B., Wilk, P., & Campbell, J. (2009). Abuse-related injury and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder as mechanisms of chronic pain in survivors of intimate partner violence. Pain Medicine, 10(4), 739-747.

Wuest, J., Merritt-Gray, M., Ford-Gilboe, M., Lent, B., Campbell, J., & Varcoe, C. (2009).  Patterns of chronic pain in women who have experienced intimate partner violence.  Journal of Pain, 9(11),1049-1057.

Guruge, S., & Gastaldo, D. (2008). Violencia en la pareja e inmigración? Cómo ser parte de la solución? [Violence in couples and immigration: How to be part of the solution?] (Editorial). Presencia, n.8, 2008.

Hyman, I., Guruge, S. , & Mason, R. (2008). The impact of post-migration changes on marital relationships: A study of Ethiopian immigrant couples in Toronto. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 39(2), 149-164.

Mason, R., Hyman, I., Berman, H., Guruge, S., Kanagaratnam, P., & Manuel, L. (2008). “Violence is an international language”: Tamil women’s perceptions of intimate partner violence. Violence Against Women, 14(2), 1397-1412.

Varcoe, C., & Dick, S. (2008). Intersecting risks of violence and HIV for rural and Aboriginal women in a neocolonial Canadian context. Journal of Aboriginal Health, 4. 42-52.

Wuest, J., & Merritt‑Gray, M. (2008). A theoretical understanding of abusive intimate partner
relationships that become non‑violent: Shifting the pattern of abusive control. Journal of Family Violence, 23, 281-293.

Mulvihill, D (2007) Nursing Care of Children after a traumatic incident, Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing. 30 (1-2) 15-28.

Wilson, K. E., MacIntosh, J., & Getty, G. (2007). ‘Tapping a tie’: Successful partnerships in managing addictions with Methadone. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 28(9), 977-996.

Wuest, J., Hodgins, M., Malcolm, J., Merritt-Gray, M., & Seaman, P. (2007). The effects of past relationship and obligation on health and health promotion in women caregivers of adult family members. Advances in Nursing Science, 30(3), 206-20.

Wuest, J., Merritt-Gray, M., Lent, B., Varcoe, C., Connors, A., & Ford-Gilboe, M. (2007). Patterns of Medication Use Among Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 98(6), 460-464

Ford-Gilboe, M., Wuest, J., Varcoe, C., & Merritt-Gray, M. (2006). Translating Research: Developing an evidence-based health advocacy intervention for women who have left abusive partners. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 38(1), 147-167.

Hollingsworth, E., & Ford-Gilboe, E. (2006). Nurses’ self-efficacy for assessing and responding to woman abuse in Emergency Department Settings. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 38(4), 54-77.

MacIntosh, J. (2006). Tackling work place bullying. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 27(6), 665-679.

MacMillan HL, Wathen CN, Jamieson E, Boyle M, McNutt LA, Worster A, Lent B, Webb M; McMaster Violence Against Women Research Group. (2006). Approaches to screening for intimate partner violence in health care settings: A randomized trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, 296(5), 530-6.

Samuels-Dennis, J.A. (2006). Relationship among employment status, stressful life events, and depression in single mothers.  Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 38(1), 59-80.

Samuels-Dennis, J. (2006). Stressful events, psychological distress and the          mediating/moderating effects of single mothers’ coping repertoire. Journal of Public Health Nursing 24(6), 491-502.

Varcoe, C., & Ford-Gilboe, M. (2006). Toward a Better Understanding of the Real Costs of Intimate-Partner Violence Against Women. AWARE. BC Institute Against Family Violence Newsletter. Special Issue on Health and Violence.

Wuest, J. (2006). Towards understanding women’s health through a social determinants lens. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 38(1), 3-6.

Wuest, J., Ford-Gilboe, M., Merritt-Gray, M. & Lemire, S. (2006). Using grounded theory to generate a theoretical understanding of the effects of child custody policy on women’s health promotion in the context of intimate partner violence.  Health Care for Women International, 27(6), 490-512.

Ford-Gilboe, M., Wuest, J. & Merritt-Gray. (2005). Strengthening capacity to limit intrusion: Theorizing family health promotion in the aftermath of woman abuse. Qualitative Health Research, 15 (4), 477-501.

MacIntosh, J. (2006). Experiences of work place bullying in a rural area.  Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 26(9), 893-910.

Mulvihill, D. (2005). The health impact of childhood trauma: An interdisciplinary review (1997-2003). Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, 28(2), 115-136.

Ford-Gilboe, M. (2004). Scholarship in health promotion: Complexity and challenge. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 36(1), 9-11.

Woolhouse, S., Brown, JB., & Lent, B. (2004). Women marginalized by poverty and violence: How patient-physician relationships can help. Canadian Family Physician, 50, 1388-94.

Wuest, J., Merritt-Gray, M., & Ford-Gilboe, M. (2004). Regenerating family: Strengthening the    emotional health of mothers and children in the context of intimate partner violence. Advances in Nursing Science, 27(4), 257-274.

Wuest, J., Ford-Gilboe, M., Merritt-Gray, M., & Berman, H. (2003). Intrusion: The basic social problem for health promotion in single-parent families with a history of woman abuse. Qualitative Health Research, 13(5), 597-622.

Book Chapters

Ford-Gilboe, M., Varcoe, C., Wuest, J., & Merritt-Gray, M. (Forthcoming). Intimate Partner Violence and Nursing Practice. In J. Humphreys and J. Campbell (Eds.), Nursing Care of Survivors of Family Violence (Chapter 5). New York: Springer.

Guruge, S. (Forthcoming). Perceptions of and responses to intimate male partner violence: Findings from a study in the Sri Lankan Tamil community in Toronto.In J.S.F. Fong (Ed). Out of the Shadows: Woman Abuse in Ethnic, Immigrant and Aboriginal Communities. Canadian Scholars Press.

Hyman, I., Guruge, S., Mason, R., Gould, J., Stuckless, N., Tang, T., Teffera, H., & Mekonnen, G. (Forthcoming). Post-migration changes in gender relations among Ethiopian immigrants in Toronto. In J.S.F. Fong (Ed). Out of the Shadows: Woman Abuse in Ethnic, Immigrant and Aboriginal Communities. Canadian Scholars Press.

Reid, C. Ponic, P. Hara, L., LeDrew, R., Kaweesi, C., and Besla, K. (in press). Insights Multiplied: Deepening the analysis of work and women’s health with a provincial intersectional research team.  In O. Hankivsky (Ed.) Intersectionality and Health Research in Canada.  University of British Columbia Press.

Reid, C., Ponic, P., Hara, L., LeDrew, R., Kaweesi, C., and Besla, K. (in press). Living an ethical agreement: Negotiating confidentiality and harm in a feminist participatory action research project. In G. Creese & W. Frisby (Eds.) Feminist Methodologies in Community Research. University of British Columbia Press.

Samuels-Dennis, J., Ford-Gilboe, M., Avison, W., Ray, S., & Wilk, P. (Forthcoming). The Intersectionality Model of Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. In O. Hankivsky (Ed). Intersectionality and Health Research in Canada. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press.

Varcoe, C. & Einboden, R. (in press). Family violence and ethics. In J. Humphreys and J. Campbell (Eds.), Nursing Care of Survivors of Family Violence. New York: Springer.

Varcoe, C. (2010). Violence and abuse. In M. McIntyre, & C. McDonald (Eds.) Realities of Canadian Nursing. 3rd Edition (pp. 414-434). Philadelphia: Lippincott, Wilkins & Williams.

Varcoe, C. (2009). Interpersonal violence assessment. In C. Jarvis, A. J. Browne, J. MacDonald-Jenkins & M. Luctkar-Flude (Eds.) Physical Examination and Health Assessment: First Canadian Edition (pp. 121-135): Elsevier.

Varcoe, C. (2009). Inequality, violence and women's health. In B. S. Bolaria & H. Dickinson (Eds.) Health, illness and health care in Canada 4th ed., (pp. 259-282). Toronto: Nelson.

Guruge, S., & Collins, E. (Eds.). (2008). Working with Women: Issues and Strategies for Mental Health Professionals. Toronto, ON: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).

Collins, E., & Guruge, S. (2008). Theoretical perspectives and conceptual frameworks. In S. Guruge & E. Collins (Eds.). (2008). Working with Women: Issues and Strategies for Mental Health Professionals.Toronto, ON: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) (pp.19-38).

Hankivsky, O., & Varcoe, C. (2007). From global to local and over the rainbow: Violence against women. In M. Morrow, O. Hankivsky & C. Varcoe (Eds.). Women's health in Canada: Critical perspectives on theory and policy (pp. 478-507). Toronto: University of Toronto.

Varcoe, C. & Dick, S. (2007). Dulling disconnection: Substance use and violence experiences of rural and aboriginal women. In Poole, N & Greaves, L. (Eds.). Highs and Lows: Canadian Perspectives on Women's Substance Use. (pp. 79-184).Center for Addiction and Mental Health.

Haddon, A., Merritt-Gray, M., Wuest, J, & HEAR Research Team.  (2004). Private matters and   public knowledge in rural communities: The paradox.  In M. Sterling, C. Cameron, N. Nason-Clark & B. Miedema, (Eds), Understanding abuse: Partnering for change. (pp. 249-266).  Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press.

Lent, B. (2004).Violence as a Women’s Health Issue.  In R Jones, N. Britten, L. Culpepper, D. Gass, R. Grol, M. Mant & C. Silagy (Eds), Oxford Textbook of Primary Medical Care. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Varcoe, C. (2004). Widening the scope of ethical theory, practice and policy: Violence against women as an illustration. In J. Storch, P., Rodney & R. Starzomski. (Eds.). Toward a Moral Horizon: Nursing Ethics for Leadership and Practice. (pp. 414-432). Toronto: Pearson.

Wuest, J., & Merritt-Gray, M.  (2004). Family violence as a social determinant of health.  In J. Ruggeri & W. Yu, (Eds.), Determinants of health: An Atlantic perspective.  (pp. 85-109).  Fredericton: Policy Studies Centre, University of New Brunswick.

Articles Under Review

Mulvihill, D., Ford-Gilboe, M., Berman, H., Forchuk, C. & Csernick, R. Ecological models and their application to women who have experienced intimate partner violence, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and alcohol dependency. Journal of Advanced Nursing.

Mulvihill, D., Ford-Gilboe, M., Berman, H., Forchuk, C. & Csernick, R. Seeking and obtaining help for alcohol dependence by women with posttraumatic stress disorder and a history of intimate partner violence. Qualitative Health Research.

Ponic, P. and Frisby, W. Unpacking assumptions about ‘inclusion’ in community   based health promotion: Perspectives of women living in poverty. Qualitative Health Research.

Ponic, P., Reid, C., and Frisby, W. Cultivating the power of partnerships in feminist participatory action research in women’s health. Nursing Inquiry, Special Edition on Participatory Health Research.

Ponic, P., Varcoe, C., Davies, L., Ford-Gilboe, M., Wuest, J., & Hammerton, J. Moving ≠ leaving: Housing patterns of women who have left an abusive partner. Violence Against Women.

Samuels-Dennis, J., Ford-Gilboe, M., Avison, W., M., Ray, S., & Wilk, P. Type and timing of traumatic experiences and rates of PTSD among low-income single mothers. Journal of Family Violence.

Samuels-Dennis, J. Cumulative trauma, personal and social resources, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among single mothers receiving social assistance. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.  

Sidani, S., Guruge, S., Miranda, J., Ford-Gilboe, M., & Varcoe, C. Culturally Responsive Methodology for Adaptation and Translation of Measures. Research in Nursing and  Health.

Varcoe, C., Hankivsky, O., Ford-Gilboe, M., Wuest, J., & Wilk, P & Campbell. J. Attributing selected costs to intimate partner violence in a sample of women who have left abusive partners: A social determinants of health approach. Canadian Public Policy.

Wuest, J., Ford-Gilboe, M., Merritt-Gray, M., Wilk, P., Campbell, J., Lent, B., Varcoe, C., & Smye. V. Pathways of chronic pain in survivors of intimate partner violence: Considering abuse-related injury, symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, depressive symptoms, and child abuse. Women’s Health Issues.