Oct. 4 2024 | Opioid-specific harm reduction in the emergency department: how staff provide harm reduction and contextual factors that impact their capacity to engage in harm reduction practice
Authors: Sunny Jiao, Vicky Bungay, Emily Jenkins and Marilou Gagnon Publication: Harm Reduction Journal Volume: 21 What we know Emergency department staff are most directly involved in the care of people who use unregulated substances. As a result, they are ideally positioned to provide harm reduction interventions. Through self-administered staff surveys and one-on-one interviews, we […]
Feb. 15 2024 | A to Z’s and Beyond of Research Grant Navigation: Application to Study Completion
Presented by Drs. Shahin Kassam and Vicky Bungay on April 3, 2024 from 12-1pm PST (rescheduled from March 6). The presentation will be online through Zoom Meetings. Click on the title for more details.
Oct. 3 2023 | How an emergency department is organized to provide opioid-specific harm reduction and facilitators and barriers to harm reduction implementation: a systems perspective
Congratulations to PhD candidate Sunny Jiao on this amazing work in the area of harm reduction and healthcare. Read this excellent analysis of policy shaping care in emergency departments.
Mar. 14 2023 | Health Care Organization – Graduate Student Partnerships: Navigating Research Relationships and Engaging in Integrated Knowledge Translation through Embracing Reciprocity
Date: March 30, 2023 from 12-1pm Presented by: Cindy Elliott and Sunny Jiao Room: Online on Zoom Meetings The presentation is now available to watch here. Audio for the Q&A session is available here. In this session, Cindy Elliott, Program Director for Emergency Services at Providence Health Care, and Sunny Jiao, PhD Student at the […]
Oct. 13 2022 | Nurses’ enactment of equity-promoting practices in the emergency department: A discourse analysis
Date: November 4, 2022 Presented by: Dr. Allie Slemon Room: Online on Zoom Meetings The presentation is now available to watch here. Audio for the student Q&A session is available here. Summary: In this session, Dr. Allie Slemon will present an overview of findings from her dissertation research. Her dissertation responds to the significant and […]
Sep. 27 2021 | Analysis of the Social Consequences and Value Implications of the Everyday Discrimination Scale (EDS): Implications for Measurement of Discrimination in Health Research
New Publication led by PhD student Allie Slemon looks at the way discrimination is captured using the Everyday Discrimination Scale in quantitative research, and argues that we may be under-estimating these experiences. Intersectional approaches are needed to understand actual impacts of discrimination!
May 18 2021 | Information and Communication Technologies in Commercial Sex Work: A Double-Edged Sword for Occupational Health and Safety
In this article, published in a special issue of the journal “Social Sciences” dedicated to the occupational health and safety of sex workers, we explore the impact of the use of communication technologies on the occupational health and safety of sex workers in Canada.
Nov. 18 2019 | Behind the scenes at Capacity with Sunny Jiao
Sunny Jiao is a Graduate Research Assistant at Capacity Research Unit and has been a part of our team since September 2016. She is currently a PhD student at the UBC School of Nursing. Having previously worked as a psychiatric liaison nurse in an emergency room, she saw the need for improved service provision, especially for individuals who experience mental health and substance use challenges.
Aug. 27 2019 | This is Capacity
Welcome to the new Capacity Research Unit website! At the Capacity Research Unit, our focus is interdisciplinary research that is community-based and shaped by community-academic collaborations. Together with our partners, we address discrimination and inequities in healthcare and social services. It is important that all of our communication vehicles, including the website, reflect the go-forward research program focus. Hence, our new look!
May 15 2019 | Dr. Bungay receives Award of Excellence from NNPBC
On December 17, 2018 Dr. Bungay was awarded the Excellence in Advancing Nursing Knowledge & Research Award at the inaugural awards ceremony of newly formed Nurses and Nurse Practitioners of BC (NNPBC).
May 13 2019 | We are growing! Stay tuned!
We are in the midst of a busy and exciting time where we are growing and working on our current projects. Check back in August for a new website with lots of updates and news about what is happening at Capacity Research Unit!