Author: Anna Desimone

The Strong Families lab would like to wish Dr. Mackenzie Martin a huge congratulations on receiving the Banting Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. Dr. Mackenzie Martin is a Canadian Rhodes Scholar from Edmonton, Alberta. Mackenzie’s research focuses on developing, implementing, and evaluating […]

The purpose of the present report is to summarize the findings of our third Ontario Parent Survey (OPS3), a follow-up survey conducted from August 24th to November 9th, 2022, approximately one- and two-years after our first (OPS1; 2020), and second […]

A huge congratulations to our Strong Families doctoral student, Katrina Abela, on being awarded the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral (CGS-D). Katrina is currently working under the supervision of Dr. Andrea Gonzalez within the Department […]

Analyzing the Engagement of Racial and Ethnic Minority Children in Mental Health Services: A Focus on Barriers and Facilitators. The objective of this scoping review was to identify barriers and facilitators related to the engagement of racial and ethnic minority […]

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Health Equity Impact Assessments (HEIAs) should be conducted prior ti implementing new policy, programming, or initiatives. McMaster’s Offord Centre for Child Studies evaluated two group-based parenting programs to access health equity of caregivers to young children. Conducting a HEIA: ENG […]

The Strong Families lab at McMaster University has developed and will be facilitating psychoeducational stress workshops, ‘DESSERTS spelled backwards is STRESSED, but there’s not much sweet about it!’ that are targeted for children aged 7-12 years. Our goal is to […]

The McMaster Institute for Research on Aging – Intergenerational Study (MIRA-iGeN) has officially launched in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area (GTHA). The study aims to create an intergenerational cohort that includes grandparents, their children, and their grandchildren to investigate […]

The Promoting Healthy Families study completed the final wave of recruitment for the parenting programs offered at various agencies in Ontario. We have a total of 517 participants, who have either completed the programs and study visits; are attending the […]

Project summary: The research team recently published a manuscript in the journal of Child Abuse & Neglect, using data collected from the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study (OCHS). The 2014 OCHS is a province-wide study of child and youth health. […]