Health Systems Impacts of COVID-19 Variants
Public Health and Health Systems Impacts of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern: Rapid Scoping Review
Project Status:Complete
Knowledge User(s)
Alberta Health Services, Public Health Agency of Canada
Patient/Public Partner(s)
Trudy Flynn, Rebecca Mackay
Project Trainee(s)
Mari Somerville, Justine Dol
Collaborator(s)
Jason LeBlanc, Lisa Barrett, Jeannette Comeau, Lynora Saxinger
Funding Source(s)
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) through COVID-END
Project Objectives
To provide a synthesis of current evidence and guidance documents related to public health measures and health systems arrangements associated with variants of concern.
Research Approach
Living Evidence Synthesis, Rapid Scoping Review
Project Lead(s)
Janet Curran
Janet Curran is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing and the Department of Emergency Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University. She is Co-Director of the Aligning Health Needs and Evidence for Transformative Change: Joanna Briggs Centre in the School of Nursing and holds a scientific appointment in pediatrics and emergency medicine at the Izaak Walton Killam Health Centre.
Dr. Curran’s program of research is focused on developing and evaluating interventions to improve transitions in care for children and their families/caregivers. She received the Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC) Terry Klassen Young Investigator Award and the Dalhousie University Faculty of Health Professions Early Career Research Excellence Award in 2015. Her program of research is supported by a CIHR New Investigator Award in Knowledge Translation and her research is directly informed by the inclusion of multiple stakeholders (patients, caregivers, clinicians, and administrators). She currently leads a CIHR-NSHRF funded multi-centred national study exploring best practice strategies for discharge communication in paediatric emergency practice settings.
Janet Curran
Dalhousie University, Maritimes SPOR SUPPORT Unit
Janet Curran is an Associate Professor in the School of...
Project Outputs
Research Brief #1 (Health Systems Impacts – May 2021)
Research Brief #2 (Public Health Impacts – May 2021)
Research Brief #3 (Public Health Implications – Sept 2021)
Research Brief #4 (Public Health Implications – Oct 2021)
Research Brief #5 (Public Health Implications – Dec 2021)
Plain Language Summary #1 (ENG)
Plain Language Summary #1 (FR)
Report Update #1 (Public Health Implications – Jul 2021)
Report Update #2 (Provincial and Territorial Response – Aug 2021)
Report Update #3 (Public Health Implications – Sept 2021)
Report Update #4 (Provincial and Territorial Response – Oct 2021)
Report Update #5 (Public Health Implications – Oct 2021)
Report Update #5 (Public Health Implications Evidence Table – Oct 2021)
Report Update #6 (Provincial and Territorial Response – Nov 2021)
Report Update #7 (Public Health Implications – Dec 2021)
Report Update #7 (Public Health Implications Evidence Table – Dec 2021)