Research and Evaluation staff have authored and co-authored articles that have been published in peer-reviewed journals. Articles from 2005 to the present are profiled here with complete reference information and pdf versions of the full article.

    Peer-Reviewed Publications



  1. Twells LK, Bridger T, Knight JC, Alaghehbandan R, Barrett B. Obesity Predicts Primary Health Care Visits: A Cohort Study, Population Health Management, Nov 16, 2011.

  2. MacDonald, D. Assessing physicians' perceptions of the benefits of PACS - a regional survey pre- and post-PACS implementation. Diagnostic Imaging Europe

  3. Newhook LA, Penney S, Fiander J, & Dowden J. Incidence of type 1 diabetes in children 0-14 years in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada climbs to over 50/100,000. Pediatric Diabetes.

  4. MacDonald, D., Alaghehbandan, R. The Electronic Health Record: Opportunities and Challenges for Secondary Uses. Touch Briefings 2011.

  5. Alaghehbandan, R., Sikdar, K.C., MacDonald, D., Gladney, N., Collins, K.D. Epidemiology of severe burn injury among children in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Burns (Accepted July 2011).

  6. De Silva, T.S., MacDonald, D., Paterson, G., Sikdar, K.C., Cochrane, B. Systematized nomenclature of medicine clinical terms (SNOMED CT) to represent computed tomography procedures. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 2011; 101(3): 324-329.
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  7. Worrall, G.J. and Knight, J.C. Continuity of Care is good for Elderly People with Diabetes: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Mortality & Hospitalization. Canadian Family Physician 2011;57 (2001) e16-20.
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  8. Gulliver, W.P., MacDonald, D., Gladney, N., Alaghehbandan, R. Long-term prognosis and comorbidities associated with psoriasis in the Newfoundland and Labrador founder population. Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery, 15(1):37-47, 2011
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  9. Sikdar, K.C., Wang, P.P., MacDonald, D., Gadag, V. Diabetes and Its Impact on Health-related Quality of Life: A Life Table Analysis. Quality of Life Research, 2010; 19: 781-87.
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  10. Gao, Y., MacDonald, D., Collins, K.D., Alaghehbandan, R., Chen, Y. The role of social support in the relationship between sexually transmitted infection and depression among young women in Canada. Journal of Epidemiology, 20(4):313-318, 2010.
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  11. Sikdar, K.C., Alaghehbandan, R., MacDonald, D., Barrett, B., Collins, K.D., Donnan, J. Gadag, V. Adverse drug events in adult patients leading to emergency department visits in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy , 44:641-649, 2010.
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  12. Sikdar, K.C., Alaghehbandan, R., MacDonald D., et al. Adverse drug events among children presenting to a hospital emergency department in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 19(2):132-140, 2010.
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  13. Alaghehbandan, R., Sikdar, K.C., MacDonald, D., Collins, K.D., Rossignol, A.M. Unintentional injuries among children and adolescents in aboriginal and non-aboriginal communities, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 69(1):61-71, 2010.
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  14. Twells, L.K., Knight, J.C., Alaghehbandan, R. The relationship between body mass index, subjective report of chronic disease and the use of health care services in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Population Health Management, 13(1):47-53, 2010.
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  15. Sikdar, K.C., Alaghehbandan, R., MacDonald D., Barrett, B., Collins, K.D., Gadag, V. Adverse drug events among children presenting to a hospital emergency department in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 19(2):132-140, 2010.
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  16. El-Aneed, A., Alaghehbandan, R., Gladney, N., Collins, K.D., MacDonald, D., Fischer, B. An overview of prescription drug abuse and methods of diversion: Case study of the potential role of a pharmacy network in Newfoundland and Labrador. Journal of Substance Use, 14(2):75-83, 2009.
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  17. Knight, J.C., Dowden, J.J., Worrall, G.J. Gadag, V.G., Murphy, M.M. Does higher continuity of family physician care reduce hospitalization in elderly people with diabetes? Population Health Management, 12(2):81-6. 2009.
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  18. MacDonald, D., Murray, M., Collins, K.D., Simms, A., Fowler, K., Felt, L., Edwards, A.C., Alaghehbandan, R. Challenges and opportunities for using administrative data to explore changes in health status: A study of the closure of the Newfoundland cod fishery. Population Health Management, 12(6):345-352, 2009.
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  19. MacDonald, D., Neville, D. Evaluating the implementation of picture archiving and communication systems in Newfoundland and Labrador - A cost benefit analysis. Journal of Digital Imaging, 2009 Aug 26. [Epub ahead of print].
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  20. Edwards, N., Alaghehbandan, R., MacDonald, D., Collins, K.D., Sikdar, K.C., Avis, S. Suicide in Newfoundland and Labrador: A linkage study using medical examiner and vital statistics data. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 53(4):252-259, 2008.
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  21. Collins, K.D., MacDonald, D., Gulliver, W., Alaghehbandan, R., Gladney, N. Mortality profiles of patients with psoriasis in the Newfoundland and Labrador Founder population. Annals of Epidemiology 17(9):725-6; 2007.
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  22. Alaghehbandan, R., Collins, K.D., MacDonald, D. Hospitalization due to pneumonia among Innu, Inuit and non-Aboriginal people, Newfoundland and Labrador. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 11(1):23-28, 2007.
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  23. Alaghehbandan, R., Collins, K.D., Newhook, L.A., MacDonald, D. Childhood type 1 diabetes mellitus in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 74(1):82-89, 2006.
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  24. Worrall, G.J., Knight, J.C. Continuity of care for older patients in family practice: How important is it? Canadian Family Physician 52:754-755, 2006.
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  25. Alaghehbandan, R., Gates, K.D., MacDonald, D. Suicide attempts and associated factors in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1998-2000. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 50(12):762-68, 2005.
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  26. MacDonald, D., Neville, D., Priddle, M. Community pharmacists' expectations of a pharmacy network: A baseline evaluation. Canadian Pharmacists Journal 138(5):50-58, 2005.
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    27. Accepted for Publication



  27. Donnan, J.R., Ungar, W.J., Mathews, M., Rahman, P. Systematic review of thiopurine methyltransferase genotype and enzymatic testing strategies. In press, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, 2011

  28. Donnan, J.R., Ungar, W.J., Mathews, M., Hancock-Howard, R.L., Rahman, P ."A Cost Effectiveness Analysis Of Thiopurine Methyltransferase Testing For Guiding 6-Mercaptopurine Dosing In Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. In press, Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 2011.

  29. Twells, L.K., Bridger, T., Knight, J., Alaghehbandan, R. and Barrett, B. Obesity predicts primary health care visits: a cohort study. Population Health Management (accepted)

  30. Harris, Stewart B.; Naqshbandi, Mariam; Bhattacharyya, Onil; Hanley, Anthony J.G.; Esler, James; Zinman, Bernard; CIRCLE Study Group. Major Gaps in Diabetes Clinical Care among Canada's First Nations: Results of the CIRCLE Study. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice (In press).

  31. Naqshbandi, Mariam; Harris, Stewart B.; Macaulay, Ann; Comeau, Jinette; CIRCLE Study Group. Lessons Learned in Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Build a National Diabetes Collaborative in Canada. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action (In press).



    32. Submitted for Publication



  32. Sikdar, K.C., Dowden, J., Alaghehbandan, R., MacDonald, D., Wang, P.P., Gadag, V. Comorbid conditions as predictors of adverse drug reactions in elderly hospitalized patients: A retrospective cohort design. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (Submitted January 2011)

  33. MacDonald, D., Neville D., Alaghehbandan R. Evaluating the Implementation of Picture Archiving and Communication Systems in Newfoundland and Labrador - An Analysis of Report Turn-Around-Times; British Journal of Radiology (Submitted December 2009).

  34. MacDonald, D., Neville D., Alaghehbandan R. Referring Physicians Perceived Benefits of PACS - A Regional Survey Pre and Post PACS Implementation. Journal of Digital Imaging (Submitted December 2009).

  35. Dowden J.J., Sikdar K.C., Wang P. Association between self-perceived occupational stress and binge drinking: an examination of income differences in a representative sample of working Canadian. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health (Submitted November 2009).