Janet Yamada

Dr. Yamada is an associate professor at the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing. She completed her PhD in Nursing Science at the University of Toronto and a post-doctoral fellowship in knowledge translation/implementation science methods at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Her research focuses on theory-informed strategies to improve health care professionals' practices. Areas of expertise include quantitative research methods including systematic reviews, and measurement of intervention fidelity.

Teaching Responsibilities:

• MN 8901: Quantitative Research Methods: Design and Critical Appraisal
• MN 8902: Qualitative Research Methods: Design and Critical Appraisal
• NSE 212: Quantitative Methods, Design and Statistical Analysis in Nursing Research
• NSE 222: Qualitative Methods, Design and Analysis in Nursing Research
• NUR 80A/B: Research Design, Measurement, Applications
• NSE 21: Concepts: Individual and Family

Teaching Interests:

• Research Methods (quantitative and qualitative methods)
• Systematic Reviews
• Knowledge Translation

Research Interests:

• Health care professional behaviour change
• Implementation science in pediatric health conditions
• Symptom management
• Systematic reviews and meta-analyses

External Funding:

• Fox, M (PI), Cowan, J., Day, A.,  Dahlke, S.,  Durocher, E.,  Kastner, M., Macdonald, M.,  McFarlan, J.,  McNeil, D.. Nowrouzi-Kia, B.,Peel, A., Rydall, M., Sidani, S., Skinner, M., Yamada, J. Collaborating with healthcare providers to design an implementation plan for an evidence-based hospital-to-home transitional care intervention for older adults in rural communities. Funding Source: CIHR Transitions in Care (TiC)– Best and Wise Practices Operating Grant.  ($100,000)
• 2018-2019: Ballantyne, M (PI)., Cohen, E., Church, P., Fehlings, D., McPherson, A., Sidani, S., Yamada, J. Engaging parents and providers in the selection of evidence-based interventions: Improving transition from neonatal to developmental/rehabilitation services. Catalyst Grant. Funding Source:  Bloorview Research Institute. ($10,000)
• 2018-2020: Gupta, S (PI)., Foran, V., Goel, S., Hayes, A., Kaplan., A., Madeley, C., Sutherland, J., Boulet, L.P., Chignall, M., Licksai, C., Straus, S., Wilkinson, A.,  Yamada, J. A novel asthma eHealth application for self-management, improved health literacy, and shared decision making. Funding Source: CIHR Catalyst Grant: Personalized Health Catalyst Grants. ($197,559)
• 2017-2022: Wong, J. P. (NPI), Fung, K., Li, A., Tsang, K.A., Vahabi, M. (Co-PI) Bosma, H., Liu, J., Hilario, C., Poon, M., Sin, R., Watt., L., Yamada, J. Linking Hearts: Advancing Mental Health Care of University Students Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration: An Implementation Research at Universities in Jinan, Shandong, China.    Funding Source: CIHR (GACD: Mental Health – CIHR-NSFC Canada-China Team Grant, $1,074,971) 
• 2017-2019: Yamada, J. (PI), Gupta, S. (Co-PI), Straus, S., Goel, S., Kaplan, A., Boulet. L.P. A Theoretical approach to identifying the barriers and enablers to using an electronic asthma management system in primary care. Funding Source: Canadian Lung Association. The Lung Association Provincial Grant-in-Aid/National Grant Review competition. ($44,520)
• 2016-2023: Stevens, B., (PI), Barwick, M., Chambers, C., Campbell-Yeo, M.,  Estabrooks, C., Gibbins, S., Harrison, D., Isaranuwatchai, W., Le May, S., Noel, M., Slotta, J., Stinson, J., Synnes, A., Willan, A., Yamada, J. Effective Knowledge translation strategies for enhancing impact and improving outcomes in infant pain. Funding Source: CIHR Foundation Scheme-2015 2^nd Live Pilot Stage 2. ($3,823,346)
• 2015-2016: Principal Investigator: Yamada J., Grimshaw J., Cave A., Johnson D. A Primary care pathway for managing paediatric asthma: Optimizing implementation strategies using a behaviour change approach (Post-doctoral research funded by Alberta Innovates Health Solutions and PRIHS: Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Health System: $40,000
• 2013:-2018: Stevens B, Ballantyne M, Campbell-Yeo M, Estabrooks CA, Gibbins S, Harrison D, McNair C, Sidani S, Squires J, Synnes A, Taddio A, Widger K, Willan A, Yamada J. Sucrose Practices for Pain in Neonates (SPiN): A Program of Research. CIHR Operating grant: $947,340

Internal Funding:

• 2019-2020  Yamada, J.(CoPI),  Gupta, S (CoPI). Barriers and enablers to objective testing for asthma and COPD in primary care. Funding Source: Ryerson Internal Health Research Fund Competition. Ryerson University.  ($6,924)
• 2018-2019: Yamada, J. (PI).  Ballantyne, M. (Co-PI), Sidani, S. Engaging families in the selection of evidence-based interventions. Improving transition to developmental/rehabilitation services for parents of children born preterm and with a disability. Funding Source: Faculty of Community Services 2017 Seed Project Grant. Ryerson University. ($4,910)

Book Chapters

• Harrison, D., Anseloni, V., Yamada, J., & Bueno, M. (2021). Sucrose and Sweet Taste. In Stevens, B.J., Hathway, G., & Zempsky, W.T. (Eds.). Oxford Textbook of Pediatric Pain: Second edition. Oxford University Press.
• Yamada, J., & Hutchinson, A., & Li, S.A. (2021). Theory-informed approaches to translating pain evidence into practice. In Stevens, B.J., Hathway, G., & Zempsky, W.T. (Eds.). Oxford Textbook of Pediatric Pain: Second edition. Oxford University Press.

Journal Articles

• Yamada, J., Kouri, A., Simard, S. N., Lam Shin Cheung, J., Segovia, S., & Gupta, S. (2023). Improving computerized decision support system interventions: A qualitative study combining the theoretical domains framework with the GUIDES Checklist. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 23(1), 226. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-023-02273-6.
• Yamada, J., Bueno, M., Santos, L., Haliburton, S., Campbell-Yeo, M., & Stevens, B. (2023). Sucrose analgesia for heel-lance procedures in neonates. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023(8). https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD014806.
• Bueno, M., Ballantyne, M., Campbell‐Yeo, M., Estabrooks, C., Gibbins, S., Harrison, D., McNair, C., Riahi, S., Squires, J., Synnes, A., Taddio, A., Victor, C., Yamada, J., & Stevens, B. (2023). A longitudinal observational study on the epidemiology of painful procedures and sucrose administration in hospitalized preterm neonates. Paediatric and Neonatal Pain, pne2.12114. https://doi.org/10.1002/pne2.12114.
• Bueno, M., Yamada, J., Candido, L., Hu, J., & Stevens, B. (2023). Sucrose analgesia for venepuncture in neonates. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023(9). https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD015221.
• Bueno, M., Ballantyne, M., Campbell-Yeo, M., Estabrooks, C. A., Gibbins, S., Harrison, D., McNair, C., Riahi, S., Squires, J., Synnes, A., Taddio, A., Victor, C., Yamada, J., & Stevens, B. (2023). The effectiveness of repeated sucrose for procedural pain in neonates in a longitudinal observational study. Frontiers in Pain Research, 4, 1110502. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpain.2023.1110502.
• Kouri, A., Yamada, J., Lam Shin Cheung, J., Van de Velde, S., & Gupta, S. (2022). Do providers use computerized clinical decision support systems? A systematic review and meta-regression of clinical decision support uptake. Implementation Science, 17(1), 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-022-01199-3.
• Yamada, J., Lam Shin Cheung, J., Gagne, M., Spiegel-Feld, C., Aaron, S. D., FitzGerald, J. M., Gershon, A. S., & Gupta, S. (2022). Barriers and enablers to objective testing for asthma and COPD in primary care. A systematic review using the Theoretical Domains Framework. CHEST, 161(4), 888–905. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2021.10.030.
• Wong, J. P.-H., Jia, C.-X., Vahabi, M., Liu, J. J. W., Li, A. T.-W., Cong, X., Poon, M. K.-L., Yamada, J., Ning, X., Gao, J., Cheng, S., Sun, G., Wang, X., & Fung, K. P.-L. (2021). Promoting the mental health of university students in China: Protocol for contextual assessment to inform intervention design and adaptation. JMIR Research Protocols, 10(5), e25009. https://doi.org/10.2196/25009.
• Cheng, S., An, D., Yao, Z., Liu, J. J.-W., Ning, X., Wong, J. P.-H., Fung, K. P.-L., Vahabi, M., Poon, M. K.-L., Yamada, J., Cheng, S., Gao, J., Cong, X., Sun, G., Li, A. T.-W., Wang, X., & Jia, C. (2021). Association between mental health knowledge level and depressive symptoms among Chinese college students. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(4), 1850. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041850.
• Yamada, J., Kouri, A., Simard, S.-N., Segovia, S. A., & Gupta, S. (2020). Barriers and enablers to using a patient-facing electronic questionnaire: A qualitative Theoretical Domains Framework analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(10), e19474. https://doi.org/10.2196/19474.
• Kouri, A., Yamada, J., Sale, J. E. M., Straus, S. E., & Gupta, S. (2020). Primary care pre-visit electronic patient questionnaire for asthma: Uptake analysis and predictor modeling. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(9), e19358. https://doi.org/10.2196/19358.
• Yamada, J., Ballantyne, M., Kron, A., & Sidani, S. (2020). Parents’ perceptions of evidence-based interventions to support transition to rehabilitation services (external link) . Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. 0(0): 1-11.
• Bueno, M., Stevens, B., Rao, M., Riahi, S., Lanese, A., Li, S-A, & the CIHR ImPaC Resource Team (Willan, A.R., Synnes, A., Estabrooks, C.A., Chambers, C.T., Harrison, D., Yamada, J., Stinson, J., Campbell-Yeo, M., Barwick, M.A., Noel, M., Gibbins, S., LeMay, S., Isaranuwatchai, W. (2020). Usability, acceptability and feasibility of the Implementation of Infant Pain Practice Change (ImPaC) Resource. Paediatric & Neonatal Pain, 00:1–11.
  
• Fox, M.T., Butler, J.I., Sidani, S., Duorcher, E., Nowrouzi-Kia., B., Yamada, J., Dahlke, S. Skinner, M.W. (2020). Collaborating with healthcare providers to understand their perspectives on a hospital-to-home warning signs intervention for rural transitional care: Protocol of a multi-method descriptive study (external link) . BMJ Open,10(4), e034698.
•  Bueno, M., Stevens, B., Barwick, M. A., Riahi, S., Li, S.A., Lanese, A., Willan, A., Synnes, A., Estabrooks, C.A., Chambers, C.T., Harrison, D., Yamada, J., Stinson, J., Campbell-Yeo, M., Noel, M., Gibbins, S., LeMay, S., & Isaranuwatchai, W. (2020). A cluster randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the Implementation of Infant Pain Practice Change (ImPaC) Resource to improve pain practices in hospitalized infants: a study protocol (external link) . Trials, 21(1).
•  Turgeon, A.F., Dorrance, K.,  Archambault, P., Lauzier, F., Lamontagne, F., Zarychanski, R., Fowler, R., Moore, L., Lacroix, J., English, S., Boutin, A., Muscedere, J., Burns, K.E.A., Griesdale, D., McIntyre, L.A., Scales, D., Bernard, F., Yamada, J., & Squires, J.E (2019). Factors influencing decisions by critical care physicians to withdraw life-sustaining treatments in critically ill patients with severe traumatic brain injury (external link) . Canadian Medical Association Journal, 191(24), E652–E663.
  
• Stevens, B., Yamada, J., Campbell-Yeo, M., Gibbins, S., Harrison, D., Dionne, K., Taddio, A., McNair, C., Willan, A., Ballantyne, M., M., Widger, K., Sidani, S., Estabrooks, C., Synnes, A., Squires, J., Victor, C. , Riahi, S. ( 2018). The minimally effective dose of sucrose for procedural pain relief in neonates: A randomized control trial. BMC Pediatrics.18:85.
• Yamada, J., Potestio, M., Cave, A.J., Sharpe, H., Johnson, D.W., Patey, A.M., Presseau, J., Grimshaw, J.M. (2018). Using the theoretical domains framework to identify barriers and enablers to pediatric asthma management in primary care settings (external link) . Journal of Asthma, 55(11), 1223–1236.
  
• Yamada, J., Squires, J., Estabrooks, C.A., Victor, C., Stevens, B., CIHR Team in Children’s Pain. (2017). The role of organizational context in moderating the effect of research use on pain outcomes in hospitalized children: a cross sectional study (external link) . BMC Health Services Research, 17:68.
• Stevens, B., Yamada, J., Promislow, S., Barwick, M., Pinard, M., CIHR Team in Children’s Pain (2016). Pain assessment and management after a knowledge translation booster intervention Pediatrics, 138(4): e2 0153468.
• Stevens, B., Yamada, J., Ohlsson, A., Haliburton, S.,Shorkey, A. (2016). Sucrose for analgesia undergoing painful procedures (external link) . (2016). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 7. Art. No.: CD001069.
• Harrison, D., Yamada, J., Adams-Webber, T., Ohlsson, A., Beyene, J., Stevens, B. Sweet tasting solutions for reduction of needle-related procedural pain in children aged one to 16 years. (2015). Cochrane Database Syst Rev, May 5;5:CD008408.
• Yamada, J., Shorkey, A., Barwick M., Widger, K., Stevens, B. (2015). The effectiveness of knowledge translation toolkits for integrating evidence into clinical care: A systematic review (external link) .  BMJ Open, 5, e006808.
• Gibbins, S., Stevens, B., Dionne, K., Yamada, J., Pillai Riddell, R., McGrath.,…Johnston, C. (2015). Perceptions of health professionals on pain in extremely low gestational age infants (external link) , Qualitative Health Research, 25(6):763-74.
• Yamada, J., Stevens, B., Sidani, S., & Watt-Watson, J. (2015). Test of a Process Evaluation Checklist to Improve Neonatal Pain Practices (external link) . Western Journal of Nursing Research.
• Lee, G. Y., Yamada, J., Kyololo, O., Shorkey, A., & Stevens, B. (2014). Pediatric clinical practice guidelines for acute procedural pain: a systematic review (external link) . Pediatrics, 133(3), 500-515.
• Stevens, B., Yamada, J., Promislow, S., Stinson, J., Harrison, D., Victor, C., & CIHR Team in Children’s Pain. (2014). Implementation of multidimensional knowledge translation strategies to improve procedural pain in hospitalized children. Implementation Science, 9,120.
• Stevens, B. J., Yamada, J., Estabrooks, C. A., Stinson, J., Campbell, F., Scott, S. D., . . . CIHR Team in Children’s Pain. (2014). Pain in hospitalized children: Effect of a multidimensional knowledge translation strategy on pain process and clinical outcomes (external link) . Pain, 155(1), 60-68.
  
• Gibbins, S., Stevens, B. J., Yamada, J., Dionne, K., Campbell-Yeo, M., Lee, G., . . . Taddio, A. (2014). Validation of the Premature Infant Pain Profile-Revised (PIPP-R) (external link) . Early Human Development, 90(4), 189-193.
• Stevens, B. J., Gibbins, S., Yamada, J., Dionne, K., Lee, G., Johnston, C., & Taddio, A. (2014). The premature infant pain profile-revised (PIPP-R): initial validation and feasibility (external link) . Clinical Journal of Pain, 30(3), 238-243.
• Widger, K., Stevens, B., Siden, H., Liben, S., Yamada, J., Adams-Webber, T., & Rapoport, A. (2014). A scoping review on pain assessment and management in pediatric palliative care. Journal of Palliative Care, 30(3), 195
• Rashotte, J., Coburn, G., Harrison, D., Stevens, B. J., Yamada, J., Abbott, L. K., & CIHR Team in Children’s Pain. (2013). Health care professionals' pain narratives in hospitalized children's medical records. Part 1: pain descriptors. Pain Research and Management, 18(5), e75-83.
• Rashotte, J., Harrison, D., Coburn, G., Yamada, J., Stevens, B. J., & CIHR Team in Children’s Pain. (2013). Health care professionals' pain narratives in hospitalized children's medical records. Part 2: structure and content. Pain Research and Management, 18(5), e84-93.
• Bueno, M., Yamada, J., Harrison, D., Khan, S., Ohlsson, A., Adams-Webber, T., . . . Stevens, B. (2013). A systematic review and meta-analyses of nonsucrose sweet solutions for pain relief in neonates. Pain Research and Management, 18(3), 153-161.
• Yamada, J., Stevens, B., Sidani, S., Watt-Watson, J., & de Silva, N. (2010). Content validity of a process evaluation checklist to measure intervention implementation fidelity of the EPIC intervention. Worldviews of Evidence-Based Nursing, 7(3), 158-164.

• Dean’s Scholarly, Research and Creative Activity Award-FCS Pre-tenured Faculty, Ryerson University (2018)
• Sigma Theta Tau International Lamba Pi-At-Large Chapter, Award of Merit for an Outstanding PhD Thesis, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (2013)
• Grace Evelyn Simpson Reeves Nursing Research Excellence Award, The Hospital for Sick Children (2013)
• Doctoral Completion Grant, University of Toronto School of Graduate Studies (2009, 2010)
• Fellowship, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (2008-2012)