Researcher profile - Antonia Arnaert, PhD MPA MSc RN

Current academic and hospital titles

Associate Professor, School of Nursing, McGill University, Montreal

Associate Member, Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal

Faculty Member, McGill Programs in Whole-Person Care, Faculty of medicine, McGill University, Montreal

Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, Centre for Health Services Research and Nursing, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium

Associate member, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, St. Mary’s Hospital Centre, Montreal

Email: antonia.arnaert@mcgill.ca

Current research interests

  • e-health
  • tele-homecare
  • health services
  • nursing interventions
  • holistic care
  • chronic care
  • palliative care

Current and recent research grants and collaborations

Principal Investigator. “Development and Evaluation of a Tele-Homecare Platform for Patients with Cancer and their Family Caregivers.”
Funded by St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation. April 2008 – March 2011.

Principal Investigator. “Hypertension Home Telemonitoring through the use of Blackberries”.
Funded by Health Canada. April 2008 – March 2009

Principal Investigator. “Tele-Homecare Nursing Interventions for Vulnerable People: Development and Preliminary Evaluation”.
Funded by the Quebec Interuniversity Nursing Intervention Research Group June 2007 – December 2008

Representative recent publications

Hutchinson, T., Hutchinson, N., & Arnaert, A. (2008). Whole Person Care: Encompassing the Two Faces of Medicine. Canadian Medical Association Journal (Accepted on July 23, 2008).

Arnaert, A., & Wainwright, M. (2008). Providing Care and Sharing Expertise: Reflections of Nurse-Specialists in Palliative Homecare. Palliative & Supportive Care (Accepted on April 26, 2008).

Arnaert, A., Klooster, J., & Chow, V. (2007). Attitudes of Four Older Persons with Depression towards Video-Telephones: An Exploratory Study. Journal of Gerontological Nursing. 33(9), 5-13.

Arnaert, A., & Delesie, L. (2007). Effectiveness of Video-Telephone Nursing Care for the Homebound Elderly. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. 39(1), 20-36.

Runions, S., Arnaert, A., & Sourial, R. (2006). Causal Attributions and Health Behavior Choices among Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack Survivors. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing. 38(4) (Supplement), 288-295.

Arnaert, A., & Schaack, G. (2006). Cultural Awareness of Inuit Patient’s Experiences with Emergency Nursing Care. Accident & Emergency Nursing. 14(2), 97-103. Epub 2006 Mar 22.

Arnaert, A., Filteau, N., & Sourial, R. (2006). Stroke Patients in the Acute Care Phase: the Role of Hope in Self-Healing. Holistic Nursing Practice. 20(3), 137-146.

Arnaert, A., & Ciccotosto, G. (2006). Response Phases in Methadone Treatment of Chronic Non-Malignant Pain Sufferers. Journal of Pain Management Nursing. 7(1), 23-30.

Arnaert, A., Van den Heuvel, B., & Windey, T. (2005). Health and Social Care Policy for the Elderly in Belgium. Geriatric Nursing, 26(6). 366-371.

Arnaert, A., & Delesie, L. (2005). Information Visualization: a Holistic Tool to Discover Knowledge. Case Study: What Video-Telephone Care? What Elderly? Knowledge Management Research & Practice, 3(1), 3-9.

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