Brenda Poon
PhD, MEd
Affiliate Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Health Promotion International
Chaplin, A. and McGuinness, L. and Gadermann, A. and Poon, B.T. and Jenkins, E.K.
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daaf127Plos One
Enns, J.E. and Reid-Westoby, C. and Detillieux, G.R. and Brownell, M. and Nickel, N.C. and Gadermann, A. and Guttmann, A. and Bennett, T. and Duku, E. and Forer, B. and Petteni, M.G. and Georgiades, K. and Guhn, M. and Hanlon-Dearman, A. and Poon, B.T. and Janus, M.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0326672International Journal of Audiology
Cau, K.A. and Jenstad, L.M. and Poon, B.T. and Atchison, C. and Baker, S.
DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2025.2559322Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
Nitschke, A.S. and Kaur, P. and Phagau, N. and do Valle, H.A. and Bone, J.N. and Poon, B. and Guhn, M. and Vigod, S.N. and Oberlander, T.F. and Hanley, G.E.
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.70056Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)
Ip, A. and Poon, B.T. and Oberlander, T.F.
DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxac131Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications
Poon, B.T. and Jenstad, L.M.
DOI: 10.1186/s41235-022-00376-8Health and Place
Poon, B.T. and Atchison, C. and Kwan, A. and Veasey, C.
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102712International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Poon, B.T. and Atchison, C. and Kwan, A.
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19105972Autism Research
Ip, A. and Poon, B.T. and Hanley, G. and Guhn, M. and Oberlander, T.F.
DOI: 10.1002/aur.2742Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods
Lloyd, J.E.V. and Boonstra, J. and Forer, B. and Hershler, R. and Milbrath, C. and Poon, B.T. and Razaz, N. and Rowcliffe, P. and Schonert-Reichl, K.
DOI: 10.22237/JMASM/1556670060Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
Zaidman-Zait, A. and Poon, B.T. and Curle, D. and Jamieson, J.R. and Norman, N.
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enz027Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
Curle, D. and Jamieson, J. and Buchanan, M. and Poon, B.T. and Zaidman-Zait, A. and Norman, N.
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enw067Exceptionality Education International
Curle, D. and Jamieson, J. and Poon, B.T. and Buchanan, M. and Norman, N. and Zaidman-Zait, A.
Journal of the Canadian Dental Association
Brondani, M. and Amin, M. and Poon, B. and Nicolau, B.
Deafness and Education International
Poon, B.T. and Simmons, N.R.
DOI: 10.1080/14643154.2015.1102470Canadian Journal of Public Health
Poon, B.T. and Holley, P.C. and Louie, A.M. and Springinotic, C.M.
DOI: 10.17269/CJPH.106.4918Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
Poon, B.T. and Zaidman-Zait, A.
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/ent041Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation
Poon, B. and Leung, J.W.-S. and Louie, A. and De Dios, C.V.
Deafness and Education International
Jamieson, J.R. and Zaidman-Zait, A. and Poon, B.
DOI: 10.1179/1557069X11Y.0000000005Paediatrics and Child Health
Poon, B.T. and Hertzman, C.
DOI: 10.1093/pch/15.9.583Infants and Young Children
Poon, B.T. and Jamieson, J.R. and Buchanan, M. and Brown, D.K.
DOI: 10.1097/01.IYC.0000314487.00324.96My research involves integration of systems science and community based participatory research approaches to first investigate, then, based on the knowledge created, develop community-centered and tailored solutions that facilitate implementation of coordinated and integrated mental health promotion and prevention service delivery for vulnerable childhood populations with special developmental health concerns and disabilities. My work involves ongoing community engagement to co-design research that will support children and families to connect with services, service providers, and other families through creation of more coordinated and integrated service pathways.
I am committed to understanding ways that children, families, and persons from disability, Deaf, and disconnected communities experience barriers and inequities in accessing services and supports. My work aims to translate research-to-practice in ways that contribute new knowledge on best practices and policy to address obstacles and promote equitable environments and accessibility. Through participatory approaches, my work centers on meaningful engagement of underrepresented community groups in the issue/problem identification, research question development, design, and interpretation phases.
I am interested in academic-community partnered research that helps to identify and develop strategies for addressing key systemic barriers preventing children and adult patients from seeking or receiving hearing health care. I am interested in the roles of primary health care and community service providers in promoting hearing health, the barriers they face in providing optimal hearing health care, and the impacts of these barriers on the patients' hearing health care journeys.
Connecting the disconnected: Building capacity and partnerships in communities to promote equitable and accessible early years social-emotional supports for families. Funding Source: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Partnership Development Grant
Accessibility for virtual care for Deaf, DeafBlind, and hard of hearing communities. Funding Source: Government of Canada
A Community Research and Engagement (CoRE)-Lab approach to mobilize systems that support healthy social and emotional well-being among children in BC. Funding Source: Vancouver Foundation Investigate Grant
Breaking Barriers: Empowering Primary Care Providers to be Instigators of Change in Hearing Health Care Practice. Funding Source: Vancouver Foundation Investigate Grant
Match funding for Breaking Barriers Hearing Health Care Research. Funding Source: Michael Smith Health Research BC
Adoption of a Response to Intervention Model across Different Educational Contexts. Funding Source: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Grant
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