Devon Greyson

MLIS, PhD

Investigator, BC Children's Hospital

Dr. Devon Greyson’s research focuses on public health communication and the use of information by publics, clinicians, and health systems. Devon has a special interest in perinatal and pediatric health decision-making and experiences. Current work focuses on vaccine decision-making, use of cannabis during pregnancy and lactation, and mitigating the impacts of medical disinformation. Dr. Greyson is a qualitative and mixed methodologist with an interdisciplinary background that spans gender studies, information science, and public health.

Academic Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor, Division of Health in Populations, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Research Theme: Healthy Starts
  • Research Group(s): Implementing Knowledge for Equity and System Change; Pathways to Healthy Birth; Vaccines, Infections, and Host Defenses

Contact Information

Location

SPPH 137, 2600 East Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6T 1Z3

Health equity analysis of awareness and use of GetCheckedOnline, British Columbias digital intervention for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection testing: A 2022 cross-sectional survey of five urban, suburban, and rural communities (Preprint)

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Rodrigo Sierra Rosales and Aidan Ablona and Hsiu-Ju Chang and Devon Haag and Heather Pedersen and Catherine Worthington and Daniel Grace and Rod Knight and Devon Greyson and Mark Gilbert

DOI: 10.2196/78561

06 / 2025

Health equity analysis of awareness and use of GetCheckedOnline, British Columbias web-based intervention for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection testing: A cross-sectional study (Preprint)

Rodrigo Sierra Rosales and Aidan Ablona and Hsiu-Ju Chang and Devon Haag and Heather Pedersen and Catherine Worthington and Daniel Grace and Rodney Knight and Devon Greyson and Mark Gilbert

DOI: 10.2196/preprints.78561

06 / 2025

Investigating how homeopaths and chiropractors navigate patient requests for vaccination information in Ontario, Canada: a qualitative study

Archives of Public Health

Okusanya, I.G. and Dub{\'e}, E. and Filice, E. and Malo, B. and Bettinger, J. and Driedger, M. and Graham, J. and Greyson, D. and Kawchuk, G. and MacDonald, N. and MacDonald, S. and Meyer, S.B.

DOI: 10.1186/s13690-025-01689-y

Health Equity Analysis of Awareness and Use of GetCheckedOnline, British Columbia's Digital Intervention for Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infection Testing

Ssrn

Sierra-Rosales, R.A. and Ablona, A. and Chang, H.-J. and Haag, D. and Pedersen, H. and Worthington, C. and Grace, D. and Knight, R. and Greyson, D. and Gilbert, M.

DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5246531

New perinatal mental health conditions diagnosed during COVID-19: a population-based, retrospective cohort study of birthing people in Ontario

Archives of Women S Mental Health

Correia, R.H. and Greyson, D. and Kirkwood, D. and Darling, E.K. and Pahwa, M. and Bayrampour, H. and Jones, A. and Kuyvenhoven, C. and Liauw, J. and Vanstone, M.

DOI: 10.1007/s00737-024-01534-1

Acceptability of patient-centered digital vaccine safety monitoring: A Canadian Immunization Research Network study

Human Vaccines Immunotherapeutics

Ellis-Legault, B. and Wilson, K. and Greyson, D. and Shulha, H.P. and Nilormi, A. and Bettinger, J.A.

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2025.2571277

Improving vaccine communication to the often-overlooked young adult population: A qualitative study of 20"29 year olds in British Columbia, Canada

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Dhutt, G.S. and Bettinger, J.A. and Greyson, D.

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2025.2552565

Assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on uptake and experiences of gestational diabetes mellitus screening in Ontario: A parallel convergent mixed-methods study

Plos One

Hadid, D. and Correia, R.H. and McDonald, S.D. and Darling, E.K. and Kirkwood, D. and Jones, A. and Carruthers, A. and Kuyvenhoven, C. and Howard, M. and Greyson, D. and Kandasamy, S. and Vanstone, M.

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0315983

Ethnographic Stories in Information Science

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Montague, K.E. and Hartel, J. and Greyson, D. and Fourie, I. and Tracey, P.

DOI: 10.1002/pra2.1105

SARS-CoV-2, Tdap, and influenza vaccination during pregnancy from 2019 to 2022 in Ontario, Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study

CMAJ Canadian Medical Association Journal

Greyson, D. and Correia, R. and Howard, M. and Darling, E.K. and Kirkwood, D. and Davis, A. and Mniszak, C. and Jones, A. and Molinaro, M. and Vanstone, M.

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.231522

Length of Postpartum Hospital Stays During COVID-19: Findings From a Convergent Parallel Mixed-Methods Study

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Correia, R.H. and Greyson, D. and Carruthers, A. and Kuyvenhoven, C. and Kirkwood, D. and Jones, A. and Howard, M. and Darling, E. and Davis, A. and McDonald, S.D. and Mniszak, C. and Kandasamy, S. and Vanstone, M.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2024.102637

Counseling About Cannabis Use During Pregnancy and Lactation: A Qualitative Study of Patient and Clinician Perspectives

Birth

Cernat, A. and Carruthers, A. and Taneja, S. and Popoola, A. and Greyson, D. and Panday, J. and Darling, E. and McDonald, S.D. and Black, M. and Murray-Davis, B. and Vanstone, M.

DOI: 10.1111/birt.12873

Health Misinformation Research

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Greyson, D. and Lundy, M. and Rutter, S. and Walugembe, D.

DOI: 10.1002/pra2.1095

A scoping review of active, participant centred, digital adverse events following immunization (AEFI) surveillance of WHO approved COVID-19 vaccines: A Canadian immunization Research Network study

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Serhan, M. and Psihogios, A. and Kabir, N. and Bota, A.B. and Mithani, S.S. and Smith, D.P. and Zhu, D.T. and Greyson, D. and Wilson, S. and Fell, D. and Top, K.A. and Bettinger, J.A. and Wilson, K.

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2023.2293550

I try to take all the time needed, even if i do not have it!: Knowledge, attitudes, practices of perinatal care providers in canada about vaccination

Vaccine: X

Pringle, W. and Greyson, D. and Graham, J.E. and Dub, ?. and Mitchell, H. and Russell, M.L. and MacDonald, S.E. and Bettinger, J.A.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jvacx.2024.100490

Use of narratives to enhance childhood vaccine acceptance: Results of an online experiment among Canadian parents

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Dube, E. and Trottier, M.-E. and Greyson, D. and MacDonald, N.E. and Meyer, S.B. and MacDonald, S.E. and Driedger, S.M. and Witteman, H.O. and Ouakki, M. and Gagnon, D.

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2024.2379093

Seeking mental health support for feelings of perinatal depression and/or anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative descriptive study of decision-making

Women's health (London, England)

Shen, K. and Kuyvenhoven, C. and Carruthers, A. and Pahwa, M. and Hadid, D. and Greyson, D. and Bayrampour, H. and Liauw, J. and Mniszak, C. and Vanstone, M.

DOI: 10.1177/17455057241282258

Everyday Triangulation within Challenging Informational and Legal Contexts: Exploring Everyday Triangulation in Individuals Considering Cannabis Use during Pregnancy or Lactation

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Mulder, M. and O{'}Brien, H. and English, F. and Greyson, D.

DOI: 10.1002/pra2.1180

Emotional strip-mining: Sympathy sockpuppets in online communities

New Media & Society

Devon Greyson and Kaitlin L Costello

DOI: 10.1177/14614448211040521

12 / 2023

Education components of school vaccine mandates: An environmental scan

Vaccine

Devon Greyson and Gerry Goh

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.09.058

11 / 2023

Exploring parents views of the use of narratives to promote childhood vaccination online

PLoS ONE

Dub, E. and Trottier, M.-E. and Gagnon, D. and Bettinger, J.A. and Greyson, D. and Graham, J. and MacDonald, N.E. and MacDonald, S.E. and Meyer, S.B. and Witteman, H.O. and Driedger, S.M.

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284107

Ultimately, the choice is theirs: Informed choice vaccine conversations and Canadian midwives

Birth

Pringle, W. and Greyson, D. and Graham, J.E. and Berman, R. and Dub, ?. and Bettinger, J.A.

DOI: 10.1111/birt.12669

(Talking About) Failing Better in Research: The First Rule of Failure Club IsYou Dont Talk about Failure Club

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Nicol, E. and Willson, R. and Julien, H. and Greyson, D. and Given, L.M.

DOI: 10.1002/pra2.868

How do perceptions of Covid-19 risk impact pregnancy-related health decisions? A convergent parallel mixed-methods study protocol

medRxiv

Vanstone, M. and Correia, R.H. and Howard, M. and Darling, E. and Bayrampour, H. and Carruthers, A. and Davis, A. and Hadid, D. and Hetherington, E. and Jones, A. and Kandasamy, S. and Kuyvenhoven, C. and Liauw, J. and McDonald, S.D. and Mniszak, C. and Molinaro, M.L. and Pahwa, M. and Patel, T. and Sadik, M. and Sanya, N. and Shen, K. and Greyson, D.

DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.10.23292463

If I'm a naturopath, It's because I trust nature above everything else: Canadian naturopaths' construction of vaccination as a risk object

SSM - Qualitative Research in Health

Malo, B. and Meyer, S.B. and Filice, E. and Graham, J.E. and MacDonald, N.E. and Bettinger, J.A. and Greyson, D. and MacDonald, S.E. and Driedger, S.M. and Kawchuk, G. and Labb, F. and Dub, E.

DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100203

The Use of Web-Based Patient Reviews to Assess Medical Oncologists Competency: Mixed Methods Sequential Explanatory Study

JMIR Formative Research

Morena, N. and Zelt, N. and Nguyen, D. and Dionne, E. and Rentschler, C.A. and Greyson, D. and Meguerditchian, A.N.

DOI: 10.2196/39857

The influence of sociodemographic factors on COVID-19 vaccine certificate acceptance: A cross-sectional study

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Smith, D. and Zhu, D.T. and Hawken, S. and Bota, A.B. and Mithani, S.S. and Marcon, A. and Pennycook, G. and Greyson, D. and Caulfield, T. and Graves, F. and Smith, J. and Wilson, K.

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2023.2220628

Pregnant and lactating peoples strategies to mitigate the risk of cannabis consumption

Women's Health

Popoola, A. and Panday, J. and Taneja, S. and Greyson, D. and McDonald, S.D. and Patel, T. and Darling, E. and Vanstone, M.

DOI: 10.1177/17455057231202406

Examining How Young Adults Perceive, Understand, and Respond to SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Canada and France: Implications for Public Health Preparedness Efforts

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Coulaud, P.-J. and Dbarre, F. and Bolduc, N. and Greyson, D. and Lazarus, J.V. and Jauffret-Roustide, M. and Knight, R.

DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2023.125

I Want People to Be Able to Make an Informed Choice: How Quebec naturopaths discuss vaccination in their practice

Vaccine

Malo, B. and Labb, F. and Meyer, S.B. and Filice, E. and Graham, J.E. and MacDonald, N.E. and Bettinger, J.A. and Greyson, D. and MacDonald, S.E. and Driedger, S.M. and Kawchuk, G. and Dub, E.

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.05.026

Proof-of-vaccination credentials for COVID-19 and considerations for future use of digital proof-of-immunization technologies: Results of an expert consultation

Digital Health

Greyson, D. and Pringle, W. and Wilson, K. and Bettinger, J.A.

DOI: 10.1177/20552076231203924

From high hopes to disenchantment: A qualitative analysis of editorial cartoons on COVID-19 vaccines in Canadian newspapers

Vaccine

Pelletier, C. and Labb, F. and Bettinger, J.A. and Curran, J. and Graham, J.E. and Greyson, D. and MacDonald, N.E. and Meyer, S.B. and Steenbeek, A. and Xu, W. and Dub, ?.

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.06.002

New mothers key questions about child vaccinations from pregnancy through toddlerhood: Evidence from a qualitative longitudinal study in Victoria, British, Columbia

SSM - Qualitative Research in Health

Orhierhor, M. and Rubincam, C. and Greyson, D. and Bettinger, J.A.

DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100229

Social media and online safety practices of young parents

Journal of Information Science

Greyson, D. and Chabot, C. and Mniszak, C. and Shoveller, J.A.

DOI: 10.1177/01655515211053808

Making informed choices about cannabis use during pregnancy and lactation: A qualitative study of information use

Birth

Taneja, S. and Panday, J. and Popoola, A. and Greyson, D. and McDonald, S.D. and Patel, T. and Vanstone, M.

DOI: 10.1111/birt.12668

Unmasking the Twitter Discourses on Masks during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A User Cluster-based BERT Topic Modeling Approach (Preprint)

Wayne Weiai Xu and Jean Marie Tshmula and Eve Dub and Janice E. Graham and Devon Greyson and Noni E MacDonald and Samantha B. Meyer

DOI: 10.2196/preprints.41198

07 / 2022

Understanding the influence of online information, misinformation, disinformation and reinformation on COVID-19 vaccine acceptance: Protocol for a multicomponent study (Preprint)

Eve Dube and Shannon E. MacDonald and Terra Manca and Julie A. Bettinger and S. Michelle Driedger and Janice Graham and Devon Greyson and Noni E. MacDonald and Samantha B. Meyer and Genevive Roch and Maryline Vivion and Laura Aylsworth and Holly Witteman and Flix Glinas-Gascon and Lucas Marques Sathler Guimaraes and Hina Hakim and Dominique Gagnon and Benot Bchard and Julie A. Gramaccia and Richard Khoury and Sbastien Tremblay

DOI: 10.2196/preprints.41012

07 / 2022

The Use of Web-Based Patient Reviews to Assess Medical Oncologists Competency: Mixed Methods Sequential Explanatory Study (Preprint)

Nina Morena and Nicholas Zelt and Diana Nguyen and Emilie Dionne and Carrie A Rentschler and Devon Greyson and Ari N Meguerditchian

DOI: 10.2196/preprints.39857

05 / 2022

How do mothers vaccine attitudes change over time?

SSM - Qualitative Research in Health

Greyson, D. and Bettinger, J.A.

DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100060

A scoping review of active, participant-centred, digital adverse events following immunization (AEFI) surveillance: A Canadian immunization research network study

Vaccine

Psihogios, A. and Brianne Bota, A. and Mithani, S.S. and Greyson, D. and Zhu, D.T. and Fung, S.G. and Wilson, S.E. and Fell, D.B. and Top, K.A. and Bettinger, J.A. and Wilson, K.

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.04.103

Unmasking the Twitter Discourses on Masks During the COVID-19 Pandemic: User Cluster-Based BERT Topic Modeling Approach

JMIR Infodemiology

Xu, W.W. and Tshimula, J.M. and Dub{\'e}, ?. and Graham, J.E. and Greyson, D. and MacDonald, N.E. and Meyer, S.B.

DOI: 10.2196/41198

Erratum: Clinician responses to cannabis use during pregnancy and lactation: a systematic review and integrative mixed-methods research synthesis (Family Practice (cmab146) DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmab146)

Family Practice

Panday, J. and Taneja, S. and Popoola, A. and Pack, R. and Greyson, D. and Mcdonald, S.D. and Black, M. and Murray-Davis, B. and Darling, E. and Vanstone, M.

DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmac021

You still have that fear: Policy constraints on informed decision making about legalized cannabis use during pregnancy and lactation

International Journal of Drug Policy

English, F. and Greyson, D.

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103774

What is next for information world mapping? International and multidisciplinary approaches to understanding information behaviors/practices in context

Library and Information Science Research

Kitzie, V.L. and Tsai, T.-I. and Martzoukou, K. and Mabi, M.N. and Greyson, D.

DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2022.101196

Prebunking messaging to inoculate against COVID-19 vaccine misinformation: an effective strategy for public health

Journal of Communication in Healthcare

Vivion, M. and Anassour Laouan Sidi, E. and Betsch, C. and Dionne, M. and Dub{\'e}, E. and Driedger, S.M. and Gagnon, D. and Graham, J. and Greyson, D. and Hamel, D. and Lewandowsky, S. and MacDonald, N. and Malo, B. and Meyer, S.B. and Schmid, P. and Steenbeek, A. and van der Linden, S. and Verger, P. and Witteman, H.O. and Yesilada, M.

DOI: 10.1080/17538068.2022.2044606

Understanding the Influence of Web-Based Information, Misinformation, Disinformation, and Reinformation on COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance: Protocol for a Multicomponent Study

JMIR Research Protocols

Dub{\'e}, E. and MacDonald, S.E. and Manca, T. and Bettinger, J.A. and Driedger, S.M. and Graham, J. and Greyson, D. and MacDonald, N.E. and Meyer, S. and Roch, G. and Vivion, M. and Aylsworth, L. and Witteman, H.O. and G{\'e}linas-Gascon, F. and Guimaraes, L.M.S. and Hakim, H. and Gagnon, D. and B{\'e}chard, B. and Gramaccia, J.A. and Khoury, R. and Tremblay, S.

DOI: 10.2196/41012

Support for a vaccination documentation mandate in British Columbia, Canada

Vaccine

Greyson, D. and Carpiano, R.M. and Bettinger, J.A.

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.02.082

Clinician responses to cannabis use during pregnancy and lactation: a systematic review and integrative mixed-methods research synthesis

Family practice

Panday, J. and Taneja, S. and Popoola, A. and Pack, R. and Greyson, D. and McDonald, S.D. and Black, M. and Murray-Davis, B. and Darling, E. and Vanstone, M.

DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmab146

Stigma and blame related to COVID-19 pandemic: A case-study of editorial cartoons in Canada

Social Science and Medicine

Labb{\'e}, F. and Pelletier, C. and Bettinger, J.A. and Curran, J. and Graham, J.E. and Greyson, D. and MacDonald, N.E. and Meyer, S.B. and Steenbeek, A. and Xu, W. and Dub{\'e}, ?.

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114803

Suitable but requiring support: How the midwifery model of care offers opportunities to counsel the vaccine hesitant pregnant population

Vaccine

Pringle, W. and Greyson, D. and Graham, J.E. and Dub{\'e}, ?. and Mitchell, H. and Trottier, M.-?. and Berman, R. and Russell, M.L. and MacDonald, S.E. and Bettinger, J.A.

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.07.055

COVID-19 vaccine intention among young adults: Comparative results from a cross-sectional study in Canada and France

Vaccine

Coulaud, P.-J. and Ablona, A. and Bolduc, N. and Fast, D. and Bertrand, K. and Ward, J.K. and Greyson, D. and Jauffret-Roustide, M. and Knight, R.

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.02.085

Challenges in vaccine communication

Communication and Health: Media, Marketing and Risk

Greyson, D.

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-4290-6_15

We need to protect each other: COVID-19 vaccination intentions and concerns among Racialized minority and Indigenous Peoples in Canada

Social Science and Medicine

Manca, T. and Humble, R.M. and Aylsworth, L. and Cha, E. and Wilson, S.E. and Meyer, S.B. and Greyson, D. and Sadarangani, M. and Parsons Leigh, J. and MacDonald, S.E.

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115400

Pregnant People's Perspectives On Cannabis Use During Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Integrative Mixed-Methods Research Synthesis

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Vanstone, M. and Panday, J. and Popoola, A. and Taneja, S. and Greyson, D. and McDonald, S.D. and Pack, R. and Black, M. and Murray-Davis, B. and Darling, E.

DOI: 10.1111/jmwh.13363

I dont think theres a point for me to discuss it with my patients: exploring health care providers views and behaviours regarding COVID-19 vaccination

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Dub{\'e}, E. and Labb{\'e}, F. and Malo, B. and Manca, T. and Aylsworth, L. and Driedger, S.M. and Graham, J. and Greyson, D. and MacDonald, N. and Meyer, S.B. and Parsons Leigh, J. and Sadarangani, M. and Wilson, S. and MacDonald, S.E.

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2088970

Understanding Influenza Vaccination During Pregnancy in Canada: Attitudes, Norms, Intentions, and Vaccine Uptake

Health Education & Behavior

Devon Greyson and ve Dub and William A. Fisher and Jocelynn Cook and Manish Sadarangani and Julie A. Bettinger

DOI: 10.1177/10901981211001863

10 / 2021

Exploring vaccination practices of midwives in British Columbia

Birth

Julie A. Bettinger and Clara Rubincam and Devon Greyson and Sandra Weissinger and Monika Naus

DOI: 10.1111/birt.12552

09 / 2021

Desistance, Self-treatment, or Substitution: Decisions about Cannabis Use During Pregnancy

Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health

Devon Greyson and Lee Roosevelt and Carol J. Boyd

DOI: 10.1111/jmwh.13205

01 / 2021

Is the pre-natal period a missed opportunity for communicating with parents about immunizations? Evidence from a longitudinal qualitative study in Victoria, British Columbia

Research Square

Rubincam, C. and Greyson, D. and Haselden, C. and Saunders, R. and Bettinger, J.A.

DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-301139/v1

Reasons for cannabis use during pregnancy and lactation: A qualitative study

CMAJ

Vanstone, M. and Taneja, S. and Popoola, A. and Panday, J. and Greyson, D. and Lennox, R. and McDonald, S.D.

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.211236

What's Next for Information World Mapping?: International and Multidisciplinary Uses of the Method

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Greyson, D. and Tsai, T.-I. and Kitzie, V. and Martzoukou, K. and Mabi, M.

DOI: 10.1002/pra2.505

Social Media, Vaccines, and Partisan Division of Health Information

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Hagen, L. and Greyson, D. and Fox, A. and Koltai, K. and Dumas, C.

DOI: 10.1002/pra2.506

Vaccination discourses among chiropractors, naturopaths and homeopaths: A qualitative content analysis of academic literature and Canadian organizational webpages

PLOS ONE

Eric Filice and Eve Dub and Janice E. Graham and Noni E. MacDonald and Julie A. Bettinger and Devon Greyson and Shannon MacDonald and S. Michelle Driedger and Greg Kawchuk and Samantha B. Meyer

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236691

08 / 2020

Visual analysis of information world maps: An exploration of four methods

Journal of Information Science

Devon Greyson and Heather OBrien and Saguna Shankar

DOI: 10.1177/0165551519837174

06 / 2020

Vaccination during pregnancy: Canadian maternity care providers' opinions and practices

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Dub{\'e}, E. and Gagnon, D. and Kaminsky, K. and Green, C.R. and Ouakki, M. and Bettinger, J.A. and Brousseau, N. and Castillo, E. and Crowcroft, N.S. and Driedger, S.M. and Greyson, D. and Fell, D. and Fisher, W. and Gagneur, A. and Guay, M. and Halperin, D. and Halperin, S.A. and MacDonald, S. and Meyer, S.B. and Waite, N.M. and Wilson, K. and Witteman, H.O. and Yudin, M. and Cook, J.L.

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2020.1735225

Unmet information needs regarding cannabis decisions in pregnancy

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Greyson, D.

DOI: 10.1002/pra2.335

Variation in the prescription drugs covered by health systems across high-income countries: A review of and recommendations for the academic literature

Health Policy

Morgan, S.G. and Daw, J.R. and Greyson, D. and Shnier, A. and Holbrook, A. and Lexchin, J.

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2019.12.010

How to undertake ideologically contentious research: Leaning on reflexivity and positionality to address uncomfortable disjuncture's in information research

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Oltmann, S.M. and Barriage, S. and Greyson, D. and Vaughn, M.

DOI: 10.1002/pra2.282

Pulling back the curtain on conducting social impact research

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Willson, R. and Greyson, D. and N. Gibson, A. and Bronstein, J.

DOI: 10.1002/pra2.427

Perinatal health care providers' approaches to recommending and providing pertussis vaccination in pregnancy: a qualitative study

CMAJ open

Mijovi?, H. and Greyson, D. and Gemmell, E. and Trottier, M. and Vivion, M. and Graham, J.E. and Dub{\'e}, ?. and Bettinger, J.A.

DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20190215

Nothing's available: Young fathers experiences with unmet information needs and barriers to resolving them

Information Processing and Management

Mniszak, C. and O{'}Brien, H.L. and Greyson, D. and Chabot, C. and Shoveller, J.

DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2019.102081

Developing product label information to support evidence-informed use of vaccines in pregnancy

Vaccine

Terra A. Manca and Janice E. Graham and ve Dub and Melissa Kervin and Eliana Castillo and Natasha S. Crowcroft and Deshayne B. Fell and Michael Hadskis and Jaelene M. Mannerfeldt and Devon Greyson and Noni E. MacDonald and Karina A. Top

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.09.063

11 / 2019

Young parents experiences and perceptions of Teen Mom reality shows

Journal of Youth Studies

Devon Greyson and Cathy Chabot and Jean A. Shoveller

DOI: 10.1080/13676261.2019.1569605

09 / 2019

Ethics, effectiveness and population health information interventions: a Canadian analysis

Health Promotion International

Devon Greyson and Rod Knight and Jean A Shoveller

DOI: 10.1093/heapro/day004

06 / 2019

The Social Informatics of Ignorance

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Devon Greyson

DOI: 10.1002/asi.24143

04 / 2019

A Systematic Review of Barriers to Vaccination During Pregnancy in the Canadian Context

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Poliquin, V. and Greyson, D. and Castillo, E.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2018.05.042

Impact of school vaccination mandates on pediatric vaccination coverage: a systematic review

CMAJ open

Greyson, D. and Vriesema-Magnuson, C. and Bettinger, J.A.

DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20180191

Support for policy options to increase vaccination coverage in British Columbia, Canada: an electronic survey

CMAJ open

Bettinger, J.A. and Greyson, D. and Carpiano, R. and de Bruin, P. and Aguiar, I. and Naus, M. and Hodson, B.

DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20190034

The Activated Patient Paradox

Health Promotion International

Greyson, D.

DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daz058

Vaccination Against Influenza in Pregnancy: A Survey of Canadian Maternity Care Providers

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Dub{\'e}, E. and Gagnon, D. and Kaminsky, K. and Green, C.R. and Ouakki, M. and Bettinger, J.A. and Brousseau, N. and Castillo, E. and Crowcroft, N.S. and Driedger, S.M. and Greyson, D. and Fell, D. and Fisher, W. and Gagneur, A. and Guay, M. and Halperin, D. and Halperin, S.A. and MacDonald, S. and Meyer, S.B. and Waite, N.M. and Wilson, K. and Witteman, H.O. and Yudin, M. and Cook, J.L.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2018.09.007

Systematic review searches must be systematic, comprehensive, and transparent: A critique of Perman et al

BMC Public Health

Greyson, D. and Rafferty, E. and Slater, L. and MacDonald, N. and Bettinger, J.A. and Dub{\'e}, ?. and MacDonald, S.E.

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-6275-y

Information triangulation: A complex and agentic everyday information practice

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Devon Greyson

DOI: 10.1002/asi.24012

07 / 2018

(How) should information world maps be visually analyzed?

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Greyson, D. and O'Brien, H. and Shankar, S.

DOI: 10.1002/pra2.2018.14505501130

Young parents personal and social information contexts for child feeding practices: An ethnographic study in British Columbia, Canada

Journal of Documentation

O?Brien, H. and Greyson, D. and Chabot, C. and Shoveller, J.

DOI: 10.1108/JD-09-2017-0127

Measuring vaccine acceptance among Canadian parents: A survey of the Canadian Immunization Research Network

Vaccine

Dub{\'e}, E. and Gagnon, D. and Ouakki, M. and Bettinger, J.A. and Witteman, H.O. and MacDonald, S. and Fisher, W. and Saini, V. and Greyson, D.

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.12.005

Primary care access and foregone care: A survey of transgender adolescents and young adults

Family Practice

Clark, B.A. and Veale, J.F. and Greyson, D. and Saewyc, E.

DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmx112

Online targeting of researchers/academics: Ethical obligations and best practices

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Greyson, D. and Cooke, N. and Gibson, A. and Julien, H.

DOI: 10.1002/pra2.2018.14505501081

Health information practices of young parents

Journal of Documentation

Devon Greyson

DOI: 10.1108/JD-07-2016-0089

10 / 2017

Information world mapping: A participatory arts-based elicitation method for information behavior interviews

Library & Information Science Research

Devon Greyson and Heather O'Brien and Jean Shoveller

DOI: 10.1016/j.lisr.2017.03.003

04 / 2017

Health information behavior research with marginalized populations

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Hawkins, B. and Costello, K. and Veinot, T. and Gibson, A. and Greyson, D.

DOI: 10.1002/pra2.2017.14505401073

Information needs, seeking and assessment of parents of gender creative children and transgender youth

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Greyson, D. and Clark, B. and Saewyc, E.

DOI: 10.1002/pra2.2017.14505401119

Health information assessment by vaccine hesitant parents

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Greyson, D. and Bettinger, J.A.

DOI: 10.1002/pra2.2017.14505401118

Constructing knowledge and ignorance in the social information worlds of young mothers

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Greyson, D. and O'Brien, H. and Shoveller, J.

DOI: 10.1002/pra2.2017.14505401016

Attitudes and Beliefs of Pregnant Women and New Mothers Regarding Influenza Vaccination in British Columbia

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Julie A. Bettinger and Devon Greyson and Deborah Money

DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2016.08.004

11 / 2016

A narrative analysis of the birth stories of early-age mothers

Sociology of Health & Illness

Anna Carson and Cathy Chabot and Devon Greyson and Kate Shannon and Putu Duff and Jean Shoveller

DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12518

10 / 2016

Ethical tensions in research: The influence of metatheoretical orientation on research ethics

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Barriage, S. and Buente, W. and Greifeneder, E. and Greyson, D. and Kitzie, V. and Morales, M. and Todd, R.

DOI: 10.1002/pra2.2016.14505301026

Evolution of information practices over time

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Greyson, D.

DOI: 10.1002/pra2.2016.14505301052

Diagnosing onset of labor: A systematic review of definitions in the research literature

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Hanley, G.E. and Munro, S. and Greyson, D. and Gross, M.M. and Hundley, V. and Spiby, H. and Janssen, P.A.

DOI: 10.1186/s12884-016-0857-4

Digital sociology and information science research

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Greyson, D. and Quan-Haase, A. and Cooke, N.A. and Worrall, A.

DOI: 10.1002/pra2.2016.14505301002

A critical examination of representations of context within research on population health interventions

Critical Public Health

Shoveller, J. and Viehbeck, S. and Di Ruggiero, E. and Greyson, D. and Thomson, K. and Knight, R.

DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2015.1117577

The role of information in health behavior: A scoping study and discussion of major public health models

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Devon L. Greyson and Joy L. Johnson

DOI: 10.1002/asi.23392

06 / 2015

115. Sexual Minority Teen Parents in a Minnesota Population Survey: Disparities in Risk Exposures and Supportive Assets

Journal of Adolescent Health

Marion Doull and Marla Eisenberg and Carolyn Garcia and Devon Greyson and Elizabeth Saewyc

DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.10.310

02 / 2015

Health information triangulation: A complex and agentic practice among young parents

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Devon Greyson

DOI: 10.1002/pra2.2015.1450520100132

Knowledge Utilization and Exchange

Oxford Bibliographies Online Datasets

Erica Di Ruggiero and Sarah Viehbeck and Devon Greyson

DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780199756797-0106

04 / 2014

Understanding networked youth and online privacy: Questions, methods and implications

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Greyson, D. and Agosto, D.E. and Meyers, E. and Subramaniam, M. and Abbas, J.

DOI: 10.1002/meet.2014.14505101013

Advancing population and public health ethics regarding HIV testing: A scoping review

Critical Public Health

Knight, R. and Shoveller, J. and Greyson, D. and Kerr, T. and Gilbert, M. and Shannon, K.

DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2013.800188

The HLABC Webcasting"Webconferencing Pilot Project3

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5596/c12-032

Embedded Health Librarianship: The Canadian Landscape 1

JCHLA

Liz Dennett and Trish Chatterley and Devon Greyson and Soleil Surette

DOI: 10.5596/c13-041

Information world mapping: A participatory, visual, elicitation activity for information

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Greyson, D.

DOI: 10.1002/meet.14505001104

"You're just one of the group when you're embedded": Report from a mixed-method investigation of the research-embedded health librarian experience

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Greyson, D. and Surette, S. and Dennett, L. and Chatterley, T.

DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.101.4.010

Racial and ethnic disparities in the use of antipsychotic medication: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Puyat, J.H. and Daw, J.R. and Cunningham, C.M. and Law, M.R. and Wong, S.T. and Greyson, D.L. and Morgan, S.G.

DOI: 10.1007/s00127-013-0753-4

Exploring the Complexities of Information Practices through Arts-Based Research

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Given, L.M. and O'Brien, H. and Absar, R. and Greyson, D.

DOI: 10.1002/meet.14505001003

The HLABC Webcasting"Webconferencing Pilot Project 3

JCHLA

Devon Greyson and Anne Allgaier

DOI: 10.5596/c12-032

Information behaviour of Canadian pharmaceutical policy makers

Health Information and Libraries Journal

Greyson, D.L. and Cunningham, C. and Morgan, S.

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2011.00969.x

The cost of drug development: A systematic review

Health Policy

Morgan, S. and Grootendorst, P. and Lexchin, J. and Cunningham, C. and Greyson, D.

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.12.002

Prescription drug use during pregnancy in developed countries: A systematic review

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Daw, J.R. and Hanley, G.E. and Greyson, D.L. and Morgan, S.G.

DOI: 10.1002/pds.2184

Open access and health librarians in 2011

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5596/c11-021

Regional variation in the cesarean delivery and assisted vaginal delivery rates

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Hanley, G.E. and Janssen, P.A. and Greyson, D.

DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181dd918c

Sex, drugs and gender roles: Mapping the use of sex and gender based analysis in pharmaceutical policy research

International Journal for Equity in Health

Greyson, D.L. and Becu, A.R.E. and Morgan, S.G.

DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-9-26

Non-biomedical sources for systematic reviews of pharmaceutical policy

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Greyson, D.L.

DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.98.1.021

Health Libraries Association of British Columbia

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5596/c10-016

Open access archiving and article citations within health services and policy research

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5596/c09-014

Comparison of tiered formularies and reference pricing policies: a systematic review.

Morgan S and Hanley G and Greyson D

PubMed: 21603047

Comparison of tiered formularies and reference pricing policies: A systematic review

Open Medicine

Morgan, S. and Hanley, G. and Greyson, D.

Balancing health and industrial policy objectives in the pharmaceutical sector: Lessons from Australia

Health Policy

Morgan, S. and McMahon, M. and Greyson, D.

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.01.003

Toward a definition of pharmaceutical innovation.

Morgan S and Lopert R and Greyson D

PubMed: 21602949

Toward a definition of pharmaceutical innovation

Open Medicine

Morgan, S. and Lopert, R. and Greyson, D.

GLBTQ content in comics/graphic novels for teens

Collection Building

Greyson, D.

DOI: 10.1108/01604950710831942

How do perceptions of Covid-19 risk influence health decisions in pregnancy?

Pregnant people have a higher risk of severe COVID-19 disease than non-pregnant people, exemplified in higher rates of hospitalization, intubation, and death than similar age and sex-matched peers. As in the general population, COVID-19 infection rates in pregnant people vary, with racialized people, low income people and those who live in high density neighbourhoods more likely to be infected. Most pregnant people identify as women, and women have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond the biomedical risk of disease, the well-being of mothers has also been jeopardized by COVID-19 policies resulting in higher rates of intimate partner violence, mental health distress, employment and income loss tied in part to increased childcare responsibilities. Trans and non-binary people have also faced disproportionate pandemic-related challenges to mental health, violence, income loss, and access to healthcare.

This project examines individual health decisions that occur within these structural environments, describing their accumulated impact on key pregnancy outcomes and care indicators related to vaccination, perinatal care, social supports and mental health. The decisions made during pregnancy have longitudinal impacts on the life of the pregnant person, future child, and family. Given the evidence of the particularly difficult situation faced by pregnant people, and the importance of these health decisions, it is important to understand how pandemic circumstances have shaped health decision-making. Understanding how and why pregnant people are making health decisions allows for better clinical and social support as the pandemic endures and will inform future policy planning. As Co-PI, I lead the BC-based team and the Vaccination theme within this study.

Immunization Passports for COVID-19: Scientific, Ethical, Policy and Design Implications

Globally, unprecedented measures have been implemented to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and prevent healthcare systems from being overwhelmed. These measures include states of lockdown, travel restrictions, work from home orders and quarantine of citizens. Proof-of-vaccination requirements have long been in use to identify healthcare providers, students, and travelers who are or are not vaccinated. During the COVID-19 pandemic, digital vaccination certificates have been introduced and used to restrict access to locations or services to the public base on vaccination status.

The purpose of this project is to evaluate the ethical, legal and public health implications of the use of immunization passports in Canada and provide guidance on potential design and evaluation strategies for Canada. As part of this project, I am conducting key stakeholder consultations, in order to develop recommendations for evaluation and future use of immunization passport technologies in Canada, looking both at and beyond the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Grants

2022-2024 Canadian Institutes of Health Research Operating Grant: "Addressing the Wider impacts of COVID-19: How do perceptions of Covid-19 risk influence health decisions in pregnancy? A mixed-methods study" (Co-PI)

2022-2023 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Partnership Engage Grant: "Balancing intellectual freedom and medical disinformation in Canadian libraries" (PI)

2021-2022 British Columbia Immunization Committee: "COVID-19 under-vaccination among youth 20-29 years old in Island Health region" (Co-I)

2020-2021 University of Massachusetts College of Social and Behavioral Sciences: "Cannabis use decisions in pregnancy and lactation: Pilot project" (PI)

Honours & Awards

Family Research Scholar, Center for Research on Families, University of Massachusetts (2019-2020)

Ilona Kickbusch Award for Best Article by an Early Career Researcher (2019)

James M. Cretsos Leadership Award: Association for Information Science & Technology (2018)

Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Trainee Award (2015-2018)

Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Award: Association for Library and Information Science Education (2017)

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