Student Research

The following master's theses have been completed by students in the Master of Health Information Science program to date.

( Note: hyperlinks are included for theses that were submitted to Scholarship@Western and are now available through Western's Electronic Theses & Dissertation Repository. Those without hyperlinks are not currently available through the e-repository).

Titles

Al-Jilawi, Tania. Sex and Gender Differences in Arthritis Health Information.
Master of Health Information Science, January 2024
Chu, Edward (Mingi). Regulation of Health AI Chatbots in Ontario.
Master of Health Information Science, January 2024
Supervisor: Luke Stark
Juneja, Tanvin. Understanding the information needs of clients and caregivers regarding early psychosis: A conventional content analysis.
Master of Health Information Science, August 2023
Supervisor: Kelly K. Anderson
Purdy, Elise. Exploring Screen and Social Media Use Among Young Adults With Persistent Post-Concussion Symptoms.
Master of Health Information Science, May 2023
Supervisor: Andrew Johnson
Krywucky, Andrea. How We Debrief: An Interpretive Description of Social Service Community Workers' Experiences.
Master of Health Information Science, April 2023
Supervisors: Abe Oudshoorn and Anita Kothari
Resendes, Marc. Examining public health risk communication via social media by provincial and local health authorities in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Master of Health Information Science, November 2021
Supervisor: Jacob Shelley
Murdoch, Alexandra. Analyzing the Communication Methods of Crisis Pregnancy Centres: A Conventional Content Analysis.
Master of Health Information Science, December 2020
Supervisor: Jacquie Burkell
Novilla-Surette, Eada. Trends and Factors Associated with Suicide Deaths in Older Adults.
Master of Health Information Science, December 2020
Supervisors: Richard Booth and Salimah Shariff
Scurr, Tiffany. Evaluating the Process of Involving Affected Community Members in Service Delivery and Design: A Deliberative Dialogue Case Study.
Master of Health Information Science, October 2020
Supervisor: Anita Kothari
Jeyabalan, Vyshnave. Context-specific challenges, opportunities, and ethics of drones for healthcare delivery in the eyes of program managers and field staff: a multi-site qualitative study.
Master of Health Information Science, September 2020
Supervisor: Elysée Nouvet
Carswell, Jessica Morgan. Fostering a Trauma- and Violence-Informed Community: Developing Strategies to Inform Public Education.
Master of Health Information Science, August 2020
Supervisor: Nadine Wathen
Di Marco, Talia. The enactment of patient education for complex inpatients over the course of a stay in an interprofessional internal medicine inpatient unit.
Master of Health Information Science, August 2020
Supervisors: Pam McKenzie and Mark Goldszmidt
Secco, Mary. Ongoing Information and Support Needs of Parents of Children with Epilepsy.
Master of Health Information Science, August 2020
Supervisor: Jacquie Burkell
Boston, Alex. Understanding the Development of a Logic Model in a Multi-Agency Resource Centre.
Master of Health Information Science, October 2019
Supervisor: Abe Oudshoorn
Huynh, Hung. Post-Secondary Students’ Perceptions of Mental Health Messages Conveyed by Video Storytelling and Informational Approaches.
Master of Health Information Science, August 2019
Supervisor: Jacquie Burkell
Jordan, Adam. Exploring Healthcare Consumer Involvement in Clinical Practice Guideline Development.
Master of Health Information Science, August 2019
Supervisors: Jacquie Burkell and Abe Oudshoorn
Miao, Wenxin. Understanding the Nursing Practices and Perspectives of Premedication and Transfusion Reaction Reporting: A Qualitative Description Study.
Master of Health Information Science, August 2019
Supervisor: Ziad Solh
Moffatt, Jill. Health Policy and Social Change: Women’s Advocacy Groups and Narrative Mobilization.
Master of Health Information Science, August 2019
Supervisor: Marlene Le Ber
Fournie, Meghan. Exploring Quality Improvement for Diabetes Care: A Multiple Case Study of Primary Care Teams in First Nations Communities in Canada.
Master of Health Information Science, February 2018
Supervisors: Stewart Harris and Shannon Sibbald
Loughheed, Janet. A Foucauldian Genealogical Analysis of Healthy Eating Educational Materials in Ontario 1942-2015.
Master of Health Information Science, February 2018
Supervisor: Pam McKenzie
Shaheen, Qudsia. Communities of Practice as a Knowledge Translation and Exchange Strategy: A Qualitative Secondary Ethnographic Analysis.
Master of Health Information Science, October 2017
Supervisor: Anita Kothari
Eldik, Tom. Pharmaceutical Direct-to-Consumer Advertising: Analyses of Policy Stakeholders and Supreme Court of Canada Interveners.
Master of Health Information Science, June 2017
Supervisors: Sandra Regan and Margaret Ann Wilkinson
Deda, Erisa. Living with COPD through the eyes of veterans and their spouses residing in Ontario.
Master of Health Information Science, April 2017
Supervisor: Deborah Fitzsimmons
Simpson, Stephanie. The Development and Implementation of the Off-Premise Outlet Density Expansion Initiative within Ontario's New Beer Framework: A Case Study.
Master of Health Information Science, November 2016
Supervisor: Sandra Regan
Zakkar, Moutasem. Visualizing and Interacting with Social Determinants of Health.
Master of Health Information Science, June 2016
Supervisor: Kamran Sedig
Nabalema, Carolynne. Evidence-Informed Advocacy: Non-Profit Organizations Use of Evidence for Policy Influence in Public Health - A Case Study of Wash Org Uganda.
Master of Health Information Science, April 2015
Supervisor: Anita Kothari
Tobah, Selma. Muslim Leaders' Understanding of Mental Health, Mental Illness, and Depression in Immigrant Women and Those Found in Consumer Health Materials: A Discourse Analysis.
Master of Health Information Science, April 2015
Supervisor: Roma M. Harris
Rizzi, Katherine. Perceptions about Equity in Public Health: A comparison between frontline staff and informing policy in Ontario.
Master of Health Information Science, September 2014
Supervisor: Anita Kothari
Garinger, Christine. The Clinic Narrative: A Multiple Case Study of Integrated Knowledge Translation and Equity-Oriented Primary Health Care.
Master of Health Information Science, August 2014
Supervisor: Nadine Wathen
Campbell, Andrea. Exploring Accuracy in Journalism Stories Reporting on Neuroscience Research Findings: A Comparative Case Study.
Master of Health Information Science, December 2013
Supervisors: Meredith Levine and Nadine Wathen