Judith Belle Brown, PhD, Peer Reviewed Publications

Ashcroft R, Mathers A, Gin A, Lam S, Donnelly C, Brown JB, Kourgiantakis T, Mehta K, Rayner J, Sur D, Adamson K, Kirvan A, Dolovich L. Pharmacists' role and experiences with delivering mental health care within team-based primary care settings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Int J Pharm Pract. 2023 Dec 10:riad086. doi: 10.1093/ijpp/riad086.

Ashcroft, R., Donnelly, C., Lam, S., Sheffield, P., Hamilton, B., Kemp, C., Adamson, K., & Brown, J.B. (2024). A qualitative examination of primary care team’s participation in the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccination. BMC Primary Care, 25, 85.

Mathews M, Hedden L, Lukewich J, Marshall EG, Meredith L, Moritz L, Ryan D, Spencer S, Brown JB, Gill PS, Wong EKW. Adapting care provision in family practice during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study exploring the impact of primary care reforms in four Canadian regions. BMC Prim Care. 2024 Apr 6;25(1):109. doi: 10.1186/s12875-024-02356-x. PMID: 38582824.

Mathews M, Liu T, Ryan D, Hedden L, Lukewich J, Marshall EG, Buote R, Meredith L, Moritz LR, Spencer S, Asghari S, Brown JB, Freeman TR, Gill PS, Sibbald S. Practice- and System-Based Interventions to Reduce COVID-19 Transmission in Primary Care Settings: A Qualitative Study. Healthc Policy. 2023 Nov;19(2):63-78. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2023.27232.

Morita LR, Buote R, McKay M, Meredith L, Ryan D, Spencer S, Vaughan C, Hedden L, Lukewich J, Mathews M, Shabnam A, Brown JB, Gill PS, Wong E, Marshall EG. Family physicians’ perspectives on collaboration challenges between primary care and specialist care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada: A qualitative study. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health. 2023 Dec 1;4:100338.

Ranade S, Thind A, Freeman T, Brown JB. Population-centered medical method: A population-centered medical model for public health medicine. Public Health. 2024 Jun 3;233:27-30. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2024.05.005. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38833759

Spencer S, Lukewich J, Marshall EG, Mathews M, Asghari S, Brown JB, Freeman TR, Gill P, Idrees S, McCracken RK, Ranade S, Slade S, Terry AL, Wickett J, Wong E, Buote R, Meredith L, Moritz L, Ryan D, Hedden L. “Family doctors are also people”: a qualitative analysis of how family physicians managed competing personal and professional responsibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hum Resour Health, 2024 Mar 4; 22 (1): 18, Coauthor, DOI: 10.1186/s12960-024-00901-4.

Ashcroft R, Donnelly C, Lam S, Kourgiantakis T, Adamson K, Verilli D, Dolovich L, Sheffield P, Kirvan A, Dancey M, Gill S, Mehta K, Sur D, Brown JB. Qualitative examination of collaboration in team-based primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Open, 2023 Feb 2; 13 (2): e067208, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067208.

Ashcroft R, Feryn N, Lam S, Hussain A, Donnelly C, Mehta K, Rayner J, Sur D, Adamson K, Sheffield P, Brown JB. Social workers’ formal and informal leadership in interprofessional primary care teams in Ontario, Canada. Healthc Manage Forum, 2023 Jul 1, Coauthor, DOI: 10.1177/08404704231184582.

Ashcroft, R., Mathers, A., Gin, A., Lam, S., Donnelly, C., Brown, J.B., Kourgiantakis, T., Adamson, K., Mehta, K., Rayner, J., Sur, D., Kirvan, A., Sheffield, P., & Dolovich, L. (2023). The benefits and challenges of precepting pharmacy students in primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education.

Hedden, L., Spencer, S., Mathews, M., Marshall, E.G., Lukewich, J., Asghari, S., Brown, J.B., Gill, P.S., Freeman, T.R., McCracken, R.K., Ryan, B.L., Vaughan, C., Wong, E., Buote, R., Meredith, L., Moritz, L., Ryan, D., McKay, M., Schacter, G. “There’s nothing like a good crisis for innovation”: a qualitative study of family physicians’ experiences with virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Health Serv Res 23, 338 (2023).

Mathews M, Meredith L, Ryan D, Hedden L, Lukewich J, Marshall EG, Moritz L, Spencer S, Xiao J, Brown JB, McKay M, Wong E, Gill P. An analysis of policies supporting the roles of family physicians in four regions in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthc Manage Forum. 2023 Jun 16:8404704231183174. doi: 10.1177/08404704231183174. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37326140.

Mathews M, Ryan D, Hedden L, Lukewich J, Marshall EG, Asghari S, Terry AL, Buote R, Meredith L, Moritz L, Spencer S, Brown JB, Christian E, Freeman TR, Gill PS, Sibbald SL, Wong E. Family physicians' responses to personal protective equipment shortages in four regions in Canada: a qualitative study. BMC Prim Care. 2023 Feb 27;24(1):56. doi: 10.1186/s12875-022-01958-7.

Mathews M, Ryan D, Hedden L, Lukewich J, Marshall EG, Buote R, Meredith L, Moritz LR, Spencer S, Brown JB, Gill PS, Ryan BL, Wetmore SJ. Strengthening the integration of primary care in pandemic response plans: a qualitative interview study of Canadian family physicians. Br J Gen Pract. 2023 Apr 27;73(730): e348-e355. doi: 10.3399/BJGP.2022.0350. Print 2023 May. PMID: 37105750.

Menear M, et al. Among authors: Brown JB. Understanding the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the care experiences of people with mental-physical multimorbidity: protocol for a mixed methods study. BMC Prim Care. 2023. PMID: 37488515 Free PMC article.

Nash DM, Thorpe C, Brown JB, Kueper JK, Rayner J, Lizotte DJ, Terry AL, Zwarenstein M. Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence Use in Primary Care: A Qualitative Study with Providers and Staff of Ontario Community Health Centres J Am Board Fam Med March/April 2023; 36:221-228; doi:10.3122/jabfm.2022.220177R.

Ryan B, Thompson K, Meredith L, Richard L, Shariff S, Terry A, Freeman T, Brown J, Matthews M, Stewart M, He J, Choi YH, Wilson H, Reichert S, Cejic S. Family physician virtual care during COVID-19 in London-Middlesex, Ontario, Canada: a mixed methods exploration. Ann Fam Med. 2022 Apr 1;(20 Suppl 1). doi: 10.1370/afm.20.s1.2863.

Taglione MS, Brown JB. Primary care engagement in health system change: a scoping review of common barriers and effective strategies. BMC Prim Care. 2023 Aug 8;24(1):157. doi: 10.1186/s12875-023-02117-2. PMID: 37550639.

Au NH, Ratzki-Leewing A, Zou G, Ryan BL, Webster-Bogaert S, Reichert SM, Brown JB, Harris SB. Real-World Incidence and Risk Factors for Daytime and Nocturnal Non-Severe Hypoglycemia in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus on Insulin and/or Secretagogues (InHypo-DM Study, Canada). Can J Diabetes. 2022 Mar;46(2):196-203.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2021.09.004. Epub 2021 Sep 21.

Brown JB, Reichert SM, Boeckxstaens P, Stewart M, Fortin M. Responding to vulnerable patients with multimorbidity: an interprofessional team approach. BMC Prim Care. 2022 Mar 30;23(1):62. doi: 10.1186/s12875-022-01670-6.

Brown JB, Westfall J, Harper D, Green LA. FROM NAPCRG: NAPCRG 50TH ANNIVERSARY - A YEAR-LONG CELEBRATION. Ann Fam Med. 2022 Mar-Apr;20(2):191-192. doi: 10.1370/afm.2804.

Mathews M, Meredith L, Ryan D, Hedden L, Lukewich J, Marshall EG, Buote RD, Moritz L, Spencer S, Asghari A, Brown JB, Freeman TR, Gill PS, McCracken RK, McKay M, Ryan B, Sibbald SL, Wetmore S, Wong E. The roles of family physicians during a pandemic. Healthcare Management Forum 2022; (0):1-6.

Mathews M, Ryan D, Hedden L, Lukewich J, Marshall EG, Brown JB, Gill PS, McKay M, Wong E, Wetmore SJ, Buote R, Meredith L, Moritz L, Spencer S, Alexiadis M, Freeman TR, Letto A, Ryan BL, Sibbald SL, Terry AL. Family physician leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic: roles, functions and key supports. Leadersh Health Serv (Bradf Engl). 2022 Jul 27; (ahead-of-print). doi: 10.1108/LHS-03-2022-0030.

Mathews M, Spencer S, Hedden L, Lukewich J, Poitras ME, Marshall EG, Brown JB, Sibbald S, Norful AA. The impact of funding models on the integration of registered nurses in primary health care teams: protocol for a multi-phase mixed-methods study in Canada. BMC Prim Care. 2022 Nov 19;23(1):290. doi: 10.1186/s12875-022-01900-x.

Nash DM, Brown JB, Thorpe C, Rayner J, Zwarenstein M. The Alliance for Healthier Communities as a Learning Health System for primary care: A qualitative analysis in Ontario, Canada. J Eval Clin Pract. 2022 Apr 30. doi: 10.1111/jep.13692. Epub ahead of print. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35488796.

Kueper JK, Terry A, Bahniwal R, Meredith L, Beleno R, Brown JB, Dang J, Leger D, McKay S, Pinto A, Ryan BL, Zwarenstein M, Lizotte DJ. Connecting artificial intelligence and primary care challenges: findings from a multi stakeholder collaborative consultation. BMJ Health Care Inform. 2022 Jan;29(1):e100493. doi: 10.1136/bmjhci-2021-100493.

Ranade S, Brown JB, Freeman TR, Thind A. Enacting care by being experts and managing relationships: A discourse analysis of Chief Medical Officer of health media briefings during the COVID-19 pandemic. SSM – Qualitative Research in Health, 2022 Dec 30. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100208. Online ahead of print.

Ryan BL, Brown JB, Freeman TR, Richard L, Stewart M, Meredith L, Choi YH, He JW, Cejic S, Thompson K, Reichert S, Shariff SZ, Booth R, Terry AL, Mathews M. Virtual family physician care during COVID-19: a mixed methods study using health administrative data and qualitative interviews. BMC Prim Care. 2022 Nov 25;23(1):300. doi: 10.1186/s12875-022-01902-9.

Terry AL, Kueper JK, Beleno R, Brown JB, Cejic S, Dang J, Leger D, McKay S, Meredith L, Pinto AD, Ryan BL, Stewart M, Zwarenstein M, Lizotte DJ. Is primary health care ready for artificial intelligence? What do primary health care stakeholders say? BMC Med Inform Decis Mak, 2022 Sep 9; 22 (1): 237, DOI: 10.1186/s12911-022-01984-6.

Terry AL, Stewart M, Ashcroft R, Brown JB, Burge F, Haggerty J, McWilliam C, Meredith L, Reid GJ, Thomas R, Wong ST; and the TUTOR-PHC Program Investigators/Mentors. Complex skills are required for new primary health care researchers: a training program responds. BMC Medical Education. 2022 Jul 22; 22(1):565. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03620-3.

Brown JB, Reichert SM, Valliere Y, McLachlan C, Webster-Bogaert S, Ratzki-Leewing A, Ryan BL, Harris SB. Health Care Providers' Emotional Responses to Their Patients' Hypoglycemic Events: Qualitative Findings From the InHypo-DM Study, Canada. Diabetes Spectrum May 2021. doi: 10.2337/ds20-0061

Ashcroft R, Donnelly C, Dancey M, Gill S, Lam S, Kourgiantakis T, Adamson K, Verrilli D, Dolovich L, Kirvan A, Mehta K, Sur D, Brown JB. Primary care teams' experiences of delivering mental health care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study. BMC Fam Pract. 2021 Jul 1;22(1):143. doi: 10.1186/s12875-021-01496-8.

Fortin M, Stewart M, Ngangue P, Almirall J, Bélanger M, Brown JB, Couture M, Gallagher F, Katz A, Loignon C, Ryan BL, Sampalli T, Wong ST, Zwarenstein M. Scaling Up Patient-Centered Interdisciplinary Care for Multimorbidity: A Pragmatic Mixed-Methods Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Fam Med. 2021 Mar-Apr;19(2):126-134. doi: 10.1370/afm.2650.

Mathews M, Spencer S, Hedden L, Marshall EG, Lukewich J, Meredith L, Ryan D, Buote R, Liu T, Volpe E, Gill PS, Ryan B, Schacter G, Wickett J, Freeman TR, Sibbald SL, Wong E, McKay M, McCracken R, Brown JB. Development of a primary care pandemic plan informed by in-depth policy analysis and interviews with family physicians across Canada during COVID-19: a qualitative case study protocol. BMJ Open. 2021 Jul 22;11(7):e048209. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048209.

Ngangue P, Brown JB, Forgues C, Ag Ahmed MA, Nguyen TN, Sasseville M, Loignon C, Gallagher F, Stewart M, Fortin M. Evaluating the implementation of interdisciplinary patient-centred care intervention for people with multimorbidity in primary care: a qualitative study. BMJ Open. 2021 Sep 24;11(9):e046914. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046914.

Piccinini-Vallis H, Brown JB, Ryan BL, McDonald SD, Stewart M. Women's Views on Advice About Weight Gain in Pregnancy: A Grounded Theory Study. Matern Child Health J. 2021 Aug 18. doi: 10.1007/s10995-021-03222-3. Epub ahead of print.

Rahman MFS, Brown JB, David KV, Valliere Y. Building family medicine into the primary health care system in India through under-graduate and post-graduate education. Educ Prim Care. 2021 May;32(3):186-187. doi: 10.1080/14739879.2020.1830438. Epub 2020 Oct 14.

Reid GJ, Brown JB, Mowat S. Caring for Children and Youth with Ongoing Mental Health Problems: Perspectives of Family Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Social Workers and Psychologists in Primary Health Care. Can J of Community Mental Health. 2021 Feb;39(3):pp. 51-73. doi:10.7870/cjcmh-2020-024

Stewart M, Fortin M, Brown JB, Ryan BL, Pariser P, Charles J, Pham TN, Boeckxstaens P, Reichert SM, Zou GY, Bhattacharya O, Katz A, Piccinini-Vallis H, Sampalli T, Wong ST, Zwarenstein M. Patient-centred innovation for multimorbidity care: a mixed-methods, randomised trial and qualitative study of the patients' experience; Br J Gen Pract. 2021 Mar 26;71(705):e320-e330. doi: 10.3399/bjgp21X714293.

Boeckxstaens P, Brown JB, Reichert SM, Smith CNC, Stewart M, Fortin M. Perspectives of specialists and family physicians in interprofessional teams in caring for patients with multimorbidity: a qualitative study. CMAJ Open. 2020 Apr 6;8(2):E251-E256. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20190222.

Brown JB, Valliere Y, McLachlan C, Reichert SM, Webster-Bogaert S, Ratzki-Leewing A, Ryan BL, Harris SB. Beyond the Sick Role: The Many Roles of Adults With Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in the Management of Hypoglycemia-The InHypo-DM Study, Canada. Can J Diabetes. 2020 Apr 9:S1499-2671(20)30084-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2020.03.011. Epub ahead of print.

Brown JB, Mulder C, Clark RE, Belsito L, Thorpe C. It starts with a strong foundation: constructing collaborative interprofessional teams in primary health care. J Interprof Care. 2020 Jul 27:1-7. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2020.1787360. Epub ahead of print.

Nguyen TN, Ngangue PA, Ryan BL, Stewart M, Brown JB, Bouhali T, Fortin M. The revised Patient Perception of Patient-Centeredness estionnaire: Exploring the factor structure in French-speaking patients with multimorbidity. Health Expect. Health Expect. 2020 Aug;23(4):904-909. doi: 10.1111/hex.13068. Epub 2020 Apr 27.

Ngangue PA, Forgues C, Nguyen T, Sasseville M, Gallagher F, Loignon C, Stewart M, Brown JB, Chouinard MC, Fortin M. Patients, caregivers and health-care professionals' experience with an interdisciplinary intervention for people with multimorbidity in primary care: A qualitative study. Health Expect. 2020 Apr;23(2):318-327. doi: 10.1111/hex.13035. Epub 2020 Feb 8.

Tadic V, Ashcroft R, Brown JB, Dahrouge S. The Role of Social Workers in Interprofessional Primary Healthcare Teams. Healthc Policy. 2020 Aug;16(1):27-42. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2020.26292.

Ashcroft R, Kourgiantakis T, Fearing G, Robertson T, Brown JB. Social Work's Scope of Practice in Primary Mental Health Care: A Scoping Review. Br J Soc Work. 2019 Mar: 49 (2):318-334.  doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcy051.

Brown JB, Reichert SM, Valliere Y, Webster-Bogaert S, Ratzki-Leewing A, Ryan BL, Harris SB. Living With Hypoglycemia: An Exploration of Patients' Emotions: Qualitative Findings From the InHypo-DM Study, Canada. Diabetes Spectr. 2019 Aug;32(3):270-276. doi: 10.2337/ds18-0074.

Pariser P, Pham TT, Brown JB, Stewart M, Charles J. Connecting People With Multimorbidity to Interprofessional Teams Using Telemedicine. Ann Fam Med. 2019 Aug 12;17(Suppl 1):S57-S62. doi: 10.1370/afm.2379.

Ramond-Roquin A, Stewart M, Ryan BL, Richards M, Sussman J, Brown JB, Bouhali T, Bestard-Denommé L, Fortin M. The "Patient-centered coordination by a care team" questionnaire achieves satisfactory validity and reliability. J Interprof Care. 2019 Sep-Oct;33(5):558-569. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2018.1554633. Epub 2018 Dec 17.

Ryan BL, Brown JB, Tremblay PF, Stewart M. Measuring Patients' Perceptions of Health Care Encounters: Examining the Factor Structure of the Revised Patient Perception of Patient-Centeredness (PPPC-R) Questionnaire. J Patient Cent Res Rev. 2019 Jul 29;6(3):192-202. doi: 10.17294/2330-0698.1696. eCollection 2019 Summer.

Ryan BL, Brown JB, Thorpe C. Moving from space to place: Reimagining the challenges of physical space in primary health care teams in Ontario. Can Fam Physician. 2019 Sep;65(9):e405-e410.

Schraeder KE, Reid GJ, Brown JB. An exploratory study of children's mental health providers' perspectives on the transition to adult care for young adolescents in the Canadian context. J Pediatr Nurs. 2019 Sep 3;49:51-59. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2019.08.015. [Epub ahead of print]

Uygur J, Brown JB, Herbert C. Understanding compassion in family medicine: a qualitative study. Br J Gen Pract. 2019 Mar;69(680):208-e216. doi: 10.3399/bjgp19X701285. Epub 2019 Jan 28.

Ashcroft R, McMillan C, Ambrose-Miller W, McKee R, Brown JB. The Emerging Role of Social Work in Primary Health Care: A Survey of Social Workers in Ontario Family Health Teams. Health Soc Work. 2018 May 1;43(2):109-117. doi: 10.1093/hsw/hly003. Epub 2018 Feb 27. 

Brown JB, Reichert SM, Valliere Y, Webster-Bogaert S, Ratzki-Leewing A, Harris SB. A qualitative enquiry of hypoglycemia and the social determinants of health: The InHypo-DM study, Canada. Fam Syst Health. 2018 Jul 12. doi: 10.1037/fsh0000355. [Epub ahead of print]

Brown JB, Ryan BL. Processes that influence the evolution of family health teams. Can Fam Physician. 2018 Jun;64(6):e283-e289. Can Fam Physician. 2018 Jun;64(6):e283-e289.

Ratzki-Leewing A, Harris SB, Mequanint S, Reichert SM, Brown JB, Black JE, Ryan BL. Real-world crude incidence of hypoglycemia in adults with diabetes: Results of the InHypo-DM Study, Canada. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2018 Apr 24;6(1):e000503. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2017-000503. eCollection 2018.

Schraeder KE, Reid GJ, Brown JB. "I Think He Will Have It Throughout His Whole Life": Parent and Youth Perspectives About Childhood Mental Health Problems. Qual Health Res. 2018 Mar 1:28 (4) 548-60. doi: 10.1177/1049732317739840. Epub 2017 Nov 21.

Schraeder KE, Brown JB, Reid GJ. Perspectives on Monitoring Youth with Ongoing Mental Health Problems in Primary Health Care: Family Physicians Are "Out of the Loop". J Behav Health Serv Res. 2018 Apr:45(2):219-236. doi: 10.1007/s11414-017-9577-4. Epub 2017 Dec 19.

Terry AL, Brown JB, Van Hoorn R, Stewart M; TUTOR-PHC Program Co-Investigators. Evolution and 15-year effect of a pan-Canadian training program: Transdisciplinary Understanding and Training on Research-Primary Health Care. Can Fam Physician. 2018 Jun;64(6):475-476.

Wong JY, Fong DY, Yau JH, Choi EP, Choi AW, Brown JB. Using the Woman Abuse Screening Tool to Screen for and Assess Dating Violence in College Students. Violence Against Women. 2018 July:24(9):1039-1051. doi: 10.1177/1077801217731542. Epub 2017 Oct 30. 

Ashcroft R, Kourgiantakis T, Brown JB. Social work's scope of practice in the provision of primary mental health care: protocol for a scoping review. BMJ Open. 2017 Nov 12;7(11):e019384. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019384.

Reichert S, Harris SB, Tompkins JW, Brown JB, Fournie M, Green M, Han H, Kotecha J, Mequanint S, Paquette-Warren J, Roberts S, Russell G, Stewart M, Thind A, Webster-Bogaert S, Birtwhistle R. Impact of a primary healthcare quality improvement program on diabetes in Canada: evaluation of the Quality Improvement and Innovation Partnership (QIIP). BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care, 2017; 5e0003925 DOI: 10.1136/ bmjdrc-2017-000392.

Stewart M, Fortin M, with the PACE in MM Team, Belanger M, Bestard-Denomme L, Bhattacharyya O, Borges DS, Bouhali T, Brown JB, Charles J, Chouinard MC, Emond V, Gallagher F, Glazier RH, Hogg WE, Katz A, Loignon C, Pariser P, Pham TN, Piccinini-Vallis H, Reichert S, Ryan BL, Sampalli T, Sussman J, Thind A, Wodchis W, Wong ST, Zwarenstein MF, Couture M, Huras PW. Patient-Centred Innovations for Persons with Multimorbidity: funded evaluation protocol. CMAJ Open, 2017 May 9; 5 (2): E365-E372, DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20160097.