Dr. Damien Contandriopoulos

My research focuses on high-performing models of primary care, including NP-led clinics, health policy processes, and the use of evidence in decision-making. From 2012 to 2018, I directed the knowledge translation platform for Quebec’s provincial nursing intervention network, and from 2014 to 2019, I held one of Canada’s 14 CIHR Applied Public Health Research Chairs. This chair served as a testing ground for innovative communication strategies—particularly media and social media—to better link scientific evidence with policy-making. I am frequently invited to comment on the future of the health-care system in provincial and national media, primarily in French.

1. Breton, M., Smithman, M.-A., Kreindler, S.A., Jbilou, J., Wong, S., Marshall, E., Sasseville, M., Sutherland, J. Crooks, V.A., Shaw, J., Contandriopoulos, D., Brousselle, A. & M. Green. (2021). Designing centralized waiting lists for attachment to a primary care provider: considerations from a logic analysis. Evaluation and Program Planning. Evaluation and Program Planning, 89, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2021.101962.
2. Greenhalgh T, Ozbilgin M and Contandriopoulos D. (2021) Orthodoxy, illusio, and playing the scientific game: a Bourdieusian analysis of infection control science in the COVID-19 pandemic. Wellcome Open Research, 6:126 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16855.3)
3. Contandriopoulos D. (2021) The year public health lost its soul: a critical view of the COVID-19 response. Can J Public Health. 2021 Dec;112(6):970-972. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8519326
4.  Contandriopoulos, D., Stajduhar, K., Tanya Sanders , T., Carrier, A., Bitschy, A. & L. Funk (2021) A realist review of the home care literature and its blind spots. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 28:680:689 doi:10.1111/jep.13627
5. Renner R, Ennis M, Contandriopoulos D, Guilbert E, Dunn S, Kaczorowski J, Darling E, Albert A, Styffe C, and Norman WV. (2022) Abortion Services and Providers in Canada in 2019: Results of a National Survey. Canadian Medical Association Journal 10(3):E856-E864; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20210232
6. Ennis M, Contandriopoulos D, Albert A, Guilbert E, Dunn S, Kaczorowski J, Norman WV, and Renner R. Development of a Fraud Detection Plan in a Survey of Canadian Abortion Providers. (2022) Annals of Family Medicine 20 (Supplement 1) 2642; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.20.s1.2642
7. Dufour, E., Duhoux, A., Sasseville, M., & Contandriopoulos, D. (2022). What is the reported experience of patients receiving care from integrated primary care teams?. The Annals of Family Medicine April 2022,  20 (Supplement 1) 2741; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.20.s1.2741
8. Duhoux, A., Contandriopoulos, D., & Dufour, É. (2022). Does the reported care experience of patients differ according to mission of the Integrated Primary Care Teams they receive care from? International Journal of Integrated Care, 22(S3), 131. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.ICIC22057
9. Duhoux, A., Dufour, É., Sasseville, M., Laroche, D., & Contandriopoulos, D. (2022). Rethinking Primary Care Delivery Models: Can Integrated Primary Care Teams Improve Care Experience?. International Journal of Integrated Care, 22, 8. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.5945
10. Contandriopoulos, D., Bertoni, K., Horne, B., Swanson, A., Glassel, S., Guengerich, L., Jonker, K., Grisdale, L. & L. Gilmour (2022) A descriptive analysis of the previous care experience of patients being rostered in BC’s new Nurse-Practitioner Primary Care Clinics. Nurse Practitioner Open Journal, 3,1. https://npopenjournal.com/index.php/npoj/article/view/394/414
11. Contandriopoulos, D., Bertoni, K,. Duhoux, A,. & G.K. Randhawa (2023) Pre-Post Analysis of the Impact of British Columbia Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Clinics on Patient Health and Care Experience. BMJ Open 13:e072812. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072812
12. Contandriopoulos, D., Stake-Doucet, N., & J. Schilling (2023) Fake kindness, Caring and Symbolic Violence. Nursing Ethics Online First 0(0). doi:10.1177/09697330231209290
13. Contandriopoulos, D. Bertoni, K. McCracken, R. Hedden, L. Lavergne, R. & Randhawa, G.K. (2024). Evaluating the Cost of NP-Led vs. GP-Led Primary Care in British Columbia. Healthcare Management Forum (Online First) https://doi.org/10.1177/08404704241229075
14. Hupé, C. Larue, C & D. Contandriopoulos (2023) Defining chemical restraints: A preliminary step towards measurement and quality assessment Aggression and Violent Behavior: 77 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2024.101926
15. Hedden L, Spencer S, Allin S, Contandriopoulos, D. et al For health or for profit? Understanding how private financing and for-profit delivery operate within Canadian healthcare (4H|4P): protocol for a multimethod knowledge mobilisation research project BMJ Open 2023;13:e077783. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077783
16. Yamamoto, C. Funk, L. Ethier, A. Carrier, A. Contandriopoulos, D. and K Stajduhar. Painted in Broad Strokes: English-Language News Media Coverage of Home Care in Relation to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada Journal of Canadian Studies 2023 57:2, 205-232 DOI: 10.3138/jcs-2022-0025
17. Contandriopoulos D, Bertoni K, McCracken R, Hedden L, Lavergne R, Randhawa GK. Evaluating the cost of NP-led vs. GP-led primary care in British Columbia. Healthcare Management Forum. 2024;37(4):244-250. doi:10.1177/08404704241229075
18. Contandriopoulos D, Bertoni K, What explains interprovincial differences in the uptake of autonomous NP practice? Healthcare Policy. 2025 20(3):40-45 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40624864/
19. Giroux, CM; Contandriopoulos, D; Bussières, A; Ahmed, S; Letts, L; Boruff J; Starr L; Thomas A. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2025 31(4) e70144 doi: 10.1111/jep.70144.
20. Contandriopoulos D, Three readings of the concept of governance, Healthcare Papers (Longwoods) In Press 2025

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