Dr. Thea van Roode

Dr. Thea van Roode is a Research Associate at the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research. She has a background in public heath, epidemiology, qualitative and quantitative methods, implementation science and knowledge translation and exchange. She strives to work to improve health systems and services, support healthier public policies and create effective action for population health and health equity.  

Projects

• BC Co/Lab
• Equity lens in public health (ELPH) reducing health inequities: The contribution of core public health services in BC

Publications

• Critical considerations for the practical utility of health equity tools: a concept mapping study
• Everywhere and for everyone: proportionate universalism as a framework for equitable access to community drug checking
• Implementing an integrated multi‐technology platform for drug checking: Social, scientific, and technological considerations
• Supporting successful implementation of public health interventions: Protocol for a realist synthesis
• The potential impacts of community drug checking within the overdose crisis: qualitative study exploring the perspective of prospective service users
• Values are not enough: qualitative study identifying critical elements for prioritization of health equity in health systems
• What is needed for implementing drug checking services in the context of the overdose crisis? A qualitative study to explore perspectives of potential service users