Donna Stewart

Research Synopsis

Women's Health: Dr. Stewart's program examines factors related to the content and context of women's health and disease, locally, nationally and internationally. She employs both quantitative and qualitative methods to undertake research projects related to clinical care, violence against women, population health, patient-centered care, knowledge translation, health policy and health services accountability. Ongoing projects include intimate partner violence and health, resilience, depression, international health, multicultural health, perinatal health, physician stress and behaviour and antidepressant drugs during pregnancy.

Psychosomatic Medicine: Dr. Stewart is interested in the psychosocial effects of illness and coping strategies, and how these affect outcomes in chronic diseases. Projects focus on osteoporosis, information and decisional preferences in women with chronic diseases.

Policy, Education and Career Development: She is interested in public and professional education, health service accountability, policy development in women's health, gender aspects of career development, service accountability, mental health and violence policies, guidelines and curricula.