About this project
Funded by the Northern Health Authority and UNBC Northern Medical Program in Prince Georga BC, the objective of this study was to employ a qualitative approach to describe the new innovative model of rural COPD service delivery and the process undertaken to develop the program, as well as identify stakeholder perceptions of program outcomes and impact.
Research team: Kelly Skinner, Shannon Freeman, Laura Peach, Christopher Ross, Kathy Marchal, Anthon Meyer
Updates
Freeman, S., Peach, L., Ross, C. et al. Development and evaluation of the Rural and Northern Community Focused Model of COPD Care (RaNCoM). BMC Pulm Med 23, 399 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-023-02683-2
Freeman S, Meyer A, Skinner K, Peach L*. (2022). An innovative approach to enhancing COPD care and management in a rural northern community. Innovation in Aging, 6(1), 532. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.2025
Meyer A, Freeman S, Skinner K, Peach L. (2022). Improving chronic disease care in northern BC: A case of quality improvement through implementation and sustainability of the COPD Program in Fort St. James. BC Quality Forum, March 1-3, 2022.
Peach L*, Freeman S, Skinner K, Meyer A, Marchal K, Ross C. Transforming the COPD Care Model in Fort St. James: Results from an Evaluation Project. Presentation to the Northern Health Authority, British Columbia. July 2021
Meyer A, Freeman S, Skinner K, Peach L. (2021). An evaluation of the COPD program in Fort St. James. 2021 Northern BC Research and Quality Conference, December 7-9, 2021.
