The purpose of this study is to identify and address the facilitators and barriers for nurse practitioners’ (NPs) successful initiation and ongoing provision of medical abortion services using mifepristone.
Through multiple time point surveys (baseline and one-year) we will explore the factors influencing medical abortion practice and will recommend policy or service delivery changes with respect to addressable barriers.
Survey respondents will consist of NP’s who provide medical abortion and NP’s not currently providing this service. A subsequent interview with a subgroup of NP survey respondents, as well as key stakeholders, will explore the practice, policy, and social challenges and opportunities facing nurse practitioners who provide mifepristone in Canada.
This study is being funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
Click here to download the NP Mife study summary
If you have any questions or would like more information about this study, please contact cart.np@dal.ca
Investigator Team:
Ruth Martin-Misener, NP, PhD, FAAN, Dalhousie University (Co-PI);
Wendy V. Norman, MD, FCFP, DTM&H, MHSc, University of British Columbia (Co-PI);
Stephanie Begun, PhD, MSW, RSW, University of Toronto;
Melissa Brooks, MD, FRCSC, Dalhousie University;
Denise Bryant-Lukosius, RN, CON(C), BScN, MScN, PhD, McMaster University;
Andrea Carson, MA, PhD, Dalhousie University;
Cheryl Davies, BA, RN, MEd, BC Women’s Hospital;
Sheila Dunn, MD, MSc, CCFP (EM), FCFP, University of Toronto;
Roopan Gill, MD, MPH, FRCSC, University of British Columbia;
Edith Guilbert, MD, MSc, Laval University;
Bonnie Henry, MD MPH FRCPC, BC Ministry of Health;
Janusz Kaczorowski, MA, PhD, University of Montreal;
Kelley Kilpatrick, RN, PhD, Centre de recherche de l’Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (Montréal);
Kim McGrail, MPH, PhD, University of British Columbia;
Sarah Munro, PhD, University of British Columbia
Natasha Prodan-Bhalla, NP, DNP, Provincial Health Services Authority (BC);
Martha Paynter, RN, PhD(c), Dalhousie University;
Jennifer Rayner, PhD, Association of Ontario Health Centres;
Regina Renner, MD, MPH, FRCSC, FACOG, University of British Columbia;
Josette Roussel, RN, MSc, M.Ed, Canadian Nurses Association / Association des infirmières et infirmiers du Canada
Judith Soon, BSc, RPh, ACPR, MSc, PhD, FCSHP University of British Columbia;
Eleni Stroulia, PhD, University of Alberta;
Marie-Soleil Wagner, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACOG, Université de Montréal.
