Donna Halperin

 
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St. Francis Xavier Rankin School of Nursing Donna Halperin Profile

Research Interests

Donna Halperin’s research centers on understanding vaccine-related preventative health care behavior in order to identify the reasons why the public and healthcare providers accept or reject vaccinations for themselves as well as their children. In addition, it is equally important to understand why health care providers support and promote the use of vaccines in their workplace, as these individuals are often the most importance influence affecting decision making by members of the public. I have explored these issues in specific populations such as parents of young children, pregnant women, adults and healthcare providers. My research often has a disease/vaccine-specific focus but also encompasses a broader view involving multiple vaccines delivered in various vaccination platforms (adult immunization, maternal immunization, clinical trial participants). Within the area of vaccine delivery, I have focused my work on vaccine administration by new and alternative health care providers such a pharmacists and chiropractors and on expanded education in nursing and other health professional curricula. A large portion of my work also deals with the interface between health policy and decision makers. My research characterizes health and health care delivery in the context of enacted health policies to inform future health policy decision making.

Selected Publications

  1. MacDougall, D.M., Langley, J.M., Li, L., Ye, L., MacKinnon-Cameron, D., Top, K., … Halperin, S.A. (2017). Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of university students, faculty, and staff during a meningococcal serogroup B outbreak vaccination program. Vaccine, 35(18), 2520–2530. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.02.011

  2. McPherson, M.Y., García-García, A., Cuesta-Valero, F.J., Beltrami, H., Hansen-Ketchum, P., MacDougall, D., & Ogden, N. (2017). Expansion of the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis in Canada inferred from CMIP5 climate projections.  Environmental Health Perspectives, 125(5), 1-9. doi: 10.1289/EHP

  3.  Isenor, J., Edwards, N., Alia, T., Slayter, K.L., MacDougall, D.M., McNeil, S., & Bowles, S. (2016). Impact of pharmacists as immunizers on vaccination rates: A systematic review and meta analysis. Vaccine, 34(47), 5708–5723. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.08.085

  4. MacDougall, D.M., Halperin, B.A., Isenor, J., MacKinnon-Cameron, D., Li, L., McNeil, S.A., Halperin, S.A. (2016). Routine immunization of adults by pharmacists: attitudes and beliefs of the Canadian public and health care providers. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 12(3), 623-31 doi: 10.1080/21645515.2015.1093714

  5. Langley JM, MacDougall, D.M., Halperin BA, Swain A, Halperin SA, Top KA, McNeil SA, MacKinnon-Cameron D, Marty K, De Serres G, Dubé E, Bettinger JA. (2016). Rapid surveillance for health events following a mass meningococcal B vaccine program in a university setting: A Canadian Immunization Research Network study. Vaccine, 34(34):4046-4049. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.06.025. PubMed PMID: 27302338.

  6. MacDougall, D.M., Halperin, B.A, Langley, J.M., McNeil, S.M., MacKinnon-Cameron, D.M., Li Li & Halperin, S.A. (2016) Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of pregnant women approached to participate in a Tdap maternal immunization randomized, controlled trial , Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 12(4), 879-885, doi: 10.1080/21645515.2015.1130193

  7. MacDougall, D.M., Halperin, B.A., Langley, J.M., MacKinnon-Cameron, D., Li, L., & Halperin, S.A.; Maritime Universal Rotavirus Vaccination Program (MURVP). (2016). Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of parents and healthcare providers before and after implementation of a universal rotavirus vaccination program. Vaccine, 34(5), 687–695. doi:10.1186/s40545-016-0084-410.1016/j.vaccine.2015.09.089

  8. MacDougall, D.M., & Halperin, S.A. Immunization in Canada: Update for 2015 [invited editorial, 2016]. Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association, 60(1),6-12.

  9. Isenor, J., Killen, J., Billard, B., McNeil, S., MacDougall, D.M., Halperin, B., Slayter, K., & Bowles, S. (2016). Impact of pharmacists as immunizers influenza vaccination coverage in the community-setting in Nova Scotia. Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 9(32), 1-6. doi: DOI 10.1186/s40545-016-0084-4

  10. Isenor, J., Alia, T., Killen, J., Billard, B., Halperin, B., Slaytor, K., McNeil, S., MacDougall, D., & Bowles, S. (2016 May 3) Human Vaccines and Immunotherpeutics, 12(5),1225-8. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2015.1127490.

  11. Fielding, G., McPherson, M., Hansen-Ketchum, P., MacDougall, D.M., Beltrami, H., & Dunn, J. (2016). Climate change projections and public health systems: Building evidence informed connections. OneHealth, 2 (12), 152-154. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2016.07.005

  12. MacDougall, D.M., Halperin, B.A., MacKinnon-Cameron, D., Li, L., McNeil, S.A., Langley, J.M., & Halperin, S.A. (2015, Sept.). The challenge of vaccinating adults: attitudes and beliefs of the Canadian public and healthcare providers. BMJ Open, 5(9), e009062. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009062

  13. MacDougall, D.M., & Halperin, S.A. Improving rates of maternal immunization: Challenges and opportunities [invited review]. (2015, Sept). Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2015.1101524

  14. MacDougall, D., Halperin, B.A., MacKinnon-Cameron, D., Li, L., McNeil, S., Langley, J.M., & Halperin, S.A. (2015). Universal tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination of adults: What Canadian health care providers know and need to know. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 11(9), 2167–2179. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2015.104666

  15. Halperin, B.A., MacDougall, D., MacKinnon-Cameron, D., Li, L., McNeil, S.A., Langley, J.M., & Halperin, S.A. (2015). Universal tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination of adults: What the Canadian public knows and wants to know. Vaccine, 33(48), 6840–6848. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.09.012

  16. Chambers, L.W., Crowe L., Lam P.-P., MacDougall, D., McNeil, S., Roth, V., McCarthy, A.E. (2015). A new approach to improving healthcare personnel influenza immunization programs: A randomized controlled trial. PLoS ONE, 10(3), e0118368. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118368

  17. Sanford, C., Langley, J.M., Halperin, S.A., Zelman M, & Maritime Universal Rotavirus Vaccination Program (MURVP) (MacDougall, D., member). (2015). A universal infant rotavirus program in two delivery models: Effectiveness and adverse events following immunization. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 11(4), 870–874. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2015.1012028

  18. Zelman, M., Sanford, C., Neatby, A., Halperin, B.A., MacDougall, D., Rowswell, C., … Maritime Universal Rotavirus Vaccination Program (MURVP). (2014). Implementation of a universal rotavirus vaccination program: comparison of two delivery programs. BMC Public Health, 14, 908. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-908

  19. MacDougall, D., Crowe, L., Pereira, J.A., Kwong, J.C,. Quach, S., Wormsbecker, A.E., … Public Health Agency of Canada/Canadian Institutes of Health Research Influenza Research Network (PCIRN) Program Delivery and Evaluation Group. (2014). Parental perceptions of school-based influenza immunisation programs in Ontario, Canada: a qualitative study. BMJ Open, 4(6), e005189. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005189

  20. Halperin, B.A., Morris, A., MacKinnon-Cameron, D., Mutch, J., Langley, J.M., McNeil, S., MacDougall, D., & Halperin, S.A. (2011). Kinetics of the antibody response to tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine in women of childbearing age and postpartum women. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 53(9), 885–892. doi: 10.1093/cid/cir538

  21. Pelly, L.P., Pierrynowski MacDougall, D., Halperin, B.A., Strang, R.A., Bowles, S.K, Baxendale, D.M., & McNeil, S.A. (2010).The VaxEd project: An assessment of immunization education in Canadian health professional programs. BMC Medical Education, 10, 86. doi:10.1186/1472-6920-10-86

  22. Lam, P.-P., Chambers, L.W., Pierrynowski MacDougall, D.M., & McCarthy, A.E. (2010). Seasonal influenza vaccination campaigns for health care personnel: systematic review. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 182(12), E542–E548. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.091304

 
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