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Name: Patricia McKeever

Title: Senior Scientist, Theme Leader and Bloorview Kids Foundation Chair in Childhood Disability Studies

Theme: Participation and Inclusion

Education: Ph.D., Sociology, York University
M.Sc. (A), Nursing, McGill University
B.N., Nursing, McGill University
R.N., School of Nursing, Toronto General Hospital

University Position: Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto

Cross-Appointments: Department of Family and Community Medicine, Dalla Lana School of Public Health; Department of Paediatrics; Institute of Medical Sciences; and the Collaborative Program in Bioethics

Research Interests: Social, philosophical and policy aspects of childhood disability/chronic illness, interdisciplinary scholarship, contemporary social theory and qualitative research methods.

Current Funding:

Title: Best practices and self-management interventions for children and youth with a physical disability.
Researchers: Lindsay, S., Kingsnorth, S., McKeever, P., Vrijhoef, B.
Agency: Canadian Institute of Health Research, ($99,945, 2011- 2012)

Title: The Art of Waiting: Evaluation of an Interactive Media Experience in a Children's Hospital Clinic Waiting Space.
Researchers: Biddiss, E., (PI), McPherson, A., Chau, T., McKeever, P., Rigby, P. & Fehlings, D.
Agency: Canadian Institute of Health Research, ($93,536, 2011- 2013)

Title: Active Video Games for Promotion of Physical Activity in Children and Youth With Disabilities: Risks and Benefits.
Researchers: Biddiss, E., Chau, T., Fehlings, D., McKeever, P. & Wright, V.
Agency: Canadian Institute of Health Research, ($152,910, 2010- 2013)

Title: Songs of Children Said to be Silent.
Researchers: McKeever, P. (PI), Biddiss, E., Chau, T., Kingsnorth S. & Blain, S.
Agency: SickKids Foundation, Norman Saunders Complex Care Initiative, ($9,971, 2010-2011)

Title: School, Home and Neighbourhood Accessibility: Physically Disabled Children’s Assessments (The ScHaN Project).
Researchers: McKeever, P., Ruddick, S. (Co-PIs), Dunn, J., Young, N., Yantzi, N. & Doherty, S.
Agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, ($360,768, 2008- 2011)

Title: The Lived Experiences of Mothers of Children with Autism.
Researchers: Nicholas, D. (PI), Roberts, W. & McKeever, P.
Agency: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, ($154,000, 2008-  2011)

Title: Development of an Indicator of the Impact of Assistive Devices on Children with Disabilities and their Families.
Researchers: Ryan, S. (PI), Campbell, K., McKeever, P., Montpetit, K., Perkin, S., Rigby, P., Roxborough, L. & Stevens, J.  
Agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, ($225,000, 2008-2011) and Bloorview Research Institute ($100,000, 2008- 2011)

Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications:

Gibson, B.E., Teachman, G., Wright, V., Fehlings, D., Young, N.L., McKeever, P. (2011). Children's and parents' beliefs regarding the value of walking: Rehabilitation implications for children with cerebral palsy. Child: Care, Health and Development. 2011; doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2011.01271.x

Tsimicalis, A., Stevens, B., Ungar, W., McKeever, P., Greenberg, M., Agha, M., Guerriere, D., Barr, R., Naqvi, A. & Moineddin, R. (2011). A prospective study to determine the costs incurred by families of children newly diagnosed with cancer in Ontario. Psycho-Oncology. 2011; doi: 10.1002/pon.2009

Gladstone, B., Boydell, K., Seeman, V. M. & McKeever, P. (2011). Children’s experience of parental mental illness: a literature review. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 2011; doi:10.1111/j.1751-7893.2011.00287.x

McLaren, C., Edwards, G., Ruddick, S., Zabjek, K. & McKeever, P. (2011). Kindergarten Kids in motion: Rethinking inclusive classrooms for optimal learning. Educational and Child Psychology. 28 (1), 100-113

Blain, S., Kingsnorth, S., Stephens, L. & McKeever, P. (2011). Determining the effects of therapeutic clowning on nurses in a children's rehabilitation hospital, Arts & Health. 2011; doi: 10.1080/17533015.2011.561359.

Biddiss, E., McKeever, P., Lindsay, S. & Chau, T. (2011). Implications of prosthesis funding structures on the experiences of individuals with upper limb absence. Prosthetics & Orthotics International. 35(2), 215-224.

Kingsnorth, S., Blain, S., & McKeever, P. (2010). Physiological and emotional responses of disabled children to Therapeutic Clowns: A pilot study. Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2010; doi: 10.1093/ecam/neq008.

Poole, J., Shildrick, M., De Luca, E., Abbey, S., Mauthner, O., McKeever, P., Ross, H. (2010). The Obligation to Say ‘Thank You’: Heart Transplant Recipients’ Experience of Writing to the Donor Family. American Journal of Transplantation. 11(3), 619-622.

Tsimicalis, A., Stevens, B., Ungar, W., McKeever, P., & Greenberg, M. (2010). The Cost of Childhood Cancer from the Family's Perspective: A Critical Review. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2010; doi: 10.1002/pbc.22685.

Blaine, S. & McKeever, P. (2010). Revealing Personhood through Biomusic of Individuals without Communicative Interaction Ability. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 27(1), 1-4.

Naylor, K., Kingsnorth, S., Lamont, A. McKeever, P. & Macarthur, C. (2010). The Effectiveness of Music in Pediatric Healthcare: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2011;doi:10.1155/2011/464759.

Blain, S., McKeever, P. & Chau, T. (2010). Bedside computer access for an individual with severe and multiple disabilities: A case study. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology. 5(5), 359-369.

Yantzi, N., Young, N. & McKeever, P. (2010). The suitability of school playgrounds for physically disabled children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Children’s Geographies. 8(1), 65-78.

Adams, A., Theodore, D., Goldenberg, E., McLaren, C. & McKeever, P. (2010). Kids in the Atrium: Comparing architectural intentions and children’s experiences in a pediatric hospital lobby. Social Science & Medicine.70, 658-667.

Pillai Riddell, R., Stevens, B.J., McKeever, P., Gibbins, S., Asztalos, L., Katz,J., Ahola, S., & Din, L.  (2009). Chronic pain in hospitalized infants: Health professionals’ perspectives. Journal of Pain. 10(12), 1217-1225.

Gibson, B.E., Zitzelsberger, H. & McKeever, P. (2009). “Futureless” Persons: Shifting Life Expectancies and the Vicissitudes of Progressive Illness. Sociology of Health and Illness. 31(4), 554-568.

Shildrick, M., McKeever, P., Abbey, S., Poole, J. & Ross, H. (2009). Troubling dimensions of heart transplantation. Medical Humanities. 35, 35-38.

Peter E, Spalding K, Kenny N, Conrad P, McKeever P, Macfarlane A. Neither seen nor heard: Children and home care policy in Canada. Soc Sci Med.2007; 64: 1624-1635.

Gibson B, Upshur R, Young N, McKeever P. Disability, Technology, and Place: Social and Ethical Implications of Long-Term Dependency on Medical Devices. Ethics, Place and Environment, 2007; 10(1): 7-28.

Yantzi N.M, Rosenberg MW, McKeever P. Getting out of the house: The challenges mothers face when children have long-term care needs. Health Soc Care Community. 2007; 15(1): 45-55.

Contact Information:
Bloorview Research Institute,
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
150 Kilgour Road
Toronto, Ontario M4G 1R8

Tel: 416-425-6220, extension 3348
Fax: 416-425-1634

E-mail: pmckeever at hollandbloorview dot ca

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