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Susan Slaughter, PhD

Pronouns: she / her

Contact

Associate Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Nursing
Email
sslaught@ualberta.ca
Address
Dianne and Irving Kipnes Health Research Academy
11405 87 Ave NW
Edmonton AB
T6G 1C9

Overview

About

Degrees

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship in Knowledge Translation, University of Alberta, 2010
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, 2008
  • Master of Science in Nursing (Applied), McGill University, 1982
  • Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences (Honours), Queen's University, 1978

Selected Honors

  • Mary Morrison Davis Award of Excellence, Alberta Association on Gerontology, 2016
  • Elizabeth Dickson KT Fellowship Supplement, 2008
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Institute of Aging, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 2008-10 
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, 2008-10

Featured Publications

Exploring oral care in long-term care homes: An institutional ethnography

Brodie, A., Caspar, S., Hopper, T., Compton, S., Slaughter, S.E.

Special Care in Dentistry. 2025 January; 45


“Nobody but a family member can do it quite the same way”: Understanding the meaning of mealtimes to residents and families in long-term care homes during the pandemic

Keller, H., Wu, S., Cammer, A., Lengyel, C., Harvie, R., O’Rourke, H., Dakkak, H., Trinca, V., Carrier, N. & Slaughter, S.E.

The Gerontologist. 2024 January; 64 (6):1-11


The experiences of nurse educators in establishing a teaching practice in the care of older persons: A focused ethnography study

Negrin, K.A., Slaughter S.E., Dahlke, S., Olson, J.

Journal of Professional Nursing. 2022 January; 40


Classification schemes for knowledge translation interventions: A practical resource for researchers

Slaughter, S.E., Zimmermann, G., Nuspl, M., Hanson, H., Albrecht, L., Esmail, R., Sauro, K., Newton, A., Donald, M., Dyson, M., Thomson, D., Hartling, L

BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2018 December; 17


Knowledge translation interventions to sustain direct care provider behaviour change in long-term care: A process evaluation

Slaughter, S.E., Bampton, E., Erin, D.F., Ickert, C., Wagg, A.S., Jones, C.A., Schalm, C., & Estabrooks, C.A.

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 2017 January;


Prevalence and determinants of poor food intake of residents living in long term care.

Keller, H., Carrier, N., Slaughter, S.E., Lengyel, C., Steele, C., Duizer, L., Morrison, J., Brown, S., Chaudhury, H., Yoon, M., Duncan, A., Boscart, V., Heckman, G., Villalon, L.

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2017 January; 18 (11):941-947


Mobility of Vulnerable Elders (MOVE) study: Effect of the sit-to-stand activity on mobility, function and quality of life

Slaughter SE, Wagg A, Jones A, Schopflocher D, Ickert C, Bampton E, Jantz A, Milke D, Schalm C, Lycar C, Estabrooks C

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2015 January; 16 (2):138-143


Identification of hearing loss among residents with dementia: perceptions of health care aides

Slaughter, S.E., Hopper, T., Ickert, C., Erin, D.F.

Geriatric Nursing. 2014 January; 35 (6)


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