Health Promotion:  Health-Promoting Lifestyles in Adolescent Females

                             Development of the Adolescent Lifestyle Questionnaire ALQ
                             Relationship of Physical Activity to Health Promotion Behavior

                             Preventing Deconditioning in the Elderly

                                    Smoking Cessation

 Nursing Education: Competencies of Liberal Education in Post R.N. Baccalaureate Students
                             Effectiveness of Multi Media Technology in Nursing Distance Education
                             Student and Faculty Experiences in Nursing Distance Education

                             Student Experiences with Honours Education

                                    Service Learning in Nursing Education
 

Nursing Leadership: Recruitment and Retention Issues in Nursing

 2007-09 Service Learning in Nursing and Health Education: Its Evolution and Development in the Canadian Context. Funded by St FX Service Learning Faculty Development & Research Support Fund). A. Gillis & M. MacLellan (Co-recipients). (Value $6,450).

 2006  Building a Supportive Network for Seniors living with Chronic Illness: Senior Care Navigation. H. Jewers and A. Gillis, Co-  Principal Investigators. Submitted to the 2006-07 Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation Competition. (Value requested $150,000- not funded). 

 2005  Nurses’ Attitudes, Knowledge and Confidence in Preventing and Treating Deconditioning in the Elderly. Funded by St. Francis Xavier University Council on Research (Value $3,000). B. Mac Donald, Principal Investigator, A. Gillis & A. MacIsaac Co-Investigators.

 2004 Nursing Environments: Knowledge to Action. Funded by Health Canada (Value $260,000) A. Gillis Research Collaborator on research team. Michael Leiter, Principal Investigator.

 2004   For Better For Worse: Evaluation of Honours Education. Funded by St. Francis Xavier University Council on Research (Value $3,000) A. Gillis. Principal Investigator.

 2001  Factors Impacting Recruitment, Retention, and Future Educational Preparation of Baccalaureate Nurses. Funded by St. Francis Xavier University Council on Research (Value $1,800) A. Gillis & W. Jackson Co. P.I.

 1997  Interactive Multimedia Technology in Nursing Distance Education: Evaluation of Effectiveness. ($208,210).  Funded by Office of

          Learning Technologies, Human Resource Canada, Value ($104,105) St. Francis Xavier University, Value ($104,105).  A. Gillis

          (Principal Investigator).

 1997  Distance Education Through the Eyes of the Participants: Teacher and Student Perspectives of Factors that Impact their Journey in Distance Education. Funded by Mount Royal College (Value $5,000) S. Moore, A. Gillis &  F. Jackson (Investigators).

 1996  Relationship of Importance of Health, Self-Efficacy, Social Support, and Demographics to Health-Promoting Lifestyle in Adolescent Females.  Study funded by the Canadian Nurses Foundation (Value $5,000).

 1995  Role of the Teacher in Distance Education.  Study funded by Mount Royal College Research Committee (Value $2,000). S. Moore & A. Gillis (Co-Principal Investigators). 

 1995  Development and Psychometric Testing of an Instrument to Measure Health Promoting Lifestyles in Adolescents.  Study funded by St. Francis Xavier University Council on Research (Value $2,000).  

 1994 Tobacco Reduction Strategy: A Comprehensive Needs Assessment of Disadvantaged/Priority English Speaking Women.  Study undertaken by the Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre and the Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto.  Funded by Health and Welfare Canada, Health Promotions Branch.  A. Gillis, Co-investigator.  (Value $260,000.)

 1993 Teens for Healthy Living.  Study funded by the Community Health Promotion Fund, Nova Scotia Department of Health (Value $5,000).

 1992  Relationship of Definition of Health, Perceived Health Status, Self-Efficacy, Parental Health-Promoting Lifestyle and Selected Demographics to Health-Promoting Lifestyles in Adolescent Females.  Dissertation research funded by the Canadian Nurses Foundation (Value $2,750).

 1990  Perception of Illness and Social Support in School Aged Asthmatic Children.  Study funded by the Nova Scotia Lung Association (Value $3,025).  A. Gillis, Principal Investigator: E. Parsons, Co-Investigator.

 1988 The Relationship of Physical Activity to Health Promotion Behaviours in Mid-Life Women in a Rural Setting.  Study funded by Research and Development Fund, Dalhousie University School of Nursing (Value $3,715).  A. Gillis, Principal Investigator; A. Perry, Co-Investigator.

 1987  Identification of Hospital Preparation Learning Needs of Rural Children Scheduled for Hospital Admission and their Parents.  Project funded by the St. Francis Xavier University Council on Research. (Value $2,600).

 1985  The Application of Growth and Development Concepts by Paediatric Nurses in the Provision of Nursing Care. Project funded by

          the St. Francis Xavier University Council on Research (Value: $1,900).

 1984  The Effect of Expansion of Life Space on the Estimation of Time Duration by the Immobilized Child in Hospital

           Project funded by St. Francis Xavier University Council on Research (Value: $3,l00).

 1983  The Effects of Short-Term Hospitalization on Discharged Children Under One Year of Age Admitted to Hospital Because of a  

          Respiratory Problem.  Project funded by the St. Francis Xavier University Council on Research (Value: $2,870).