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Andrea Baumann

Director, World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre in Primary Health Care and Health Human Resources, McMaster University


Andrea Baumann

Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre in Primary Care and Health Human Resources, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and Member of the Order of Canada. Dr. Andrea Baumann is an expert in health systems and health human resources. She conducts qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research on long-term care at the local, provincial and national levels, including workforce analyses, resident abuse and neglect, excess mortality, exemplars in care and the importance of leadership. Her work emphasizes the critical link between evidence, policy and practice.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Countries Canada; Canada (Ontario);
Topics Care economy; Care innovations; Care outcomes; Care work and migration; Economics of LTC; Governance and LTC systems organisation; Loneliness among older people; LTC Policy; LTC Reforms; LTC Workforce; New models of care; Outcome measurement in LTC; Quality regulation and accreditation for LTC services; Social connection;
Methods Analysis of administrative data; Case studies; Document analysis; Focus groups; Literature reviews and synthesis; Longitudinal data analysis; Mixed methods; Policy analysis; Qualitative studies; Questionnaire; Thematic analysis; Theory and frameworks;
Role Research;
Interest Groups Migration Mobility and Care Workers; Quality improvement in Long-Term Care; Workforce Capacity and Capability; Working Conditions and Wages in Long-Term Care;
Websitehttps://experts.mcmaster.ca/display/baumanna
ORC.ID0000-0002-3894-028X
GOOGLE SCHOLARhttps://scholar.google.com.mx/citations?user=WgthZkUAAAAJ&hl=en
Key publications

Baumann, A., Crea-Arsenio, M., Smith, V., & Idriss-Wheeler, D. (2024). Abuse in Canadian long-term care homes: A mixed methods study. BMJ Open Quality, 13(2), e002639. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2023-002639

Crea-Arsenio, M., Baumann, A., Antonipillai, V., & Akhtar-Danesh, N. (2024). Factors associated with pressure ulcer and dehydration in long-term care setting in Ontario, Canada. PLOS ONE, 19(1), e0297588. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0297588

Baumann, A., & Crea-Arsenio, M. (2023). The crisis in the nursing labour market: Canadian policy perspectives. Healthcare, 11(13), 1954. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11131954

Oldenburger, D., Baumann, A., Crea-Arsenio, M., Baba, V., & Deber, R. (2023). Deployed in disaster: Exploratory study of personnel deployed into Ontario long-term care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 38(S1), s52–s52. doi:10.1017/S1049023X23001681

Oldenburger, D., Baumann, A., Crea-Arsenio, M., Deber, R., & Baba, V. (2023). COVID-19 in long-term care: A two-part commentary. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 39(1), 111–115. doi:10.1017/S1049023X23006611

Stewart, C., Berta, W. B., Laporte, A., Deber, R., & Baumann, A. (2023). Nurses’ work, work psychology, and the evolution & devolution of care provision in nursing homes: A scoping review. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 5(100133). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnsa.2023.100133

Akhtar-Danesh, N., Baumann, A., Antonipillai, V., & Crea-Arsenio, M. (2022). Frequency of neglect and its effect on mortality in long-term care before and during the COVID-19 pandemic [Special issue]. Healthcare Policy, 17, 107–121. doi:121.10.12927/hcpol.2022.26851.

Akhtar-Danesh, N., Baumann, A., Crea-Arsenio, M., & Antonipillai, V. (2022). COVID-19 excess mortality among long-term care residents in Ontario, Canada. PLOS ONE, 17(1), e0262807. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262807

Baumann, A., & Crea-Arsenio, M. (2022). Rights versus risks: The impact of isolation on residents and families in long-term care [Special issue]. Healthcare Policy, 17, 133–144. doi:10.12927/hcpol.2022.26849

Baumann, A., Crea-Arsenio, M., Deber., R., Meershoek, A., Norman, P., & Deber, R. (2022). Exemplars in long-term care during COVID-19: The importance of leadership [Special issue]. Healthcare Policy, 17, 27–39. doi:10.12927/hcpol.2022.26856

Berta, W., Stewart, C., & Baumann, A. (2022). What is old is new again: Global issues influencing workers and their work in long-term care [Special issue]. Healthcare Policy, 17, 66–90. doi:10.12927/hcpol.2022.26853

Crea-Arsenio, M., Baumann, A., & Smith, V. (2022). Inspection reports: The canary in the coal mine [Special issue]. Healthcare Policy, 17, 122–132. doi:10.12927/hcpol.2022.26850

Deber, R., Crea-Arsenio, M., Lavoie-Tremblay, M., & Baumann, A. (2022). Introduction – COVID-19 and long-term care: What have we learned? [Special issue]. Healthcare Policy, 17, 8–13. https://doi.org/10.12927/hcpol.2022.26858

Oldenburger, D., Baumann, A., Crea-Arsenio, M., Deber, R., & Baba, V. (2022). COVID-19 issues in long-term care in Ontario: A document analysis [Special issue]. Healthcare Policy, 17, 53–65. doi:10.12927/hcpol.2022.26854