Publications

Hébert S-E, Violette I, Forgues E, Erazo A, Kehoe MacLeod K. (2026 Jun) Language at the heart of the experience of Francophones in healthcare in New Brunswick: an exploratory study of experiences of linguistic discordance in healthcare. Linguistic Minorities and Society. 28 https://doi.org/10.7202/1126328ar

Kehoe MacLeod K, Hammond E, Wicks V, Beogo I, Cortbaoui P, Crisp R, Dort J, Dueck C, Fernandez M, Giroux I, Jessri M, Kamara I, Kapfunde D, Li S, Neufeld H, Otoadese D, Peck S, Reed B, Sinha S, Muray M. (2026 May). Co-designing roadmaps for promoting culturally relevant food in long-term care homes for the African, Caribbean and Black population in Canada: A multi-method, participatory action research study protocol. BMC Nutrition. 12(1):113. doi: 10.1186/s40795-026-01331-2

Belanger C, Timothy PE, Belizaire A, Desilets A, Fitzsimon JP, Gauthier A, Godfrey L, Karunananthan S, Kehoe MacLeod K, Muray M, Peixoto C, Bjerre L. (2026 Apr). Going the distance: A cross-sectional geospatial analysis quantifying province-wide inequities in travel-based access, and fragility of access to French-language primary care provided by family physicians in Ontario, Canada. BMJ Open. 16(4):e099965. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-099965

Dewidar O, Abdi A, Sabri H, Dawit H, Philip S, Barbeau V, Benoit P, Antunes P, Jetté J, Assaouré J, Plourde D, Sabbagh R, Skaff E, Seguin J, Archibald D, Welch V, Kehoe MacLeod K. (2026 Jan). Interventions to enhance early recognition and management of mental health symptoms in patients with cardiovascular disease: A rapid scoping review. CJC Open. 8(1):P82-92 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2025.10.002

Bai JQA, Ménard A, Singh Y, Kobewka D, Kehoe MacLeod K. (2025 Nov). Assessing decision-making tools for meaningful discussions about transfer decisions from long-term care to hospital: A scoping review. Journal of Applied Gerontology. 45(11):2101-2116. doi: 10.1177/07334648251394471

Philip S, Dahroughe S, Auprix M-A, Aomreore A, Hosseini M, Archibald D, Antunes P, Assaouré J, Benoit P, Plourde D, Sabbagh R, Seguin J, Skaff E, Tanguay E, Bandk K, Welch V, Liu P, Jones K, Kehoe MacLeod K. (2025). Optimizing regional care delivery systems targeting adults with heart failure and mental health interconnected conditions. BMJ Open. 15:e109113. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2025-109113

Kehoe MacLeod K, Wicks V, Isenberg SR, Backman C, Beogo I, Cénat JM, Fisher S, Johnston S, Kendall CE, Manis DR, Muray M, Norris M, Li W, Patel K, Shiamptanis A, Spencer K, Tugwell, P, Yurt P, Webber C. (2025). Developing an evidence base to inform retirement home policy development using an equity and diversity lens: A mixed methods study protocol. BMC Geriatrics. 25, Article number: 835 10.1186/s12877-025-06501-8

Wicks V, Philip S, Warbrick, M, Li W, Bandk K, Hector A, Caissie D, Lawlor P, Yeung J, Kehoe MacLeod K. (2025). The role of food as part of person-centred palliative care: An exploratory ethnographic study. Palliative Care and Social Practice 19:25 doi:10.1177/26323524251364281

Philip S, Konikoff L, Tiukuvaara S, Izzard T, Sitka K, Bercier G, Hewton K, Bruce B, Fraser M, Ferguson F, LeBouthillier C, Maskerine C, Kehoe MacLeod K. (2025). A qualitative RE-AIM evaluation of an embedded community paramedicine program in an Ontario Family Health Team. BMC Primary Care 26, 82 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-025-02777-2

Lee SH, Reaume M, Fung C, Kehoe MacLeod K. (2025). Reflections on the value of Canadian multiculturalism in health care delivery: Systems-level imperative for new Canadians. Canadian Family Physician. 71:238-40 (Eng), 246-8 (Fr). DOI: 10.46747/cfp.7104238

Kehoe MacLeod K, Shorting T, McCoy M, Bush SH, Lalumière G, Rice J, Isenberg SR. (2025). Exploring success in subacute hospital-to-home transitions for palliative patients: A descriptive qualitative study. Journal of Palliative Care. DOI: 10.1186/s12904-025-01830-2

Ménard A, Singh Y, Adams M, Bai JQA, Kobewka D, Kehoe MacLeod K. (2025). “We Didn’t Ask to Be Sick”: Equipping Residents and Care Partners for Transitions from Long-Term Care to Hospital. Journal of American Geriatrics Society. 73, 8: 2410-2421 https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.19535

Dewidar O, Abdi A, Sabri H, Dawit H, Philip S, Barbeau V, Welch V, Kehoe MacLeod K. (2025). Interventions to improve the recognition, awareness and prevention of anxiety, depression and stress in cardiovascular patients: a protocol for a rapid scoping review. osf.io/mwz2s.

Backman C, Engel F, Kolle AT, Papp R, Lam A, Freeman L, Li W, Sterling E, Fung S, Sinha S, Manis D, Wang TF, Kehoe MacLeod K, Hecimovich C, Webber C, Maskerine C, Syrowatka A, Fancott C, Kobewka D. (2025). Measuring and monitoring safety of older adults living in retirement homes: A scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 15:e109632. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2025-109632

Lee SH, Gibb M, Karunananthan S, Cody M, Tanuseputro P, Kendall C, Bédard D, Collin S, and Kehoe MacLeod K. (2024) Lived experiences of palliative care physicians on the impacts of language and cultural discordance on end-of-life care across Ontario, Canada: A qualitative study using the intersectionality-based policy framework. International Journal for Equity in Health 23:229. doi: 10.1186/s12939-024-02312-2

Ménard A, Konikoff L, Adams M, Singh Y, Scott M, Yin C, Kimura M, Kobewka D, Fung C, Isenberg SR, Kaasalainen S, Kierulf J, Molnar F, Shamon S, Wilson K, Kehoe MacLeod K. (2024). Supporting resident-centred decision-making about transitions from long-term care homes to hospital: A qualitative study protocol. BMJ Open;14:e086748. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086748

Tittley ME, Backman C, Lee SH, Gibb M, Kehoe MacLeod K (2024) Analyzing Linguistic and Culturally Discordant Care from the Perspectives of Nurses and Nurse Practitioners in Ontario, Canada. International Journal of Nursing and Health Care Research 7:1547. DOI: https://doi.org/10.29011/2688-9501.101

Persaud S, Fitzgerald M, Hawken S, Tanuseputro P, Boucher L, Petrcich W, Wellman M, Webber C, Shoemaker E, Ducharme R, Dahrouge S, Myran D, Bayoumi AM, Wanigaratne S, Bloch G, Ponka D, Smith BT, Lofters A, Zygmunt A, Kehoe MacLeod K, Turcotte LA, Sander B, Howard M, Funnell S, Rayner J, Kitagawa K, Ibrahim S, Kendall CE. (2024) The association of combinations of social factors and SARs-CoV-2 infection: a retrospective population-based cohort study in Ontario, 2020-2021, Dialogues in Health  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dialog.2024.100197

McCoy M, Shorting T, Kumar Mysore V, Fitzgibbon E, Rice J, Savigny M, Weiss M, Vincent D, Hagarty M, Kehoe MacLeod K, Ernecoff NC, Pattison R, Kornberg M, Bruni A, Bush SH, Kuluski K, Fiset V, Li C, Parsons HA, Lalumière G, Connolly T, Webber C, Isenberg SR. (2024). Advancing the Care Experience for patients receiving Palliative care as they Transition from hospital to Home (ACEPATH): Co-designing an intervention to improve patient and family caregiver experiences. Health Expectations. 27(2): e14002. doi: 10.1111/hex.14002

Lee, S. H., Gibb, M., Karunananthan, S., Cody, M., Tanuseputro, P., Johnston, S., Kendall, C., Bedard, D., Collin, S., & Kehoe MacLeod, K. (2023). Exploring Primary Care Physicians’ Experiences of Language and Cultural Discordant Care for Linguistic Minority Patients at the End-of-Life: A Study Protocol. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069231205202

McCoy M, +Al Hafi L, Downar A, Shorting T, Kehoe MacLeod K, Bush SH, Wills A, Lalumière G, Rice J, Isenberg SR. (2023). Facilitating subacute-to-home transitions for patients receiving palliative and/or end-of-life care: A literature review. Healthy Populations Journal. 3(2): 72-97. doi:10.15273/hpj.v3i2.11589

Kehoe MacLeod, K, Flores, K. & Chandra, K. (2023). Identifying facilitators and barriers to integrated and equitable care for community-dwelling older adults with high emergency department use from historically marginalized groups. International Journal for Equity in Health. DOI : 10.1186/s12939-023-01900-y

Kehoe MacLeod, K. (2023). Using independent contracting arrangements in integrated care programs for older adults: Implications for the home care workforce in a time of neoliberal restructuring. Journal of Applied Gerontology, Special Issue: The Home Care Workforce Caring for Older Adults. Vol. 0(0) 1–8 DOI: 10.1177/07334648221130743

Kehoe MacLeod, K. (2022). Using more equitable integrated care programs to reduce fragmentation in home care. International Journal of Integrated Care, 22(3): 17, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.6553

Hudon, C., Aubrey-Bassler, K., Chouinard, M., Doucet, S., Dubois, M., Karam, M., Luke, A., Moullec, G., Pluye, P., Tzenov, A., Ouadfel, S., Lambert, M., Angrignon-Girouard, É., Schwarz, C., Howse D., Kehoe MacLeod, K., Gaudreau, A., Sabourin, V. (2022). Better understanding care transitions of adults with complex health and social care needs: a study protocol. BMC Health Services Research 22, 206. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-07588-0

Armstrong, P., Armstrong, H. and Kehoe MacLeod, K. (2016). The threats of privatization to security in long-term residential care.  Ageing International 41(1): 99-116. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12126-015-9228-0