Nursing research snapshot
Dr Susan Dahinten - Nursing - The University of British Columbia
Susan.Dahinten@nursing.ubc.ca
My areas of research expertise
- Child and adolescent development
- Neighbourhood effects on child/youth development
- Developmental screening
- Using linked administrative data
- Use of the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey for Children and Youth
My favoured methodology / methodologies
- Quantitative analysis with large survey data sets or administrative data
- Growth curve modelling
- Hierarchical linear modelling
- Structural equation modelling
Areas that I am currently researching
- The effects of young motherhood on child development
- An evaluation of universal developmental screening
- Family and neighbourhood effects on child development
Areas of research that are of emerging interest to me
- Public policy support for parenting
I am interested in collaborating with U21 colleagues in the following areas of research
- Developmental screening
- Family risk screening
Resources/facilities currently available to me that I would like to highlight
- Currently on a six-year Michael Smith foundation for Health Research scholar award
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