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 | Hachey, Shauna |
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Associate Professor, School of Dental Hygiene
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Email: shauna.hachey@dal.ca | |
Academic Credentials:
DipDH (Dalhousie), BDH (Dalhousie), MHS (Athabasca), TUTOR-PHC Research Certificate (Western), JBI Comprehensive Systematic Review Training Certificate (Dalhousie)
Professional Appointments:
-School of Dental Hygiene, Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University
-Associate Scientist, Maritime SPOR SUPPORT Unit (MSSU)
-Scientific Affiliate, Nova Scotia Health
-Associate Scientist and Flagship Project Co-Lead, Putting ‘Oral Health is Health’ into Action, Dalhousie’s Healthy Populations Institute
-Disability and Oral Health Working Group Vice Chair, Network for Canadian Oral Health and Research (NCOHR)
-Member at Large, Canadian Society for Disabilities and Oral Health (CSDH)
-Associate Scientist, Maritime SPOR SUPPORT Unit (MSSU)
-Scientific Affiliate, Nova Scotia Health
-Associate Scientist and Flagship Project Co-Lead, Putting ‘Oral Health is Health’ into Action, Dalhousie’s Healthy Populations Institute
-Disability and Oral Health Working Group Vice Chair, Network for Canadian Oral Health and Research (NCOHR)
-Member at Large, Canadian Society for Disabilities and Oral Health (CSDH)
Research Interests:
Research Interests: My interest in research and knowledge translation includes exploring oral health integration and ways to empower caregivers of persons who are oral care dependent.
Research Projects:
| Weskewikwasit mijuaji - Baby Smiles: Promoting Good Oral Health among First Nations Children and Families | |||||
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| Description: | The most significant component of Baby Smiles is a childrens book, available in print and in open access digital and audiovisual formats, providing an evidence-based oral health related messages including nutrition, hygiene, teething pain, and professional care. This is currently the only resource incorporating Mikmaq language and culture into a broad spectrum of accessible and evidence-based oral health promotion activities focused on young children. | ||||
| Funding Agency: | IWK and Thistledown Foundations; Indigenous Services Canada | ||||
| Start Date: | 2019 | End Date: | 2026 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | Sharon Rudderham, Karlee Francis, Darlene Anganis, Laurie Touesnard, Elaine Allison, Jennifer MacDonald, Floyd Prosper, Mary McNally, Margot Latimer, Stacey Lewis and Courtney Pennell | ||||
| Investigating Oral Health Practices in Long-Term Care | |||||
| Description: | This mixed-methods study investigates oral health assessment and care practices and the perceived benefits of integrating a dental hygienist (DH) into the interprofessional LTC care team. | ||||
| Funding Agency: | Canadian Foundation for Dental Hygiene Research and Education; Faculty of Dentistry Research Support Fund | ||||
| Start Date: | 2022 | End Date: | 2025 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | Rebecca Affoo, Violet DSouza, Hanna Crouse, Alma Wade, Tamara Wright, Melissa Huntley, Natasha Symes-Osmond | ||||
| The Impact of Oral Health and Communication on the Ability of Older People to Live Well | |||||
| Description: | The cross-sectional convergent mixed methods study explores the connections between oral health and communication with frailty, social vulnerability, and the ability of older people to live well and age in place in the community. | ||||
| Funding Agency: | Research Nova Scotia | ||||
| Start Date: | 2022 | End Date: | 2026 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | Rebecca Affoo (PI), Steve Aiken, Ellen Hickey, Mary McNally, Violet DSouza, Elaine Moody, Melissa Andrew | ||||
| Oral Health Deficits and Frailty in Head and Cancer Survivors | |||||
| Description: | Description:This mixed-methods project explores the critical reciprocal relationship between oral health deficits and frailty. |
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| Funding Agency: | DMRF Early career Researcher Grant | ||||
| Start Date: | 2022 | End Date: | 2026 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | Violet DSouza (PI), Mary McNally, Kenneth Rockwood, Rebecca Affoo, Deborah Matthews, Mark Taylor, Olga Theou | ||||
| Cognitive Decline and Oral Health | |||||
| Description: | This mixed methods study explores the oral health status of individuals with cognitive decline and how oral health services and care planning can better support care providers and caregivers to meet the oral care needs of individuals living with cognitive decline. | ||||
| Funding Agency: | Alzheimer Society of Canada | ||||
| Start Date: | 2022 | End Date: | 2026 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | Violet DSouza (PI), Rebecca Affoo, Mary McNally, Kenneth Rockwood, Olga Theou, Mark Filiaggi, Deborah Matthews, Tanya Cook, Ferne Kraglund, Elaine Moody, Pantelis Andreou | ||||
| Exploring social responsibility among oral health care professionals in Atlantic Canada | |||||
| Description: | This study aims to gain a better understanding of how oral health students and professionals perceive and experience SR, and how it impacts their readiness, willingness, and ability to interact with equity-deserving groups. | ||||
| Funding Agency: | Dalhousie Faculty Research Fund | ||||
| Start Date: | 2024 | End Date: | 2026 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | Violet DSouza, Abdul Ghoneim | ||||
| Strategies to reduce resistant and responsive behaviours when assisting with oral hygiene care for persons with cognitive decline | |||||
| Description: | The objective of this review is to synthesize evidence on interventions aimed at reducing resistant behaviors and improving the delivery of effective oral hygiene care to persons with cognitive impairment. | ||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR | ||||
| Start Date: | 2024 | End Date: | 2026 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | Rebecca Affoo, Violet DSouza, Elaine Moody, Caitlin McArthur | ||||