Bilkis Vissandjée
Professor
Nursing
Université de Montréal
Canada
Biography
Bilkis Vissandjée is a full professor in the University's Faculty of Nursing, a researcher at the Institute of Public Health Research at the University of Montreal (IRSPUM), and at the Center for Research and Training of the CSSS de la Mountain. (Migration, Ethnicity, Social and Health Services Team, MÉTISS), of which she is a co-founder. She is also a member of The Tuberculosis Montreal Interdisciplinary Research Team.
Research Interest
Women's Health,World Health,Social determinants of health (gender, gender, ethnicity, culture, immigration),Social Aspects of Health,Immigrant Populations,Tuberculosis,Type 2 diabetes,Access and Trajectories,Health system.
Publications
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Mefire LM, Vissandjée B, Bibeau G. Cameroon and the Gender Issue. Advances in Anthropology. 2017 Jan 18;7(01):34.
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Hyman I, Shakya Y, Jembere N, Gucciardi E, Vissandjée B. Provider-and patient-related determinants of diabetes self-management among recent immigrants. Canadian Family Physician. 2017 Feb 1;63(2):e137-44.
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Vissandjée B, Short WE, Bates K. Health and legal literacy for migrants: twinned strands woven in the cloth of social justice and the human right to health care. BMC international health and human rights. 2017 Apr 13;17(1):10.
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Short WE, Vissandjée B. Women Living with HIV in India: Looking up from a Place of Stigma, Identifying Nexus Sites for Change.
