Frédérique Vallieres
Assistant Professor
Psychology
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
Biography
Frédérique Vallières is a Lecturer in Global Health and Psychology and the Director of the International Doctorate in Global Health Programme (INDIGO). Based in the Centre for Global Health and the School of Psychology, Frédérique's research focuses on the application of Psychology to Global Health, with a focus on Global Mental Health and Organisational Psychology. Over the last decade, Frédérique has conducted and led global health research in Canada, China, Kenya, Lebanon, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda. Frédérique received her BSc in Psychology from McGill University in 2006, and her MSc in Global Health (2010) and PhD in Public Health and Primary Care (2014) from Trinity College Dublin. She is currently the Principal Investigator for CONTEXT (the Collaborative Network for Training Excellence in Psychotraumatology).
Research Interest
Organisational Psychology | Health System Strengthening | Task Shifting for Global Health (Community Health Workers) | Global Mental Health (Psychological Impact of Trauma) | Scale Development and Validation
Publications
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Implementing mHealth in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: What should program implementers consider? in, mHealth Multidisciplinary Verticals, Springer, 2015, pp257 - 273, [Wall, P.J., Vallières, F., McAuliffe, E., Lewis, D. and Hederman, L.]
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Vallières, F., McAuliffe, E., Gilmore, B., Galligan, M., Bangura, A., and Walker, P. , Understanding Volunteer Community Health Worker (CHW) Motivation: A longitudinal cohort study of CHWs in Bonthe District, Sierra Leone. , Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research: Resilient and Responsive Health Systems for a Changing World, Health Systems Global, Vancouver, Canada, November 2016, 2016
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Hyland, P., Fox, R., Treacy, G., Maguire, P., Boduszek, D., & Vallières, F. , The Psychometric Properties of the Attitudes and Belief Scale 2-Abbreviated Version: A Call for the Development a Gold Standard Method of Measuring Rational and Irrational Beliefs. , Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy., 2016, p1 - 14
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Vallières, F., McAuliffe, E., Hyland, P. Mahmud, I., Taegtmeyer, M., Tulloch, O., and Walker, P., Measuring the supervision of community health workers: Developing and validating the perceived supervision scale (PSS). Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research: Resilient and Responsive Health Systems for a Changing World, Health Systems Global, Vancouver, Canada, November 2016, 2016
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Gilmore, B., Adams, B.J., Bartoloni, A., Alhaydar, B., McAuliffe, E., Raven, J., Taegtmeyer, M., & Vallières, F. , Improving the performance of community health workers in humanitarian emergencies: A realist evaluation protocol for the PIECES programme., BMJ Open , 6, (e011753), 2016
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Hyland, P., Shevlin, M., Hansen, M., Vallières, F., Murphy, J. & Elklit, A. , The temporal relations of PTSD symptoms among treatment-seeking victims of sexual assault: A longitudinal study. , Journal of Loss and Trauma., 21, (6), 2016
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Martin, G., MacLachlan, M., Labonte, R., Larkan, F., Vallières, F. & Bergin, N. , Globalization & Health: a review and ideas for the development of the field. , BMC Globalization and Health, 12, (6), 2016
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Vallières, F., Cassidy, E.L., McAuliffe, E., Gilmore, B., Bangura, A.S. & Musa, J., Can Sierra Leone maintain the equitable delivery of their Free Health Care Initiative? The case for more contextualised interventions: results of a cross-sectional survey., BMC Health Services Research, 16, (258), 2016
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Vallières, F., Ceannt, R., Hyland, P., Murphy, J., Bramsen, R. & Hansen, M., The need to contextualise psycho-traumatology research, Lancet Global Health, 4, 2016, pe87 - e88
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Gilmore, B., McAuliffe, E., Larkan, F., Conteh, M., Dunne, N., Gaudrault, M., Mollel, H., Tumwesigye, N.M. & Vallières, F. , How do community health committees contribute to capacity building for maternal and child health in sub-Saharan Africa? A realist evaluation protocol. , BMJ Open , 6, (e011885), 2016
