Dr. Belanger is Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice at the Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research, Brown University School of Public Health. Her background includes training in both social and health sciences. She obtained her Ph.D. from the Departments of Psychiatry and Family Medicine at McGill University. Her doctoral dissertation was a qualitative study about patient participation in palliative care decisions. She then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Montreal Public Health Research Institute (IRSPUM) in social epidemiology of aging. Dr. Belanger's research program involves mixed-methods designs and addresses the assessment and management of patient-reported symptoms among older adults, the delivery of end-of-life care in a variety of settings, as well as decision-making processes about palliative options of care.
| Meyers, David J., Belanger, Emmanuelle, Joyce, Nina, McHugh, John, Rahman, Momotazur, Mor, Vincent. "Analysis of Drivers of Disenrollment and Plan Switching Among Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries." JAMA Internal Medicine, vol. 179, no. 4, 2019, pp. 524-532. |
| Belanger E, Loomer L, Teno JM, Mitchell SL, Adhikari D, Gozalo PL. "Early Utilization Patterns of the New Medicare Procedure Codes for Advance Care Planning." JAMA Internal Medicine, 2019. |
| Ahmed T, French SD, Belanger E, Guerra RO, Zunzunegui MV, Auais M. "Gender Differences in Trajectories of Lower Extremity Function in Older Adults: Findings From the International Mobility in Aging Study." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2019. |
| Lys R, Belanger E, Phillips SP. "Improved mood despite worsening physical health in older adults: Findings from the International Mobility in Aging Study (IMIAS)." PLoS ONE, vol. 14, no. 4, 2019, pp. e0214988. |
| Loomer L, McCreedy E, Belanger E, Palmer JA, Mitchell SL, Volandes AE, Mor V. "Nursing Home Characteristics Associated With Implementation of an Advance Care Planning Video Intervention." Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2019. |
| Stewart, J. M., Auais, M., Bélanger, E., Phillips, S. P. "Comparison of self-rated and objective successful ageing in an international cohort." Ageing and Society, 2018, pp. 1-18. |
| Bélanger, E., Pérez-Zepeda, M. U., Castrejón-Pérez, R. C., Ahmed, T., Moullec, G., Phillips, S. P., Zunzunegui, M. V. "Domains and determinants of a person-centered index of aging well in Canada: a mixed-methods study." Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2018. |
| Singh T, Bélanger E, Thomas K. "Is Fear of Falling the Missing Link to Explain Racial Disparities in Fall Risk? Data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study." Clinical Gerontologist, 2018, pp. 1-6. |
| Bélanger, E., Deschamps, P. "Medical assistance in dying in Québec and Canada: legislative context and implementation issues." Gaceta Sanitaria, vol. 32, no. 4, 2018, pp. 321-323. |
| Ahmed, T., Belanger, E., Vafaei, A., Koné, G. K., Alvarado, B., Béland, F., Zunzunegui, M. V. "Validation of a Social Networks and Support Measurement Tool for Use in International Aging Research: The International Mobility in Aging Study." Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 33, no. 1, 2018, pp. 101-120. |
| Bélanger, E, Ahmed, T, Filiatrault, J, Yu, H-T, Zunzunegui, M V. "An empirical comparison of different models of active aging in Canada: The International Mobility in Aging Study." The Gerontologist, 2017, pp. gnv126. |
| Castrejon-Perez, R.C., Belanger, E., Perez-Zepeda, U., Zunzunegui, M. "Development of a person-centered index of aging well in Canada and Mexico." Innovation in Aging, vol. 1, no. suppl_1, 2017, pp. 730-731. |
| Auais, M., French, S., Alvarado, B., Pirkle, C., Belanger, E., Guralnik, J. "Fear of falling predicts incidence of functional disability two years later: A perspective from an international cohort study." The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, 2017. |
| Zunzunegui, M. V., Belanger, E., Benmarhnia, T., Gobbo, M., Otero, A., Béland, F., Zunzunegui, F., Ribera-Casado, J. M. "Financial fraud and health: the case of Spain." Gaceta Sanitaria, vol. 31, no. 4, 2017, pp. 313-319. |
| Belanger, E., Perez-Zepeda, U., Castrejon-Perez, R.C., Moullec, G. "Older adults' lay perceptions of aging well: a qualitative study in Canada." Innovation in Aging, vol. 1, no. suppl_1, 2017, pp. 730. |
| Belanger E. "Shared decision-making in palliative care: Research priorities to align care with patients' values." Palliative medicine, vol. 31, no. 7, 2017, pp. 585-586. |
| Perez-Zepeda, U., Castrejon-Perez, R.C., Belanger, E., Zunzunegui, M. "The individual and structural determinants of aging well in Canada and Mexico." Innovation in Aging, vol. 1, no. suppl_1, 2017, pp. 731. |
| Pérez-Zepeda, Mario U., Belanger, Emmanuelle, Zunzunegui, Maria–Victoria, Phillips, Susan, Ylli, Alban, Guralnik, Jack. "Assessing the Validity of Self-Rated Health with the Short Physical Performance Battery: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the International Mobility in Aging Study." PLOS ONE, vol. 11, no. 4, 2016, pp. e0153855. |
| Ahmed, T., Vafaei, A., Belanger, E., Phillips, S. P., Zunzunegui, M. V. "Bem Sex Role Inventory Validation in the International Mobility in Aging Study." Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, vol. 35, no. 03, 2016, pp. 348-360. |
| Phillips, S. P., Auais, M., Belanger, E., Alvarado, B., Zunzunegui, M. V. "Life-course social and economic circumstances, gender, and resilience in older adults: The longitudinal International Mobility in Aging Study (IMIAS)." SSM - Population Health, vol. 2, 2016, pp. 708-717. |
| Bélanger, Emmanuelle, Rodríguez, Charo, Groleau, Danielle, Légaré, France, Macdonald, Mary Ellen, Marchand, Robert. "Patient participation in palliative care decisions: An ethnographic discourse analysis." International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, vol. 11, no. 1, 2016, pp. 32438. |
| Bélanger, Emmanuelle, Ahmed, Tamer, Vafaei, Afshin, Curcio, Carmen Lucia, Phillips, Susan P, Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria. "Sources of social support associated with health and quality of life: a cross-sectional study among Canadian and Latin American older adults." BMJ Open, vol. 6, no. 6, 2016, pp. e011503. |
| Penner, J. L., Stevenson, M., Parmar, M. P., Bélanger, E. "The psychosocial needs of students conducting research with patients and their families in advanced cancer and palliative care: A scoping review." Palliative and Supportive Care, 2016, pp. 1-7. |
| Belanger, Emmanuelle, Tetrault, Danielle, Tradounsky, Golda, Towers, Anna, Marchessault, Judith. "Accuracy and usefulness of the Palliative Prognostic Index in a community setting." International Journal of Palliative Nursing, vol. 21, no. 12, 2015, pp. 602-605. |
| Rodríguez, Charo, López-Roig, Sofía, Pawlikowska, Teresa, Schweyer, François-Xavier, Bélanger, Emmanuelle, Pastor-Mira, Maria Angeles, Hugé, Sandrine, Spencer, Sarah, Lévasseur, Gwenola, Whitehead, Ian, Tellier, Pierre-Paul. "The Influence of Academic Discourses on Medical Students’ Identification With the Discipline of Family Medicine." Academic Medicine, vol. 90, no. 5, 2015, pp. 660-670. |
| Rodríguez, C., Pawlikowska, T., Schweyer, F.-X., López-Roig, S., Bélanger, E., et al. "Family physicians’ professional identity formation: a study protocol to explore impression management processes in institutional academic contexts." BMC Medical Education, vol. 14, no. 1, 2014. |
| Bélanger, Emmanuelle, Rodríguez, Charo, Groleau, Danielle, Légaré, France, Macdonald, Mary Ellen, Marchand, Robert. "Initiating decision-making conversations in palliative care: an ethnographic discourse analysis." BMC Palliative Care, vol. 13, no. 1, 2014. |
| Rodríguez, C., Bélanger, E. "Stories and metaphors in the sensemaking of multiple primary health care organizational identities." BMC Family Practice, vol. 15, no. 1, 2014. |
| Tellier PP, Bélanger E, Rodríguez C, Ware MA, Posel N. "Improving undergraduate medical education about pain assessment and management: a qualitative descriptive study of stakeholders' perceptions." Pain research & management, vol. 18, no. 5, 2013, pp. 259-65. |
| Bélanger, Emmanuelle, Bartlett, Gillian, Dawes, Martin, Rodríguez, Charo, Hasson-Gidoni, Ifat. "Examining the evidence of the impact of health information technology in primary care: An argument for participatory research with health professionals and patients." International Journal of Medical Informatics, vol. 81, no. 10, 2012, pp. 654-661. |
| Rodríguez, C., Tellier, P.-P., Bélanger, E. "Exploring professional identification and reputation of family medicine among medical students: a Canadian case study." Education for Primary Care, vol. 23, no. 3, 2012, pp. 158-168. |
| Bélanger E, Rodríguez C, Groleau D. "Shared decision-making in palliative care: a systematic mixed studies review using narrative synthesis." Palliative medicine, vol. 25, no. 3, 2011, pp. 242-61. |
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | PhD | McGill University |
| 2007 | MSc | Utrecht University |
Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research, Brown University
