Christine Kurtz Landy
Associate Professor
Locations / Contact Info:
Health, Nursing & Environmental Studies - HNESKeele Campus
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Faculty & School/Dept.
Faculty of Health - School of Nursing
Degrees
PhD - 2006
McMaster University
Hamilton
MScN - 1990
University of Western Ontario
London
BScN -
University of Toronto
Toronto
Health Services and Policy Research Level II Graduate Diploma - 2006
McMaster University
Hamilton
Biography
Dr. Kurtz Landy completed her PhD in Clinical Health Sciences (Nursing) and a graduate diploma in Health Services and Policy Research at McMaster University. She is an established educator and researcher. Overall her research focuses on women's health during the reproductive years. Her research examines health inequities in mothers and children who experience low socioeconomic status, nurse home visiting, maternal and newborn health outcomes and health service need and access, labour pain and decision making regarding delivery method. She is also very interested in implementation science, particularly knowledge translation at the policy level.
Selected Publications
Jack, S., Gonzales, A., Tomnyr, L., Varcoe, C., Campbell, K., Van Borek, N., Sheehan, D., Marcellus, L., Catherine, N., Kurtz Landy, C., MacMillan, H., Waddell, C. (In press) .Public health nurses’ professional practices to prevent, recognize, and respond to suspected child maltreatment in home visiting: An interpretive descriptive study .Global Qualitative Nursing Research. (accepted January 20, 2021).
Kathnelson, J., Kurtz Landy, C., Tamim, H., Ditor, D., & Gage, W. (2021). Utilizing the Delphi Method to Assess Issues of Sexuality for Men Living with Spinal Cord Injury. Sexuality and Disability, DOI: 10.1007/s11195-020-09673-w
Kurtz Landy, CM, Sword, W., Cramp Kathnelson, J., McDonald, S., Biringer,A., Heaman, M., & Angle, P. (2020). Factors Obstetricians, Family Physicians and Midwives Consider when Counselling Women About a Trial of Labour After Caesarean and Planned Repeat Caesarean: A Qualitative Descriptive Study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 20, 367. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-020-03052-1
Campbell, K., Van Borek, N., Marcellus, L., Kurtz Landy, C., Jack, S. (2020). “The Hardest Job You Will Ever Love”: Nurse Recruitment, Retention, and Turnover in the Nurse-Family Partnership Program, PLOS ONE. 15(9):e0237928. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237028
Kathnelson, J.D., Kurtz Landy C. M., Ditor, D.S., Tamim, H., Gage W.H. (2020) Supporting sexual adjustment from the perspective of men living with spinal cord injury [published online ahead of print, 2020 May 7]. Spinal Cord, 10.1038/s41393-020-0479-6. doi:10.1038/s41393-020-0479-6
Kathnelson, J., Kurtz Landy, C. M., S. Ditor, D., Tamim, H., & H. Gage, W. (2020). Examining the psychological and emotional experience of sexuality for men after spinal cord injury. Cogent Psychology, 7(1), 1722355. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2020.1722355
Abdullah, P., Kurtz Landy, C., McCague, H. et al. Factors associated with the timing of the first prenatal ultrasound in Canada. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 19, 164 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-019-2309-4
Dekeseredy, P., Kurtz Landy, C. , & Sedney, C. (2019). An Exploration of Work Related Stressors Experienced by Rural Emergency Nurses, Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care.19 (2). http://dx.doi.org/10.14574/ojrnhc.v19i2.550
Khanlou, N. Skinner,A., Haque, N., Mantini,A., & Kurtz Landy, C. (2017). Scoping Review on Maternal Health among Immigrant and Refugee Women in Canada: Prenatal, Intrapartum, and Postnatal Care. Journal of Pregnancy,5, 1-14.
Angle, P., Kurtz Landy, C., Djorgevic, J., Barrett, J., Kibbe, A., Sriparamananthan, S., Lee, Y., Hamata, L., & Kiss, A. (2017). The Angle Labor Pain Questionnaire: Reliability, Validity, Sensitivity to Change and Responsiveness during Early Active Labor without Pain Relief. The Clinical Journal of Pain. 33(2):132-141. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000386.
Angle, P., Kurtz Landy, C., Kibbe, A., Hamata, L., Saiena, S., Djorgevic, J., Barrett, J. & Kiss, A. (2016). Performance of the Angle Labor Pain Questionnaire During Initiation of Epidural Analgesia in Early Active Labor. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 123(6):1546–1553.
Parajian, T., Angle, P., Kurtz Landy, C.M., & Djordjevic, J. (2016). A snapshot of women’s attitudes and preferences toward labor epidural analgesia and cesarean delivery. International Journal of Anesthesia & Research. 4(1), 195-202. ISSN 2332-2780
Kurtz Landy, C., Sword, W., & McArthur, M.L. (2015). The social construction of mental health inequities experienced by mothers who are socioeconomically disadvantaged during early motherhood: A Canadian perspective. In N. Khanlou & B. Pilkington (Eds.), Women’s mental health: Resistance and resilience in community and society. Advances in mental health and addiction. (Series Editor: Masood Zangeneh). New York: Springer.
Lee, T., Kurtz Landy, C., Wahoush, O., et al. A descriptive phenomenology study of newcomers' experience of maternity care services: Chinese women's perspectives. BMC Health Services Research. 03/2014; 14(1):114. DOI:10.1186/1472-6963-14-114
Kurtz Landy, C., Jack, C., Wahoush, O., Sheehan, D., MacMillan,H., (2012).Mothers' experiences in the Nurse Family Partnership program: a case study. BMC Nursing , 11:16.
Bai, Y. Q., Foster, G., Sword, W., Kreuger, P., Kurtz Landy, C., Watt, S.,& Thabane, L. (accepted for publication May 22, 2012). Comparison of Various Modeling Approaches in the Analysis of Longitudinal Data with a Binary Outcome: The Ontario Mother and Infant Study (TOMIS) III. Open Access Medical Statistics
Watt, S., Sword,W., Sheehan,D., Foster, G., Thabane, L., Kreuger, P., & Kurtz Landy, C. (2012).The effect of delivery method on breastfeeding initiation from the Ontario Mother and Infant Study (TOMIS) III. JOGNN
Sword W, Kurtz Landy C, Thabane L, Watt S, Krueger P, Farine D, Foster G. (2011). Is mode of delivery associated with postpartum depression at 6: a prospective cohort study. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.02950.x.
Angle, P., Kurtz Landy, C., Charles, C., et. al., (2010). Phase 1 of an index to measure the quality of neuraxial labour analgesia: exploring the perspectives of childbearing women. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia. http://www.springerlink.com/content/321l0474k74r63n4/?p=eebb 89450294408bb9990fb4500ad8b2&pi=0
Angle, P., Kurtz Landy, C., Murthy, Y., & Cino, P. (2009) Key Issues & Barriers to Obstetrical Anesthesia Care in Ontario Community Hospitals with <2000 Deliveries: What Anesthesia Docs are Saying in the Periphery . Canadian Journal of Anesthesia. 56(9), 667-77.
Sword, W., Watt, S., Kreuger, P., Thabane, L., Kurtz Landy, C., & Farine, D. (2009).The Ontario Mother and Infant Study (TOMIS) III: A Multi-site Cohort Study of the Impact of Delivery Method on Health, Service Use, and Costs of Care in the First Postpartum Year. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 9:16.
Kurtz Landy, C., Sword, W., Valaitis, R. (2009). The Experiences of Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Postpartum Women in the First Four Weeks at Home. Qualitative Health Research,19, 194-206.
Kurtz Landy, C., Sword, W., & Ciliska, D. (2008). Urban women's socioeconomic status, health service needs and utilization in the first four weeks after postpartum hospital discharge: findings of a Canadian cross-sectional survey. BMC Health Services Research, 8:203
Peer Reviewed Abstracts
Sword, W., Kurtz Landy, C., Ganann, R., Thabane, L., Foster, G., Watt, S., Krueger, P., & Farine, D. (2012). Delivery method and maternal postpartum health. Findings from a Canadian cohort study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 48(Supp. 1), 42.
Sword, W., Bai, U.Q., Thabane, L., Foster, G., Kurtz Landy, C., Watt, S., Krueger, P., & Farine, D. (2012). Predictors of postpartum depression over the first year following childbirth. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 48(Supp. 1), 62.
PJ Angle, C Kurtz Landy, Y. Murthy, P.Cino. Public health policy & the anesthesia human resource crisis: Impact on provision of maternity anesthesia services in small , rural & rural remote Ontario hospitals. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, V54, Suppl 1, June 2007.
PJ Angle, C Kurtz Landy, DL Streiner, JA Yee, CA Charles, RC Kung, J Watson MacDonnell. Factors influencing use of neuraxial labour analgesia. Anesthesiology, V100, Suppl 1, A7, May 2004.
PJ Angle, C Kurtz Landy, DL Streiner, JA Yee, CA Charles, RC Kung, J Watson MacDonnell. Identifying major components of quality neuraxial analgesia. Anesthesiology, V100, Suppl 1, A33, May 2004.
PJ Angle, C Kurtz Landy, DL Streiner, JA Yee, CA Charles, RC Kung, J Watson MacDonnell. Exploring labour pain measurement. Anesthesiology, V100, Suppl.1, A34, May 2004.
PJ Angle, C Kurtz Landy, D Streiner, J A Yee, C Charles, R Kung, J Watson MacDonnell, S Halpern, D Lam, and L M Lie. Identifying major components of quality neuraxial analgesia. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, 2004 51: A62.
PJ Angle, C Kurtz Landy, DL Streiner, JA Yee, CA Charles, RC Kung, J Watson MacDonnell, S Halpern, D Lam, L Ming Lie. Exploring labour pain measurement. Candian Journal of Anesthesia, 2004 51: A63.
PJ Angle, C Kurtz Landy, DL Streiner, JA Yee, CA Charles, RC Kung, J Watson MacDonnell, S Halpern, D Lam, L Ming Lie. Factors influencing use of neuraxial labour analgesia. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, 2004 51: A64.
Invited Commentary
Kurtz Landy, C. (2007) Children who had experienced family food insufficiency were more likely to be overweight at 4.5 years of age. Commentary. Evidence Based Nursing, 10: 58.
Awards
CHSRF Postdoctoral Fellowship - 2007
Supervision
Currently available to supervise graduate students: Yes
Currently taking on work-study students, Graduate Assistants or Volunteers: Yes
Available to supervise undergraduate thesis projects: Yes
Current Research
Local Poverty Reduction Strategy (Province of Ontario) Co-Investigator - Kurtz Landy, C.M. Principal investigators: Jack, S., Mackie, C.; Co-investigators: Sheehan, D., Gonzalez, A., Kurtz Landy C., MacMillan, H. L., Project Title: Canadian Nurse-Family Partnership Education (CaNE) Project Ontario Health Units (Middlesex London, Peel, Hamilton, North West) and Ontario government partner collaborators. $351,000 over 3 years Fall 2015 – Fall 2018
Public Health Agency of Canada Project Title: Process evaluation of the British Columbia Healthy Connections Project. Co-Investigator - Kurtz Landy, C.M. Principal investigator: Jack, S. M.; Co-investigators: Sheehan, D., Gonzalez, A., Kurtz Landy C., MacMillan, H. L., MacKinnon, K., Marcellus, L., Tonmyr, L., Varcoe, C., & Waddell, C.$866,396 over 4 years; January, 2014-January, 2018
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Principal investigators: Kurtz Landy, C. (nominated), Sword, W.; Co-investigators: Cunningham, C., Shannon, H., McDonald, S., McDonald, H., Angle, P., Morris, M., Boblin, S., Heaman, M., & Blake, J., Project Title: A trial of labour or a repeat caesarean section? A mixed methods study examining women’s preference and providers’ counsel. CIHR operating grant: $380,324.00 over 4 years; 2013-2017
Alternative Funding Plan Innovation Fund for Academic Health Science Centres (AFP AHSC) Co-investigator: Kurtz Landy, C.M. Principal investigator: Angle, P.; Co-investigators: Barrett, J., Kurtz Landy, C., Kibbe, A., & Kiss, A. Project Title: Validation of the Labor Pain Questionnaire, the first multidimensional psychometric instrument developed specifically for measurement of pain in laboring women. 2014-2015, $60,264
Research Projects
Pathways to Prosperity
Role: Collaborator
Year Funded: 2012
Duration: 7 years
Funded by: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Exploring the Experiences of Teen Mothers: Reproductive Health and Reproductive Health Choices- Teen mothers’ perspectives
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount funded: $2000
Year Funded: 2011
Duration: 1
Funded by: York University
A trial of Labour or repeat Cesarean section: A mixed methods study examining women's preferences and providers' counsel
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount funded: $380,234
Year Funded: 2013
Duration: 4
Funded by: Canadian Institutes of Health Research