Gaston Godin - ICEBeRG / GReBECI

Biography

Dr Gaston Godin received his Ph.D. in Community Health, with an emphasis on behavioural sciences in 1983, from the University of Toronto, Canada. Since that time, his areas of research have included health promotion and disease prevention initiatives, and the study of behaviours in the field of health (e.g., smoking of cigarettes, exercising, use of condoms, adherence to treatment, health professional practices and behaviours, etc.). The main objectives of his research program are to investigate the determinants of behaviour adoption, maintenance and change in the field of health, and to translate this information into interventions (health prevention programs, health promotion programs, health care deliveries and services, etc.).

He is Canada Research Chair on Behaviour and Health (CIHR, Tier 1), 2004-2011. The main objectives of the Chair research program are: 1) to investigate the determinants of behaviour adoption, maintenance and change in the health domain; 2) to improve measurement of theoretical constructs and the prediction of behaviour; and 3) to translate this information into intervention development and evaluation. He is also the principal investigator of several research projects and the scientific director of a research team on the prevention of AIDS and Hepatitis C.

Between 1976 and 1985, Dr Godin was an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education at Laval University . He then joined as Full Professor the Faculty of Nursing Sciences at the same institution. During these years, he has also been Visiting Professor on several occasions: at Harvard School of Public Health in the 1987-88 academic year; at the Department of Health Education and Promotion, Maastricht University, The Netherlands, in the 1994-95 academic year; at the Department of Psychology, the University of Sheffield, and the School of Psychology at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom, in the 2002 academic year.

Finally, he is a member of several scientific associations. In Quebec , he is a current member of the executive committee of the AIDS Research Network (i.e., the prevention track). At the international level, he is the President of the International Society for behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) for the year 2005-2006.

Côté, F., GODIN, G., Gagné, C., Efficiency of an Intervention to Promote and Reinforce Tobacco Abstinence Among Elementary Schoolchildren in a School Transition Period. Health Education and Behavior , in press.
GODIN, G ., Anderson , D., Lambert, L.D., Desharnais, R. Identifying factors associated with regular physical activity in leisure time among Canadian adolescents. American Journal of Health Promotion, in press.

GODIN, G. , Connor, M., Sheeran, P., Bridging the Intention-Behaviour “gap”: The Role of Moral Norm. British Journal of Social Psychology. (in press).

Gagné, G., & GODIN, G. Improving Self-Report Measures of Non-Adherence to HIV Medications. Psychology and Health (in press).

Boily, M-C., GODIN, G., Hogben, M., Sherr, L., & Bastos F.I. (2005). The impact of the transmission dynamics of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on sexual behaviour: A new hypothesis to explain recent increases in risk taking-behaviour amon men who have sex with men. Medical Hypotheses, 65, 215-226.

Côté, J.K., GODIN, G. (2005). Efficacy of Interventions in Improving Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 16, 335-343.

GODIN, G ., Côté, J., Naccache, H., Lambert, L.D., & Trottier, S. (2005). Prediction of adherence to antiretroviral therapy : A one-year longitudinal study. AIDS Care, 17, 493-504.
Gagnon M-P, Lamothe L, Fortin J-P, Cloutier A, GODIN G, Gagné C, Reinharz, D. (2005). Telehealth adoption in hospitals: An organisational perspective. Journal of Health, Organisation and Management, 19(1) 32-56.

GODIN, G., Gagnon, H., Lambert, L.D. &, Conner, M. (2005). Determinants of condom use among a random sample of single heterosexual adults. British Journal of Health Psychology, 10, 85-100.

Blondeau, D., GODIN, G. Gagné, C., Martineau, I. (2004). Do ethical principles explain moral norm? A test for consent to organ donation. Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, 9, 230-243.

GODIN, G., Gagné, C. & Sheeran, P. (2004). Does perceived behavioural control mediate the relationship between power beliefs and intention? British Journal of Health Psychology, 9, 557-568.

Côté, F., GODIN, G., Gagné, C. (2004). Identification of factors promoting abstinence from smoking in a cohort of elementary schoolchildren. Preventive medicine, 39: 695-703.

GODIN, G., Lambert, L.D., Owen, N., Nolin, B., & Prud’homme, D. (2004). Stages of motivation readiness for physical activity: A comparison of different algorithms of classification. Brittish Journal of Health Psychology, 9, 253-267.

Daneault, S.E., Beaudry, M., & GODIN, G. (2004). The determinants of the intention of nurses and dieticians of New Brunswick to recommend breastfeeding. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 95, 151-154.

Caron, F., GODIN, G., Otis, J., & Lambert, L-D. (2004). Evaluation of a theoretically-based AIDS/STD peer education program on postponing sexual intercourse and condom use among adolescents attending high school. Health Education Research, 19, 185-197.