France Légaré - ICEBeRG / GReBECI

Biography

France Légaré, who describes herself as a lifelong learner, studied architecture before earning a degree in medicine. A family health practitioner in Quebec since 1990 with a master’s in community health, France is an associate professor with the Department of Family Medicine at Laval University. In 2005, she obtained a doctoral degree in the Population Health PhD Program at the University of Ottawa under the supervision of Annette O'Connor. Her thesis project aimed at implementing the Ottawa Decision Support Framework, a framework that facilitates shared decision making, in primary care medical practices. In 2005, she got a new clinical scientist from the Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec (FRSQ) for her research program: "Primary care providers: from knowledge brokers to decision brokers". Since June 1st 2006, she holds a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Implementation of Shared Decision Making in Primary Care.

France’s research interest lies in the implementation process of shared decision making in primary care. She received funding from the Canada Foundation of Innovation to implement a large network of primary care practices in the Québec city area that will provide the infrastructure that is needed for the research program of the Canada Research Chair in Implementation of Shared Decision Making in Primary Care.

Légaré F , O’Connor AM, Graham, ID, Saucier D, Côté L, Blais J, Cauchon M, Paré L. Primary health care professionals' views on barriers and facilitators to the implementation of the Ottawa Decision Support Framework in practice. Accepted. Patient Educ Couns .
Balde A*, Légaré F, Labrecque M. Assessment of needs of men for decision support on male sterilization. Accepted. Patient Educ Couns .

Légaré F , O’Connor A, Graham I, Wells G, Tremblay S. Impact of the Ottawa Decision Support Framework on the agreement and the difference between patients’ and physicians’ decisional conflict. In Press. Med Decision Making .

Légaré F , O’Connor A, Graham I, Saucier D, Côté L, Cauchon M, Paré L. Supporting patients facing difficult health care decisions. Use of the Ottawa Decision Support Framework. Can Fam Physician. 2006; 52: 476-477. ( http://www.cfpc.ca/cfp/2006/Apr/vol52-apr-research-3.asp).

Légaré F. Optimizing the limited resources available for clinical effectiveness activities. In Implementing Practice Guidelines: A workshop on guidelines dissemination and implementation with a focus on asthma and COPD. Can Respir J. 2006 Mar;13 Suppl A:5-47: 7A-9A.

Légaré F , Godin G, Ringa V, Dodin S, Turcot L Norton J. Variation in the psychosocial determinants of the intention to prescribe hormone therapy prior to the release of the Women’s Health Initiative trial: a survey of general practitioners and gynaecologists in France and Quebec. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2005 Sept. 8;5(1):31.

Légaré F , Graham I, O’Connor A, Dolan JG, Bélanger-Ducharme F. Prise de décision partagée: traduction et validation d’une échelle de confort décisionnel du médecin. Pédagogie médicale novembre 2003, vol 4, no 4: 216-222 .

O’Connor A, Légaré F, Stacey D. Risk communication in practice: the contribution of decision aids. BMJ, Sep 2003; 327: 736-40.

Légaré F , Tremblay S, O'Connor AM, Graham ID, Wells GA, Jacobsen MJ. Factors associated with the difference in score between women's and doctors' decisional conflict about hormone therapy: a multilevel regression analysis. Health Expect. 2003 Sep; 6 (3):208-21. (special issue: "Shared Decision Making") .

Côté L, Légaré F, Richer M. Development of the Pharmacist-Physician Relationship: Perceptions of Program Directors and Trainees in the Faculties of Pharmacy and Medicine in Québec, Canada. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 2003, 67 (2): article 43 ( http://www.ajpe.org/view.asp?path=aj6702/aj670243/aj670243.xml&pdf=yes)

Bekker HL, Légaré F, Stacey D, O’Connor A, Lemyre L. Is anxiety a suitable measure of decision aid effectiveness: a systematic review? Patient Educ Counseling 2003 Jul, 50(3): 255-62. (special issue: "Shared Decision Making") .

Légaré F , O'Connor AM, Graham I, Wells GA, Jacobsen MJ, Elmslie T, Drake ER. The effect of decision aids on the agreement between women's and physician's decisional conflict about hormone replacement therapy. Patient Educ Counseling 2003, 50(2): 211-21.

Légaré F , Godin G, Dodin S, Turcot L, Laperrière L. Adherence to hormone replacement therapy: a longitudinal study using the theory of planned behaviour, Psychology and Health 2003, 18 (3):351-371.

Légaré F, O’Connor A. Decisions about hormone replacement therapy: Whose responsibility are they? Can Fam Physician 2003 Feb, 49:132-7. (editorial) .

Dodin S, Légaré F, Daudelin G, Tetroe J, O’Connor A. Making a decision about hormone replacement therapy. A randomized controlled trial. Can Fam Physician 2001; 47: 1586-93 .

Massé R, Légaré F, Côté L, Dodin S. The limitations of a negotiation model for perimenopausal women.Sociology of Health and Illness 2001; 23(1): 44-64 .

Légaré F , Godin G, Guilbert E, Laperrière L, Dodin S. Determinants of the intention to adopt hormone replacement therapy among premenopausal women.Maturitas 2000; 34 (3): 211-18 .

Légaré F , Dubé S, Naud A, Laperrière L, Turcot L. Récidives et niveau de satisfaction post-onysectomie avec ou sans phénolisation. Can Fam Physician 1999; 45: 926-31.

Légaré F , Dodin S, Godin G. Les facteurs influant sur l’adoption d’une hormonothérapie de remplacement . Can Fam Physician 1998; 44:1280-86.