Position(s)

Assistant Professor

Contact Info

setareh.ghahari@queensu.ca

Louise D. Acton Building, CEC, Room 207

Internal telephone extension: 36789

External telephone: 613-533-6789

Research:

My research has focused primarily on development and evaluation of interventions to support individuals in gaining knowledge, skills and confidence needed to manage their health conditions and access and navigate services and opportunities.  My program of research has focused specifically on two populations: (1) people who live with chronic health conditions and (2) immigrants, a population who experience many access barriers.

Currently accepting one MSs/PhD student or a postdoctoral fellow in the following area of research:

Immigrants’ health and wellness

Teaching:

I teach Cognitive-neurological Determinants in the Occupational Therapy program, and Critical Inquiry Foundations for occupational therapy and physical therapy students. I also teach Chronic Disease Self-management to Aging and Health program students.

Selected Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications

1. Ghahari, S., Lui, J., Nagra, S., & Morassaei, S. (2019). The Life Experiences of Refugees in Canada: A Comprehensive Scoping Review to Identify Unmet Needs and Barriers. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 1-13. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12134-019-00727-3
2. Hynes, S, Ghahari, S., Forwell, S. (2019). “Waiting for Science to Catch up with Practice”: More Cautious Trend in Social Media Discussions of CCSVI Treatment for MS. Informatics for Health and Social Care. p. 327-37. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17538157.2019.1582052
3. Ghahari, S., Forwell, S., Suto, M., Morassaei, S. (2019). Multiple sclerosis self-management model: personal and contextual requirements for successful self-management. Patient Education and Counseling. Patient Education and Counselling. v.102 (5), May 2019, p.1013-20, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2018.12.028.
4. Audulv, A., Ghahari, S., Kephart, G., Warner, G., Packer, TL (2019). The taxonomy of everyday self-management strategies (TEDSS): A framework derived from the literature and refined using empirical data. Patient Education and Counselling, v.102, p.367-75. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2018.08.034
5. Nuri RP, Aldersey HM, Ghahari S. (2019). Needs of families of children with cerebral palsy in Bangladesh: A qualitative study. Child Care Health Dev. v. 45 (1); 36-44. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.12624  
6. Saberi, H., Vosoughi, F., Derakhshanrad, N., Yekaninejad M.S., Hussainkhan, Z., Kohan, A.H., Parvaneh, S., Ghahari, S., Fereydoon, A., Vosoughi, F. (2018). Development of Persian version of the Spinal Cord Independence Measure III Assessed by Interview: A Psychometric Study. Spinal Cord Journal. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41393-018-0160-5
7. Ghahari, S. & Forwell, S. (2016). Social media representation: CCSVI theory for MS as an example. International Journal of MS Care, 18 (2): 49–57. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7224/1537-2073.2014-073
8. Kalich, A., Heinemann L. & Ghahari, S. (2016). A scoping review of immigrant experience of health care access barriers in Canada. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. June 18(3): 697–709. DOI: http://10.1007/s10903-015-0237-6  .
9. Tahajjodi, R., Parvaneh, S., Ghahari, S., & Reza Negarandeh, R. (2015). Exploration of the self-management strategies in people with multiple sclerosis. Nursing Practice Today. 201, 2 (3): 103–111. http://npt.tums.ac.ir/index.php/npt/article/view/45
10. Ghahari, S., Packer, T.L., Boldy, D., Melling, L., & Parsons, R. (2015). Comparing effectiveness of generic and disease-specific self-management interventions for people with diabetes in a practice context. Canadian Journal of Diabetes, 39 (5): 420–427, DOI: http://10.1016/j.jcjd.2015.04.007  .
11. Packer, T.L., Kephart, G., Ghahari, S., Audulv, A., Versnel, J., & Warner, G. (2015). The Patient Activation Measure: A validation study in a neurological population. Quality of Life Research. DOI: https://10.1007/s11136-014-0908-0
12. Alimohammad, S., Parvaneh, S., Ghahari, S., Saberi, M., & Miller, W. (2015). Translation and validation of the Farsi version of the Wheelchair Outcome Measure (WhOM-Farsi) in individuals with spinal cord injury. Disability and Health Journal, pii: S1936-6574(15)00158-2, DOI: https://10.1016/j.dhjo.2015.09.004
13. Motaharinezhad, F., Parvaneh, S., Ghahari, S., Bakhtiary, A H., Biglarian, A., Sokhangoie, Y., Forwell, S. (2015). Validation of Iranian version of Comprehensive Fatigue Assessment Battery for Multiple Sclerosis (CFAB-MS). Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 25 (131): 56–66. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Validation-of-Persian-Version-of-Comprehensive-for-Motaharinezhad-Parvaneh/901bd4a91dfb9b5c3ad13ff3aeef242f8dc9254e
14. Parvaneh, S., Cocks, E., Buchanan, A., & Ghahari, S. (2015). Development of a fidelity measure for community integration programmes for people with acquired brain injury. Brain Injury, 29 (3)  DOI: http://10.3109/02699052.2014.976592

Current students

Molalign Adugna (PhD – Rehabilitation Science Program): The Influence of Stigma on Educational Participation among Children with Physical Disabilities in Northwest Ethiopia

Sara Morassaei (PhD – Aging and Health Program): Characteristics of aging immigrants who live with chronic conditions and are planning to have early retirement in comparison to their Canada-born counterparts

Selamawit Workeneh Kassa (PhD – Rehabilitation Science Program) - TBD

Terry Landry (DSc – Rehabilitation and Health Leadership Program) - TBD