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Phone: (905) 525-9140 ext: 27816
Fax: (905) 524-0069
Office: Rm.403F, IAHS
Email: lettsl@mcmaster.ca
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Profile
Lori Letts is Associate Professor in the School of Rehabilitation Science and Assistant Dean of the Occupational Therapy Program. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Therapy from the University of Western Ontario.
After working as an occupational therapist in general rehabilitation, long term care, and with clients in the community, she returned to graduate school. In 1991, she received a Master of Arts with a joint degree in Gerontology and Regional Planning and Resource Development. Her thesis examined environmental influences on the functional abilities of older adults. Following that, she worked as Researcher with Community Occupational Therapists and Associates in Toronto, and was also the Assistant National Coordinator of the CAOT Seniors' Health Promotion Project. She completed doctoral studies in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University in 2002. The focus of her doctoral dissertation was on the use of participatory research and community organizing as means to promote health with older adults in the city of Toronto.
Her research interests include: environments, health promotion, primary health care, aging, community rehabilitation, participatory research, social change and community organizing. She holds a status-only appointment with the Occupational Therapy Department at Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care in Toronto, Ontario.
Fun Fact
I love to cook when I have time. I commute from Waterloo, and CBC Radio One is always on in my car.
Taking Graduate Students
Willing to take on supervision and/or committee membership for 1-2 graduate students (masters or doctoral level).
Lab/Research Institute
Functional Assessment Lab, run by the Mobility, Aging and Participation Research Group, School of Rehabilitation Science.
Courses Taught
MSc OT Programme, McMaster University
2009-2010
Term 4: Applying Evidence to Practice: Integration, MSc (OT) 747
Term 3: Disability, Development & Occupation, Term Chair
Term 3: Disability, Development & Occupation, Professional Roles and Experiential Practicum (PREP), MSc (OT) 638
2008-2009
Year 2: Applying Evidence to Practice: Integration, MSc (OT) 747
Term 3: Disability, Development & Occupation, Term Chair
Term 3: Disability, Development & Occupation, Professional Roles and Experiential Practicum (PREP), MSc (OT) 638
2007-2008
Year 2: Applying Evidence to Practice: Integration, MSc (OT) 747
Term 3: Disability, Development & Occupation, Term Chair
Term 3: Disability, Development & Occupation, Professional Roles and Experiential
Practicum (PREP), MSc (OT) 638
MSc Rehabilitation Science Programme, McMaster University
2008-2009
RS704 Independent Studies Course: Self-Management Interventions and Serious Mental
Illness, Instructor, January – April 2008
2007-2008
RS706/RHSc505 Measurement in Rehabilitation, Instructor, January – April 2008
Recent Research
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Experiences of the environment and its influences on participation among adults with chronic diseases: A meta-synthesis of qualitative research |
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Investigators |
Hand, C., Wilkins, S., Law, M., & Letts, L. |
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Funding Agency |
Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation |
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$5,000 |
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Funding Period |
July 2010 – December 2011 |
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TITLE |
Enabling the health literacy of clients during specialty mental health services: Clinicians’ experiences and perspectives |
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Investigators |
Strong, S., Wilkins, S., & Letts, L. |
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Funding Agency |
Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation |
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Amount |
$5,000 |
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Funding Period |
July 2010 – December 2011 |
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TITLE |
Pilot study of the Environmental Skill Building Program for dementia caregivers |
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Investigators |
Letts, L., Douglas, A., & O’Toole, C. |
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Funding Agency |
Alzheimer Society of Canada |
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Amount |
$107,820 |
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Funding Period |
August 2009 – July 2011 |
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TITLE |
Routine administration of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure: Effect on knowledge, clinical-decision making and care |
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Investigators |
Colquhoun, H., Letts, L., Law, M., & McDermid, J. |
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Funding Agency |
Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation |
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Amount |
$5,000 |
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Funding Period |
July 2009 – December 2010 |
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TITLE |
Home after Hospital Occupational Therapy |
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Investigators |
Douglas, A., Zagrodski, D., Letts, L., Richardson, J., Eva, K., & Patterson, C. |
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Funding Agency |
Hamilton Health Sciences New Investigator Fund |
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$8,700 |
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Funding Period |
January 2009 – January 2010 |
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TITLE |
Rehabilitation in the home environment: A knowledge transfer project to implement best practice and ensure continuity of care with stroke |
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Investigators |
Richardson, J., Bosch, J., de Paul, V., Jack, S., Letts, L., Moreland, J., Wilkins, S., & Wishart, L. |
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Funding Agency |
Ontario Stroke System Research Grant, Ministry of Health and Long Term Care |
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$142,028 |
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Funding Period |
2009-2010 |
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TITLE |
Creating an Agenda for Occupational Therapy’s Contribution to Collaborative Chronic Disease Research |
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Investigators |
Letts, L., Hand, C., & von Zweck, C. |
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Funding Agency |
Meetings, Planning & Dissemination Grant, Canadian Institutes of Health Research |
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$25,000 |
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Funding Period |
2008-2009 | |
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Journal Articles
Richardson, J., Letts, L., Chan, D., Stratford, P., Hand, C., Price, D., et al. (2010). Rehabilitation in a primary care setting for persons with chronic illness: A randomized controlled trial. Primary Health Care Research and Development. First view on CJO available June 22, 2010: doi:10.1017/S1463423610000113
Douglas, A., Letts, L. & Richardson, J. (in press). A systematic review of accidental injury from fire, wandering and medication self-administration errors for older adults with and without dementia. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. doi:10.1016/j.archger.2010.02.014
Colquhoun, H., Letts, L., Law, M., MacDermid, J., & Edwards, M. (in press). Clinical utility of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure for routine use. British Journal of Occupational Therapy.
Douglas, A., Richardson, J., Letts, L., & Wilkins, S. (2010). Help at home and perceived health status: Gender differences in a community dwelling population. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, 28, 86-100.
Hand, C., Richardson, J., Letts, L., & Stratford, P. (2010). Validity of the Late Life Function and Disability Instrument for adults with chronic conditions. Disability and Rehabilitation, 32, 50-56. First published on: 26 June 2009 (iFirst). DOI: 10.1080/09638280902998789
Letts, L., Moreland, J., Richardson, J., Coman, L., Edwards, M., Martin Ginis, K., Wilkins, S., & Wishart, L. (2010). The physical environment as a falls risk factor in older adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional and cohort studies. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 57, 51-64. (Advance online publication, 2009). doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2009.00787.x
Colquhoun, H., Letts, L., Law, M., MacDermid, J., & Edwards, M. (2010). Routine administration of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure: Effect on functional outcome. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 57, 111-117. (Advance online publication, 2009). doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2009.00784.x
Richardson, J., Letts, L., Childs, A., Semogas, D., Stavness, C., Smith, B. J., Guenter, D., & Price, D. (2009). Development of a community scholar program: An interprofessional initiative. Journal of Physical Therapy Education, 24, 39-45.
Douglas, A., Letts, L., & Liu, L. (2008). Review of cognitive assessments for older adults. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, 26(4), 13-44.
Book Chapters
Wilkins, S., Letts, L., & Richardson, J. (2009). Evaluation of functional performance. In B. Bonder & Bello-Haas, V. D. (Eds.), Functional performance in older adults (3rd ed., pp. 429-448). Philadelphia, PA: FA Davis.
Letts, L. (2009). Health promotion. In E. B. Crepeau, E. Cohn, & B. A. B. Schell (Eds.), Willard & Spackman’s Occupational Therapy (11th ed., pp. 165-180). Baltimore: Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
Rigby, P., Stark, S., Letts, L., & Ringaert, L. (2009). Physical environments. In E. B. Crepeau, E. Cohn, & B. A. B. Schell (Eds.), Willard & Spackman’s Occupational Therapy (11th ed., pp. 820-849). Baltimore: Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
Rigby, P., Lowe, M., Letts, L., & Stewart, D. (2008). Assessing context: Home, community and workplace access. In M. V. Radomski & C. A. Trombly Latham (Eds.), Occupational therapy for physical dysfunction (6th ed.; pp. 310-337). Baltimore: Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Townsend, E., Coburn, L., Letts, L., Thibeault, R., & Trentham, B. (2007). Enabling social change. In E. Townsend & H. Polatojko (Eds.), Enabling Occupation II: Advancing an occupational therapy vision for health well-being, and justice through occupation (pp. 153-171). Ottawa, ON: CAOT Publications ACE.
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