Tweets by Lesley andrade

Lesley Andrade
​BSc MHSc RD
​PhD Candidate

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Research interests: population and public health, health equity, public health systems, healthy eating and nutrition policy, chronic disease prevention, healthy weights promotions and eating disorder/disordered eating prevention. ​

Education:
PhD Candidate, Public Health and Health Systems, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo (2017- )
MHSc., Public Health Science, Community Nutrition stream, University of Toronto (2003-2005)  
BSc., Honours Nutrition & Nutraceutical Sciences, University of Guelph (1998-2002)

Publications:

• Andrade L, Yantzi N, Urajnik D, Graham C; Craig C; Despatie L, Barber K. (2016). Healthy Kids Community Challenge City of Greater Sudbury: Community needs assessment. City of Greater Sudbury Healthy Kids Community Challenge Planning and Advisory Committee. Sudbury, ON
• Thomeh S. Andrade L, Beyond BMI Research Team. (2016). Beyond BMI: Envisioning an EMR-based surveillance system for Ontario measuring childhood healthy weights – including risk and protective factors. An overview of phase 1 and 2, plus an update on phase 3
• Snelling S, Andrade L, Beyers J, Malaviarachchi D, Biro S. Fera L. (2015). Beyond BMI: Risk and protective factors for child healthy weights assessed using NutriSTEP® in primary care. Sudbury & District Health Unit: Sudbury, ON.
• Andrade L, Sutcliffe P. (2013). No time to wait: Healthy kids in the Sudbury and Manitoulin Districts. Sudbury & District Health Unit: Sudbury, ON.​

Presentations:

• Andrade L, McDonough T. Beyond BMI: NutriSTEP® for the prevention, and care and management of childhood obesity. Poster presentation at the Canadian Obesity Summit. Canadian Obesity Network. April 2017. Banff, Alberta.
• Andrade L, McDonough T, Randall Simpson J. Beyond BMI: The collection and integration of risk and protective factor information in electronic medical records (EMRs) for childhood healthy weights surveillance in Ontario. Poster presentation at the Nutrition Resource Centre Forum and Nutrition Exchange. Ontario Public Health Association and the Ontario Society of Nutrition Professionals in Public Health (OSNPPH). May 2016. Toronto, Ontario.
• Andrade L. Supporting healthy eating: Building healthy and sustainable food environments. Oral presentation at the Research and Evidence for Healthy Kids Symposium – Research Week. Laurentian University. March 2016. Sudbury, Ontario.
• Andrade L. Public Health: Building healthy communities to support healthy habits. Oral presentation at the Inter-Professional Health Council – Inter-professional Management of Obesity. Laurentian University. November 2015. Sudbury, Ontario.
• Andrade L, Moran K. Beyond BMI: Investigating the feasibility of using electronic medical records and NutriSTEP® for childhood healthy weights surveillance. Oral presentation at Grand Rounds. Public Health Ontario. October 2015. Toronto, Ontario.
• Andrade L. NutriSTEP® implementation at the Sudbury & District Health Unit: A tool to start the conversation. Oral presentation at the Mental Health and Healthy Weights for Children and Youth Knowledge Exchange Forum. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and Public Health Ontario. March 2015. Toronto, Ontario.
• Andrade L. Social determinants of healthy eating and obesity: a northern health unit’s perspective. Oral presentation at the Eat Less, Eat Better… is it really that simple? Rethinking our message about healthy eating and obesity. Ontario Public Health Association Nutrition Resource Centre. April 2015. Toronto, Ontario.
• Andrade L. Sudbury & District Health Unit’s report card: actions to achieve healthy kids. Oral presentation at the Healthy Kids Forum: Applying evidence to local action for healthy weights. Public Health Ontario. January 2014. Toronto, Ontario.​

Recognitions:

• 2018: Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Government of Ontario
• 2018: President's Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo​ ​

Professional Activities and Networks:

• Member in Good Standing, College of Dietitians of Ontario (2005 – Present)
• Member, Canadian Obesity Network (2011 – Present)
• SDHU co-lead, Public Health Ontario Beyond BMI Locally Driven Collaborative Project (2015 – Aug 2017)
• SDHU lead, Northern Ontario Dietetic Internship Program (NODIP) (2007 – 2015)
• Member, Ontario Society of Nutrition Professionals in Public Health (2005 – 2017)
                 - Co-chair of the Student Nutrition Programs Practice Group (2008 – 2013)
• Coordinator, Northern Healthy Eating Project (NHEP) (2007 – 2012)
• Representative, Ministry of Children and Youth Services – Student Nutrition Guidelines Revision Working Group (2007 – 2008
• Member, National Prevention Strategy Network – The Hospital for Sick Children (2010 – 2017)
• Member and evaluation representative, City of Greater Sudbury Healthy Kids Community Challenge Planning and Advisory Committee (2015 – 2017)
• Member, Best Start Advisory Committee (time-limited) for the development of It takes a village: taking action for healthy children online training module for service providers (Dec 2014 – July 2015)​

 

Summary of Locally Driven Collaborative Project (LDCP) Research Project: Beyond BMI: Investigating the feasibility of using NutriSTEP®  and electronic medical records as a surveillance system for healthy weights including risk and protective factors in children (2014-2015)

• Roughly one-third of Canadian children and adolescents aged 5 to 17 years are affected by overweight or obesity. With a mandate to provide services to promote healthy weights, Ontario public health units find themselves without local-level data, including information on risk and protective factors to support the development of childhood healthy weights.
• This two-phased project aimed to identify the feasibility of establishing a provincial model linking risk and protective factors for child healthy weights to measured child health data captured in primary care practices’ Electronic Medical Records (EMRs). The quality of EMR height and weight data accessed from the BORN Ontario registry was assessed in phase 1. Primary care provider (PCP) implementation of the NutriSTEP® screen--a tool to collect risk and protective factor data for childhood healthy weights--was assessed in phase 2.
• Measured height and weight data from the BORN Ontario registry was of good quality. PCPs were using NutriSTEP® as a screening tool to identify risk and protective factors for childhood healthy weights; PCP were enthusiastic about the potential integration of NutriSTEP® into EMRs; and key partnerships were important to assist in collaboration between public health and PCP, as well as with BORN Ontario to collect data province-wide from EMRs.
• Final report: https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/ServicesAndTools/Documents/LDCP/LDCP_BeyondBMI_FinalReport.pdf ​​ ​