“Our mission is to develop and embed sustainable interventions within the Canadian health care system that promote infant and family mental health by supporting healthy sleep and high-quality parent-child interactions (PCIs) in families with young children. To do this, our research examines how innovative approaches and models of care, such as eHealth and precision health, can be used to build sustainable solutions that help parents and their children experience real-world improvements in their sleep and relationships.”
Principal Investigator
Dr. Elizabeth Keys
PhD, RN, CCHN(C)
(she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
UBC Okanagan
elizabeth.keys@ubc.ca
250-807-8344
Our Team
Principal Investigator
(she/her)
BSc Psychology
(she/her/hers)
Postdoctoral Fellow
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PhD Student
(she/her)
Masters of Arts Global Studies – Global Health Student
(she/her/hers)
MSN Year 1 (she/her/hers)
Bachelors of Science in Nursing Student
(she/her)
Undergraduate Student
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Current Projects
Better Nights and Better Days for Canadians: An innovative national sustainable strategy to prevent and treat insomnia across the lifespan using digital approaches for sleep promotion, intervention, and provider training.
Are Moms Angry? Having a Baby during COVID-19.
COVID-19 vaccine awareness in British Columbia: A community-based knowledge dissemination initiative for people who are pregnant, breastfeeding, and parents to young children.
Postnatal screening for anxiety and comorbid conditions: a prospective British Columbia cohort study
Understanding how parents build and mobilize personal support networks to obtain tangible social support.
Sleep and Family Relationships Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study of Okanagan Families with Young Children
Feasibility and pilot testing of ABCs of SLEEPING for Babies app.