MacLeod, Dr. Martha
PhD (Edinburgh), RN, FCAN, FNEI
Biography
Martha MacLeod came to 蹤獲扞⑹ in 1994 from a professional and practice background in nursing management and continuing education. Her career at 蹤獲扞⑹ included the roles of Chair of the School of Nursing, the Northern Health-蹤獲扞⑹ Knowledge Mobilization Research Chair, and Co-Lead of the 蹤獲扞⑹ Health Research Institute. Martha became Professor Emerita in the School of Nursing when she retired in 2022.
Research and Expertise
Martha continues to take a qualitative approach to examining health services. She takes a hermeneutic approach to studying implementation and exploring the often overlooked yet vital practices of nurses in rural and remote communities.
Research projects
- Nursing Research in Rural and Remote Canada II
- Partnering for Change
- Perinatal Care Nursing
- A Hermeneutic Approach to Implementation Science
- Health
Selected Publications
Partnering for Change - Primary Health Care Transformation
MacLeod, M.L.P., Hanlon, N., Reay, T., Snadden, D, & Ulrich, C. (2020). Partnering for change: How a health authority, physicians, and communities work together to transform primary healthcare services. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 34(3), 255-272.
Snadden, D., Reay, T., Hanlon, N., & MacLeod, M. (2019). Engaging primary care physicians in system change an interpretive study in a remote and rural health region in Northern British Columbia, Canada. BMJ Open, 9, e028395.
Hanlon, N., Reay, T., Snadden, D., & MacLeod, M. (2019). Creating partnerships to achieve health care reform: Moving beyond a politics of scale? International Journal of Health Services 49(1) 51-67.
MacLeod, M.L.P., Hanlon, N., Reay, T., Snadden, D, & Ulrich, C. (2020). Partnering for change: How a health authority, physicians, and communities work together to transform primary healthcare services. Journal of Health Organization and Management, DOI 10.1108/JHOM-02-2019-0032
Snadden, D., Reay, T., Hanlon, N., MacLeod, M. (2019). Engaging primary care physicians in system change an interpretive study in a remote and rural health region in Northern British Columbia, Canada. BMJ Open, 9, e028395. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028395
Hanlon, N., Reay, T., Snadden, D., MacLeod, M. (2019). Creating partnerships to achieve health care reform: Moving beyond a politics of scale? International Journal of Health Services 49(1) 51-67. DOI: 10.1177/0020731418807094
Rural and Remote Nursing
MacLeod, M. L. P., Penz, K. L., Banner, D., Jahner, S., Koren, I., Thomlinson, A., Moffitt, P., & Labrecque, ME. (2022). Mental health nursing practice in rural and remote Canada: Results from a national survey. Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 31, 128141
MacLeod, M. L. P., Zimmer, L. V., Kosteniuk, J. G., Penz, K. L., & Stewart, N. J. (2021). The meaning of nursing practice for nurses who are retired yet continue to work in a rural or remote community. BMC Nursing, 20, 220.
MacLeod, M.L.P., Kulig, J. C., & Stewart, N. J. (2019). Lessons from 20 years of research on nursing practice in rural and remote Canada. Research in brief. Canadian Nurse. May 13, 2109.
MacLeod, M., Stewart, N., Kulig, J., Labrecque, ME., Penz, K., Moffitt, P., Olynick, J., Doucette, M., Thomlinson, A., Garraway, L. (April, 2019). Indigenous Nurses in Rural and Remote Canada: Results from a National Survey. Prince George, BC: Nursing Practice in Rural and Remote Canada II. RRN2-04-14. /rural-nursing
Zimmer, L.V., Banner, D., & MacLeod, M. L. P. (2016). Nursing scholarship in and for the Northern Canadian context. The Northern Review. 43, 51-66.
MacLeod, M.L.P., Kulig, J. C., Stewart, N. J. (2019). Lessons from 20 years of research on nursing practice in rural and remote Canada. Research in brief. Canadian Nurse. May 13, 2109. Retrieved from
MacLeod, M.L.P., Stewart, N.J., Kosteniuk, J.G., Penz, K.L., Olynick, J., Karunanayake, C.P., Kilpatrick, K., Kulig, J.C., Martin-Misener, R., Koren, I., Zimmer, L.V., Van Pelt, L., Garraway, L. (2019). Rural and remote registered nurses perceptions of working beyond their legislated scope of practice. Nursing Leadership 32(1), 20-29.doi:10.12927/cjnl.2019.25851
MacLeod, M.L.P., Stewart, N.J., Kosteniuk, J.G., Penz, K.L., Olynick, J., Karunanayake, C.P., Banner, D., Wilson, E., Kulig, J.C., Labrecque, ME, Moffitt, P., Jahner, S., Garraway, L. (2019). Rural and remote licensed practical nurses perceptions of working below their legislated scope of practice. Nursing Leadership 32 (1), 8-19. doi:10.12927/cjnl.2019.25852
Lenthall, S., Wakerman, J., Dollard, M.F., Dunn, S., Knight, S., Opie, T., Rickard, G., MacLeod, M., (2018). Occupational stress interventions to reduce stress among registered nurses in very remote Australia, using a participatory action research approach. Collegian 25, 181-191.
MacLeod, M., Garraway, L., J籀natansd籀ttir, S., Moffitt, P. (2018). What does it mean to be a nurse in Canadas Northern Territories? Chapter 35 In H. Exner-Pirot, B. Norbye, & L. Butler (Eds.), Northern and Indigenous health and healthcare. Saskatoon, SK: University of Saskatchewan. Available at
Zimmer, L.V., Banner, D., MacLeod, M. L. P. (2016). Nursing scholarship in and for the Northern Canadian context. The Northern Review. 43, 51-66
Knowledge Mobilization
MacLeod, M. L. P., McCaffrey, G., Wilson, E., Zimmer, L. V., Snadden, D., Zimmer, P., J籀natansd籀ttir, S., Fyfe, T. M., Koopmans, E., Ulrich, C., Graham, I. D. (2023). Exploring the intersection of hermeneutics and implementation: A scoping review. Systematic Reviews, 12:30.
MacLeod, M. L. P., Leese, J. Garraway, L., Oelke, N. D., Munro, S., Bailey, S., Hoens, A. M., Loo, S., Valdovinos, A., Wick, U., Zimmer, P., Li, L. C. (2022). Engaging with patients in research on knowledge translation/implementation science methods: A self-study. Research Involvement and Engagement, 8, 41.
McCaffrey, G., Wilson, E., J籀natansd籀ttir, S., Zimmer, L., Zimmer, P., Graham, I., Snadden, D., & MacLeod, M. (2022). But is it hermeneutic enough? Reading for methodological salience in a scoping review of hermeneutics and implementation science. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21, 1-9.
Bowen, S., Botting, I., Graham, I.D., MacLeod, M., de Moissac, D., Harlos, K. Leduc, B., Ulrich, C., Knox, J. (2019). Experience of health leadership in partnering with university-based researchers in Canada a call to re-imagine research. International Journal of Health Policy and Management 8(12), 684-699. . See the video:
Bowen, S., Botting, I., Graham, I.D., MacLeod, M., de Moissac, D., Harlos, K. Leduc, B., Ulrich, C., Knox, J. (2019). Experience of health leadership in partnering with university-based researchers in Canada a call to re-imagine research. International Journal of Health Policy and Management 8(12), 684-699. doi 10.15171/ijhpm.2019.66 See the video:
de Moissac, D., Bowen, S., Botting, I., Graham, I.D., MacLeod, M., Harlos, K., Songok, C. M., Boh矇mier, M. (2019). Evidence of commitment to health research partnerships? Results of two web reviews. BMC Health Research Policy and Systems, 17:73
Graham, I.D., Kothari, A., McCutcheon and on behalf of the Integrated Knowledge Translation Research Network Project Leads (2018). Moving knowledge into action for more effective practice, programmes and policy: Protocol for a research programme on integrated knowledge translation. Implementation Science 13, 22. DOI 10.1186/s13012-017-0700-y