Dr. Brenda Poon leads HELP's Early Childhood Screening Research and Evaluation initiative. Dr. Poon completed her doctoral work in Special Education at UBC and postdoctoral fellowship with HELP through a joint award from the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Dr. Poon is interested in research and evaluation related to early identification and early intervention for children with special needs, family-centered services, integrated child health information systems, as well as social determinants of children's health and development over the lifecourse.

Publications

• Family support needs as perceived by parents of preadolescents and adolescents who are deaf or hard of hearing

  • 2011 Deafness and Education International
  • Jamieson J. R. , Zaidman-Zait A. , Poon B.

• Evaluation of BC Early Childhood Dental Programs: Early Childhood Screening Research & Evaluation Unit Final Report

  • 2011
  • Poon B.

• Development of an integrated child health information system for children who are deaf or hard of hearing

  • 2010 Paediatrics & Child Health
  • Poon B. , Hertzman C.

• Dental Public Health Risk Assessment: Focus Groups Provincial Analysis

  • 2010
  • Poon B.

• Provincial Mapping Package: 2006/07 & 2009/10 Kindergarten Dental Survey Data for All School Districts in BC

  • 2010
  • Poon B.

• BC Early Childhood Dental Programs Evaluation: A Regional Summary for Fraser Health Authority

  • 2010
  • Poon B.

• BC Early Childhood Dental Programs Evaluation: A Regional Summary for Interior Health Authority

  • 2010
  • Poon B.

• BC Early Childhood Dental Programs Evaluation: A Regional Summary for Northern Health Authority

  • 2010
  • Poon B.

• BC Early Childhood Dental Programs Evaluation: A Regional Summary for Vancouver Coastal Health Authority

  • 2010
  • Poon B.

• BC Early Childhood Dental Programs Evaluation: A Regional Summary for Vancouver Island Health Authority

  • 2010
  • Poon B.

• Development of a provincial hearing loss registry in British Columbia

  • 2006 The Canadian Association of Educators and the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (CAEDHH)
  • Poon B.

Projects

• Screening