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Associate Professor

Shane Sweet

Kinesiology and Physical Education

PhD

S_S

shane.sweet@mcgill.ca

(514) 398-4184 - ext: 09903

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Location
Currie Gymnasium - McGill Sports Complex
Address
475 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec Canada H2W 1S4
Research Interests
Movement Science, Disability, Peer Support, Well-Being, Physical Activity, Theory-Based Interventions, Community Partnerships, Knowledge Translation
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The overarching goal of Shane’s program of research is to enhance the lives of adults, whether healthy or living with chronic conditions/disease (e.g., adults with cardiovascular disease, spinal cord injury), by understanding and promoting physical activity and well-being and engaging community members. His program of research is therefore guided by three pillars:

(1) Understand: The purpose of this pillar is to understand physical activity participation and well-being by applying, testing and integrating theory, developing conceptual models and tracking changes over time.

(2) Promote: In this pillar, he looks to increase physical activity and related constructs and enhance well-being through the two streams: persuasive messaging and intensive interventions.

(3) Engage: The objective of this pillar is to incorporate the community in research, co-construct research with community, inform key end-users of the results and evaluate knowledge translation initiatives.


Recent Publications

  1. Sweet, S. N., Michalovic, E., Baxter, K., Baron, J. & Gainforth, H. L. (2019). RE-AIMing conferences: A reach, effectiveness, and maintenance evaluation of the Rick Hansen Institute’s Praxis 2016. Translational Behavioral Medicine. Advanced online doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibz002
  2. Chemtob, K., Rocchi, M., Arbour-Nicitopoulos, K., Kairy, D., Fillion, B., & Sweet, S. N. (2019). Using tele-health to enhance motivation, leisure time physical activity, and quality of life in adults with spinal cord injury: A self-determination theory-based pilot randomized control trial. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 43, 243-252. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2019.03.008
  3. Rocchi, M., Zeleya, W., & Sweet, S. N. (2018). Peer mentorship for adults with spinal cord injury: a static group comparison between mentees and non-mentees' reported coping strategies. Spinal Cord, 56, 1102–1109. doi:10.1038/s41393-018-0197-5
  4. Sweet, S. N., Michalovic, E., Latimer-Cheung, A. E., Fortier, M., Noreau, L., Zelaya, W., & Martin Ginis, K. A. (2018). Spinal cord injury peer mentorship: Applying self-determination theory to explain quality of life and participation outcomes. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 99, 468-476. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2017.08.487
  5. Best, K. L., Arbour-Nicitopoulos, K. P., & Sweet S. N. (2017). Community-based physical activity and mobility interventions: Current reflections and future directions. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 40(6), 777-782. doi: 10.1080/10790268.2017.1367363

Honours and Awards

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  • 6th National Spinal Cord Injury Conference Research Award [PI: Sweet; 2014]
  • Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé : Chercheur Boursier Junior 1 [Salary Award : 2014-2018]