Research Interests
As a sociologist by training, my main areas research expertise include: the application of critical social theory to the study of health problems; gender and adolescent health; and representations of youth cultural movements and substance use by both media and popular culture discourses. Based on my doctoral work I also have a developing interest in the use of visual methodologies in drug research and in photographic representations of young women’s tobacco use. 

Publications  
Submitted & Under Review

• *Okoli, C.T.C., Ratner, P.A., Haines, R., Sullivan, K., Guo, S.E., & Johnson, J.L. (submitted). Do researcher-derived classifications of youths' smoking behavior correspond with youths' characterizations of their behavior? Addiction.
• *Johnson, J.L., Moffat, B.M.,  Bottorff,  J.L., Shoveller,  J.A., Fischer,  B.,   Haines, R.J.  "Beyond the barriers: marking the place for marijuana use at a Canadian high school."  Journal of Youth Studies (In press: June, 2007)
• *Haines, R.J., Poland, B.D., Johnson, J.L. (July, 2007). "Becoming a 'Real' Smoker - Cultural Capital in Young Women's Accounts of Substance Use." Sociology of Health & Illness (In Review: July, 2007).

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

• Poland, B., Frohlich, K., Haines, R.J., Mykhalovskiy, E., Rock, M., Sparks, R. (2006) “The Social Context of Smoking: The Next Frontier in Tobacco Control?” Tobacco Control 15(1):59-63.
• Boydell, K.M., Barwick, M., Ferguson, H.B., Haines, R. (2004). “A Feasibility Study to Assess Service Providers’ Perspectives Regarding Use of the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale in Ontario.” The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 32(1):105.

Book Chapters

• Byers, M., Haines, R.J. (2005). “‘That White Girl from That Show’ - A structured discussion about growing up with/on television and the lived experience of race and ethnicity within Canadian youth cultures.” In, Michele Byers (Ed.) Growing Up Degrassi – Television, Identity & Youth Cultures (pp.167-190). Sumach Press; Toronto.
• Haines, R.J. (1999). “Break North - Rap music and Hip-Hop culture in Canada.”In Weinfeld, M., Troper, H. , (Eds.) Ethnicity, Politics and Public Policy - Case Studies in Canadian Diversity (pp.54-88). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

reviews And Invited Commentaries

• *Haines, R.J. (2008). Smoking cessation was difficult for adolescents because of various stressors of daily life and major lifestyle changes that were required (Commentator). Evidence-Based Nursing. 11(1):28.

Reports & Commissioned Papers

• Haines, R.J., Fischer, B., Rehm, J. (2007). " Sociocultural Factors and Determinants Influencing Youth Smoking - A Literature Review." (Zürich: Institute for Public Health and Addiction Research [ISGF]).
• Barwick, M., Boydell, K., Basnett, D., O'Hara, B., Ferguson , H.B. , Haines R.J. (2006). "Knowledge Translation for Practice Change in Children's Mental Health." In, CIHR Institutes of Health Services and Policy Research. Evidence in Action, Acting on Evidence - A casebook of health services and policy research knowledge translation strategies (pg. 13-18). Ottawa: Canadian Institutes of Health Research. 

Abstracts and Presentations
Published Abstracts

• Bercovitz K., Cohen, J., Ferrence, R., Haines , R. , Poland , B., Selby, P., Stewart, D., Wickramasinghe, S. . (2005). “Household rules around reducing environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure: A qualitative study of couples with young children.” Nicotine & Tobacco Research 7(4):701-702.

Recent Presentations

• *Haines, R.J. (2007, May). "Qualitative Methods & the Inclusion of Smokers in Tobacco & Health Research." The Third International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry . Urbana-Champaign , Illinois . 
• *Haines, R.J. (2007, April). "Smoke, In My Eyes - Pierre Bourdieu and the social context of young women's tobacco use." Rethinking Health Practices in a Social World - Focus on Gender & Health Behaviours. NEXUS Spring Institute 2007, University if British Columbia. Vancouver, British Columbia.
• Frohlich, K.L., Poland B., Maule C., Mykhalovskiy E., Alexander S., Sparks R., Rock M., Haines R. (2006, December). The social context of smoking according to smokers: Criticisms and recommendations for tobacco control practice. Ontario Tobacco Control Conference. Toronto, Ontario .
• *Haines, R.J. (2006, November). "Smoke, In My Eyes - A photographic research project with young women smokers" (Poster Presentation). Research to Inform Tobacco Control - 3rd Annual Invitational Symposium. Toronto, Ontario.
• Haines, R.J., Poland, B., Sparks, R., Maule, C. (2006, July). "Unpacking the Social Context of Tobacco Control" (Poster Presentation). 13th World Conference on Tobacco or Health. Washington, DC.
• Collvechia, S., Haines, R.J., Bercovitz, K. (2005, June). "Household Rules Around Reducing Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Exposure:  A Qualitative Study Of Couples With Young Children."(Poster Presentation). 4th National Conference on Tobacco or Health. Ottawa, Ontario.
• Haines, R.J. (2005, June). "Smoke, In My Eyes - A qualitative research project with young women that smoke." 4th National Conference on Tobacco or Health. Ottawa, Ontario.
• Bercovitz, K., Haines, R.J., Poland, B . (2005, February). "Discourses and Discordance - A Qualitative Study of Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) in the Home Tobacco Control Advocates & Policy Stakeholders" (Poster Presentation). Advances in Qualitative Methods. Edmonton, Alberta.

Seminar Presentations

• “Collective Lifestyles & the Social Context of Youth Smoking.” (IMPART Seminar Slide Presentation, October 16, 2006).
• “Smoke, In My Eyes.” (IMPART Trainee Research Presentation, January 15, 2007).

Grants & Projects

• *Co-Investigator. Messages for Young Women about Tobacco Exposure and Breast Cancer: Phase 1. J. Bottorff; K. Johnson (PI's); L. Baillie; A. Brazier; J. Easley; R. Ferrence; C. Okoli; R.J Haines. Funded: 2007-2008, Canadian Breast Cancer Research Alliance ($49,933).
• *Co-Investigator. New approaches to addressing social inequalities in tobacco use among youth. K. Frohlich (PI), B. Poland, Eric Mykhalovskiy, J.L. Johnson, R.J. Haines . Funded: 2007-2009, Canadian Institutes of Health Research ($ 74, 277). 
• *Co-Investigator. An Analysis of the Media Discourse Related to Marijuana Use. J. Johnson (PI),  M.L. Young, A. Ostry, J. Shoveller, P. Ratner, L. Greaves, R.J. Haines. Funded: 2007-2009. Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada ($100, 000).
  

*indicates IMPART-related work

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