Coutts, Sarah Woldring, Alix Pederson, Ann De Salaberry, Julie Osiovich, Horacio Brotto, Lori A.
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundThe goal of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is to provide optimal care for preterm and sick infants while supporting their growth and development. The NICU environment can be stressful for preterm infants and often cannot adequately support their neurodevelopmental needs. Kangaroo Care (KC) is an evidence-based developmental care ...
Wilson, Lindsay A. Quan, Amanda M. L. Bota, A. Brianne Mithani, Salima S. Paradis, Michelle Jardine, Cindy Hui, Charles Pottie, Kevin Crowcroft, Natasha Wilson, Kumanan
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BMC Family Practice
BackgroundHuman Papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in Canada and around the world. Vaccination is an effective prevention strategy, but uptake is low, especially among newcomers to Canada. We sought to understand newcomers’ knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs (KAB) on HPV and HPV vaccination and their role in HPV v...
Makowsky, Mark J Jones, Charlotte A Davachi, Shahnaz
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JMIR public health and surveillance
South Asian Canadians are at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Consumer-oriented health information technology may help mitigate lifestyle risk factors and improve chronic disease self-management. This study aims to explore the prevalence, patterns, and predictors of the use of the internet, digital devices, and apps for ...
Piat, Myra Wainwright, Megan Sofouli, Eleni Albert, Hélène Casey, Regina Rivest, Marie-Pier Briand, Catherine Kasdorf, Sarah Labonté, Lise LeBlanc, Sébastien
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Implementation Science Communications
BackgroundThe Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) and the ERIC compilation of implementation strategies are key resources for identifying implementation barriers and strategies. However, their respective density and complexity make their application to implementation planning outside of academia challenging. We developed the C...
Hewko, Sarah Oyesegun, Amirah Clow, Samantha VanLeeuwen, Charlene
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BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundRelationships between dietitians and other healthcare providers can impact the degree to which patient care is collaborative; inefficient communication can lead to suboptimal care. It takes time for multidisciplinary team members to build collaborative, trusting relationships. For this reason, frequent dietitian turnover is of concern. Co...
Abele, Brandi Bowser, Jennifer Brown, Loretta Carette, Julien Crichlow, Frank de Kiewit, Alexandra Lampkin, Hugh Lavand, Dawn LeBlanc, Sean Sherstobitoff, Alex
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Harm Reduction Journal
BackgroundOngoing legal and social discrimination, and stigmatization of people with lived experience of drug use (PWLE) continues to contribute to overdose-related deaths in Canada. The involvement of PWLE working in harm reduction services has proven effective in decreasing drug-related harms among PWLE; however, there exist unintended negative i...
Holbrook, Anne M. Wang, Mei Lee, Munil Chen, Zhiyuan Garcia, Michael Nguyen, Laura Ford, Angela Manji, Selina Law, Michael R.
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Systematic Reviews
BackgroundCost-related nonadherence to medications (CRNA) is common in many countries and thought to be associated with adverse outcomes. The characteristics of CRNA in Canada, with its patchwork coverage of increasingly expensive medications, are unclear.ObjectivesOur objective in this systematic review was to summarize the literature evaluating C...
Peterson St-Laurent, Guillaume Kozak, Robert Hagerman, Shannon
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Regional Environmental Change
Forest practitioners play a key role in the development and implementation of novel interventions to respond to climate change in forests. However, little is known about how this group perceives climate change adaptation, let alone novel interventions. Understanding how practitioners evaluate and weigh the risks of climate change for forests, their...
Harper, Sherilee L. Cunsolo, Ashlee Babujee, Amreen Coggins, Shaugn Aguilar, Mauricio Domínguez Wright, Carlee J.
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Systematic Reviews
BackgroundClimate change is a defining issue and grand challenge for the health sector in North America. Synthesizing evidence on climate change impacts, climate-health adaptation, and climate-health mitigation is crucial for health practitioners and decision-makers to effectively understand, prepare for, and respond to climate change impacts on hu...
Scallan, Eilish Lancaster, Kari Kouyoumdjian, Fiona
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Health (London, England : 1997)
The United Nations states that prisoners should enjoy the same standards of health care that are available in the community. Despite this, persons in prison experience barriers to care and face unique health challenges. Given the ways in which prisons shape health outcomes for incarcerated persons, it is important to interrogate how the provision o...
