Akuffo-Addo, Edgar Udounwa, Theodora Chan, Jocelyn Cauchi, Laura
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Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
Biologics are becoming an increasingly important part of patient care across Canada. Recent studies from the USA show that Black patients are less likely than White patients to receive biologic treatment for several medical conditions. The relative lack of race-based data in Canada makes it difficult to replicate such studies in Canada. As a result...
Petrin, Julie Marrie, Ruth Ann Devonshire, Virginia Jichici, Draga Hrebicek, Olinka Metz, Luanne M. Morrow, Sarah A. Oh, Jiwon Smyth, Penelope Donkers, Sarah J.
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Frontiers in Neurology
Objective The literature that has examined healthcare access and needs of the multiple sclerosis (MS) population is limited. Currently, no research has engaged healthcare providers delivering services to this population to examine their perspectives on the provision of MS care in Canada. We aimed to summarize what good MS care should look like acco...
Fieschi-Méric, Léa Van Leeuwen, Pauline Denoël, Mathieu Lesbarrères, David
peer reviewed / The key role of symbiotic skin bacteria communities in amphibian resistance to emerging pathogens is well recognized, but factors leading to their dysbiosis are not fully understood. In particular, the potential effects of population translocations on the composition and diversity of hosts' skin microbiota have received little atten...
Fatehi, Mostafa Yefet, Leeor S Prakash, Swetha Toyota, Brian D Gooderham, Peter A
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The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques
There is considerable variability in the management of diffuse low-grade gliomas (LGGs). To characterize treatment paradigms, a survey of Canadian neurosurgeons was performed with forty neurosurgeons responding. Their responses show that the management of patients with LGGs has evolved in the past decade and findings from the RTOG9802 trial have be...
Ellis, Michael J Normand, Heather Gargaro, Judith Bayley, Mark Russell, Kelly
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The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques
To examine the use of telemedicine among Canadian concussion providers and clinics before and after the COVID-19 pandemic onset and identify barriers and facilitators for future use. Ninety-nine concussion clinics and healthcare providers across Canada that offered one or more clinical concussion-related service were identified using standardized o...
Spence, Nicholas D Newton, Amanda S Keaschuk, Rachel A Ambler, Kathryn A Holt, Nicholas L Jetha, Mary M Mushquash, Aislin R Rosychuk, Rhonda J Sharma, Arya M Spence, John C
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Childhood obesity (Print)
Background: Obesity interventions for parents of children with obesity can improve children's weight and health. This randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluated whether a parent-based intervention based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles was superior to a parent-based intervention based on a psychoeducation program (PEP) in improving...
Cénat, Jude Mary Dalexis, Rose Darly Darius, Wina Paul Kogan, Cary S Guerrier, Mireille
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Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie
Most Black individuals in Canada report having experienced racial discrimination. Although previous studies have shown that there is a strong relationship between racial discrimination and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), no studies in Canada have documented this association among Black individuals. The present study documents (1) the prevalen...
Weiler, Hope A Sarafin, Kurtis Martineau, Chantal Daoust, Janice L Esslinger, Krista Greene-Finestone, Linda Loukine, Lidia Dorais, Veronique
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The Journal of nutrition
Vitamin D is recognised in bone health and the prevention of rickets and osteomalacia. This study aimed to assess vitamin D status of people in Canada and to identify factors associated with vitamin D inadequacy and deficiency. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) from the Canadian Health Measures Survey (cycles 3-6, n=21,770, 3-79 years) were evalu...
Ménard, A Dana Soucie, Kendall Ralph, Jody Chang, Yiu-Yin Morassutti, Olivia Foulon, Alanna Jones, Madison Desjardins, Lauren Freeman, Laurie
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Journal of advanced nursing
To follow up on the experiences of Registered Nurses (RNs) working after 1 year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canadian and American hospitals. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, and transcripts were analysed through a reflexive thematic analysis (RTA). RNs (n = 19) first interviewed in the spring of 2020 were re-interviewed 1 year after their...
Guindon, G Emmanuel Stone, Erica Trivedi, Riya Garasia, Sophiya Khoee, Kimia Olaizola, Alexia
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Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
In Canada, public insurance for physician and hospital services, without cost-sharing, is provided to all residents. Outpatient prescription drug coverage, however, is provided through a patchwork system of public and private plans, often with substantial cost-sharing, which leaves many underinsured or uninsured. We conducted a systematic review to...
