Published in Revue des maladies respiratoires
In France, only a small number of studies have focused on therapeutic adherence in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD) despite its impact in terms of multimorbidity. The objective of this literature review was a better understanding of adherence as a whole, and the identification of the effects of non-adherence, in order to op...
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the role of two structural factors – threat level depicted on fear messages and warning size – as well as two contextual factors – repeated exposure and type of packs – on pictorial and threatening tobacco warnings’ effectiveness.Design/methodology/approachA two (warning threat level: moderate vs high) × two ...
Published in Canadian Journal of Public Health
InterventionPhysical inactivity is an important behavioral risk factor for chronic disease in Canada. Individual-level strategies are used in clinical medicine to target individuals for preventive intervention based on one or more risk factors. In contrast, this study examines the impact of a population-level intervention: a municipal policy outsid...
Published in Canadian Journal of Public Health
We argue that public health matters more today than ever because it is uniquely positioned as a meeting point or fulcrum between health care and social welfare policy perspectives on the social determinants of health. It combines a grounding in the sciences of biomedicine and epidemiology with the moral imperatives of social advocacy. Health cannot...
Published in Canadian Journal of Public Health
Governments around the world vastly underinvest in public health, despite ever growing evidence demonstrating its economic and social benefits. Challenges in securing greater public health investment largely stem from the necessity for governments to demonstrate visible impacts within an election cycle, whereas public health initiatives operate ove...
Published in Canadian Journal of Public Health
There are widely divergent views as to what constitutes “public health” and “public health research”. But regardless of these views, readers of this journal would likely agree that public health matters; we assert that so does the educational programming that prepares its workforce. Our voiced perspectives as authors are influenced by our respectiv...
Published in Canadian Journal of Public Health
As public health professionals, our duty as advocates extends beyond public policy development into advocating for why public health matters. This duty is an imperative given the documented challenges currently faced by our public health system. Storytelling is a deliberate means by which we can exercise our professional agency and present the dive...
Véritable problème de santé publique, le syndrome d’apnée obstructive du sommeil est encore bien méconnu du monde dentaire. Pourtant les conséquences que peuvent entraîner ce syndrome sur la santé et la qualité de vie, ne sont pas négligeables. Les chirurgiens-dentistes actuels ou en devenir doivent être formés à le prendre en charge puisqu’ils fon...
Published in Canadian Journal of Public Health
There has been renewed concern about the state of public health in Canada, with several recent articles in this journal suggesting that the discipline of public health is under threat and that there has been a significant erosion of its core infrastructure. We strongly agree with the need for a well-resourced formal public health system and preserv...
Published in Canadian Journal of Public Health
Public health is critical to a healthy, fair, and sustainable society. Realizing this vision requires imagining a public health community that can maintain its foundational core while adapting and responding to contemporary imperatives such as entrenched inequities and ecological degradation. In this commentary, we reflect on what tomorrow’s public...
