Health Equity
The Health Equity Area of Excellence (AoE) provides leadership in the creation of a community of scholars within the Faculty of Nursing that foster discourse and inquiry to examine issues related to social determinants of health as conditions for social advantage/ disadvantage and systematic disparities in health.
Items in this Collection
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Medical simulation: "see one, do one, teach one...just not on my mom": Part one: Why simulation should be a priority.
Download2007
Suen, G. I., Drummond, J., Brindley, P. G.
This manuscript is part-one of a three-part series on Medical Simulation. Part-one will address the “why” of Simulation, namely, why Medical Simulation offers novel opportunities to improve education, continuing-competency, and patient safety. Part-two will focus on the “how” of simulation,...
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Merging social networking environments and formal learning environments to support and facilitate interprofessional instruction.
Download2009
Greidanus, Elaine, Carbonaro, Michael, King, Sharla, Drummond, Jane, Patterson, Steven
This study describes the redesign of an interprofessional team development course for health science students. A theoretical model is hypothesized as a framework for the redesign process, consisting of two themes: 1) the increasing trend among post-secondary students to participate in social...
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Midline location of tumour is a risk factor for postoperative vomiting in children requiring posterior fossa tumour resection.
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Drummond, J., Neufeld, S., Yu, H., Newburn-Cook, C., Dundon, B.
Children requiring posterior fossa brain tumour surgery form a unique and significant neuro-oncology population. Postoperative vomiting (POV) is a problem for these children. Also, severe vomiting that is refractory to treatment has been seen clinically in these children, but it is not well...
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2014
O'Brien, B., Higginbottom, G., Mumtaz, Z.
Background Immigration to Canada has significantly increased in recent years, particularly in the Prairie Provinces. There is evidence that pregnant newcomer women often encounter challenges when attempting to navigate the health system. Our aim was to explore newcomer women’s experiences in...
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2012
Dawkins, P., Kahwa, E., Mill, J., Etowa, J., Hepburn,C., Richter, M.S., Muller, C.E.
Background: A multidisciplinary team of 20 researchers and research users from six countries – Canada, Jamaica, Barbados, Kenya, Uganda and South Africa – are collaborating on a 5-year (2007–12) program of research and capacity building project. This program of research situates nurses as leaders...
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2015
Sopcak, Nicolette, Williamson, Deanna L., Letourneau, Nicole, Stewart, Miriam, Kushner, Kaysi, E., Pitre, Nicole Y., Breitkreuz, Rhonda, Rempel, Gwen
We examined first-time fathers’ and mothers’ perspectives about their ideal world of support in the context of dominant social ideology, ethno-cultural ideals, and the pragmatics of their everyday family, workplace, and socioeconomic circumstances during their first 18 months as parents. Twelve...
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2008
Brindley, P. G., Drummond, J., Suen, G. I.
This manuscript is part-three of a threepart series on Medical Simulation, Part-one addressed the \"why\" of Simulation, namely, why Medical Simulation offers novel opportunities to improve education, continuing-competency, and patient safety. Part-two focused on the \"how\" of simulation,...
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2007
Brindley, P. G., Suen, G. I., Drummond, J.
This manuscript is part-two of a threepart series on Medical Simulation. Part-one addressed the “why” of Simulation, namely, why Medical Simulation offers novel opportunities to improve education, continuing-competency, and patient safety. Part-two focuses on the “how” of simulation, namely, how...
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2005
It is important to seek an understanding of teenagers’ perceptions regarding teenage pregnancy. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the perceptions of teenagers in Bushbuckridge district in the Limpopo Province, South Africa, towards teenage pregnancy. An explorative qualitative...