Journal Articles (Public Health)

2012-04-20

Zacharias, James Michael, Young, T. Kue, Riediger, Natalie D., Roulette, Joanne, Bruce, Sharon G.

"Background: Both diabetic and non-diabetic end stage renal disease (ESRD) are more common among Canadian First Nations people than among the general Canadian population. The purpose of this research was to determine the prevalence of and risk factors for albuminuria in a Canadian First Nation...

2015-10-26

Oosterveer, Tim Michiel, Young, T. Kue

"Background: Despite many improvements, health disparities between indigenous and non-indigenous populations in Canada's North persist. While a strong primary health care (PHC) system improves the health of a population, the majority of indigenous communities are very remote, and their access to...

2004-02-01

Cao, Henian, van der Veer, Eric, Ban, Matthew R., Hanley, Anthony J.G., Zinman, Bernard, Harris, S. B., Young, T. Kue, Pickering, J. Geoffrey, Hegele, Robert A.

"We sequenced the promoter and coding regions of PCK1 encoding cytosolic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase from genomic DNA of subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). We found nine single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that were present with varying allele frequencies and pairwise linkage...

2012-03-18

Johansen, Christopher T., Gallinger, Zane R., Wang, Jian, Ban, Matthew R., Young, T. Kue, Bjerregaard, Peter, Hegele, Robert A.

"Objectives: To genotype common genetic variants found in the adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL) gene and test them for association with cardiovascular disease risk factors in the Greenland Inuit. Study design: Candidate gene association study of discrete and quantitative traits related to...

2018-01-01

Nykiforuk, C. I. J., Vallianatos, H.

We are honored and delighted to be part of the International Journal of Qualitative Methods’ special issue featuring updates on the top 20 papers from the past 20 years. Here, we offer current reflections on our 2011 paper, Photovoice as a Method for Revealing Community Perceptions of the Built...

2008-01-01

Caulfield, Timothy, McGuire, Amy L., Cho, Mildred, Buchanan, Janet A., Burgess, Michael M., Danilczyk, Ursula, Diaz, Christina M., Fryer-Edwards, Kelly, Green, Shane K., Hodosh, Marc A., Juengst, Eric T., Kaye, Jane, Kedes, Laurence, Knoppers, Bartha M., Lemmens, Trudo, Meslin, Eric M., Murphy, Juli, Nussbaum, Robert L., Otlowski, Margaret, Pullman, Daryl, Ray, Peter N., Sugarman, Jeremy, Timmons, Michael

2003-08-21

Young, T. Kue

"Objective: To determine if research has adequately examined the health needs of the aboriginal population of Canada. Design: Review. Study selection: Medline search of journal articles published during 1992-2001. The search terms used were “Canada” and various synonyms and categories for...

2009

Lix, Lisa M., Bruce, Sharon, Sarkar, Joykrishna, Young, T. Kue

"Background: In Canada, the prevalence of behavioural risk factors and chronic conditions differs for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations, but little research has examined changes over time. This study compares several major risk factors and chronic conditions in Aboriginal and...

2009-01-01

Sabiston, C. M., Lovato, C. Y., Ahmed, R., Pullman, A. W., Hadd, V., Campbell, H. S., Nykiforuk, Candace I.J., Brown, K. S.

The purpose of this study was to explore individual- and school-level policy characteristics on student smoking behavior using an ecological perspective. Participants were 24,213 (51% female) Grade 10–11 students from 81 schools in five Canadian provinces. Data were collected using student...

2012-01-27

Bjerregaard, Peter, Chatwood, Susan, Denning, Bryany, Joseph, Lawrence, Young, T. Kue

Objectives: The objective was to analyze the variation of secondary sex ratios across the Arctic and to estimate the time trend. The rationale for this was claims in news media that, in the Arctic, sex ratios have become reduced due to exposure to anthropogenic contaminants in the environment....