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Food for Thought: A Qualitative Study Exploring Food Skills Education as a Determinant of Healthy Eating
DownloadSpring 2020
Background: Canada is witnessing a growing recognition on the importance of food literacy; knowing how to purchase, prepare, and eat healthy food. Previous research has shown these core competencies can contribute to healthy eating. This is supported with the recent inclusion of certain...
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Fall 2017
Health Technology Management (HTM) encompasses a broad array of processes spanning technical, clinical, and administrative disciplines in order to optimize the efficient use of healthcare resources. It employs a ‘lifecycle’ approach, evaluating technologies at each stage of maturity from concept...
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Healthy Pregnancies and Beyond: Exploring the Experience and Teachings of Indigenous Grandmothers to Promote the Health of Future Generations of Indigenous people in Alberta
DownloadSpring 2023
Damaging colonial practices have disrupted the intergenerational transmission of culture to Indigenous children in early childhood. Culture and cultural identity play a central role in Indigenous peoples’ well-being. Despite their remarkable resilience and deep reserves of wisdom about healing...
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Fall 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to identify and describe models of care in Alberta for substance use during pregnancy. This work will inform the development and implementation of a strategy for the care of pregnant patients experiencing problematic substance use, at the Lois Hole...
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Molecular characterization of Tubifex populations in Alberta, Canada, and their role in the spread of whirling disease
DownloadSpring 2024
Whirling disease is a parasitic infection caused by Myxobolus cerebralis Hofer (Cnidaria: Myxozoa) and is debilitating to the salmonid fish that act as hosts. As of 2016, this parasite has been confirmed in Alberta, Canada. This thesis focused on estimating how long M. cerebralis has been present...
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Spring 2022
Study 1: Introduction In Canada, the COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted many routine health services, placed additional strain on the health care system, and resulted in many Canadians being either unable or unwilling to attend routine immunization appointments. We sought to capture and synthesize...
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The Needs of Evaluation in the Field of Early Childhood Development from the Early Learning and Childcare Educators' Perspective
DownloadSpring 2023
Early childhood development (ECD) is an intersectoral and interdisciplinary field as it includes many sectors and programs that serve children from conception to six years of age. This life period is the foundation for human development. Therefore, positive early experiences set the path for...
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The Ordering and Impact of Chest Radiography in the Management of Adult Patients with Acute Asthma in Canadian Emergency Departments
DownloadFall 2016
Objectives: Asthma is a reversible chronic disease of the airway characterized by symptoms of persistent dyspnea, wheezing, chest tightness, cough, and occasional sputum production. Acute asthma is a severe form of asthma, which may result in emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalization or,...
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The prevalence and determinants of adequate vitamin D intake and supplementation among Canadian children
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Most Canadian children are not meeting the dietary recommendations for vitamin D and have not enough sun exposure to synthesize vitamin D in their skin. Vitamin D supplementation therefore seems a necessity. However, no study has examined whether vitamin D from diet and supplements combined is...
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The Spatiotemporal Occurrence and Recovery of Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in Well-sourced Drinking Water from Southern Alberta, Canada
DownloadFall 2018
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are important enteric pathogens that cause significant morbidity and mortality worldwide, as well as in Canada. Drinking water is a key exposure pathway for STEC infection and the occurrence of these pathogens in drinking water sources represents an...