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- 1Colman, Ian (Epidemiology and Community Medicine)
- 1Eurich, Dean (School of Public Health Sciences)
- 1Johnson, Jeff A. (School of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta)
- 1Johnson, Jeffrey A. (School of Public Health Sciences)
- 1Majumdar, Sumit R. (Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry)
- 1Maximova, Katerina (School of Public Health Sciences)
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Fall 2013
Rural residents face numerous barriers to health care access that have been postulated to result in decreased utilization and adherence to evidence-based medications. The objectives of this research were to examine cardiovascular medication use and adherence for rural versus urban patients with...
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Fall 2013
There is a general agreement that a relationship exists between health literacy (HL) and health outcomes. Nonetheless, there are critical gaps in the measurement of HL and in the evidence on the impact of inadequate HL on health outcomes, especially in the diabetes population. These gaps need to...
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Sex Differences in the Relationship between Childhood Trauma and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Adulthood
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Childhood trauma is a chronic stressor that has been linked to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Evidence also shows that females may have a heightened reactivity to interpersonal and chronic stress than males. The subjects for this study included 6881 members of Statistics Canada's National...
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Fall 2012
Individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) have an increased risk of bladder cancer, relative to non-diabetic individuals. We aimed to investigate factors that may influence this association. Some reports suggest an association between the glucose-lowering drug pioglitazone and bladder cancer. Our...