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Cannabis use among Canadian university students: Norm perceptions and interest in online supports
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Cannabis is one of the most widely used and misused substances, yet research on plausible intervention targets and strategies to reduce cannabis use is underdeveloped. This thesis addressed these issues in two secondary analyses of population survey data in the 2018 Campus Experiences with...
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Engaging Communities in Monitoring Local Food Environments: The Local Environment Action on Food (LEAF) Project
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Background: Children are increasingly exposed to food environments that have negative impacts on their diet and health. While the importance of creating and implementing programs and policies that change the collective determinants of eating behaviour is clear, how to achieve this goal remains...
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Epidemiology of Diabetes in Pregnancy among Indigenous Women: Insights into the Global Indigenous and Métis Specific Contexts
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Diabetes in pregnancy has been found to be more prevalent among Indigenous women in many countries. It is not clear whether Indigenous women with similar colonial histories have a greater prevalence of both pre-existing diabetes mellitus (pre-existing DM) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)...
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Examining vaccine coverage among immigrant populations in Alberta, Canada and factors associated with vaccination
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Study 1: Human papillomavirus vaccine coverage among immigrant children in Alberta: a population-based cohort study Background: Previous studies have shown that parents of immigrant children have more negative perceptions about human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine than parents of non-immigrant...
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Exploring Shifts in Indigenous Primary Health Care Policy Development in Alberta, Canada: A Case Study Analysis
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Primary health care (PHC) transformation continues to be identified as a key pathway to achieve health equity for Indigenous peoples across the globe. In the province of Alberta, Canada, varying degrees of PHC services exist within First Nations, Métis, and urban contexts that are fragmented,...
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Exploring the Nature and Impact of a Compassionate Community Initiative in an Inner-City Community: A Case Study and Participatory Journey
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This participatory thesis began as an exploration into the nature and impact of compassionate community approaches to health promoting palliative care using the Creating Caring Communities (CCC) initiative in St. James Town, Toronto as a case study. In the early phases of focusing my thesis, I...
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Food for Thought: A Qualitative Study Exploring Food Skills Education as a Determinant of Healthy Eating
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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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Measuring What Matters: Exploring Measures of Métis Children's Social and Emotional Well-being Through Evidence Synthesis and Consensus Group Methods
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The measurement tools selected for use in studies with Indigenous children have an undeniable impact on the validity and applicability of the findings presented, underscoring the need to take seriously calls for the development of self-determined measures that are rooted in the cultures,...
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Fall 2017
In this time of truth and reconciliation, an Indigenous health research question was asked, responded to, and interpreted by people whose genealogy includes Cree, Blackfoot (Piikani), Kwakwaka’wakw, Stoney and Métis. Indigenous HIV in Canada is described from the point of view of those who live...