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Telling the untold stories: Disrupting racism in children’s mental health resources through the narratives of East Asian parents
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Background: Evidence suggests that anti-Asian racism has a distinct impact on the mental health of East Asian children. There is a pressing need to develop child mental health resources for East Asian parents within the Canadian context. While health equity and anti-racism scholars across the...
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The impact of social networks on knowledge transfer in long-term care facilities: protocol for a study
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Estabrooks, C., Valente, T., Sales, A.E.
Background: Social networks are theorized as significant influences in the innovation adoption and behavior change processes. Our understanding of how social networks operate within healthcare settings is limited. As a result, our ability to design optimal interventions that employ social...
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The pot calling the kettle black: The extent and type of errors in a computerized immunization registry and by parent report.
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MacDonald, S., Golonka, R., Schopflocher, D.
Background Accurate classification of children’s immunization status is essential for clinical care, administration and evaluation of immunization programs, and vaccine program research. Computerized immunization registries have been proposed as a valuable alternative to provider paper records or...
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2017
Flynn, Rachel, Rotter, Thomas, Hartfield, Dawn, Scott, Shannon D.
Aim. A discussion of how nurses can contribute to and lead improvement science activities in healthcare. Background. Quality failures in healthcare have led to the urgent need for healthcare quality improvement. However, too often quality improvement interventions proceed to practice...
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The Scope & Limits of Legal Intervention in Controversies Involving Biomedicine: A Legal History of Vaccination and English Law (1813–1853)
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This paper examines the historical role of law and politics in the adoption of smallpox vaccination in Britain, focusing primarily on the early Victorian period, when legislation was passed to enforce compulsory infantile vaccination. The primary thesis of the study is that law, and the processes...
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Understanding feedback report uptake: process evaluation findings from a 13-month feedback intervention in long-term care settings
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Gao, Gloria, Bucknall, Tracy, Maisey, Suzanne, Baylon, Melba A., Sales, Anne E., O'Rourke, Hannah M., Fraser, Kimberly
Background Long-term care settings provide care to a large proportion of predominantly older, highly disabled adults across the United States and Canada. Managing and improving quality of care is challenging, in part because staffing is highly dependent on relatively non-professional health care...