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Evaluating the Implementation of Child Nutritional Policies: A Case Study of the Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) in Ghana
DownloadSpring 2020
Abstract Malnutrition is a global issue with major public health implications. Close to half of all child deaths in developing countries are attributed to malnutrition. Under-five mortality rate is persistently high in Ghana where mortality rates stand at 47.9 per 1000 live births. Malnutrition...
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Everyone's just like, they're fine, and when in reality, are we? Stories about recess from children experiencing disability
DownloadFall 2020
Recess can be a valuable and significant experience in children’s lives that provides opportunities for outdoor free play and engagement with peers; however children experiencing disability often withdraw or are excluded during recess. The recess context has received little attention from an...
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Examination of Cerebral Hemodynamics of School-Aged Children Who Do and Do Not Stutter During Reading: a Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Pilot Study
DownloadSpring 2014
This exploratory pilot study examined the reliability of using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to evaluate cerebral hemodynamic responses of oxygenated hemoglobin (HbO2), deoxygenated hemoglobin (HHb), hemoglobin difference (HbDiff) and total hemoglobin (tHb) in the left inferior...
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Giardiasis in children attending daycare centers in Guatemala and the therapeutic potential of ganglioside
DownloadSpring 2011
Intestinal enteropathy is a prevalent yet neglected aspect of child malnutrition involving chronic exposure to intestinal pathogens such as Giardia intestinalis. Gangliosides have therapeutic potential for the treatment of giardiasis and intestinal enteropathy. The objectives of the thesis were...
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Gyro Club Playgrounds and Children’s Recreation in Edmonton, Alberta: Outdoor Play, Civic Life, and Urban Reform, 1922-1950
DownloadFall 2013
This study explores the history of the Gyro Club playground movement in Edmonton, Alberta, from the 1920s to the 1950s. Investigating who the Gyros were and how they structured play for children offers new insights to the history of Edmonton’s playground movement and social reform in civic...
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Spring 2010
The western toad (Anaxyrus boreas, formerly Bufo boreas) is one of many amphibian species considered to be at risk of extinction (COSEWIC status is Special Concern). I examined habitat use patterns of the western toad using several methods to gain a better understanding of its habitat...
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Fall 2023
Children’s outdoor play (OP) has been consistently declining over recent decades. As such, OP research has increased; however, important gaps remain in the literature, especially for preschool-aged children (3-5 years). Specifically, there is a need to better understand the health benefits of OP,...
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Hunger on Campus: Food Insecurity among Post-Secondary Students with Children at the University of Alberta
DownloadFall 2017
Background: Food insecurity is the limited or uncertain ability to obtain the quantity or quality of food that an individual or household needs due to financial constraints. Food insecurity has been shown to have a variety of negative impacts on health and wellbeing. Post-secondary students...
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Fall 2021
Despite the introduction of vaccination and surveillance efforts, invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) remains a disease of great public health concern, in terms of morbidity, mortality, and healthcare burden. The association between increased short-term (30-day) mortality following IPD has been...
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It Might Be ‘Us’ Not ‘Them’: An Autoethnographic Reflexion of Ableist Practices in Adapted Physical Activity
DownloadFall 2021
Adapted physical activity (APA) is an area of scholarship and professional practice situated across the medical, social, and most recently, resistance and radical models of disability. As APA scholars begin to shift towards more critical and social justice lenses of disability and movement...