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- 1Chaudhuri, Sheel
- 1Greening, Stacy T
- 1Gunda, Naga Siva Kumar
- 1Morris, Jillian H
- 1Moszczynski, Alice
- 1Centre for Health Promotion Studies
- 1Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science
- 1Department of Human Ecology
- 1Department of Mechanical Engineering
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- 1Barton, Sylvia (Nursing, University of Alberta)
- 1Bell, Rhonda C. (Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science)
- 1Caine, Vera (Faculty of Nursing)
- 1Ingolfsson, Armann (Accounting, Operations and Information Systems)
- 1Kolfal, Bora (Accounting, Operations and Information Systems)
- 1Marck, Patricia (Nursing, University of British Columbia)
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Fall 2012
We present three articles written to satisfy the requirements for the Ph.D. degree in Operations and Information Systems: The first is focused on the use of a bidimensional Markov model to compute the expected performance of an ambulance system using dynamic ambulance repositioning based on the...
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Community Health Centres: Board Governanace and Stakeholder Relations During Service Expansion
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Despite a significant amount of literature on primary health care, little is understood about primary health care expansion. The current study examines community health centre (CHC) board governance during a period of expansion. Participants (board members) were identified through the publically...
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Behind the Mask: A Narrative Inquiry into Operating Room Nurses' Experiences of Patient Safety
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The delivery of safe care is an expectation and a central concern of individuals using the healthcare system, particularly for those who find themselves as patients in hospitals. Healthcare researchers' reports and discussions of harm while receiving hospital services speak to the global...
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Culture and the healthy immigrant effect: a multiethnic study of Canadian immigrants' self-perceived health
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I present a qualitative study investigating the self-perceived health of recently arrived Canadian immigrants. The study develops health promotion’s understanding of culture as a social determinant of health, and conceptually locates it within a broader context of psychosocial factors. The study...
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Spring 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore Chinese immigrants’ experiences with human services during the transition to parenthood. The data were generated through three rounds of individual interviews with six Chinese immigrant couples. Latent content analysis was used to identify primary patterns...
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Gestational weight gain, physical activity, and nutrition counselling practices of prenatal health care providers: What influences practice?
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Appropriate gestational weight gain is important for maternal and child health. Data from a recent Alberta cohort showed 49% of pregnant women gained weight in excess of Health Canada guidelines. Regional studies have shown low rates of gestational weight gain counselling by health care...
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Spring 2014
The development of rapid detection techniques to be applied at the point of use, has been gaining significant attention in the recent years. Rapid techniques are important and preferable methods in healthcare and environment sector due to the advantages they offer such as low-cost and reduced...