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Food choices and practices during pregnancy of immigrant and Aboriginal women in Canada: a study protocol
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Gibbons, D., Vallianatos, H., Mamede, F., Higginbottom, G.M.A., Malhi, R., Forgeron, J.
Background: Facilitating the provision of appropriate health care for immigrant and Aboriginal populations in Canada is critical for maximizing health potential and well-being. Numerous reports describe heightened risks of poor maternal and birth outcomes for immigrant and Aboriginal women. Many...
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2014
Chakrabarti, Subhadeep, Jahandideh, Forough, Wu, Jianping
Chronic diseases such as atherosclerosis and cancer are now the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Inflammatory processes and oxidative stress underlie the pathogenesis of these pathological conditions. Bioactive peptides derived from food proteins have been evaluated for...
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Health and Social Consequences of Caregiving for Family and Friend Caregivers of Older Adults
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There is growing evidence of social and health consequences that threaten both adequacy of care and caregiver quality of life. Inconsistencies in empirical evidence and lack of an organizing framework have resulted in knowledge gaps in the types and extent of these consequences and of those at...
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Fall 2009
International prevalence of ever asthma and current wheeze in adults were examined in 55 countries participating in the World Health Survey. The prevalence of ever asthma ranged from 1.1-7.9% in Asia, 2.4-7.6% in Africa, 3.4-7.9% in Middle East, 2.4-12.1% in America, 3.9-6.8% in Eastern Europe,...
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2012
Mayo, K., Fisher, J. W., Wilson, D. M., MacLeod, R. D., Newman, N., Thompson, R.
AIM: This project investigated New Zealanders' views about palliative care and local hospice services. METHOD: A representative population-based sample of 1011 New Zealanders completed an online survey. RESULTS: The age, gender, and geographic region of the 1011 participants were broadly...
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Participatory knowledge exchange to support palliative care in Chile: Lessons learned through global health research.
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deMoissac, D., Cameron, B. L., Santos Salas, A.
The authors designed a participatory qualitative research study to develop a collaborative partnership between palliative care practitioners in Canada and in Chile. The research goal was to support the provision of palliative care in vulnerable settings through a participatory knowledge exchange...
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Place of death of people living with parkinson's disease: A population-level study in 11 countries
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Teno, Joan, Cohen, Joachim, Morin, Lucas, Harding, Richard, Houttekier, Dirk, Loucka, Martin, Marchetti, Stefano, Moens, Katrien, Wilson, Donna M, Cardenas-Turanzas, Marylou, Deliens, Luc, Van den Block, Lieve, Rhee, YongJoo, Naylor, Wayne A, Garcia-Leon, Francisco J, Csikos, Agnes
Background Most people prefer to receive end-of-life care in familiar surroundings rather than in hospital. This study examines variation in place of death for people dying from Parkinson’s disease (PD) across 11 European and non-European countries. Methods Using death certificate data of 2008...
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Predicting cardiovascular intensive care unit readmission after cardiac surgery: derivation and validation of the Alberta Provincial Project for Outcomes Assessment in Coronary Heart Disease (APPROACH) cardiovascular intensive care unit clinical prediction model from a registry cohort of 10,799 surgical cases
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Nagendran, Jayan, van Diepen, Sean, Graham, Michelle M., Norris, Colleen M.
Introduction In medical and surgical intensive care units, clinical risk prediction models for readmission have been developed; however, studies reporting the risks for cardiovascular intensive care unit (CVICU) readmission have been methodologically limited by small numbers of outcomes,...