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High School Physics Students’, High School Physics Teachers’, and University Physics Professors’ Conceptions about What it Means to Understand Physics: A Phenomenographic Study
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There is limited literature about what it means to understand physics. Previous research has focused on university physics students’ understanding of physics concepts, but no research to date has examined variations across populations of what it means to understand physics. This study begins to...
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Fall 2013
Mahabeer, Rabindra Amarnath Singh
This study identified and characterized how health inspectors practiced health promotion. A literature-derived policy framework, the social determinants of health, and Ottawa Charter (WHO, 1986) were used in a mixed-method research design of interview, survey, and document analysis. Fifteen...
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Identifying gaps in asthma education, health promotion, and social support for Mi’kmaq families in Unama’ki (Cape Breton), Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Watson, R., King, M., Stewart, M., Masuda, J., Castleden, H.
Introduction Asthma is the most common chronic condition affecting Aboriginal youth aged 8 to 12 years in Canada. Research investigating psychosocial challenges associated with asthma is limited. This study examines support resources, support-seeking strategies, support and education needs, and...
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Knowledge exchange throughout the dementia care journey by Canadian rural community-based health care practitioners, persons with dementia, and their care partners: An interpretive descriptive study.
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Forbes, D. A., Thiessen, E., Blake, C. M., Morgan, D. G., Markle-Reid, M., Gibson, M., Finkelstein, S.
INTRODUCTION: Accessing, assessing, exchanging, and applying dementia care information can be challenging in rural communities for healthcare practitioners (HCPs), persons with dementia (PWD), and their care partners. The overall purpose of this research was to enable HCPs, care partners, and PWD...
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Latino Immigrant Parents in Canada: Experiences and Adjustment to raising Children in the Absence of the Extended Family
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The Latino population in Canada has been increasing during the past decade accounting for 11% of newcomers in 2011. One of the core values in Latino culture is familism, the family is the main source of support and has an important role in childrearing. This qualitative study focuses on the...
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Managing chronic kidney disease in a nurse-run, physician-monitored clinic: The CanPREVENT experience.
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Hibbert, M. P., Gaudet, D., Barrett, B., Morgan, J., Starzomski, R., Molzahn, A. E.
The purpose of this study was to examine the nature of the care provided to people with chronic kidney disease within a larger study of nurse-run, physicianmonitored clinics, as well as how patients, nurses, and nephrologists described their experience with the clinics. Interviews were conducted...
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Spring 2021
Digital libraries are online environments for organizing, sharing, and providing access to resources in digital form. Ideally, their content, functionality, organization, and metadata should reflect the needs, interests, and contexts of the communities they are meant to serve. Indigenous...
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Spring 2017
The social production of bodies as mixed race provides insights into the particular operation of the external racial gaze within the context of multiculturalism in Canada. This project explores those insights by applying a combination of critical race and life course perspectives to the life...
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Mobile Phones and Health Communication for Young Adults: An Exploratory Case Study about Incorporating Text messaging in Pregnancy Care Support in Edmonton
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Research shows that reproductive health initiatives for youth, using SMS (texting), are successful worldwide. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore and describe how introducing SMS in an agency supporting people facing unplanned pregnancies in Edmonton could enhance...