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- 1Adam, Laura M
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- 1Asaad, Yara Ahmed
- 1Bentley, Pamela AP
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- 16Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science
- 5Department of Physiology
- 4Faculty of Nursing
- 3Medical Sciences-Paediatrics
- 2Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
- 2Department of Psychiatry
- 3Field, Catherine (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
- 2Bell, Rhonda (Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science)
- 2Kozyrskyj, Anita (Pediatrics)
- 1Adams, Eric (Law)
- 1Anna Farmer (Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science and the Centre for Health Promotion Studies)
- 1Baksh, Shairaz ( Medicine)
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Spring 2020
Low socioeconomic status can negatively affect many aspects of a healthy pregnancy, including women’s ability to access and consume healthy foods. Food insecurity, defined as “inadequate or insecure access to food because of financial constraints,” has well-known effects on women’s health and...
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Using the Edmonton Obesity Staging System to predict mode of delivery after labor induction
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Objective: To evaluate the use of the Edmonton Obesity Staging System for Obstetrics (EOSSo) in predicting cesarean delivery amongst term, nulliparous, singleton pregnancies in women with overweight or obesity, who are undergoing an induction of labor. Methods: A prospective-cohort study was...
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Fall 2010
The purpose of this thesis was to explore the relationships between pregnancy, childbirth and incontinence (both urinary and faecal) and the effect of preventive activities during pregnancy on continence. Two papers comprise this thesis. The first paper, a scoping review, focused on examination...
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Spring 2011
Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is the most common cause of congenital infection in newborns. One mechanism for this virus to reach the fetus is to cross the placenta through the syncytiotrophoblast layer. Accumulation and protection of pathogens in the syncytiotrophoblast could affect the systemic...
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Spring 2014
Bleeding during pregnancy affects as many as one in four pregnancies with roughly half of these resulting in pregnancy loss. An interpretive descriptive design was employed to explore the research question: “How do women with bleeding in early pregnancy describe their experience of waiting in the...
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The Effectiveness of Client-Centered Conversations to Promote Healthy Diets, Physical Activity, and Guideline Concordant Gestational Weight Gain in Pregnant Mothers: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial
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Background: To promote healthy gestational weight gain, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends healthcare providers regularly weigh every pregnant woman, and follow with a discussion about gestational weight gain recommendations and healthy lifestyles. Research suggests that healthcare...
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Simultaneous measurement of protein and energy metabolism and application to determine lysine requirements in sows
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Simultaneous measurements of energy and protein metabolism can provide valuable information about their interactions. Dietary lysine is limiting in typical feedstuffs fed to swine and, therefore, limits protein synthesis. Current recommendations for dietary amino acid and energy intakes may not...
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Reproductive Knowledge Specific to Inflammatory Bowel Disease Among Women with IBD and Physicians who Treat Women with IBD
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BACKGROUND: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) affects women in their reproductive years. Women with IBD often choose not to have children, and this voluntary childlessness may be due to their concerns regarding the adverse effects of their IBD and its treatment on fertility, pregnancy, and the...
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Representations of Aboriginal women in pregnancy information sources: a critical discourse analysis
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The goal of this study is to critically examine health information sources in order to determine whether Aboriginal women are represented in these resources, and if so, how they are being presented. This research is intended to illuminate the practices around the construction of information, and...