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The Ruling of Weight: An institutional ethnography exploring the work of growing up in a larger body
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Childhood obesity is a key target of public health intervention and research. However, dominant weight and health discourses shaping public health efforts tend to reduce obesity to a case of too many calories and too little exercise. For decades, researchers have highlighted how overly simplistic...
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The lingering impact of sport-related knee injuries on health-related quality of life in active youth
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Background: It is assumed that youth who experience a knee injury while playing sports have an initial decline in health that resolves with time, leaving no lasting impact. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) encompasses the physical, psychological, and social domains of health. It can...
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Fall 2021
Background: Dysphagia, or impairment of swallowing function, is a consequence of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) treatments and often results in a devastating reduction in quality of life (QoL). The impacts of treatments on swallowing function makes this a critical area of...
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Success on the margins: Exploring what success means to marginalized youth in neoliberal times
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Marginalized youth must negotiate a neoliberal ethos in which they are expected to make ‘responsible’ decisions and work hard to become independent people, but at the same time experience social oppressions and structural inequalities that limit their ability to achieve success. As a result, many...
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Fall 2022
As many as 60% of those diagnosed with FASD come into contact with the Criminal Justice System (CJS), with youth with FASD being 19 times more likely to be in prison than their peer without (Chartrand & Forbes-Chilibeck, 2003; Fast et al., 1999; Institute of Health Economics, 2013; Popova et al.,...
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Exploring the Impact of Visual and Haptic Feedback on Eye-Hand Coordination and Embodiment in Virtual Reality
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Virtual Reality (VR) has emerged as a powerful tool for investigating human perception, cognition, and behavior. The ability to create immersive and interactive environments provides researchers with the opportunity to study human behavior in controlled and repeatable conditions. In recent years,...
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Spring 2024
Despite the large body of evidence of the benefits of exercise for people with cancer, it is often not part of standard care. This thesis addresses two components that are relevant to the widespread implementation of exercise oncology programs in clinical practice: cost-effectiveness and symptom...
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Developing a child health trials register: benefits, challenges and solutions
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Hartling, Lisa, Tjosvold, Lisa, Klassen, Terry P.
An overview of the development of a pediatric controlled trials register, the World's most comprehensive register of published pediatric trials.