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Departments: School of Public Health

  • COVID-19 Pandemic Responses and Programs in Canada’s Northern and Indigenous Communities: Understanding Implementation and Implications

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    Fall 2021

    Fleury, Katherine, E.A.

    , community-level voices needed to be integrated (Driedger et al., 2013). The Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)’s Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR) and local leaders in regional health authorities identified the need to document and compare health policy responses to COVID-19

    health policy and programming in Canada’s northern and Indigenous regions that were implemented in response to the pandemic, as well as the impact living with restrictions had on community members. A sequential mixed methods research (MMR) project was consequently developed. This method was chosen as

    results. While typically reserved for projects which combine both qualitative and quantitative data, MMR can be used within one field exclusively (Mayan, 2009). In this project, qualitative data generation strategies were used.   First, a scoping review of grey literature was conducted to better

  • Helicobacter pylori infection in Arctic Indigenous communities: assessing the validity of infection status measures and estimating the effect of bacterial load on gastritis severity

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    Spring 2023

    Passi, Amrit S

    severity of gastritis among CANHelp project participants. Estimating the accuracy of alternative staining methods provides information needed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of special stains for detecting Hp. In this thesis, I investigated whether using special stains (Giemsa, Warthin-Starry and/or

    of a sequence of pathological conditions associated with an increased risk of stomach cancer. The Canadian North Helicobacter pylori (CANHelp) Working Group conducted community projects to respond to concerns of Arctic Indigenous communities about health risks from Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection

    . CANHelp community projects used multiple methods for classifying Hp infection, including the urea breath test (UBT), pathological evaluation of stomach tissue, and tissue culture. My thesis assessed the validity of Hp infection detection methods and estimated the effect of the Hp bacterial load on the

  • Investigating the Cultural Meaning of Obstetric Ultrasound in Rural Pakistan

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    Fall 2022

    Ibrahimi, Janat

    qualitative research projects conducted in Pakistan between 2009 and 2015. The first study, entitled “Are community midwives addressing the inequities in access to skilled birth attendance in Pakistan? Gender, class, and social exclusion”, used a mixed methods approach - an institutional ethnography and a

    members, and 180 formal and informal observations of patient-provider interactions in health facilities. The survey interviewed 1457 women who had given birth in the two years prior. The second project, “Addressing disparities in maternal health care in Pakistan: gender, class and exclusion” is a critical

    , encouraging monthly scans, and offering special discounts. A desire to ensure birth of a son is driving pregnant women’s demand for repeat scans in the hope of either expecting a different ‘diagnosis’ if a female fetus is suspected or repeatedly confirming a male fetus. Conclusions: Obstetric ultrasound has

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