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Universal Design for the rural walks of life: operationalizing walkability in Bonnyville, Alberta, Canada
Download2017-04-10
Nykiforuk, C. I., Coupland, K., Nieuwendyk, L. M., Ann McGetrick, J.
Many Canadians have low levels of physical activity, including walking. One public health response is to improve opportunities for walking, or walkability, by changing community built environments. While urban walkability research is expanding, it does not readily apply to smaller, rural...
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Using Pollutant Release and Transfer Register Data for Environmental Health Research
2011
Osornio-Vargas, A., Wine, Osnat, Hackett, Cian, Campbell, Sandy
Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs) are national databases of chemical releases reported by industry to governments. The importance of pollutants to health is well documented, however the use of PRTR data to study relationships between health outcomes and pollution has not been...
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USING POLLUTANT RELEASE AND TRANSFER REGISTER DATA IN HUMAN HEALTH RESEARCH: A SCOPING REVIEW
Download2013-09-12
Wine, Osnat, Hackett, Cian, Buka, Irena, Zaiane, Osmar, Osornio-Vargas, Alvaro Roman, Devito, Stephen C., Campbell, Sandy, Cabrera-Riviera, Orlando
Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs) collect and provide information on chemicals released to the environment or otherwise managed as waste. They support the public’s right–to-know and provide useful information in gauging performance of facilities, sectors and governments. The extent...
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Utilization of national clinical practice guidelines: A survey of Canadian pediatric physicians
Download2015
Robinson Joan, Nicholson Katharine, Vandermeer Ben, Kumar Manoj, Nasir Fareeha
Background: It is not clear how physicians currently use clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). Objectives: The objective was to describe how Canadian pediatric residents and pediatricians use CPGs and to identify barriers to CPG use. Methods: Pediatric emergency physicians and general...
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Value-Engineered Translation for Regenerative Medicine: Meeting the Needs of Health Systems
Download2014-10-29
McCabe, Christopher, Bubela, Tania
Despite high expectations of economic returns, large investments in regenerative medicine technology have yet to materialize, partly due to a lack of proven business and investment models, regulatory hurdles, and a greater focus on cost-effectiveness for reimbursement decisions by payors....
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2014
Waugh, E., Szafran, O., Torti, J., Triscott, J. A. C.
This presentation was given at the Nibble, Nosh & Network (2014) at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
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When Pictures Waste a Thousand Words: Analysis of the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic on Television News
Download2014-10-24
Jardine, Cindy, Bubela, Tania, Luth, Westerly
OBJECTIVES: Effective communication by public health agencies during a pandemic promotes the adoption of recommended health behaviours. However, more information is not always the solution. Rather, attention must be paid to how information is communicated. Our study examines the television news,...
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Who or what is to blame? Examining sociodemographic relationships to beliefs about causes, control, and responsibility for cancer and chronic disease prevention in Alberta, Canada
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Kimberley D. Curtin, Mathew Thomson, Candace I. J. Nykiforuk
Beliefs about causes and responsibility for chronic diseases can affect personal behaviour and support for healthy policies. In this research we examined relationships between socio-demographics (sex, age, education, employment, political alignment, perceived health, household income, household...
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Wicked Issues for Canada at the Intersection of Intellectual Property and Public Health: Mechanisms for Policy Coherence
Download2014-10-29
Morin, Jean-Frédéric, Bubela, Tania, Gold, Richard E.
This article focuses on the intersection of health and one of the main drivers of the global economy, intellectual property (―IP‖). It is widely recognized that IP is an inter-sectoral issue with linkages to many other important public policy areas, such as health, agriculture, the environment,...