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Anti-Malarial Strategies Among Vulnerable Populations: exploring bed net underutilization among internally displaced persons and novel adjunctive therapies for cerebral malaria
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Background: Despite declining incidence globally, malaria morbidity and mortality remain elevated among internally displaced persons (IDPs) and children under five, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Malaria prevention and treatment efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are...
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Effectiveness of On-Site Professional Oral Health Care Programs and Service Delivery within Nursing Homes: Preventing Bacterial Mouth Infection and Pneumonia/Aspiration Pneumonia
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Abstract Background: Seniors who are dependent on others to brush their teeth, communicate their dental needs, and provide them access to professional oral health care define dentally dependent nursing home residents in the context of this dissertation. Oral problems in Canadian nursing home...
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Global Problems with Local Impacts: Exploring the Health Impacts of Climate Change and Air Pollution in Older Adults and Immigrants Living in Canada
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As human actions continue to drive global climate change and increase air pollution, these two closely related environmental phenomena pose a significant threat to public health. Because of Canada’s geographical location, it is warming at twice the rate of the global average, which is expected to...
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Legionella and free-living amoebae interactions: an ecological perspective of drinking water safety and controlling legionellosis
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Legionnaires’ disease (LD) outbreaks have been a growing concern for public health as well as for the water industry and building management. The number of outbreaks has significantly increased over the last decades worldwide, especially in the United States and Europe. This disease is mainly...
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Public Health Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication to Family Physicians in Canada: A Phenomenological Exploration
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Family physicians are a cornerstone of the Canadian public health and health care systems. During times of public health crisis, the role of the family physician as both recipient and translator of complex and rapidly-evolving health information is emphasized. How family physicians actually...