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A Longitudinal Analysis of the Relationship between Neighbourhood Income Inequality and Maternal Mental Health in Calgary, Alberta
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Background – Emerging evidence has identified income inequality as a potential risk factor for adverse mental health outcomes. Previous research into the relationship between income inequality and mental health has been largely cross-sectional, with mixed results. Very few of these studies have...
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Spring 2018
Ramos Salas, Ruth Marjorie Ximena
Obesity is a highly stigmatized condition due to pervasive personal, professional, institutional and cultural weight bias. Public health policies have been criticized for promoting a simplistic narrative that may contribute to weight bias. Individuals with obesity experience internal and external...
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Development and Implementation of a Community Based qPCR Monitoring Program for Biological Hazards of Recreational Water
DownloadSpring 2020
Recreational water is an economic and social asset to the public. Its' importance is underscored by the need to protect it, and ensure it is safe to use. There are numerous waterborne pathogens that cause illness each year, including bacteria, human infectious viruses, and parasites, and many of...
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Integrating Approaches to Geographic Variation in Methodologies for Public Health Surveillance
DownloadFall 2018
Epidemiology is increasingly recognizing the complexity of the underlying mechanisms determining health states. Public health surveillance needs to incorporate this knowledge into their regular reporting and analysis cycles. Aggregate data related to a multitude of health related states and risk...
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Fall 2018
Background: Globally caesarean section (C-section) rates are exceeding recommended ranges, placing women at higher risk for complications. Evidence suggests migrant women have higher C-section rates compared to Canadian-born women. Communication barriers including the lack of ability to...
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Perioperative opioid demand and risk factors for long-term opioid use among anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and repair patients in Alberta
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Chapter 2 (Study 1): Background: Opioid use beyond typical postoperative pain timelines remains an adverse surgical outcome. Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and repair (ACLRR) are common surgeries whose perioperative opioid demands have not been characterized in a Canadian setting....
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Spring 2023
Predicting Adverse Outcomes in At-Risk Populations with Machine Learning Methods by Vishal Sharma A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health - Epidemiology School of Public Health University of Alberta © Vishal Sharma,...
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Fall 2022
Governments that have legalized gambling bring in billions of dollars in revenue from this risky, harmful product, and direct a small fraction of that revenue to gambling research intended to help mitigate those harms. Most of this research is published as grey literature. I ask the following...