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Mental health and chronic medical conditions: schizophrenia, its treatment, risk of metabolic complications, and health care utilization
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Objective - To assess the relationship between schizophrenia and cardiovascular disease by evaluating metabolic risk associated with treatment for schizophrenia, prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors (CV-RF) and disease (CV-D), and health care utilization in people with schizophrenia...
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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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Mitigating structural vulnerability for people who use drugs at the clinical- and policy-level
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People who use illegal drugs (PWUD) often face adverse socio-political contexts (e.g., poverty, homelessness, racialization, criminalization) that make them structurally vulnerable. Structurally vulnerable PWUD experience elevated exposure to stigmatization, discrimination, and cultural...
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Fall 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to identify and describe models of care in Alberta for substance use during pregnancy. This work will inform the development and implementation of a strategy for the care of pregnant patients experiencing problematic substance use, at the Lois Hole...
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Molecular characterization of Tubifex populations in Alberta, Canada, and their role in the spread of whirling disease
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Whirling disease is a parasitic infection caused by Myxobolus cerebralis Hofer (Cnidaria: Myxozoa) and is debilitating to the salmonid fish that act as hosts. As of 2016, this parasite has been confirmed in Alberta, Canada. This thesis focused on estimating how long M. cerebralis has been present...
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Spring 2022
The association between multimorbidity and mortality was well established based on the previous studies. However, there is limited evidence of excess mortality in people with multimorbidity among the Canadian population, and a study with a larger sample size is recommended. Furthermore, it has...
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MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA – A PROBLEM IN HOT TUBS AND WHIRLPOOLS IN CANADA
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Objectives: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the most problematic opportunistic pathogens. It is resistant to many currently used antibiotics, making it difficult to treat, and resistance may transfer to other P. aeruginosa strains. The organism can acquire resistance through horizontal gene...
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Fall 2019
The opioid crisis continues to worsen throughout North America. Alberta has been particularly impacted, with approximately two Albertans dying of an opioid overdose every day. Opioid overdose deaths can be prevented with the timely administration of naloxone, an opioid antagonist that reverses...
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Fall 2022
Incidents and near-misses are common to every workplace and academic laboratories are not exempt. Many academic laboratories conduct high-risk work including working with hazardous materials or dangerous equipment. It is common to hear in an academic laboratory that incidents go unreported, but...
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Spring 2022
Background Several studies have linked neighbourhood social and economic characteristics to preschool-aged children’s emotional and behavioural problems. Although income inequality has been identified as a risk factor for mental health and behavioural outcomes among adolescents, no studies have...