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Assessment of Dietary Behaviours and Its Relationship with Healthcare Utilization In Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
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Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common non-communicable diseases around the globe, with serious debilitating and life-threatening consequences. It is not just a mere disease, but a complex syndrome made up of several diseases with similar symptoms, signs, and complications when it is not...
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Association between Public Health Unit Engagement in Secondary Schools and Per Capita Public Health Spending and Adolescent Substance Use
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BackgroundBased on the socio-ecological model of health, government institutions have an important role in shaping adolescent health. Public health units (PHUs) are one such institution. PHU decisions on community collaboration and resource allocation may have important downstream consequences on...
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Association between Social Determinants of Health and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Adolescent Mothers
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The association between adolescent childbearing and adverse pregnancy outcomes has been well documented in the literature. The association of social determinants of health (SDOH) and adverse adolescent pregnancy outcomes remains controversial. The overall aim of this thesis was to explore the...
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Fall 2022
Canada is currently witnessing a drug poisoning crisis never before seen with over 26,000 Canadians having lost their lives to an apparent opioid toxicity death since January 2016. Mothers who have lost a child to substance use have emerged as prominent and outspoken critics of Canadian drug...
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Better to teach than to deter if you cannot do both: Investigating the effects of education and fines on future traffic offences and collisions
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No evaluations have been conducted to determine whether Option 4, an Albertan driver education workshop, is effective in reducing future traffic violations and collisions when compared to fines. This thesis followed cohorts of Albertan traffic offenders (N = 1,707), one group who received a...
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Building Back Better: Development of Health System Resilience in Liberia During and After the Ebola Virus Disease and COVID-19 Outbreaks
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Villarroel Ocando, Hector Alonso
It is widely accepted that fostering resilience in health systems is a crucial measure to increase preparedness to public health emergencies, preserve the health system’s functions, and protect population health. International organisations and individual global health actors have long endorsed...
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Building relationships and shared understanding: Developing a community-based participatory action research project with an Inuit community
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Introduction: Evidence-based, community-led health promotion initiatives can offer a culturally-grounded option to address the effects of colonization in many Indigenous communities. Community-based research offers valuable insight into community needs and priorities when planning, delivering,...
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Caesarean Sections in a National Referral Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Trends, Predictors and Outcomes
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Background Globally, maternal mortality remains a significant public health problem. In order to reduce maternal mortality, emergency obstetric care (EmOC) must be available and accessible to all women. EmOC refers to the services used for the treatment of complications that arise during...
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Can Existing Cohort Studies with Self-Reported Diagnosis be used in the Study of Rare Cancer? Evaluating the Feasibility of Rare Cancer Research in Emerging Cohorts in Canada
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Rare cancers affect few people individually, but collectively account for approximately 22% of new cancer cases in Canada. However, prevention and population-level research on rare cancers have been limited as low case numbers make them difficult to study. The emergence of large, collaborative...