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Population Displacement and Health: Examples of Internally Displaced Persons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Syrian Refugees in Edmonton, Canada
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Background: Population displacement caused by complex humanitarian emergencies (CHE) has major health consequences, affecting 65 million people worldwide. This multiple methods thesis explores the impact of population displacement in two separate studies: (1) malaria among internally displaced...
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Potential Microbial Water Quality Impacts Resulting from Main Breaks in Edmonton, Alberta: A Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment
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Few studies, and even fewer within Canada, have addressed the efficacy of water utility main break response and repair standard operating procedures (SOPs) for prevention of microbial contamination. To better understand such risks in the City of Edmonton, Alberta, ten main break events were...
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Fall 2009
This thesis presents the results of three studies examining the management of migraine in children. First we conducted a systematic review of all clinical trials conducted in children and adolescents of the acute migraine therapy. A meta-analysis of the 26 randomized controlled trials is...
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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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Prevalence and Sex-Specific Risk Factors for Asthma-COPD Overlap among Middle-Aged and Older Canadians
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Background: Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are major public health concerns and are among the most prevalent chronic respiratory diseases worldwide. However, a subset of patients presents with clinical features of both asthma and COPD, and recently, the term asthma-COPD...
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Prevalence of Concurrent Use of Prescribed Opioids and Benzodiazepine/Z-drugs and its Effect on Adverse Outcomes in Alberta
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The opioid crisis has received much attention over the past few years in which prescribed opioids have been a significant contributor. In fact, Canada has among the highest rates of opioid prescribing in the world despite increasing recognition of the significant risks associated with such...
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Spring 2021
With the rise of opioid use over the past several decades, both medicinal and recreational, the incidence of opioid use disorder has also increased. Opioid use disorder, previously described as “opioid abuse or dependence” in the DSM IV, can lead to loss of family, employment or life. While...
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Profiling industrial air-pollutant mixtures and their associations with preterm birth and small for gestational age in Alberta, Canada
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Background Adverse birth outcomes (ABOs) are major causes of neonatal death and future adverse health outcomes. Gaps still exist in understanding the local distribution of maternal and social risk factors for ABOs, and the effect of air pollutant mixtures derived from industrial activities on...
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Fall 2021
Body composition, or the breakdown of the body into components such as skeletal muscle and adipose tissue, is increasingly recognized as an important factor impacting morbidity and survival in a variety of diseases. Body composition analysis provides both valuable prognostic information and...
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Fall 2019
Mental illnesses are highly prevalent in Canada and pose a significant personal, societal, and economic burden. In recent years, a relationship between diet and mental illness has emerged, highlighting diet as a potential public health target for the prevention of mental illness. This thesis...