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2013-01-01

Belon, A. P., Nykiforuk, Candace I.J.

This systematic review analyzed articles focused on the relationship between environment (physical, built, perceived, and social) and smoking, alcohol drinking, physical activity, diet, and obesity in Brazil. Studies published between 19952011 were retrieved from seven databases and hand...

2015-02-06

McIsaac, Kathryn E., Sellen, Daniel W., Lou, Wendy, Young, T. Kue

"We aimed to determine the prevalence of, and factors associated with, breastfeeding initiation in Canadian Inuit. We used data from the Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey, a population-based, cross-sectional survey conducted in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Inuit children aged 3–5 years in...

2008-05-28

Bruce, Sharon, Young, T. Kue

"Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of and risk factors for diabetic neuropathy in a Canadian First Nation population. Research design and methods: This was a community-based screening study of 483 adults. Measures included glucose, A1C, cholesterol,...

2007

Young, T. Kue, Bjerregaard, Peter, Dewailly, Eric, Risica, Patricia M., Jørgensen, Marit E., Ebbesson, Sven E. O.

"Objectives: We investigated the prevalence of obesity and the metabolic correlates of different levels of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference among the Inuit in 3 countries. Methods: Data from 4 surveys of Inuit in Canada, Greenland, and Alaska conducted during 1990–2001 were pooled,...

2012-04-20

Zacharias, James Michael, Young, T. Kue, Riediger, Natalie D., Roulette, Joanne, Bruce, Sharon G.

"Background: Both diabetic and non-diabetic end stage renal disease (ESRD) are more common among Canadian First Nations people than among the general Canadian population. The purpose of this research was to determine the prevalence of and risk factors for albuminuria in a Canadian First Nation...

2015-10-26

Oosterveer, Tim Michiel, Young, T. Kue

"Background: Despite many improvements, health disparities between indigenous and non-indigenous populations in Canada's North persist. While a strong primary health care (PHC) system improves the health of a population, the majority of indigenous communities are very remote, and their access to...

2010-10-02

Young, Kue

2008-10-25

Young, Kue

2004-02-01

Cao, Henian, van der Veer, Eric, Ban, Matthew R., Hanley, Anthony J.G., Zinman, Bernard, Harris, S. B., Young, T. Kue, Pickering, J. Geoffrey, Hegele, Robert A.

"We sequenced the promoter and coding regions of PCK1 encoding cytosolic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase from genomic DNA of subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). We found nine single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that were present with varying allele frequencies and pairwise linkage...

2021-03-18

Mumtaz, Z

This proposal for continuous professional development of rural midwives in Pakistan's public health care system was developed in response to a request by the Government of Punjab, Pakistan.