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Fall 2021
Poverty is a critical issue in Canada that needs to be researched and addressed. Many children and youth in Canada are impacted by poverty, this is defined by both low income and social hardships. Within the school environment, children, youth, and families experiencing poverty are more likely to...
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Epidemiology of Diabetes in Pregnancy among Indigenous Women: Insights into the Global Indigenous and Métis Specific Contexts
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Diabetes in pregnancy has been found to be more prevalent among Indigenous women in many countries. It is not clear whether Indigenous women with similar colonial histories have a greater prevalence of both pre-existing diabetes mellitus (pre-existing DM) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)...
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Spring 2023
Current trends of knee injuries and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), as well as incidence of and factors associated with primary and recurrent ACLR in Alberta, are not well understood. This thesis aims to fill this knowledge gap by using administrative data from Alberta’s...
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Estimating the Seroprevalence of Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) and the Risk of Transfusion-Transmitted and Community-Acquired CMV Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Donors and Recipients
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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) are ubiquitous herpesviruses that establish lifelong, often asymptomatic, infections in healthy people, but are responsible for significant morbidity and mortality in certain hosts. CMV is the most common congenital infection worldwide, causing...
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Examining Associations of Community Food Environments with Individual Diet Quality and Body Weight Status of Canadian Children
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Reducing the prevalence of unhealthy eating is an important challenge to address in order to reduce the burden of obesity and chronic disease. Approximately 1.6 million or one-third of Canadian children and youth are overweight or obese, and about 70% of children and youth consume less than five...
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Examining vaccine coverage among immigrant populations in Alberta, Canada and factors associated with vaccination
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Study 1: Human papillomavirus vaccine coverage among immigrant children in Alberta: a population-based cohort study Background: Previous studies have shown that parents of immigrant children have more negative perceptions about human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine than parents of non-immigrant...
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Exploring and Documenting the Stories and Experiences of Plus-Size Cisgender Women in Karachi
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The research documents and explores the living stories and experiences of five cisgender plus-size women from Karachi, Pakistan, from the ages of 25-30 years, through an intersectional lens and feminist approach, to understand their relationship with their bodies since childhood to their daily...
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Exploring Barriers and Facilitators in Achieving a Positive Sexual Health among Trans-Femme Young Adults: Community-Based Participatory Research Project
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Transgender people face unique multiple levels of barriers and challenges regarding sexual health and wellbeing. While there has been a significant number of studies exploring sexual health among the 2SLGBTQ+ population, there is a paucity of research that uses a participatory approach targeted...
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Spring 2017
The purpose of this qualitative study is to gain a better understanding of the type of trust, and what factors influence the trust community members have in community health workers (CHWs) serving their communities in rural Western Uganda. Trust is a complex concept that has been widely...
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Exploring Collaboration in Service Provision to Support African Immigrant Families: A Relational Action Research Study with Multicultural Health Brokers
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Collaboration is a promising practice in which front-line service providers work together to support African immigrant families who experience a family violence encounter. My dissertation is an exploration of the practice of collaboration undertaken between six multicultural health brokers and...