Socio-economic Correlates of Municipal-level Pollution Emissions on Montreal IslandCanadian Journal of Public Health - Tập 98 - Trang 138-142 - 2007
Stéphanie Premji, Frédéric Bertrand, Audrey Smargiassi, Mark Daniel
Differential exposure to environmental hazards is one component of the social
gradient in health. Few studies have investigated the association between
socio-economic characteristics and environmental hazards in a Canadian context.
We assessed the relationships between pollution emissions and socio-economic
characteristics for 27 municipalities on Montreal Island. Pollution emissions
were determin... hiện toàn bộ
Costs for Tuberculosis Care in CanadaCanadian Journal of Public Health - Tập 99 - Trang 391-396 - 2008
Dick Menzies, Megan Lewis, Olivia Oxlade
We have estimated tuberculosis (TB)-related expenditures by governments and
other third parties in Canada in 2004, in order to compare spending on different
activities, by various jurisdictions, and in different regions. To ascertain
health system costs (including public health costs), a self-administered
questionnaire was completed by all federal, provincial, and territorial health
departments an... hiện toàn bộ
Bed Bugs and Public Health: New Approaches for an Old ScourgeCanadian Journal of Public Health - Tập 103 - Trang e399-e403 - 2012
Mona Shum, Elizabeth Comack, Taz Stuart, Reg Ayre, Stéphane Perron, Shelley A. Beaudet, Tom Kosatsky
Objective: To share four Canadian cities’ experiences with bed bug infestations
and to explore public health roles in managing them. Methods: We summarize
presentations from a workshop at the 2010 Canadian Public Health Association
Conference which examined the re-emergence of bed bugs in Canada and compared
management approaches of municipal and public health authorities in four large
Canadian ci... hiện toàn bộ
The Rising Burden of Rheumatoid Arthritis Surpasses Rheumatology Supply in OntarioCanadian Journal of Public Health - - 2013
Jessica Widdifield, J. Michael Paterson, Sasha Bernatsky, Karen Tu, J. Carter Thorne, Vandana Ahluwalia, Noah Ivers, Debra Butt, R. Liisa Jaakkimainen, George Tomlinson, Claire Bombardier
Accurate data on the burden of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are scarce, but
critical in helping health care providers and decision makers to optimize
clinical and public health strategies for disease management. We quantified the
burden of RA in Ontario from 1996 to 2010 by age, sex and health planning
region. We used the Ontario Rheumatoid Arthritis administrative Database (ORAD),
a validated popula... hiện toàn bộ
Gender-specific correlates of perceived life stress: a population-based study, Montreal, Canada, 2012Canadian Journal of Public Health - Tập 110 - Trang 563-574 - 2019
Garbis A. Meshefedjian, Michel Fournier, Danielle Blanchard, Louis-Robert Frigault
To identify the gender-specific correlates of perceived life stress in a
representative sample of the Montreal population. Data were extracted from
the Local Health Survey Program (called “TOPO”) collected in 2012. TOPO-2012
provided information on chronic diseases, their determinants and risk factors,
as well as lifestyle and health services utilization. Poisson regression was
used to identify si... hiện toàn bộ
Completing the Picture: Adolescents Talk About What’s Missing in Sexual Health ServicesCanadian Journal of Public Health - Tập 92 - Trang 35-38 - 2001
Alba DiCenso, Vicki W. Borthwick, Cheryl A. Busca, Catia Creatura, Jayne A. Holmes, Wyn F. Kalagian, Betsy M. Partington
This qualitative study was conducted to learn adolescents’ opinions about sexual
health services and strategies to improve their delivery. Sixteen 1.5-hour,
same-sex focus groups were conducted in one rural and one urban high school in
each of two Ontario regions. In total, 83 students (49 females and 34 males)
participated in the study. Topics were: sources and quality of sexual health
informatio... hiện toàn bộ