Occupational patterns of opioid-related harms comparing a cohort of formerly injured workers to the general population in Ontario, Canada
CONCLUSION: Findings support the hypothesis that work-related injuries have a role as a preventable risk factor for opioid-related harms. Strategies aimed at primary prevention of occupational injuries and secondary prevention of work disability and long-term opioid use are warranted.PMID:38658439 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-024-00882-w (Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - April 24, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nancy Carnide Gregory Feng Chaojie Song Paul A Demers Jill S MacLeod Jeavana Sritharan Source Type: research
Community perspectives on COVID-19 outbreak and public health: Inuit positive protective pathways and lessons for Indigenous public health theory
CONCLUSION: Outbreaks of infectious illness are not new to Nunavut communities and Inuit protective pathways have and continue to be critical avenues to adapt to and mitigate such challenges. This exploratory study provides clear direction for Inuit public health policy and practice in Canada, while contributing to the body of literature on Indigenous public health theory.PMID:38653866 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-024-00863-z (Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - April 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gwen K Healey Akearok Zoha Rana Source Type: research
Community perspectives on COVID-19 outbreak and public health: Inuit positive protective pathways and lessons for Indigenous public health theory
CONCLUSION: Outbreaks of infectious illness are not new to Nunavut communities and Inuit protective pathways have and continue to be critical avenues to adapt to and mitigate such challenges. This exploratory study provides clear direction for Inuit public health policy and practice in Canada, while contributing to the body of literature on Indigenous public health theory.PMID:38653866 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-024-00863-z (Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - April 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Gwen K Healey Akearok Zoha Rana Source Type: research
Transitioning to a guaranteed annual income and the impact on activities of daily living in older adults: Evidence from public pensions in Canada using the CLSA
CONCLUSION: Our results could provide evidence for the potential health benefits of more comprehensive guaranteed annual income programs beyond the pension program. The penalty of being low-income was mitigated by the stability of the pension income in terms of ADL improvement or degradation.PMID:38647638 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-024-00875-9 (Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Laura J Jim énez Daniel J Dutton Source Type: research
Advocating for population health: The role of public health practitioners in the age of artificial intelligence
Can J Public Health. 2024 Apr 16. doi: 10.17269/s41997-024-00881-x. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOver the past decade, artificial intelligence (AI) has begun to transform Canadian organizations, driven by the promise of improved efficiency, better decision-making, and enhanced client experience. While AI holds great opportunities, there are also near-term impacts on the determinants of health and population health equity that are already emerging. If adoption is unregulated, there is a substantial risk that health inequities could be exacerbated through intended or unintended biases embedded in AI systems. New economic op...
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Alireza Kamyabi Ihoghosa Iyamu Manik Saini Curtis May Geoffrey McKee Alex Choi Source Type: research
Advocating for population health: The role of public health practitioners in the age of artificial intelligence
Can J Public Health. 2024 Apr 16. doi: 10.17269/s41997-024-00881-x. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOver the past decade, artificial intelligence (AI) has begun to transform Canadian organizations, driven by the promise of improved efficiency, better decision-making, and enhanced client experience. While AI holds great opportunities, there are also near-term impacts on the determinants of health and population health equity that are already emerging. If adoption is unregulated, there is a substantial risk that health inequities could be exacerbated through intended or unintended biases embedded in AI systems. New economic op...
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Alireza Kamyabi Ihoghosa Iyamu Manik Saini Curtis May Geoffrey McKee Alex Choi Source Type: research
Advocating for population health: The role of public health practitioners in the age of artificial intelligence
Can J Public Health. 2024 Apr 16. doi: 10.17269/s41997-024-00881-x. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOver the past decade, artificial intelligence (AI) has begun to transform Canadian organizations, driven by the promise of improved efficiency, better decision-making, and enhanced client experience. While AI holds great opportunities, there are also near-term impacts on the determinants of health and population health equity that are already emerging. If adoption is unregulated, there is a substantial risk that health inequities could be exacerbated through intended or unintended biases embedded in AI systems. New economic op...
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - April 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Alireza Kamyabi Ihoghosa Iyamu Manik Saini Curtis May Geoffrey McKee Alex Choi Source Type: research
Emerging infodemic management strategies focus on technology: They can't forget trust
Can J Public Health. 2024 Apr 15. doi: 10.17269/s41997-024-00879-5. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPublic health authorities around the world are planning to manage infodemics as part of their next public health emergency. But the experience of managing communications for Ontario's COVID-19 Science Advisory Table suggests that emerging infodemic management (IM) strategies should include three key principles, which appear to be missing from much of the existing literature: (1) emerging IM strategies should incorporate leadership from epidemiologists who can align infodemic response with underlying disease; (2) they should em...
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Robert Steiner Source Type: research
Design and implementation of the Our Health Counts (OHC) methodology for First Nations, Inuit, and Metis (FNIM) health assessment and response in urban and related homelands
CONCLUSION: The OHC methodology has been demonstrated as effective, culturally relevant, and scalable across diverse Ontario cities.PMID:38619750 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-024-00867-9 (Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Janet Smylie Cheryllee Bourgeois Marcie Snyder Raglan Maddox Stephanie McConkey Michael Rotondi Conrad Prince Brian Dokis Michael Hardy Serena Joseph Amanda Kilabuk Jo-Ann Mattina Monica Cyr Genevieve Blais Source Type: research
Emerging infodemic management strategies focus on technology: They can't forget trust
Can J Public Health. 2024 Apr 15. doi: 10.17269/s41997-024-00879-5. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPublic health authorities around the world are planning to manage infodemics as part of their next public health emergency. But the experience of managing communications for Ontario's COVID-19 Science Advisory Table suggests that emerging infodemic management (IM) strategies should include three key principles, which appear to be missing from much of the existing literature: (1) emerging IM strategies should incorporate leadership from epidemiologists who can align infodemic response with underlying disease; (2) they should em...
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Robert Steiner Source Type: research
Design and implementation of the Our Health Counts (OHC) methodology for First Nations, Inuit, and Metis (FNIM) health assessment and response in urban and related homelands
CONCLUSION: The OHC methodology has been demonstrated as effective, culturally relevant, and scalable across diverse Ontario cities.PMID:38619750 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-024-00867-9 (Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Janet Smylie Cheryllee Bourgeois Marcie Snyder Raglan Maddox Stephanie McConkey Michael Rotondi Conrad Prince Brian Dokis Michael Hardy Serena Joseph Amanda Kilabuk Jo-Ann Mattina Monica Cyr Genevieve Blais Source Type: research
The public health impacts of supervised injection sites in Canada: Moving beyond social acceptability and impacts on crime
Can J Public Health. 2024 Apr 11. doi: 10.17269/s41997-024-00874-w. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCanada has been a pioneer in adopting a harm reduction approach to address risks associated with drug use for people who inject drugs. Today, Canada is home to 39 supervised injection sites spread throughout the country. The scientific literature demonstrates, unequivocally, that these sites have numerous health benefits for people who inject drugs, namely by decreasing risks of blood-borne diseases, overdose, and mortality. Yet, a lack of clear guidelines on optimal locations for the implementation of such sites and NIMBYISM ...
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - April 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Carolyn C ôté-Lussier Paul Rodrigues Source Type: research
Incorporating equity, diversity, and inclusion into the epidemiology and biostatistics curriculum: A workshop report and implementation strategies recommendations
Can J Public Health. 2024 Apr 11. doi: 10.17269/s41997-024-00876-8. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThere is an obligation among those teaching epidemiology to incorporate principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) into the curriculum. While there is a well-established literature related to teaching epidemiology, this literature rarely addresses critical aspects of EDI. To our knowledge, there is no working group or central point of discussion and learning for incorporating EDI into epidemiology teaching in Canada. To address this gap, we convened a workshop entitled "Incorporating EDI into the epidemiology and bio...
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - April 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Daniel Fuller Sanja Stanojevic Gaynor Watson-Creed Laura Anderson Natalya Mason Jennifer Walker Source Type: research
The public health impacts of supervised injection sites in Canada: Moving beyond social acceptability and impacts on crime
Can J Public Health. 2024 Apr 11. doi: 10.17269/s41997-024-00874-w. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCanada has been a pioneer in adopting a harm reduction approach to address risks associated with drug use for people who inject drugs. Today, Canada is home to 39 supervised injection sites spread throughout the country. The scientific literature demonstrates, unequivocally, that these sites have numerous health benefits for people who inject drugs, namely by decreasing risks of blood-borne diseases, overdose, and mortality. Yet, a lack of clear guidelines on optimal locations for the implementation of such sites and NIMBYISM ...
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - April 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Carolyn C ôté-Lussier Paul Rodrigues Source Type: research
Incorporating equity, diversity, and inclusion into the epidemiology and biostatistics curriculum: A workshop report and implementation strategies recommendations
Can J Public Health. 2024 Apr 11. doi: 10.17269/s41997-024-00876-8. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThere is an obligation among those teaching epidemiology to incorporate principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) into the curriculum. While there is a well-established literature related to teaching epidemiology, this literature rarely addresses critical aspects of EDI. To our knowledge, there is no working group or central point of discussion and learning for incorporating EDI into epidemiology teaching in Canada. To address this gap, we convened a workshop entitled "Incorporating EDI into the epidemiology and bio...
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - April 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Daniel Fuller Sanja Stanojevic Gaynor Watson-Creed Laura Anderson Natalya Mason Jennifer Walker Source Type: research
