Factors associated with change in moderate or severe symptoms of anxiety and depression in community-living adults and older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic
CONCLUSION: Health and socio-economic factors were associated with changes in symptoms of anxiety and depression during the pandemic, further increasing inequities in mental health needs. Public health campaigns on the importance of healthy behaviours should continue and health policies should reduce economic and social barriers to integrated substance use and mental health care.PMID:38117417 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-023-00832-y (Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - December 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Helen-Maria Vasiliadis Jessica Spagnolo Mary Bartram Marie-Jos ée Fleury Jean-Philippe Gouin S ébastien Grenier Pasquale Roberge Grace Shen-Tu Jennifer E Vena Catherine Lamoureux-Lamarche JianLi Wang Source Type: research

Inequality in COVID-19 mortality in Quebec associated with neighbourhood-level vulnerability domains
CONCLUSION: Public intervention to protect vulnerable populations should be adapted to focus on domains most associated with COVID-19 mortality to ensure addressing local needs.PMID:38100050 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-023-00829-7 (Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - December 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Christine Blaser Lara Gautier Émilie Brousseau Nathalie Auger Katherine L Frohlich Source Type: research

Inequality in COVID-19 mortality in Quebec associated with neighbourhood-level vulnerability domains
CONCLUSION: Public intervention to protect vulnerable populations should be adapted to focus on domains most associated with COVID-19 mortality to ensure addressing local needs.PMID:38100050 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-023-00829-7 (Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - December 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Christine Blaser Lara Gautier Émilie Brousseau Nathalie Auger Katherine L Frohlich Source Type: research

Inequality in COVID-19 mortality in Quebec associated with neighbourhood-level vulnerability domains
CONCLUSION: Public intervention to protect vulnerable populations should be adapted to focus on domains most associated with COVID-19 mortality to ensure addressing local needs.PMID:38100050 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-023-00829-7 (Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - December 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Christine Blaser Lara Gautier Émilie Brousseau Nathalie Auger Katherine L Frohlich Source Type: research

Inequality in COVID-19 mortality in Quebec associated with neighbourhood-level vulnerability domains
CONCLUSION: Public intervention to protect vulnerable populations should be adapted to focus on domains most associated with COVID-19 mortality to ensure addressing local needs.PMID:38100050 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-023-00829-7 (Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - December 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Christine Blaser Lara Gautier Émilie Brousseau Nathalie Auger Katherine L Frohlich Source Type: research

First Nations and Inuit mental health and the Non-Insured Health Benefits program: Urgent priorities for evaluation
Can J Public Health. 2023 Dec 12. doi: 10.17269/s41997-023-00837-7. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe mental health needs and disparities facing First Nations and Inuit in Canada far exceed those of the general population and yet accessing culturally safe care remains a serious challenge. One means for accessing mental health care is through the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) mental health counselling program run by Indigenous Services Canada. However, evaluations of the efficacy of the NIHB's mental health counselling program remain entirely absent in the academic literature and this is startling given that this progr...
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - December 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nicole Santos Dunn Jordan McVittie Jeffrey Ansloos Anik Obomsawin Sara Azarshahi Source Type: research

Criminal Code reform of HIV non-disclosure is urgently needed: Social science perspectives on the harms of HIV criminalization in Canada
Can J Public Health. 2023 Dec 12. doi: 10.17269/s41997-023-00843-9. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe criminalization of HIV non-disclosure represents a significant issue of concern among people living with HIV, those working across the HIV sector, public health practitioners, and health and human rights advocates around the world. Recently, the government of Canada began a review of the criminal law regarding HIV non-disclosure and invited feedback from the public about potential reforms to the Criminal Code. In light of this public consultation, this commentary examines social science research from Canadian scholars that...
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - December 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Colin Hastings Martin French Alexander McClelland Eric Mykhalovskiy Barry Adam Laura Bisaillon Katarina Bogosavljevic Marilou Gagnon Saara Greene Adrian Guta Suzanne Hindmarch Angela Kaida Jennifer Kilty Notisha Massaquoi Viviane Namaste Patrick O'Byrne M Source Type: research

First Nations and Inuit mental health and the Non-Insured Health Benefits program: Urgent priorities for evaluation
Can J Public Health. 2023 Dec 12. doi: 10.17269/s41997-023-00837-7. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe mental health needs and disparities facing First Nations and Inuit in Canada far exceed those of the general population and yet accessing culturally safe care remains a serious challenge. One means for accessing mental health care is through the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) mental health counselling program run by Indigenous Services Canada. However, evaluations of the efficacy of the NIHB's mental health counselling program remain entirely absent in the academic literature and this is startling given that this progr...
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - December 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nicole Santos Dunn Jordan McVittie Jeffrey Ansloos Anik Obomsawin Sara Azarshahi Source Type: research

Criminal Code reform of HIV non-disclosure is urgently needed: Social science perspectives on the harms of HIV criminalization in Canada
Can J Public Health. 2023 Dec 12. doi: 10.17269/s41997-023-00843-9. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe criminalization of HIV non-disclosure represents a significant issue of concern among people living with HIV, those working across the HIV sector, public health practitioners, and health and human rights advocates around the world. Recently, the government of Canada began a review of the criminal law regarding HIV non-disclosure and invited feedback from the public about potential reforms to the Criminal Code. In light of this public consultation, this commentary examines social science research from Canadian scholars that...
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - December 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Colin Hastings Martin French Alexander McClelland Eric Mykhalovskiy Barry Adam Laura Bisaillon Katarina Bogosavljevic Marilou Gagnon Saara Greene Adrian Guta Suzanne Hindmarch Angela Kaida Jennifer Kilty Notisha Massaquoi Viviane Namaste Patrick O'Byrne M Source Type: research

First Nations and Inuit mental health and the Non-Insured Health Benefits program: Urgent priorities for evaluation
Can J Public Health. 2023 Dec 12. doi: 10.17269/s41997-023-00837-7. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe mental health needs and disparities facing First Nations and Inuit in Canada far exceed those of the general population and yet accessing culturally safe care remains a serious challenge. One means for accessing mental health care is through the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) mental health counselling program run by Indigenous Services Canada. However, evaluations of the efficacy of the NIHB's mental health counselling program remain entirely absent in the academic literature and this is startling given that this progr...
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - December 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nicole Santos Dunn Jordan McVittie Jeffrey Ansloos Anik Obomsawin Sara Azarshahi Source Type: research

Criminal Code reform of HIV non-disclosure is urgently needed: Social science perspectives on the harms of HIV criminalization in Canada
Can J Public Health. 2023 Dec 12. doi: 10.17269/s41997-023-00843-9. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe criminalization of HIV non-disclosure represents a significant issue of concern among people living with HIV, those working across the HIV sector, public health practitioners, and health and human rights advocates around the world. Recently, the government of Canada began a review of the criminal law regarding HIV non-disclosure and invited feedback from the public about potential reforms to the Criminal Code. In light of this public consultation, this commentary examines social science research from Canadian scholars that...
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - December 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Colin Hastings Martin French Alexander McClelland Eric Mykhalovskiy Barry Adam Laura Bisaillon Katarina Bogosavljevic Marilou Gagnon Saara Greene Adrian Guta Suzanne Hindmarch Angela Kaida Jennifer Kilty Notisha Massaquoi Viviane Namaste Patrick O'Byrne M Source Type: research

Non-Indigenous and Indigenous food-related interactions: How does the transmission of a normativity perpetuate colonialism?
CONCLUSION: Greater autonomy, namely Indigenous food sovereignty, seems necessary to deconstruct this food assistance structure.PMID:38052883 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-023-00834-w (Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - December 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Laurence Hamel-Charest Source Type: research

Non-Indigenous and Indigenous food-related interactions: How does the transmission of a normativity perpetuate colonialism?
CONCLUSION: Greater autonomy, namely Indigenous food sovereignty, seems necessary to deconstruct this food assistance structure.PMID:38052883 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-023-00834-w (Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - December 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Laurence Hamel-Charest Source Type: research

Non-Indigenous and Indigenous food-related interactions: How does the transmission of a normativity perpetuate colonialism?
CONCLUSION: Greater autonomy, namely Indigenous food sovereignty, seems necessary to deconstruct this food assistance structure.PMID:38052883 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-023-00834-w (Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - December 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Laurence Hamel-Charest Source Type: research

Non-Indigenous and Indigenous food-related interactions: How does the transmission of a normativity perpetuate colonialism?
CONCLUSION: Greater autonomy, namely Indigenous food sovereignty, seems necessary to deconstruct this food assistance structure.PMID:38052883 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-023-00834-w (Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - December 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Laurence Hamel-Charest Source Type: research