D épistaFest: The evaluation of an inclusive, positive, and playful STBBI screening campaign's effectiveness
CONCLUSION: The findings support the effectiveness of an STBBI prevention campaign grounded in the health belief model. Future STBBI prevention campaigns aimed at young adults would benefit from destigmatizing STBBIs and normalizing STBBI screening using an inclusive, positive, and playful approach.PMID:38393551 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-024-00862-0 (Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - February 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: L éa J Séguin Emmanuelle Gareau Morag Bosom Club Sexu Source Type: research
A Manifesto for transformative action on HIV among Black communities in Canada
Can J Public Health. 2024 Feb 22. doi: 10.17269/s41997-024-00856-y. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBlack communities bear a hugely disproportionate share of Canada's HIV epidemic. Black persons annually represent up to one quarter of new diagnoses, while in contrast, diagnoses have been falling among white Canadians for the past two decades. There has been a notable lack of urgency and serious debate about why the trend persists and what to do about it. For too long, public institutions have reproduced hegemonic white supremacy and profoundly mischaracterized Black life. Consequently, Black communities suffer policies and p...
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - February 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Maureen Owino OmiSoore Dryden David Este Josephine Etowa Winston Husbands LaRon Nelson Emmanuela Ojukwu Eric Peters Wangari Tharao Source Type: research
Community water fluoride cessation and rate of caries-related pediatric dental treatments under general anesthesia in Alberta, Canada
CONCLUSION: Discontinuing water fluoridation appears to negatively affect young children's oral health, potentially leading to a significant increase in caries-related dental treatments under GA and oral health disparities in this pediatric population.PMID:38389035 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-024-00858-w (Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - February 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Elnaz Yazdanbakhsh Babak Bohlouli Steven Patterson Maryam Amin Source Type: research
D épistaFest: The evaluation of an inclusive, positive, and playful STBBI screening campaign's effectiveness
CONCLUSION: The findings support the effectiveness of an STBBI prevention campaign grounded in the health belief model. Future STBBI prevention campaigns aimed at young adults would benefit from destigmatizing STBBIs and normalizing STBBI screening using an inclusive, positive, and playful approach.PMID:38393551 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-024-00862-0 (Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - February 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: L éa J Séguin Emmanuelle Gareau Morag Bosom Club Sexu Source Type: research
A Manifesto for transformative action on HIV among Black communities in Canada
Can J Public Health. 2024 Feb 22. doi: 10.17269/s41997-024-00856-y. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBlack communities bear a hugely disproportionate share of Canada's HIV epidemic. Black persons annually represent up to one quarter of new diagnoses, while in contrast, diagnoses have been falling among white Canadians for the past two decades. There has been a notable lack of urgency and serious debate about why the trend persists and what to do about it. For too long, public institutions have reproduced hegemonic white supremacy and profoundly mischaracterized Black life. Consequently, Black communities suffer policies and p...
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - February 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Maureen Owino OmiSoore Dryden David Este Josephine Etowa Winston Husbands LaRon Nelson Emmanuela Ojukwu Eric Peters Wangari Tharao Source Type: research
Community water fluoride cessation and rate of caries-related pediatric dental treatments under general anesthesia in Alberta, Canada
CONCLUSION: Discontinuing water fluoridation appears to negatively affect young children's oral health, potentially leading to a significant increase in caries-related dental treatments under GA and oral health disparities in this pediatric population.PMID:38389035 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-024-00858-w (Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - February 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Elnaz Yazdanbakhsh Babak Bohlouli Steven Patterson Maryam Amin Source Type: research
D épistaFest: The evaluation of an inclusive, positive, and playful STBBI screening campaign's effectiveness
CONCLUSION: The findings support the effectiveness of an STBBI prevention campaign grounded in the health belief model. Future STBBI prevention campaigns aimed at young adults would benefit from destigmatizing STBBIs and normalizing STBBI screening using an inclusive, positive, and playful approach.PMID:38393551 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-024-00862-0 (Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - February 23, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: L éa J Séguin Emmanuelle Gareau Morag Bosom Club Sexu Source Type: research
Menstrual health inequities and "period poverty" in Canada
Can J Public Health. 2024 Feb 21. doi: 10.17269/s41997-024-00853-1. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPeriod poverty is the lack of access to menstrual products, sexual and reproductive health education, safe waste management, and adequate facilities. Despite its being a public health issue and a significant concern for numerous Canadians, there is a lack of peer-reviewed research on period poverty in Canada. Existing Canadian research has primarily been conducted by non-profit organizations/charities or industry leaders for menstrual products, resulting in incomplete data. More research is needed to explore the menstrual ineq...
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - February 21, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ann C Lee Leisha Toory Megan E Harrison Source Type: research
Inequities in dietary intake and eating behaviours among adolescents in Canada
CONCLUSION: Results emphasize gender, racial/ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities in the diets and eating behaviours of adolescents. There is a critical need to address the structural factors contributing to inequities and prevent the consequences of dietary disparities.PMID:38381304 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-024-00854-0 (Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - February 21, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Karen A Patte Markus J Duncan Angelica Amores Emily Belita Rita Kocsis Negin A Riazi Rachel Laxer Scott T Leatherdale Source Type: research
Menstrual health inequities and "period poverty" in Canada
Can J Public Health. 2024 Feb 21. doi: 10.17269/s41997-024-00853-1. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPeriod poverty is the lack of access to menstrual products, sexual and reproductive health education, safe waste management, and adequate facilities. Despite its being a public health issue and a significant concern for numerous Canadians, there is a lack of peer-reviewed research on period poverty in Canada. Existing Canadian research has primarily been conducted by non-profit organizations/charities or industry leaders for menstrual products, resulting in incomplete data. More research is needed to explore the menstrual ineq...
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - February 21, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ann C Lee Leisha Toory Megan E Harrison Source Type: research
Inequities in dietary intake and eating behaviours among adolescents in Canada
CONCLUSION: Results emphasize gender, racial/ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities in the diets and eating behaviours of adolescents. There is a critical need to address the structural factors contributing to inequities and prevent the consequences of dietary disparities.PMID:38381304 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-024-00854-0 (Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - February 21, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Karen A Patte Markus J Duncan Angelica Amores Emily Belita Rita Kocsis Negin A Riazi Rachel Laxer Scott T Leatherdale Source Type: research
Menstrual health inequities and "period poverty" in Canada
Can J Public Health. 2024 Feb 21. doi: 10.17269/s41997-024-00853-1. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPeriod poverty is the lack of access to menstrual products, sexual and reproductive health education, safe waste management, and adequate facilities. Despite its being a public health issue and a significant concern for numerous Canadians, there is a lack of peer-reviewed research on period poverty in Canada. Existing Canadian research has primarily been conducted by non-profit organizations/charities or industry leaders for menstrual products, resulting in incomplete data. More research is needed to explore the menstrual ineq...
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - February 21, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ann C Lee Leisha Toory Megan E Harrison Source Type: research
Inequities in dietary intake and eating behaviours among adolescents in Canada
CONCLUSION: Results emphasize gender, racial/ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities in the diets and eating behaviours of adolescents. There is a critical need to address the structural factors contributing to inequities and prevent the consequences of dietary disparities.PMID:38381304 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-024-00854-0 (Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - February 21, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Karen A Patte Markus J Duncan Angelica Amores Emily Belita Rita Kocsis Negin A Riazi Rachel Laxer Scott T Leatherdale Source Type: research
The Slip and Fall Index: Assessing the risk of slipping and falling on ice
CONCLUSION: The SFI is the first Canadian index with the purpose of measuring the risk of having a slip and fall accident on ice/snow.PMID:38361175 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-024-00855-z (Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - February 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Adina Tarcea Martina Vergouwen Eric C Sayre Neil J White Source Type: research
Health trends in Canada 1990-2019: An analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study
CONCLUSION: Canadians are healthier today than in 1990, but progress has slowed in Canada in recent years in comparison with other high-income countries. The growing burden of substance abuse, diabetes/chronic kidney disease, and musculoskeletal diseases will require continued action to improve population health.PMID:38361176 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-024-00851-3 (Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - February 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jacek A Kopec Farshad Pourmalek Daniel A Adeyinka Amin Adibi Gina Agarwal Samiah Alam Zulfiqar A Bhutta Zahid A Butt Vijay K Chattu Oghenowede Eyawo Ghazal Fazli Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad Jeffrey J Hebert Md Belal Hossain Marcus M Ilesanmi Ademola J I Source Type: research
