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Long-term benefits of full-day kindergarten: a longitudinal population-based study
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-06)
In the first longitudinal, population-based study of full-day kindergarten (FDK) outcomes beyond primary school in Canada, we used linked administrative data to follow 15 kindergarten cohorts (n ranging from 112 to 736) ...
Have we left some behind? Trends in socio-economic inequalities in breastfeeding initiation: A population-based epidemiological surveillance study
(Canadian Public Health Association, 2014)
OBJECTIVES: Breastfeeding is associated with improved health. Surveillance data show that breastfeeding initiation rates have increased; however, limited work has examined trends in socio-economic inequalities in initiation. ...
The Effect of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status on Education and Health Outcomes for Children Living in Social Housing
(American Journal of Public Health, 2014-11)
Objectives. We explored differences in health and education outcomes between children living in social housing and not, and effects of social housing’s neighborhood socioeconomic status.
Methods. In this cohort study, we ...
Data Resource Profile: Pathways to Health and Social Equity for Children (PATHS Equity for Children)
(Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association, 2014)
The PATHS Data Resource is a unique database comprising data that follow individuals
from the prenatal period to adulthood. The PATHS Resource was developed for conducting longitudinal epidemiological research into child ...
A Systematic Review of the Effect of Early Interventions for Psychosis on the Usage of Inpatient Services
(Oxford University Press, 2015)
Objectives: To review and synthesize the currently available research on whether early intervention for psychosis programs reduce the use of inpatient services.
Methods: A systematic review was conducted using keywords ...
Admission to hospital for pneumonia and influenza attributable to 2009 pandemic A/H1N1 Influenza in First Nations communities in three provinces of Canada
(2013-10-30)
Abstract
Background
Early reports of the 2009 A/H1N1 influenza pandemic (pH1N1) indicated that a disproportionate burden of illness fell on First Nations reserve communities. In addition, the ...
Does access to a colorectal cancer screening website and/or a nurse-managed telephone help line provided to patients by their family physician increase fecal occult blood test uptake?: results from a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial
(2014-04-16)
Abstract
Background
Evaluation of the effectiveness of a patient decision aid (nurse-managed telephone support line and/or colorectal cancer screening website), distributed to patients by their ...
From patient care to research: a validation study examining the factors contributing to data quality in a primary care electronic medical record database
(2015-02-05)
Abstract
Background
Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) are increasingly used in the provision of primary care and have been ...
Describing the content of primary care: limitations of Canadian billing data
(2012-02-15)
Abstract
Background
Primary health care systems are designed to provide comprehensive patient care. However, the ICD 9 coding system used for billing purposes in Canada neither characterizes nor captures the scope of ...
Does access to a colorectal cancer screening website and/or a nurse-managed telephone help line provided to patients by their family physician increase fecal occult blood test uptake?: A pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial study protocol
(2012-05-17)
Abstract
Background
Fecal occult blood test screening in Canada is sub-optimal. Family physicians play a central role in screening and are limited by the time constraints of clinical practice. ...