Applied Health Sciences (Faculty of)
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Wearable Hip Protectors: Validation of a Novel Test System and Evaluation Utilizing Pressure Sensing Methods
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-14)Hip fractures are strongly associated with sideway falls to the hip, poor response time, lack of soft tissue energy absorption, and subpar proximal femur strength (Cummings and Nevitt, 2001). Hip protectors are a common ... -
"I Would Just Want to Know What It's Being Used for and Who's Using It": Barriers to the Adoption of SmartSurveys
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-09)Objective: Smartphones stand to transform the manner healthcare services gather patient experience information. However, there is still limited guidance on the context and circumstances which are appropriate for patients ... -
The Neural Processes of Perceived Simultaneity and Temporal Order in Younger and Older Adults using EEG.
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-02)In order to make sense of the world, the central nervous system (CNS) must determine the temporal order of events and integrate cues that belong together. The process of integrating information from multiple sensory ... -
Prevalence and Determinants of Poor Food Intake of Residents Living in Long-Term Care
(Elsevier, 2017-06-28)Poor food intake is known to lead to malnutrition in long-term care homes (LTCH), yet multilevel determinants of food intake are not fully understood, hampering development of interventions that can maintain the nutritional ... -
Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Riluzole for ALS in Ontario Home Care Setting
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-23)Objective: To identify the factors associated with the prescription of riluzole and assess its cost-effectiveness for patients diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in long stay home care in Ontario, Canada. ... -
Patients’ Accounts of Non-Acceptance and Non-Adherence to Drug Treatment in Depression A Scoping Review and Narrative Synthesis of Research Findings on Patients’ Views on Antidepressants
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-19)Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a disabling condition with a high frequency of recurrence and non-recovery, resulting in serious morbidity and mortality (Kessler & Bromet, 2013; Stotland, 2012; Alonso et al., 2013). ... -
Food, health, and complexity: towards a conceptual understanding to guide collaborative public health action
(BioMed Central, 2016-06-08)Background: What we eat simultaneously impacts our exposure to pathogens, allergens, and contaminants, our nutritional status and body composition, our risks for and the progression of chronic diseases, and other outcomes. ... -
Development of a strategic plan for food security and safety in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Canada
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-06-08)Background. Current social and environmental changes in the Arctic challenge the health and well-being of its residents. Developing evidence-informed adaptive measures in response to these changes is a priority for ... -
Second homes in Mexico: An exploration of the social connections of international residents in the city of Merida
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-13)Owners of second homes construct complex relationships with the people and place they live in especially when the property is located across national borders. While previous research on second homes identified numerous ... -
Non-Government Organization Leadership in National Healthy Public Policy for Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: A Grounded Theory Study
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-12)Chronic non-communicable diseases are leading causes of avoidable premature disease, disability, and mortality in Canada and abroad. Non-government organizations (NGOs) play a key role in national healthy public policy ... -
Early efforts addressing the social determinants of health by Ontario health units (2000-2009): an application of Kingdon’s multiple streams theory
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-30)Actions to reduce health inequities by addressing external contributory factors, which are commonly referred to as the social determinants of health (SDH), have emerged as a recommended focus of public health practice. ... -
A Comprehensive Assessment of Nutritional Status and Factors Impacting Nutrition Recovery in Hospitalized, Critically Ill Patients Following Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-19)Disease related malnutrition is a concern for the critically ill, however there is a paucity of research examining nutrition recovery in survivors of critical illness. Prior to the development of nutrition interventions ... -
Effect of Degrees of Freedom on Effort and Rate of Fatigue Accumulation During the Supine Chest Press
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-19)INTRODUCTION For workplace tool design and exercise equipment design alike, the number of the degrees of freedom to be controlled in a tool or machine has been shown to affect the biological response of the user. Studies ... -
An Exploration of Sherpas’ Narratives of Living and Dying in Mountaineering
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-16)Mountaineering is the cornerstone of Nepal’s $370-million-a-year adventure tourism industry. Each year, Climbing Sherpas lead foreign mountaineers (paying clients) up the Southeast ridge of Mt. Everest as they make their ... -
Clinical pharmacists and nurses' perceptions on implementing anticoagulation therapy recommendations for the frail elderly: An exploratory study based on psychological theory
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-15)Background: Stroke is a leading cause of mortality and disability in Canada. Persons with atrial fibrillation (AF) have a five-fold increased risk of developing a stroke. AF is a significant contributor to stroke at all ... -
The effect of interior bezel presence and width on magnitude judgement
(Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society, 2014-05)Large displays are often constructed by tiling multiple small displays, creating visual discontinuities from inner bezels that may affect human perception of data. Our work investigates how bezels impact magnitude judgement, ... -
Whose Lane is it Anyway? The Negligence Towards Cyclists within in a Mid-sized City
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-10)Urban cycling has been gaining momentum for decades, yet the need to upgrade infrastructure to accommodate cycling has never been greater. Urban development in North America continues to privilege car usage, despite growing ... -
Acceptance and Usage of Smart Wearable Devices in Canadian Older Adults
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-09)Background: As the Canadian older adult population grows rapidly, emerging solutions and technologies that have the potential to enable aging-in-place are garnering more attention from developers, public policy makers and ... -
Effect of Bezel Presence and Width on Visual Search
(Association for Computing Machinery, 2014-06)We investigate how the presence and width of interior bezels impacts visual search performance across tiled displays. In spite of a potential benefit from structured segmentation, we do not find significant differences in ... -
Factors influencing bilateral interactions in the human motor cortex: investigating transcallosal sensorimotor networks
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-01)All daily activities require the precise interaction and coordination of several brain regions to facilitate purposeful movements of the upper limbs. The mechanisms responsible for cross facilitation between the primary ...
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