• Examining the Application and Use of the Baby-Friendly Initiative within Rural and Urban Health Facilities in Canada among Indigenous Mothers 

  Bacciaglia, Meagan (University of Waterloo, 2023-01-26)

  Background: To prevent infant mortality and morbidity, WHO and UNICEF established the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) to support breastfeeding initiation and duration by improving the quality of care provided in ...

• Supramaximal Testing to Confirm the Achievement of V̇O2max in Acute Hypoxia 

  Thompson, Benjamin (University of Waterloo, 2023-01-23)

  Incremental exercise tests are often used to quantify an individual’s maximal oxygen uptake (V̇O2max). To confirm V̇O2max, a bout of supramaximal exercise can be performed after maximal exercise and if V̇O2 is within the ...

• Spatial epidemiology of a highly transmissible disease in urban neighbourhoods: Using COVID-19 outbreaks in Toronto as a case study 

  Nazia, Nushrat (University of Waterloo, 2023-01-20)

  The emergence of infectious diseases in an urban area involves a complex interaction between the socioecological processes in the neighbourhood and urbanization. As a result, such an urban environment can be the incubator ...

• The Association between Social Isolation and Memory Function in Middle-aged and Older Adults: A Cross-sectional Analysis of the Comprehensive Cohort of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging 

  Taqvi, Urooj (University of Waterloo, 2023-01-20)

  Background: Social isolation is a psychosocial risk factor thought to be inversely associated with memory function, although only a small number of published studies exist in the field. These studies report mixed results ...

• Differentiating Gait Behaviors between Early-Stage Dementia with Lewy Bodies and Parkinson’s Disease 

  Mathias, Karen (University of Waterloo, 2023-01-20)

  Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) can be difficult to differentially diagnose, given the overlap in clinical and pathological features. Evidence suggests gait may be a sensitive and selective ...

• The Effects of Trait and State Anxiety on Gait in Healthy Young Adults 

  Norouzian, Pershia (University of Waterloo, 2023-01-13)

  Having an anxious state of mind, often elicited using a height-induced threat, has been consistently shown to alter static and dynamic postural stability in both young and older adults; however, the effects on walking have ...

• Investigating the role of task intensity on motor unit fatigue recovery 

  Veerasammy, Sanjay (University of Waterloo, 2023-01-05)

  Background: It is unclear how the intensity as well as the underlying contributions of larger versus smaller motor units of a performed task impacts fatigue recovery. Therefore, I tested two hypotheses: that the normalized ...

• Human Biomonitoring of and Determinants of Biomarker Levels for Contaminants and Nutrients in Old Crow, Yukon Territory 

  Drysdale, Mallory (University of Waterloo, 2023-01-05)

  Traditional food is an important part of the diet for many Arctic residents, particularly First Nations, and is associated with some improved health outcomes, nutrition, and food security. However, these foods can also ...

• Social Factors and Nutrition Risk in Community-Living Seniors During the COVID-19 Pandemic 

  Wei, Cindy (University of Waterloo, 2023-01-04)

  Pandemic countermeasures (e.g., lockdown, restrictions) enacted to minimize the spread of COVID-19 may put older adults at nutrition risk. This thesis uses an online/telephone survey to investigate factors associated with ...

• Sensory Conflict: Effects on the Perceived Onset of Motion and Cybersickness in Virtual Reality 

  Chung, William (University of Waterloo, 2023-01-03)

  The perception of self-motion involves the integration of multisensory information, however there are scenarios in which the sensory feedback we receive from these different sources can conflict with one another. For ...

• "I'm not alone in that battle": Designing Immersive Visualizations for Community Awareness and Connectedness 

  Woo, Rachel (University of Waterloo, 2022-12-22)

  Community connectedness is a concept used by health practitioners and researchers to understand perceptions of: support from the community, belonging and issues, and as a protective measure for many individual health ...

• Using Decision Trees to Examine the Influence of the School Environment on Youth Mental Health 

  Battista, Katelyn (University of Waterloo, 2022-12-22)

  Youth mental health is a current public health priority in Canada, with nearly one in four young people living with a mental illness. The contextual school environment can be particularly influential given the considerable ...

• Body Mass Index and Missing Data: Examining the Levels, Patterns, and Impacts of Missing Data in a Large Cohort Study of Canadian Youth 

  Doggett, Amanda (University of Waterloo, 2022-12-19)

  Missing data are generally unavoidable in survey-based research. Small amounts of random missingness may not pose significant problems; however, issues arise when data are missing in large proportions or when missingness ...

• Development of a Wearable Sensor-Based Framework for the Classification and Quantification of High Knee Flexion Exposures in Childcare 

  Laudanski, Annemarie F. (University of Waterloo, 2022-12-19)

  Repetitive cyclic and prolonged joint loading in high knee flexion postures has been associated with the progression of degenerative knee joint diseases and knee osteoarthritis (OA). Despite this association, high flexion ...

• Self-employment, health, illness, and social security among solo self-employed workers 

  Khan, Tauhid Hossain (University of Waterloo, 2022-12-02)

  Today’s labour market has changed over time, shifting from full-time, secured, and standard employment relationships to entrepreneurial and precarious working arrangements. Thus, self-employment (SE) has been growing rapidly ...

• Food insecurity in a tobacco growing region in Zambia 

  Edet, Christine Imaobong (University of Waterloo, 2022-11-29)

  Given increasing pressure from transnational corporations to increase tobacco production in sub-Saharan Africa, especially in contexts where food insecurity is prevalent, this study contributes to our understanding of how ...

• Effects of Acute Aerobic Exercise on Motor Cortex Plasticity in Individuals With a Concussion History 

  Khan, Madison (University of Waterloo, 2022-11-25)

  The impact of concussions was previously believed to be transient, however neurophysiological tools have revealed that long-term cognitive and motor declines persist past the acute phase of injury. Through a non-invasive ...

• Predictors of Loneliness and Transitions in Loneliness in Ontario Home Care Clients: Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic 

  Ochwat, Sandra Kinga (University of Waterloo, 2022-11-11)

  Background Older adults over the age of 65 receiving home care services are particularly vulnerable to experiencing loneliness and social isolation. Loneliness and social isolation have been associated with adverse health ...

• Identification of Re-assessment Intervals to Support a Measurement Based Care (MBC) approach with the interRAI Community Mental Health (CMH) Assessment 

  Monakhova, Sveltana (University of Waterloo, 2022-11-09)

  Background: Mental health is a fundamental aspect of people’s health and is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Ineffectively treated mental health problems could result in a shorter life expectancy as a result of ...

• Neural correlates of trait anxiety in sensory processing and distractor filtering 

  Faerman, Michelle (University of Waterloo, 2022-10-25)

  Anxiety, generally defined as an anticipatory heightened state of arousal, has been shown to affect neural markers of cognition and executive components used in sensorimotor function; however, this has infrequently been ...

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