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Assessing the Intergenerational Effects of Maternal Exposure to Drought in Early Life Before and After Prenatal Supplementation and the Seasonality Effects on Birth Outcomes in Rural Malawi
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-19)BACKGROUND Prenatal supplementation can positively influence birth outcomes by addressing and improving the nutritional status of infants in resource-poor settings. Nevertheless, evidence from historical disasters such ... -
Assessing the Role of the Private Sector in Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, Management, and Control: A Systematic Review
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-12)Background: Due to the high mortality rates globally, addressing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is a priority included in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Because the private sector is growing as a provider of ... -
Assessing the Whole Person: Examining how Psychosocial Factors are currently considered within Frailty Screening Tools
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-19)Background: Many operationalisations of frailty exclude psychosocial factors, despite considerable research on the links between frailty and these factors. This study examined older adult/caregiver (OA) and healthcare ... -
Assessing Visitors' Satisfaction at Parks Canada Sites
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-08)This study addresses the measurement of satisfaction. In doing so, it proposes a hypothetical conceptual framework for examining visitors’ satisfaction with their experiences in nature-based settings. Visitors’ overall ... -
Assessing Workers’ Ability to Recognize Lifting Risk Factors for Low Back Pain: Investigating the Efficacy of a Simple Educational Message.
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-21)Introduction: Participatory ergonomic approaches have been shown to be an effective method for identifying work place hazards. Since in many workplaces, expertise in ergonomics is not available, simple educational messages ... -
Assessment of Nutrient Intakes: Introduction to the Special Issue
(MDPI, 2016-03-25)Accurately measuring consumption of food, drinks and supplements is fundamental to nutrition and health research, including surveillance, epidemiology and intervention studies. However, assessing food intake is an area ... -
An Assessment of the Interplay between the Shoulders and the Low Back in Occupational Tasks: A Manual Patient Handling Example
(University of Waterloo, 2010-12-16)Redundancy and variation are characteristics of humans. Many muscles contribute to producing a movement at a joint, allowing different strategies for task performance. Further, the shoulders and back are involved in many ... -
The Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Executive Function in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-29)Populations around the world are aging at a rapid pace, presenting new challenges for health services. This is because older adults encounter a different set of challenges than younger age groups, such as an increase in ... -
The Association Between Early-life Written Language Skills and Late-life Cognitive Resilience to Alzheimer's Disease
(University of Waterloo, 2017-11-01)As the population ages, projections suggest that the number of individuals living with age-related diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease will increase. Prevention of Alzheimer’s disease is a major priority since there is ... -
The Association Between Emotional Expressivity in Early Adulthood and Healthy Aging in Late Adulthood
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-16)Canada’s population is aging quickly, with growth in the population of older adults now exceeding that of younger adults. This increase emphasizes the need for research on healthy aging to determine potential predictors ... -
The Association between Fractures, Posture and Physical Performance Measures in Women Over the Age of 65
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-06)Background Information: Vertebral fractures are a common type of osteoporotic fracture, associated with increased morbidity and mortality. An accumulation of vertebral fractures may lead to postural changes including ... -
The Association Between Functional Social Support and Memory: A Prospective Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-01)Identifying modifiable psychosocial factors that influence age-related outcomes is important for healthy aging. Functional social support (FSS), or the perceived availability of support from others, appears to delay memory ... -
The Association Between Multilingualism and Executive Function in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: Results from the Baseline Comprehensive Cohort
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-24)Background: Identifying factors that protect against cognitive impairment is key to healthy aging. Cognitive stimulation through multilingualism may be protective against cognitive impairment, such as low executive function. ... -
The Association between Religious Participation and Social Isolation in Canadian Middle-and Older-aged Adults: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
(University of Waterloo, 2022-06-14)Social isolation is a modifiable risk factor for poor health outcomes, including cognitive decline, cardiovascular disease, and mental illness. Thus, researchers seek to identify exposures that are inversely associated ... -
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
(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 ... -
Association between Social Marketing Interventions and Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices towards Consumption of Vitamin-A Fortified Oil in Rural Tanzania: A Quantitative and Spatial Analysis.
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-10)Background. Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a public health problem affecting many pregnant women and young children in Africa and South-East Asia. In children, VAD is associated with an increased risk of measles, malaria ... -
The Association Between Social Support Availability and Executive Function in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-20)While an aging population is a good indication of advances being made in health and life expectancy, demographic change presents new concerns for public health. An older population faces different challenges than a younger ... -
The Association Between Social Support Availability and Memory: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
(University of Waterloo, 2020-06-18)Population aging leads to a rise in the prevalence of age-related cognitive decline. While some declines in the memory domain of cognitive function are expected as people age, deterioration beyond a certain point may reduce ... -
The Association of Multilingualism and Written Linguistic Ability with Mild Cognitive Impairment in the Nun Study
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-26)Background: Multilingualism may be associated with enhanced cognitive function and reduced risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to enhanced cognitive reserve. Objectives: To investigate the association of ... -
Associations of Moral Disengagement, Passion, and Competitive Anger and Aggressiveness with Attitudes toward Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sport
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-05)The main purpose of the study was to explore relationships between moral disengagement in sport and attitudes toward performance enhancing drugs. Additionally, the purpose was to explore specific mechanisms of moral ...