Browsing Health (Faculty of) by Subject "gender"
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Connecting gender and social networks to explore health service access and use in Negros Occidental, Philippines: A qualitative study
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-25)Background: In early 2019, the Universal Health Care Bill was signed into law in the Philippines with the intention of enabling all citizens to access a comprehensive range of health care services without bearing costs. ... -
Does Stress-Related Poor Diet Quality Explain Socioeconomic Inequities in Health? A Structural Equation Mediation Analysis in Women and Men
(Oxford University Press, 2021-06)Objectives Individuals with a lower socioeconomic position (SEP) have poorer health than their more advantaged counterparts. Psychosocial stress and diet quality have been shown to individually mediate associations between ... -
An Exploration of Korean Immigrant Women's Leisure in Spiritual Settings
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-14)The purpose of this study was to explore the role and significance that ethnic churches have in the lives of Korean immigrant women in Canada. Particular attention was paid to the ethnic church as a potential leisure site, ... -
From Alpha Athlete to Regretful Spectator: The Gendered and Heteronormative Story of My Sporting Experience
(University of Waterloo, 2014-02-13)Much research has demonstrated the positive impact sport plays in individuals’ lives; however, there are gendered rates of participation. In particular, adolescent girls participate in sport at a lower rate than their male ... -
Gender Differences in Chronic Disease Risk Behaviours and their Association with Body Mass Index: Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Multilevel Analyses Among a Large Sample of Youth.
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-20)Obesity has become a worldwide concern due to the escalating number of individuals who have overweight or obesity. The prevalence of overweight/obesity among youth aged 12-17 years old was 37% in 2012-2013, as reported in ... -
The homing of the home: Exploring gendered work, leisure, social construction, and loss through women’s family memory keeping
(University of Waterloo, 2012-10-18)Using a feminist, autoethnographic methodology and in depth interviews with twenty-three participants, I sought to better understand the meaning of family memory keeping for women and their families through this research, ... -
How do Syrian refugee women seek and find work? A feminist grounded analysis of work integration experiences in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-05)Close to 58,000 Syrian refugees have resettled in Canada since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011. Half of these are women. When guaranteed income supports cease (provided for up to one year by governments and ... -
The influence of body mass on posture, pressure distribution and discomfort during prolonged driving.
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-27)Background: Currently, if traveling the posted speed limit, the typical commuter driver in the Toronto Metropolitan area will travel round trip upwards of 60 minutes a day to work (Heisz and LaRochelle-Cote, 2005). As ... -
An Intersectional Colour-Blind Frame Analysis of Sports News Coverage on Athlete Activism in the WNBA, NBA, and NHL Following the Shooting of Jacob Blake
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-17)Despite Black women leading the way in athlete activism, there is little research and discussion on their experiences doing so. With the rapid progression of athlete activism in sport, it is important to understand the ... -
Leveraging the Proteus Effect to Motivate Emotional Support in a Serious Game for Mental Health
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-11)Researchers have explored how online communities can be leveraged for peer support, but general disinterest and a lack of engagement have emerged as substantial barriers to their use in practice. To address this gap, we ... -
Mothers with Lower-Incomes and Community Programming: Illuminating Narratives of Access and Experience in Kitchener
(University of Waterloo, 2016-06-07)While motherhood is a wonderful experience full of love and joy, it continues to involve tremendous amounts of change in all areas of a new mother’s life. While leisure activities, such as the ones offered at community ... -
Parents, employment, gender and well-being: a time use study
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-21)Transformations in the economy have led to changes in employment practices that can create a mismatch between parents’ work schedules and family routines. At the same time, approaches to child-rearing have become more ... -
A qualitative examination of the impact of social restrictions during COVID-19 pandemic on social relations and social interactions of adolescents aged 12-18 years in Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2022-10-24)Background: The novel coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020 (WHO, 2020). The government of Ontario declared a stay-at-home order where schools ... -
Sex and Gender, Socioeconomic Status, and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-21)Background: Diabetes mellitus imposes challenges on health care systems, economies, and the individuals living with and at risk for this illness. Diabetes is a major chronic disease and affects more and more Canadians each ... -
"We can compete and we can be equals": Female experiences of co-gendered soccer
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-21)Despite many sports leagues for participants over the age of 18 being co-gendered, little research has explored how women experience co-gendered sport. Women are typically underrepresented in these leagues so it is important ... -
“When you add Black and Female, it’s almost like a double whammy”: The Gendered and Racialized Experiences of Professional Integration among Internationally Educated Health Professionals in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2022-04-20)Background: Scholars have noted that migration of health professionals is a global phenomenon. According to the World Health Organization, the immigration of internationally educated health professionals (IEHPs) to ...