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Exploring the Food Choices of Muslim Arab Immigrants in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-30)Objectives: This study aimed to investigate Arab Muslim immigrants' lived experiences in Canada and perceptions around food choice, including whether participants maintained their traditional diet or incorporated more ... -
Exploring the impacts of precarious work and family caregiving on the health of African immigrant women amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada.
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-30)Introduction: Immigrants’ health and wellbeing in host countries have long been an important but controversial issue, hampered by systemic inequalities. In Canada, immigrants constitute over one-fifth of the total population ... -
Exploring the lived experiences of women in larger bodies who access and use contraception in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-16)Background: Contraception is widely used by women to prevent pregnancy and for other health-related reasons. In Canada, many contraceptive users may be living in larger bodies. While there is a growing interest in the ... -
Exploring the role of emotions on health decisions: Case studies in cancer screening, vaccination, and nutrition
(University of Waterloo, 2022-03-30)Introduction One of main the objectives of public health is to promote behaviors that improve mental and physical health. Consequently, public health researchers have been studying models of behaviorchange/decision-making ... -
Exploring the Role of Public Health in Climate Change Initiatives and the Mining Industry in Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-10)Background: Climate change is a global crisis that is impacting population health. With its significant expansion, the mining industry in Ontario, Canada has the potential to contribute to the development of green energy ... -
Exploring the Settlement Trajectories of Refugee Newcomers in Southern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-27)Beginning life in a new country means adjusting to new systems of law, education, work, and health. Individuals who arrive in Canada as refugees face unique challenges during this process of re-settling due in part to ... -
Exploring the Utility of Patient Stories on Social Media for Healthcare Quality Improvement
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-03)This thesis explores the phenomenon of patient stories on social media. This phenomenon represents the intersection of two phenomena: patient experience and social media. Healthcare experience refers to the interactions ... -
Exposure and Perceptions of Caffeinated Energy Drink Marketing among Youth and Young Adults in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-30)BACKGROUND: Consumption of caffeinated energy drinks (CEDs) has become increasingly prevalent among youth and young adults, which is concerning given the association with adverse health effects and other risky behaviours. ... -
Exposure to fad diet advertising among youth and young adults in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-20)Background: The prevalence of obesity in Canada continues to increase. Although many Canadians report trying to manage their weight, few follow dietary guidelines recommended by health authorities. In contrast, many consumers ... -
Factors Associated with Dialysis Withdrawal in Chronic Dialysis Patients
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-13)Background: Research on the factors associated with dialysis withdrawal in chronic dialysis patients has been limited. Authors and clinicians have used different definitions for dialysis withdrawal, resulting in inconsistent ... -
Factors Associated with the Extent of Recreation and Social Participation at Older Adult Centres in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-14)Introduction: Social participation is considered essential for successful aging and has been shown to reduce social isolation and loneliness and improve health and well-being. Older adult centres (OACs) provide recreation ... -
Factors that Facilitate and Impede the Implementation of Evidence-Informed Chronic Disease Prevention Programs and Policies in Rural Ontario Public Health Units
(University of Waterloo, 2020-03-19)Practitioners, research funders, and policymakers acknowledge the need to implement evidence-informed public health (EIPH) practice to reduce the prevalence of chronic diseases. Although it is difficult to estimate how ... -
Fall Risk Classification in Community-Dwelling Older Adults Using a Smart Wrist-Worn Device and the Resident Assessment System-Home Care (RAI-HC)
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-27)Background: Falls are a serious problem especially in the aging population. To accurately identify individuals at risk for falls and mitigate the devastating effects caused by falls has become prominent to geriatrics and ... -
Family Functioning and Health-Related Quality of Life in Parents of Children with Mental Illness
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-31)Background: When a child suffers from mental illness, their family, and particularly, their parents are adversely affected. Existing research suggests that parents of children with mental illness have significantly lower ... -
The Feasibility, Reliability, and Validity of Using the Self-report Version of interRAI Check-Up Among Community Dwelling Older Adults
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-23)As the result of population aging around the world, the prevalence of chronic conditions is increasing. Early detection through constant monitoring is an effective strategy of minimizing the impact of chronic conditions ... -
Felines, Foragers, and Physicists: Supporting Scientific Outreach with Multi-Surface and Multi-Space Games
(Association for Computing Machinery, 2016-11-06)We describe the design, development, and deployment of two scientific outreach games to support an open house event at an Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) by an 11-member team of academics and practitioners over a ... -
Fish Consumption and Mercury Exposures Among Sub-populations in Canada through Targeted Biomonitoring: Results from Dene/Métis Communities of the Northwest Territories and a Maternal-Infant Cohort Study
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-02)Fish contain many important nutrients including omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) (such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)) and essential elements (such as selenium (Se)), and fish ... -
A five-country evaluation of nutrition labelling policies: consumer use, understanding, and knowledge of processed foods
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-07)Background: Poor dietary intake is a critical risk factor for non-communicable diseases – the world’s leading cause of premature death and disability. Globally, consumption of highly processed foods has increased in recent ... -
Fixing an Accident of History: Assessing a social insurance model to achieve adequate universal drug insurance
(University of Waterloo, 2020-03-27)Canada’s drug insurance system remains fragmented and expensive. The plethora of private and public plans still do not adequately cover all Canadians. Demographic changes, disease profiles and the introduction of many new ... -
Food insecurity among University of Waterloo undergraduate students: Barriers, coping strategies, and perceived health and academic implications
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-23)Background: Food insecurity, which refers to uncertain or inadequate access to food due to financial constraints, represents a serious public health problem in Canada. Although post-secondary students may be vulnerable due ...