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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 ... -
Food Insecurity and Mental Health among Females in High-Income Countries
(MDPI, 2018-07-06)Food insecurity is a persistent concern in high-income countries, and has been associated with poor mental health, particularly among females. We conducted a scoping review to characterize the state of the evidence on food ... -
Food insecurity in a tobacco growing region in Zambia
(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 ... -
Food Literacy while Shopping: Motivating Informed Food Purchasing Behaviour with a Situated Gameful App
(ACM, 2020-04-25)Establishing healthy eating patterns early in life is critical and has implications for lifelong health. Situated interventions are a promising approach to improve eating patterns. How- ever, HCI research has emphasized ... -
Food safety and Ontario high school students: assessing education needs and the utility of existing food handler training in improving behaviours
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-16)Foodborne disease poses a significant risk to Canadians, with substantial health and economic burdens. In response, education is a common strategy used to increase food safety knowledge and promote safe food handling ... -
Food Safety Attitudes and Self-Reported Behaviours of Undergraduate Students at the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada)
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-22)Introduction: In Canada, foodborne disease is an important public health issue. Rates of foodborne disease are usually highest among the young and elderly, but an increase in foodborne disease incidence and prevalence ... -
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. ... -
Forecasting the Local Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and the Effects of Prevention Programs Using Spatial Microsimulation: Development and Use of the TropISM Model
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-17)Simulation modelling has become an important tool in social science research, though such models are less commonly used in population health. Spatial microsimulation models provide a unique way to estimate health outcomes ... -
The Freedom to Choose: Sustainable livelihoods and (im)mobility decisions among youth in rural Honduras
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-22)Background: Youth living in remote communities of Honduras face considerable barriers to establishing sustainable livelihoods, with implications for their well-being. In response to these barriers, many rural youth migrate ... -
From Less Invisible to More Transparent: Need for and Outcomes of Formal Personal Support Services in Long-Stay and Short-Stay Home and Community Care
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-28)Background: Home and community care is a critical part of an effective health care system. For many clients and families, home and community care services provide the necessary supports so they can manage various short- ... -
Gaps in the Evidence on Population Interventions to Reduce Consumption of Sugars: A Review of Reviews
(MDPI, 2018-08-08)There is currently considerable attention directed to identifying promising interventions to reduce consumption of sugars among populations around the world. A review of systematic reviews was conducted to identify gaps ... -
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 ... -
Gender Differences in Control Intervention Use: A Population-Based Cohort Study of Acute Psychiatric Hospital Patients in Ontario, Canada between 2006-2018
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-09)Background: Both gender differences (GDs) have been explored in various areas of mental health including disease epidemiology, treatment, risk factors and community engagement. However, few articles examine GDs in quality ... -
A gender-stratified, multilevel latent class assessment of chronic disease risk behaviours' association with Body Mass Index among youth in the COMPASS study
(Elsevier, 2019-09)This paper sought to examine chronic disease risk behaviour latent classes and their association with Body Mass Index (BMI), assessing for gender differences. Participants were youth (n = 116,086; grades 9–12) enrolled in ... -
Geriatric Medicine Leadership of Health Care Transformation: To Be or Not To Be?
(Canadian Geriatrics Society, 2013-12-03)Geriatric Medicine is well-suited to inform and lead healthcare system redesign to address the needs of seniors with complex conditions. We posit that geriatricians must urgently consider how to “brand” Geriatric Medicine ... -
Global Health from the Margins: contemplations from students engaging in interdisciplinary research
(journals.mcmaster.ca, 2018-04)Climate change, poverty, environmental degradation, and deepening inequality – the future before us offers no end of wicked problems and human health is deeply implicated in them all. This is not the first time we have ...