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Implementation of Ontario’s School Food and Beverage Policy (P/PM 150) in Peel Region: A Qualitative Evaluation
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-18)INTRODUCTION: With obesity rates rising in Canada, schools have been identified as an ideal setting for health promotion interventions. Across the world, school nutrition policies have been implemented to try and improve ... -
Implementing new nutrition care practices in healthcare: learning from the experience of health professionals in hospitals and Family Health Teams.
(University of Waterloo, 2019-03-06)Background: When converting evidence into practice to improve patient care, application of implementation, behaviour change and change management theory can help make the changes more effective and sustained. With a third ... -
Improving Spaces for Women First Responders: Investigating women’s occupational experiences using a comparative grounded theory
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-10)Background: First response work has historically been designed for and performed by men; yet more women than ever are conducting this work. Research suggests women first responders face unequal access to resources and ... -
In Danger? An Exploration of Canadian Truck Drivers’ Health through the Canadian Community Health Survey
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-04)Background: There exists substantive evidence showing that the health status of truck drivers from the United States (US) is much poorer than the general US population. Comparatively there is much less research on Canadian ... -
Incidence, Distribution, and Risk Factors of Five Major Enteric Diseases Commonly Transmitted by Food in Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-20)Enteric diseases are a major public health concern in both developing and developed countries, including Canada. Studies examining enteric disease distributions in different parts of Canada show temporal, regional, and ... -
Infection Prevention and Control Through Hospital-Based Oral Care: Barriers and Facilitators to Providing and Documenting Oral Care in Acute Care Units
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-11)Oral care, key component of nursing care, has a significant effect on the prevalence of hospital-acquired pneumonias. Despite the connection between oral care and hospital-acquired pneumonias, oral care nursing practices ... -
Influence of front-of-package nutrition labels on beverage healthiness perceptions: Results from a randomized experiment
(Elsevier, 2018-10-01)The current study explored the influence of three summary indicator front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labels on consumer perceptions of the healthiness of different beverage products. In 2016, a total of 675 respondents in ... -
The Influence of Social Networks on Mental and Emotional Health Resource-Seeking Behaviours Amongst Women who are Refugees from Syria
(University of Waterloo, 2019-11-12)Background and Objectives: While the arrival of migrants into Canada from foreign countries is not a new phenomenon, recent years have seen a larger than usual influx of individuals come into the nation. Between 2015 and ... -
The influence of social vulnerability on cognitive decline and hospitalization among older assisted living residents with and without dementia
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-14)Background: Concerns regarding social vulnerability have been reported among various populations including community-dwelling older adults, long-term care residents, and assisted living (AL) residents. Social vulnerability ... -
The influence of sugar taxes and front-of-package nutrition labels on consumer purchasing behaviours: a randomized experimental marketplace
(University of Waterloo, 2020-06-16)Background: Poor dietary intake remains one of the leading causes of non-communicable disease in Canada and globally. In response, sugar taxes and front-of-package (FOP) nutrition labelling systems are increasingly being ... -
An Institutional Ethnography Inquiry into the Management of Anaphylaxis for Adolescents at-risk in Ontario Schools
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-31)In Ontario, Sabrina’s Law mandates that all school boards have anaphylaxis policies in place to protect at-risk students. Despite this law research has shown that within schools, the management of anaphylactic allergies ... -
Integrating Gender, Health, Mining, and Governance in Zambia and Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-03)Increasingly, mining companies have begun to develop new projects in low- and middle-income countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Optimism for development potential is often initially high given assessment of the ... -
Intentional tanning among adolescents in seven Canadian provinces: Provincial comparisons (CRAYS 2015)
(Elsevier, 2018-06-01)This report explores intentional tanning behaviors among Canadian high school students in light of provincial restrictions on UV tanning device use among youth. Data are from the Cancer Risk Assessment in Youth Survey ... -
Interrelationships among depression, anxiety, flourishing, and cannabis use in youth
(Elsevier, 2019-02-01)Aims The objective of the study was to examine if depression or anxiety was associated with youth cannabis use; and investigate whether flourishing moderates these associations. Methods Students (N = 8179) were recruited ... -
Investigating cortical buffering effects of acute exercise: A cTBS study targeting the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
(University of Waterloo, 2018-07-26)Objective: The beneficial effects of both single-session bouts of aerobic exercise and therapeutic exercise interventions on the cortical regions associated with executive functions (i.e., prefrontal cortex (PFC)) and ... -
Investigating Older Adults' Functional Capacity and Clinical Profiles in an Emergency Department in Tehran, Iran
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-01)Introduction: While population aging has been investigated mostly in developed countries, developing nations are also experiencing a demographic shift. Iran is no exception. One of the sectors of healthcare that is affected ... -
Investigating School Food Environments within Region of Peel following implementation of the Ontario School Food and Beverage Policy (P/PM 150)
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-02)Background: As childhood obesity becomes more prevalent around the globe, international, national and provincial bodies have called for policy makers to take action to improve the healthy eating environments where children ... -
Investigating the Effects of Methylmercury on Tetanus Induced Synaptic Plasticity in CA1 of Rat Hippocampus Using A Newly Developed MEA Protocol
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-22)Background: Methylmercury (MeHg) is a neurotoxicant that induces sensorimotor dysfunction at high levels. However, the majority of the world’s populations are exposed at lower levels, at which the effects and mechanisms ... -
Investigating the Efficacy and Cost-Effectiveness of Technology-Delivered Personalized Feedback on Dietary Patterns in Young Australian Adults in the Advice, Ideas, and Motivation for My Eating (Aim4Me) Study: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
(JMIR, 2020-05-22)Background: Web-based health interventions may be easier to access and time efficient relative to face-to-face interventions and therefore may be the most appropriate mode to engage young adults. Objective: This study ... -
Investigation into the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying self-regulatory processes in eating behaviours
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-19)Prior research has demonstrated that the integrity of the executive control system is correlated with obesogenic behaviour tendencies in a theoretically meaningful way. However, due to the paucity of experimental evidence ...