Public Health Sciences (School of): Recent submissions
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The epidemiology and healthcare costs of pregnancy-related listeriosis in British Columbia, Canada, 2005-2014
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-29)Introduction: Listeriosis, a disease caused by the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes, remains relatively rare in Canada. However, the case-fatality rate from listeriosis is high at 20-30%. Listeriosis in pregnancy is of ... -
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 ... -
Use of Smart Technology Tools for Supporting Public Health Surveillance: From Development of a Mobile Health Platform to Application in Stress Prediction
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-10)BACKGROUND Traditional public health data collection methods are typically based on self-reported data and may be subject to limitations such as biases, delays between collection and reporting, costs, and logistics. These ... -
Human Biomonitoring: Levels, Determinants and Sources of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Exposure in the Northwest Territories and Yukon
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-08)Background: Human biomonitoring is a useful tool to assess contaminant exposure levels in human populations. Several human biomonitoring projects have been established in Canada to measure and report analyte exposure levels. ... -
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 ... -
Parental Depressive Symptoms and Physical-Mental Multimorbidity in Children
(University of Waterloo, 2023-07-25)Background: Children with a chronic physical illness represent a substantial proportion of the child population. These children are at an elevated risk for mental illness (i.e., physical-mental multimorbidity). Additionally, ... -
An exploratory analysis of the cost-effectiveness of a multi-cancer early detection blood test in Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2023-06-08)Background: Cancer is one of the main causes of death globally and early detection of tumors through screening is key to preventing morbidity and mortality. However, screening tools only exist for a few types of cancers, ... -
Does psychosocial stress experienced at different points across the rat lifespan cause sex-specific changes in spatial learning and memory and plasticity-related proteins?
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-23)Overview Considering that susceptibility to a range of diseases appears strongly influenced by both sex and exposure to social stress, there is a need to evaluate how adverse experiences across the lifespan (alone and in ... -
Coworking through the Pandemic: Flexibly Yours
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-17)Coworking can be defined as a paid for service (usually) providing shared workspace and amenities to users. When the pandemic hit, owing to the business model’s in-person foundations of physical proximity and shared ... -
The impact of assistive devices on community-dwelling older adults and their informal caregivers
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-12)Background Canadians are aging and living longer with chronic conditions, multimorbidity, and disabilities, which can have negative impacts on the health and quality of life of both older adults and their informal ... -
Through the Ups and Downs: Workers' and Families' Experiences with Seasonal Resource Employment in a Prairie Province
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-06)Subject to both seasonal patterns and fluctuating market conditions, workers in resource-based industries routinely experience employment volatility as workloads ebb and flow through peak and off-seasons and through ‘boom’ ... -
A Multi-level Analysis on Implementation of Low-Cost IVF in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of Uganda.
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-30)Introduction: Globally, infertility is a major reproductive disease that affects an estimated 186 million people worldwide. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the burden of infertility is considerably high, affecting one in every four ... -
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 ... -
Examining the Application and Use of the Baby-Friendly Initiative within Rural and Urban Health Facilities in Canada among Indigenous Mothers
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-26)Background: To prevent infant mortality and morbidity, WHO and UNICEF established the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) to support breastfeeding initiation and duration by improving the quality of care provided in ... -
Spatial epidemiology of a highly transmissible disease in urban neighbourhoods: Using COVID-19 outbreaks in Toronto as a case study
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-20)The emergence of infectious diseases in an urban area involves a complex interaction between the socioecological processes in the neighbourhood and urbanization. As a result, such an urban environment can be the incubator ... -
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 ... -
Human Biomonitoring of and Determinants of Biomarker Levels for Contaminants and Nutrients in Old Crow, Yukon Territory
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-05)Traditional food is an important part of the diet for many Arctic residents, particularly First Nations, and is associated with some improved health outcomes, nutrition, and food security. However, these foods can also ... -
"I'm not alone in that battle": Designing Immersive Visualizations for Community Awareness and Connectedness
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-22)Community connectedness is a concept used by health practitioners and researchers to understand perceptions of: support from the community, belonging and issues, and as a protective measure for many individual health ... -
Using Decision Trees to Examine the Influence of the School Environment on Youth Mental Health
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-22)Youth mental health is a current public health priority in Canada, with nearly one in four young people living with a mental illness. The contextual school environment can be particularly influential given the considerable ... -
Body Mass Index and Missing Data: Examining the Levels, Patterns, and Impacts of Missing Data in a Large Cohort Study of Canadian Youth
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-19)Missing data are generally unavoidable in survey-based research. Small amounts of random missingness may not pose significant problems; however, issues arise when data are missing in large proportions or when missingness ...