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An evaluation of a dietary sodium reduction research consortium of five low-and middle-income countries in Latin America
(2023-04-01)
Background: Excess sodium consumption is a risk factor to cardiovascular disease (CVD). In Latin American countries (LAC), CVD rates are high. In LAC, policy development is complex and factors impacting research uptake ...
How the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced women’s employment and their health: an inquiry into their lived experiences
(2023-08-01)
The COVID-19 pandemic accentuated employment vulnerabilities among women working in the Canadian services sector. Research shows how poverty, precarious employment, and crisis are gendered and racialized. Few studies, ...
Examining the effects of embodiment on performance and learning of drilling actions using pseudo-haptics and standard computer equipment
(2023-08-01)
Psychomotor skills training within virtual learning environments are limited due to the need for expensive haptic devices to simulate haptic cues. While pseudo-haptics presents an accessible and cost-effective alternative ...
Using the evidence-development-validation-consensus (EDVC) approach to develop an online training program for healthcare professionals and laypeople to provide outside-hospital cardiac arrest care in rural and remote places
(2023-09-01)
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated challenges in delivering cardiac arrest (CA) courses in remote and rural (R&R) areas and affected training for laypeople (LP) and healthcare professionals (HCPs). Due to the ...
Navigating life with heart failure: the realities of self-care practices for patients and their families following cardiac rehabilitation
(2023-12-01)
Heart failure (HF) self-care is well-documented in HF management, yet the experiences of patients and family members post-cardiovascular rehabilitation (CR) are less explored. This qualitative study utilized semi-structured ...
Determinants of health care needs in relation to vision correction among adolescents in the United Arab Emirates: a cross-sectional study
(2023-05-01)
Uncorrected refractive error (URE) has been suggested to affect children’s development, educational performance, and socialization. Sociodemographic and environmental differences among individuals may impact their accessibility ...
The psychosocial impact of surviving childhood cancer and reassimilating back into society in young adults
(2023-05-01)
Approximately 82% of children with childhood cancer survive at least 5 years after their diagnosis. Survivors are faced with a new reality and are faced with having to navigate that reality based on their own perspectives. ...
Substance use disorder education for emergency registered nurses
(2023-08-14)
Patients with substance use disorders (SUD) constitute up to 1 in 11 emergency department (ED) visits in North America and this number increasing throughout the COVID-19 pandemic (Morin et al., 2017). The ED presents an ...
A pilot project to evaluate the ‘CATCH My Breath’ vaping prevention curriculum in Canada: Final Report
(Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, 2023-12)
Vaping has increased dramatically among youth in Canada. However, there is a lack of evidence for effective school-based prevention approaches targeting vaping, particularly for high school-aged students. The objectives ...
Synthesizing existing evidence and leveraging expert opinions to develop a university, for-profit, and not-for-profit organization partnership model to address health professions education gaps through simulation-based education
(2023-12-01)
Healthcare providers in rural and remote (R&R) areas of Canada do not have the same access to skills development and maintenance opportunities as those in urban areas. Simulation-based education (SBE) is an optimal technique ...