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View article: Contraceptive Use and Risk of Unintended Pregnancy Among Females in the United States: Trends and Characteristics Between 2019 and 2022
Contraceptive Use and Risk of Unintended Pregnancy Among Females in the United States: Trends and Characteristics Between 2019 and 2022 Open
Background: Little is known about women’s contraceptive use in the United States during the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic and the risk of unintended pregnancy. Methods: We compared the weighted response rates on contraception use…
View article: Astronomical cost of living: challenging housing, transportation and commuting experiences among care workers
Astronomical cost of living: challenging housing, transportation and commuting experiences among care workers Open
Access to affordable housing and transportation are social determinants of health (SDH). Furthermore, lack of access to efficient and cost-effective public transportation can add hours to the workday, increase exposure to environmental pol…
View article: Expanding the scope of mast cell disease: Does mast cell‐derived TNF play a role in immune‐mediated chronic illness and autoimmunity?
Expanding the scope of mast cell disease: Does mast cell‐derived TNF play a role in immune‐mediated chronic illness and autoimmunity? Open
Increasing evidence underscores the vital significance of diverse mast cell mediators in inflammatory illness, yet diagnostic criteria for mast cell activation syndrome still focus predominantly on a solitary mediator, tryptase. Therapeuti…
View article: An interdisciplinary examination of a gunshot detection system: The public health context of a policing technology
An interdisciplinary examination of a gunshot detection system: The public health context of a policing technology Open
Gun violence is a unique, preventable problem that contributes to a significant burden of healthcare and social costs, disability, and death in the United States. To address gun violence, several surveillance technologies have been impleme…
View article: Rethinking counterfeit medical supply chains: A critical review of the current literature
Rethinking counterfeit medical supply chains: A critical review of the current literature Open
The medical device and pharmaceutical industries include a range of drugs, machines, instruments, and apparatuses used to prevent, diagnose, treat disease and illness, or aid in rehabilitation for patients, and are expected to grow substan…
View article: Connecting the Dots in Emerging Mast Cell Research: Do Factors Affecting Mast Cell Activation Provide a Missing Link between Adverse COVID-19 Outcomes and the Social Determinants of Health?
Connecting the Dots in Emerging Mast Cell Research: Do Factors Affecting Mast Cell Activation Provide a Missing Link between Adverse COVID-19 Outcomes and the Social Determinants of Health? Open
Evidence continues to emerge that the social determinants of health play a role in adverse outcomes related to COVID-19, including increased morbidity and mortality, increased risk of long COVID, and vaccine adverse effects. Therefore, a m…
View article: Remittance Flows from Healthcare Workers in Toronto, Canada
Remittance Flows from Healthcare Workers in Toronto, Canada Open
Previous research indicates that Canadian healthcare workers, particularly long-term care (LTC) workers, are frequently composed of immigrant and racialized/visible minorities (VM) who are often precariously employed, underpaid, and face s…
View article: Feminist Political Economy of Health: Current Perspectives and Future Directions
Feminist Political Economy of Health: Current Perspectives and Future Directions Open
Feminist political economy of health is a term that has emerged as a result of research that has combined and connected a feminist political economy lens with a focus on health disparities of women. This paper provides an overview of the l…
View article: Clearing the Smoke Screen: Smoking, Alcohol Consumption, and Stress Management Techniques among Canadian Long-Term Care Workers
Clearing the Smoke Screen: Smoking, Alcohol Consumption, and Stress Management Techniques among Canadian Long-Term Care Workers Open
Background: Currently, there is abundant research indicating that smoking and alcohol consumption have significant impacts on morbidity and mortality, though little is known about these behaviors among Canadian health care workers. The obj…
View article: Theorizing Precarization and Racialization as Social Determinants of Health: A Case Study Investigating Work in Long-Term Residential Care
Theorizing Precarization and Racialization as Social Determinants of Health: A Case Study Investigating Work in Long-Term Residential Care Open
This thesis uses anti-racist and feminist political economy of health perspectives that intersect with immigrant status, in order to analyze the findings from a single-case study investigating the social determinants of health and work pre…
View article: A Scoping Literature Review of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among South Asian Immigrant Women in Canada
A Scoping Literature Review of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among South Asian Immigrant Women in Canada Open
Global migration has recently garnered intense interest from a public health standpoint. Topics concerning migration, such as push-pull theories, resettlement stress, the healthy immigrant effect, cultural assimilation, and occupational he…
View article: Diet, physical activity, and emotional health: what works, what doesn’t, and why we need integrated solutions for total worker health
Diet, physical activity, and emotional health: what works, what doesn’t, and why we need integrated solutions for total worker health Open
View article: Diet, Physical Activity, and Emotional Health: What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why We Need Integrated Solutions for Total Worker Health
Diet, Physical Activity, and Emotional Health: What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why We Need Integrated Solutions for Total Worker Health Open
Objectives: Current research advocates lifestyle factors to manage workers’ health issues, such as obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type II diabetes mellitus, among other things (World Health Organization (WHO), 2000; WHO, 2016), though li…
View article: In Biomedicine, Thin Is Still In: Obesity Surveillance among Racialized, (Im)migrant, and Female Bodies
In Biomedicine, Thin Is Still In: Obesity Surveillance among Racialized, (Im)migrant, and Female Bodies Open
Currently there is a plethora of research literature which constructs obesity as an alarming new global pandemic associated with a multitude of acute and chronic diseases rooted in lifestyle factors. Although most of these claims related t…
View article: HOW DO WORK HIERARCHIES AND STRICT DIVISIONS OF LABOUR IMPACT CARE WORKERS' EXPERIENCES OF HEALTH AND SAFETY? CASE STUDIESOF LONG TERM CARE IN TORONTO.
HOW DO WORK HIERARCHIES AND STRICT DIVISIONS OF LABOUR IMPACT CARE WORKERS' EXPERIENCES OF HEALTH AND SAFETY? CASE STUDIESOF LONG TERM CARE IN TORONTO. Open
Findings from this project confirm and extend current research that demonstrates there are challenging working conditions in LTC, which can result in occupational health and safety problems, as well as stress for individual workers.
View article: HOW DO WORK HIERARCHIES AND STRICT DIVISIONS OF LABOUR IMPACT CARE WORKERS’ EXPERIENCES OF HEALTH AND SAFETY? CASE STUDIES OF LONG TERM CARE IN TORONTO
HOW DO WORK HIERARCHIES AND STRICT DIVISIONS OF LABOUR IMPACT CARE WORKERS’ EXPERIENCES OF HEALTH AND SAFETY? CASE STUDIES OF LONG TERM CARE IN TORONTO Open
Background: According to the Canadian Health Care Association (1), there are 2,577 long-term care ("LTC") facilities across Canada, with the largest proportion (33.4%) located in Ontario.Most studies focus on residents' health, with less a…