Meghan J. Walker
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View article: Primary care providers’ experience and satisfaction with personalised breast cancer screening risk communication: a descriptive cross-sectional study
Primary care providers’ experience and satisfaction with personalised breast cancer screening risk communication: a descriptive cross-sectional study Open
Objective To describe primary care providers’ (PCPs) experience and satisfaction with receiving risk communication documents on their patient’s breast cancer (BC) risk assessment and proposed screening action plan. Design Descriptive cross…
View article: Overdose Experiences Among a Sample of Women in Jail with Opioid Use Disorder
Overdose Experiences Among a Sample of Women in Jail with Opioid Use Disorder Open
Background: Previous non-fatal overdose may increase risk of overdose fatality for women reentering the community following incarceration, but pre-incarceration overdose experiences are understudied. This study describes the prevale…
View article: Adverse childhood experiences and mental health among incarcerated women: Self-esteem as a mediating mechanism
Adverse childhood experiences and mental health among incarcerated women: Self-esteem as a mediating mechanism Open
View article: WITHDRAWN: Ontario Lung Cancer Screening Pilot Results – Modern Lung Cancer Screening Performance in a Universal Health Care Setting
WITHDRAWN: Ontario Lung Cancer Screening Pilot Results – Modern Lung Cancer Screening Performance in a Universal Health Care Setting Open
Globally, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death. The U.S. National Lung Screening Trial and Dutch-Belgium NELSON trial demonstrated that low-dose computed tomography lung cancer screening (LCS) of high-risk individuals can reduc…
View article: Canadian Healthcare Professionals’ Views and Attitudes toward Risk-Stratified Breast Cancer Screening
Canadian Healthcare Professionals’ Views and Attitudes toward Risk-Stratified Breast Cancer Screening Open
Given the controversy over the effectiveness of age-based breast cancer (BC) screening, offering risk-stratified screening to women may be a way to improve patient outcomes with detection of earlier-stage disease. While this approach seems…
View article: Delivery of Cancer Care in Ontario, Canada, During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Delivery of Cancer Care in Ontario, Canada, During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic Open
In this population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada, large reductions in cancer service volumes were observed. While most services recovered to prepandemic levels at the end of the first pandemic year, a substantial care deficit likel…
View article: Adherence to guidance for prioritizing higher risk groups for breast cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Ontario Breast Screening Program: a descriptive study
Adherence to guidance for prioritizing higher risk groups for breast cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Ontario Breast Screening Program: a descriptive study Open
Prioritizing screening for those at higher risk for breast cancer may increase diagnostic yield and redirect resources to minimize potential long-term harms caused by the pandemic. This further supports the clinical utility of risk-stratif…
View article: Risk-Stratified Approach to Breast Cancer Screening in Canada: Women’s Knowledge of the Legislative Context and Concerns about Discrimination from Genetic and Other Predictive Health Data
Risk-Stratified Approach to Breast Cancer Screening in Canada: Women’s Knowledge of the Legislative Context and Concerns about Discrimination from Genetic and Other Predictive Health Data Open
The success of risk-stratified approaches in improving population-based breast cancer screening programs depends in no small part on women’s buy-in. Fear of genetic discrimination (GD) could be a potential barrier to genetic testing uptake…
View article: Measuring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on organized cancer screening and diagnostic follow-up care in Ontario, Canada: A provincial, population-based study
Measuring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on organized cancer screening and diagnostic follow-up care in Ontario, Canada: A provincial, population-based study Open
View article: Personalized Risk Assessment for Prevention and Early Detection of Breast Cancer: Integration and Implementation (PERSPECTIVE I&I)
Personalized Risk Assessment for Prevention and Early Detection of Breast Cancer: Integration and Implementation (PERSPECTIVE I&I) Open
Early detection of breast cancer through screening reduces breast cancer mortality. The benefits of screening must also be considered within the context of potential harms (e.g., false positives, overdiagnosis). Furthermore, while breast c…
View article: Using a Technology-based Instructional Package to Teach Students with ASD to Construct Sentences
Using a Technology-based Instructional Package to Teach Students with ASD to Construct Sentences Open
In the current study, we investigated the effects of a technology-based instructional package on accurate sentence construction of three middle school students with autism spectrum disorder and complex communication needs. The autonomous p…