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Barriers to gender-equitable HIV testing: going beyond routine screening for pregnant women in Nova Scotia, Canada
(2011-05)No abstract available. -
“Breastfeeding in public” for incarcerated women: the baby-friendly steps
(Springer, 2019)Background: Women are the fastest-growing population in carceral facilities in Canada. Most incarcerated women are mothers, with above-average parity. The incarceration of women has implications not only for women’s health, ... -
Breastfeeding Support for Criminalized Women in Canada
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Brexit was not about the EU. It was about Britishness
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Canada’s health system is unprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Capitalism, revisited: Gillette and Canada Goose find new markets in social justice
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Case Analysis of the Language for Young Adults Program: An Investigation into the Language, Social and Emotional Learning Needs of Refugee Youth
(2023)The goal of this study was to understand how social and emotional factors shape and inform language learning experiences from the student perspective while highlighting the resilience and resilience of newcomer youth in ... -
A case study of nurse practitioner role implementation in primary care: what happens when new roles are introduced?
(2013)Background: At the time of this study (2009) the role of the nurse practitioner was new to the province of British Columbia. The provincial government gave the responsibility for implementing the role to health authorities. ... -
Changes in electromyographic activity of trunk muscles within the sub-acute phase for individuals deemed recovered from a low back injury
(Elsevier, 2013-04)Evidence indicates that previous low back injury (LBI) is a strong predictor for re-injury. The purpose of this study was to examine whether neuromuscular patterns remain altered in a LBI group who were deemed recovered. ... -
Changes in Knee Joint Muscle Activation Patterns during Walking Associated with Increased Structural Severity in Knee Osteoarthritis
(Elsevier, 2013)Purpose To determine whether alterations in knee joint muscle activation patterns during gait were related to structural severity determined by Kellgren–Lawrence (KL) radiographic grades, for those with a moderate knee ... -
Characterisation of trunk muscle activation amplitude patterns during a simulated checkstand operation with continuously changing flexor and lateral moment demands
(Taylor & Francis, 2010-04)While the typical physical exposure to modern-day workers has changed from heavy to low level repetitive demands, there is limited research that examines light occupations. This study examined trunk muscle recruitment ... -
Characterizing nurses’ and pharmacists’ role in addressing vaccine hesitancy and/or refusal: A scoping review protocol
(2021)Background: Nurses and pharmacists are key in addressing vaccine hesitancy among patients. Little is known regarding the implementation of effective intervention into their practice, this has further implications with a ... -
The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition Seven Years of Research and Collaboration: 2024 Impact Report
(Dalhousie University, 2024-04-22)The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition (CYRRC) is pleased to share our 2024 Impact Report highlighting our work over the last seven years. The report shares key achievements of the CYRRC, including our impact on ... -
Clinical Opinion Letters Regarding Breastfeeding and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome for Child Apprehension Family Court Proceedings
(SAGE, 2018-12-13)The accelerating reach of opioid use disorder in North America includes increasing prevalence among pregnant people. In Canada, the rate of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) rose 27% between 2012–2013 and 2016–2017, and ... -
Co-activation differences in lower limb muscles between asymptomatic controls and those with varying degrees of knee osteoarthritis during walking
(2009-06)Abstract: Background: Increased muscle co-activation during gait has been identified as a neuromuscular alteration associated with knee osteoarthritis, however levels of co-activation among different osteoarthritis severity ... -
The collapse of social welfarism is lethal
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Community engaged scholarship to catalyze innovation: a case study of the uptake of portable inhalers for respiratory medication in a pediatric emergency department in Nova Scotia
(Longwoods Publishing, 2016)This commentary, in response to Tamblyn et al. (2016), provides a case study of the uptake of metered-dose inhalers with spacers to deliver respiratory medication in a pediatric emergency department in Nova Scotia. Our ... -
Constituting the ideal body: A poststructural analysis of “obesity” discourses among gay men
(2018)Ideal bodies are constituted through various social and cultural discourses. One such discourse that constitutes bodies is the “obesity” discourse. The term obesity is a contested and medicalizing term that constitutes a ...