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  • Ambiguous Capture: Collaborative Capitalism and the Meningitis Vaccine Project 

    Graham, J. E. (2016). Ambiguous capture: Collaborative capitalism and the meningitis vaccine project. Medical anthropology, 35(5), 419-432. doi:10.1080/01459740.2016.1167055
    The primary health care approach advanced at Alma Ata to address social determinants of health was replaced by selective health care a year later at Bellagio. Subsequently, immunization was endorsed as a cost-effective ...
  • Assessment of factors associated with complete immunization coverage in children ages 12-23 months: A cross sectional study in Nouna district, Burkina Faso 

    Sanou, A., Simboro, S., Kouyaté, B., Dugas, M., Graham, J., & Bibeau, G. (2009). Assessment of factors associated with complete immunization coverage in children aged 12-23 months: a cross-sectional study in Nouna district, Burkina Faso. BMC International Health and Human Rights, 9(Suppl 1), S10. doi: 10.1186/1472-698X-9-S1-S10
    Background: The Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) is still in need of improvement. In Burkina Faso in 2003, for example, the Nouna health district had an immunization coverage rate of 31.5%, compared to the national ...
  • Challenges to immunization: the experience of homeless youth 

    Doroshenko, A., Hatchette, J., Halperin, S. A., MacDonald, N. E., & Graham, J. E. (2012). Challenges to immunization: the experiences of homeless youth. BMC Public Health, 12(1), 338.
    Background: Homelessness is a critical social issue, both a product of, and contributing to, poor mental and physical health. Over 150,000 young Canadians live on the streets. Homeless youth experience a high incidence of ...
  • The clinical meaningfulness of ADAS-Cog changes in Alzheimer’s disease patients treated with donepezil in an open-label trial 

    Rockwood, K., Fay, S., Gorman, M., Carver, D., & Graham, J. E. (2007). The clinical meaningfulness of ADAS-Cog changes in Alzheimer's disease patients treated with donepezil in an open-label trial. BMC Neurology, 7(1), 26. doi:10.1186/1471-2377-7-26
    Background: In 6-month anti-dementia drug trials, a 4-point change in the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog) is held to be clinically important. We examined how this change compared with ...
  • Do health care providers trust product monograph information regarding use of vaccines in pregnancy? A qualitative study 

    Top KA, Arkell C, Graham JE, Scott H, McNeil SA, Mannerfeldt J, NE MacDonald. Do health care providers trust product monograph information regarding use of vaccines in pregnancy? A qualitative study. Can Commun Dis Rep 2018;44(6):134-8. https://doi.org/10.14745/ccdr.v44i06a03
    Background: In uenza immunization is recommended in pregnancy to prevent severe infections in pregnant women and newborns, yet vaccine uptake remains low. Studies suggest that cautionary language in vaccine product monographs ...
  • Exploring the post-genomic world: differing explanatory and manipulatory functions of post-genomic sciences 

    Holmes, C., Carlson, S. M., McDonald, F., Jones, M., & Graham, J. E. (2016). Exploring the post-genomic world: Differing explanatory and manipulatory functions of post-genomic sciences. New Genetics and Society, 35(1), 49-68. doi: 10.1080/14636778.2015.1133280
    Richard Lewontin proposed that the ability of a scientific field to create a narrative for public understanding garners it social relevance. This article applies Lewontin’s conceptual framework of the functions of science ...
  • Faster access to new drugs: Fault lines between Health Canada’s regulatory intent and Industry innovation practices 

    Graham, J. E., & Nuttall, R. K. (2013). Faster access to new drugs: Fault lines between Health Canada’s regulatory intent and Industry innovation practices. Ethics in Biology, Engineering and Medicine: An International Journal, 4(3), 231-239. DOI: 10.1615/EthicsBiologyEngMed.2014010771.
    Since 2003, Health Canada has been undergoing regulatory modernization to “ensure that Canadians have faster access to the safe drugs they need.” As national health agencies develop policies to modernize the regulation ...
  • Frailty, fitness and late-life mortality in relation to chronological and biological age 

    Mitnitski, A. B., Graham, J. E., Mogilner, A. J., & Rockwood, K. (2002). Frailty, fitness and late-life mortality in relation to chronological and biological age. BMC Geriatrics, 2, 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-2-1
    Background: People age at remarkably different rates, but how to estimate trajectories of senescence is controversial. Methods: In a secondary analysis of a representative cohort of Canadians aged 65 and over (n = 2914) ...
  • Global challenges of implementing human papillomavirus vaccines 

    Graham, J. E., & Mishra, A. (2011). Global challenges of implementing human papillomavirus vaccines. International Journal for Equity in Health, 10(1), 27.
    Human Papillomavirus vaccines are widely hailed as a sweeping pharmaceutical innovation for the universal benefit of all women. The implementation of the vaccines, however, is far from universal or equitable. Socio- ...
  • Just Evidence: Opening Health Knowledge to a Parliament of Evidence 

    Graham, J. E., & Jones, M. (2016). Just Evidence: Opening Health Knowledge to a Parliament of Evidence. In B. H. MacDonald, S. S. Soomai, E. M. De Santo, & P. G. Wells (Eds.), Science, Information, and Policy Interface for Effective Coastal and Ocean Management (pp. 362-387). CRC Press.
    In this chapter, we present a complementary perspective to the oceans theme of this volume by ethnographically engaging the circulation of scientific knowledge and evidence in a different but comparable policy decision-making ...
  • Lueurs et leurres de la santé globale À propos de MenAfriVac®, un vaccin « africain » contre la méningite 

    Thiongane, O., Graham, J. E., & Broutin, H. (2017). Lueurs et leurres de la santé globale: À propos de MenAfriVac®, un vaccin « africain » contre la méningite. Anthropologie & développement, 46-47(2017), 213-234 . doi: 10.4000/anthropodev.607
    In biomedical narratives, the Meningitis Vaccine Project (MVP) enabled the technology transfer for the development and implementation of MenAfriVac® vaccine at an affordable price for African countries. The presentation ...
  • Prepared for the “unexpected”? Lessons from the 2014-16 Ebola epidemic in West Africa on integrating emergent theory designs into outbreak response. 

    Graham, J. E., Lees, S., Le Marcis, F., et al. (2018). Prepared for the “unexpected”? Lessons from the 2014-16 Ebola epidemic in West Africa on integrating emergent theory designs into outbreak response. BMJ Global Health, 3, e000990. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-000990
    Summary Box 1. Even seemingly straightforward interventions, such as vaccine delivery, require real-time awareness of emergent on-the-ground local (‘field’) realities. 2. Outbreak response requires thoughtful engagement ...
  • Rendre évident: une approche symétrique de la réglementation des produits thérapeutiques 

    Graham, J., & Jones, M. (2010). Rendre évident: une approche symétrique de la réglementation des produits thérapeutiques. Sociologie et Sociétés, 42(2), 153-180.
    ENGLISH: Within the social studies of science, risk regulation regimes dominated by a technocratic approach are critiqued for neglecting public, socially situated epistemological standpoints, which, it is argued, are more ...
  • Risks of nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics? What the scientists say. 

    Hurlimann, T., Menuz, V., Graham, J., Robitaille, J., Vohl, M. C., & Godard, B. (2014). Risks of nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics? What the scientists say. Genes & nutrition, 9(1), 370. DOI 10.1007/s12263-013-0370-6
    Nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics (hereafter NGx) have stimulated expectations for beneficial applications in public health and individuals. Yet, the potential achievability of such promise is not without socioethical ...
  • Substitute Decision Making About Research: Identifying the Legally Authorized Representative in Four Canadian Provinces 

    Wildeman, S., Bravo, G., Dubois, M. F., Cohen, C., Graham, J., Painter, K., & Bellemare, S. (2012). Substitute decision making about research: identifying the legally authorized representative in four Canadian provinces. McGill Journal of Law & Health, 6(1), 189-274
    Canada's aging population presents new incentives for research on Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. But the public interest in advancing knowledge about these diseases must be partnered with a concern for exploitation, ...
  • Technologies of trust in epidemic response: openness, reflexivity and accountability during the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa 

    Ryan, M. J., Giles-Vernick, T., & Graham, J. E. (2019). Technologies of trust in epidemic response: openness, reflexivity and accountability during the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. BMJ Global Health, 4, e001272. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001272
    Trust is an essential component of successful cooperative endeavours. The global health response to the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak confronted historically tenuous regional relationships of trust. Challenging ...
  • Understanding vaccine hesitancy in Canada: Results of a consultation study by the Canadian Immunization Research Network 

    Dubé, E., Gagnon, D., Ouakki, M., Bettinger, J. A., Guay, M., Halperin, S., ... & Fisher, W. (2016). Understanding vaccine hesitancy in Canada: Results of a consultation study by the Canadian Immunization Research Network. PloS one, 11(6), e0156118. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156118
    “Vaccine hesitancy” is a concept now frequently used in vaccination discourse. The increased popularity of this concept in both academic and public health circles is challenging previously held perspectives that individual ...