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School Environment and Academic Persistence of Newcomer Students: The Roles of Teachers and Peers
(University of Windsor, 2022)This paper explores the relationship between the social context of schools, measured in terms of perceptions of teacher support and students’ openness to diversity, and the academic persistence of ... -
PRISMA statement and Cochrane reviews: Striving to improve quality and validity of systematic reviews
(Access Alliance, 2022)Using a standard method for conducting a systematic literature review is always a choice among a few global practice recommendations. In order to support our literature review process as evidence-informed, we conducted a ... -
A practice-based methodology on conducting a collaborative scoping review with PRISMA-ScR model for the separated refugee youth project
(SCIENCEDOMAIN International, 2022-04-01)Considering the novelty of the area of a 2-year study on impact of family loss and separation on refugee youth in Toronto, the research team decided to conduct a scoping review of the existing literature as a foundation ... -
The role of socioemotional wellbeing difficulties and adversity in the L2 acquisition of first-generation refugee children
(Cambridge University Press, 2022-05-16)First-generation refugee children often experience pre- and post-migration adversity and display high levels of mental health/wellbeing difficulties, but to date, research has not examined the impact of such factors on ... -
Mother-Child Programs for Incarcerated Mothers and Children and Associated Health Outcomes: A Scoping Review
(Longwoods, 2020-03)Background: Increasing incarceration of women disrupts fertility, family formation, parenting and mother-child relationships. It is common in many jurisdictions, including Canada, to mitigate the harm of separation from ... -
Gender and the Privatization of Public Responsibility for Vaccination
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Atlantic Canada Needs a Human Milk Bank.
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Breastfeeding Support for Criminalized Women in Canada
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Medicine, Body Fluid and Food: The Regulation of Human Donor Milk in Canada.
(Longwoods, 2018-02)The use of peer-to-peer online networks to access both pasteurized and unpasteurized human donor milk is increasing in Canada. In the absence of a mother's own milk, donor milk is the next best nutrition available for all ... -
Policy and Legal Protection for Breastfeeding and Incarcerated Women in Canada
(SAGE, 2018-03-27)Most incarcerated women in Canada are mothers. Because women are the fastest growing population in carceral facilities, protecting the rights of incarcerated women to breastfeed their children is increasingly important. ... -
Nursing Students Respond to Opioid Crisis with Naloxone Education
(Canadian Science Publishing, 2018-11-19)This report describes how graduate students in nursing education have developed capacity among student nurses in response to the opioid crisis in Canada by using education on harm reduction practice and naloxone administration. -
The Intergenerational Impact of Management Relations on Nurse Career Satisfaction and Patient Care
(Wolters Kluwer, 2018-12)Objective This article provides insights into the role of management relations on nurses’ career satisfaction across different career stages. Background Managers and positive relations with staff are critical to improving ... -
A critical review of human milk sharing using an intersectional feminist framework: Implications for practice
(Elsevier, 2018-11)Objective Driven by a growing body of research demonstrating the health benefits of human milk over substitute feeding preparations, the demand for human milk donations in North America is rapidly increasing. In the context ... -
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 ... -
Medication and Facilitation of Transgender Women’s Lactation
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Maternal health outcomes for incarcerated women: A scoping review
(Wiley, 2019-02-20)Aims and objectives To inform a systematic synthesis of what is known about the maternal health outcomes of incarcerated women, this scoping review uses a theoretical framework of intersectional feminism. Background Despite ... -
“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, ... -
Promoting recruitment by rebranding the image of nursing
(RCN Publishing Company, 2019-09)Understanding the factors that can influence people to pursue a career in nursing is essential for healthcare service managers, human resource professionals and nurse educators, particularly given the global shortage of ... -
Experiences With Managing the Workplace Social Environment: A Qualitative Study
(Ovid, 2019)OBJECTIVE This study aims to examine 1st-line managers' (FLMs') experiences in managing the workplace social environment (WSE). BACKGROUND FLMs are responsible for the establishment and maintenance of supportive WSE ...