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Refugee Children's Earnings in Adulthood
(IZA World of Labour, 2022-01)The number of refugees has increased worldwide, and about half of them are children and youth. These refugee children arrive in resettlement countries with a unique set of challenges caused by, for instance, extreme stress ... -
Refugee Resettlement Policy Brief: School Supports for Youth
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2022-11-29)Interventions that build bridges between educators and other supports within a community are needed to help children and youth succeed at school. A whole-community approach includes leveraging community support to bridge ... -
Refugee Resettlement Policy Brief: The Question of Belonging
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2022-11-29)Belonging has to do with public attitudes as well as preparedness in terms of infrastructure, jobs, and programming for newcomers. ‘Who belongs to Canada’ is a policy question which should be addressed not to newcomers, ... -
Refugee Resettlement Policy Brief: Why Collaboration Matters
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2022-11-29)When it comes to refugee settlement and integration, collaboration between stakeholders – academics, community organizations, settlement provider organizations, and people with lived experience (PWLEs) – ensures that diverse ... -
Refugee Youth in Western Canadian Cities: Perceptions of, Identification with, and Attachment to Canada
(CYRRC, 2019-11)The central purpose of this research project is to shed light on the perceptions of, identification with, and affinity to Canada among refugee youth based on an online survey involving a non-randomized sample of self-selected ... -
Refugees in Canada and Germany: From Research to Policies and Practice
(GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, 2020)This edited collection offers an in-depth look at the reactions of Germany and Canada - two countries that have responded to the 21st century ‘age of displacement’ in very different ways - and the creative solutions and ... -
Reimagining mental health care for newcomer children and families: a qualitative framework analysis of service provider perspectives
(Springer Nature, 2023-06-27)Background Persistent disparities in access to mental health care for refugee and immigrant children and their families pose unique challenges to policy and practice. This study examined service provider perspectives on ... -
Relationship between knee adduction moment patterns extracted using principal component analysis and discrete measures with different amplitude normalizations: Implications for knee osteoarthritis progression studies.
(Elsevier, 2015-12-30)BACKGROUND: Knee adduction moment discrete features (peaks and impulses) are commonly reported in knee osteoarthritis gait studies, but they do not necessarily capture loading patterns. Principal component analysis ... -
The relationship between type of drug therapy and blood glucose self-monitoring test strips claimed by beneficiaries of the Seniors' Pharmacare Program in Nova Scotia, Canada
(2008)BACKGROUND: The healthcare expenditure on self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) test strips under the Nova Scotia Seniors' Pharmacare Program (NSSPP) has increased significantly in recent years. The objective of this ... -
Reliability of Principal Components and Discrete Parameters of Knee Angle and Moment Gait Waveforms in Individuals with Moderate Knee Osteoarthritis
(Elsevier, 2013)Gait measures are used to evaluate change in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA), but reliability has not been fully established in this population. This study examined test-retest reliability of knee angle and moment ... -
Reliability of surface electromyographic recordings during walking in individuals with knee osteoarthritis
(Elsevier, 2013)To determine test–retest reliability of a surface electromyographic protocol designed to measure knee joint muscle activation during walking in individuals with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Twenty-one individuals with moderate ... -
A Reply to Geoffrey Greif
(2003-06)Replies to Geoffrey L. Greif's (2003) critique of the author's (2002) deeper ecological approach toward conducting social work. Greif's perception of Carol Meyer's & Edgar Auerswald's work as important for associating ... -
Repositioning Social Work Practice in Mental Health in Nova Scotia
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Resettlement, mental health, and coping: a mixed methods survey with recently resettled refugee parents in Canada
(Springer Nature, 2023-02-23)Background: Resettlement experiences of refugee parents are under-researched despite evidence indicating higher risk of poor mental health. The current study integrates family systems and social determinants of refugee ... -
Resident and family perceptions of the nurse practitioner role in long term care settings: a qualitative descriptive study
(2013)No abstract available. -
Resource List for Newcomers and Refugees in Canada
(Access Alliance, 2020-02)The aim of this resource guide is to provide refugee youth and their service providers with lists of services available across different cities in Canada. This guide is divided by city and under each city, it is divided ... -