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Second Opinions: Negotiating Agency in Online Mothering Forums
(SAGE, 2020-08-06)Study background: Online forums and other virtual communities are an increasing source of postpartum support and information for first-time mothers. However, there is little evidence about how new mothers in Canada access ... -
Invisible women: correctional facilities for women across Canada and proximity to maternity services
(Emerald, 2020-12-04)This paper aims to describe the process to create an inventory of the facilities in Canada designated to incarcerate women and girls, health service responsibility by facility, facility proximity to hospitals with maternity ... -
Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes among Incarcerated Women in Canada: A Scoping Review
(SAGE, 2021-01-28)Background Women are the fastest growing population in Canadian prisons. Incarceration can limit access to essential health services, increase health risks and disrupt treatment and supports. Despite legal requirements ... -
Feminist Abolitionist Nursing
(Wolters Kluwer, 2022)The converging crises of COVID-19 and racist state violence in 2020 shifted public discourse about marginalization, public health, and racism in unprecedented ways. Nursing responded to the pandemic with heroic commitment ... -
Optimizing the Nursing Role in Abortion Care: Considerations for Health Equity
(Longwoods, 2022-03)Registered nurses (RNs) provide abortion care in hospitals and clinics and support abortion care through sexual health education and family planning care in sexual health clinics, schools and family practice. Nurse ... -
Implementation of an interprofessional health education course on abortion care
(Elsevier, 2022)Background: Content on abortion history and methods is notably absent from many health care education programs in Canada. A team of multi-disciplinary professionals and academics launched a minicourse on abortion at a ... -
Navigating a Sea of Disasters: A Discourse Analysis of Women’s Experiences with Child Protection Services.
(MDPI, 2021-11-15)Abstract: Background: The postpartum period is often portrayed as a blissful, calm and loving time when mothers, partners and family members bond with their newborn babies. However, this time may be experienced quite ... -
Maternal incarceration in a provincial prison in Canada: A qualitative study
(Wiley, 2022-01-31)Aims: To explore the experiences of provincially incarcerated mothers in Nova Scotia, Canada; and to make recommendations with respect to improving the experiences of mothers facing criminalization and their children. Design: ... -
BIOGEOCHEMICAL NITROGEN TRANSFORMATIONS UNDER CONTRASTING MIXING REGIMES IN TWO COASTAL WATER COLUMNS
The biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen (N) in coastal water columns is of high importance due to anthropogenic N input and its role in fueling primary production and eutrophication. Using highly resolved field observations ... -
ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL FORM FACTOR HISTOTRIPSY DEVICES FOR NEUROSURGICAL APPLICATIONS AND SMALL ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS
The development of surgical instruments is a growing area where histotripsy is relatively under represented. This work focuses on the miniaturization of histotripsy devices for introduction into the neurosurgery, cardiac, ... -
Evaluating the Feasibility of 4,5-dichloro-2-n-octyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one as an Oil-borne Wood Preservative on Douglas Fir
The goal for this research was to determine if 4,5-Dichloro-2-N-Octyl-4-Isothiazolin-3-One is a feasible alternative to pentachlorophenol as an oil-borne wood preservative for Douglas Fir utility poles. Three formulations ... -
EVALUATING PRESCHOOL CHIDLREN’S ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND CONNECTION TO NATURE USING A GAMES TESTING TOOL
(2022-04)Establishing a connection to nature as a child is a necessity as it is crucial to enhancing children’s cognitive, attitudinal, emotional, and physical development (Driessnack 2009; Giusti et al. 2014; Bratman et al. 2015; ... -
Barriers and facilitators of transitions from pediatric to adult health care in Nova Scotia.
(Maritime SPOR SUPPORT Unit, 2022-05-06) -
TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EB REGULATES APOPTOSIS, DNA REPAIR, AND CELL PROLIFERATION IN TRIPLE-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER CELLS
Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death among women in Canada. Molecular heterogeneity among breast cancer patients dictates survival outcomes and treatment selection, with triple-negative breast cancer ... -
Opioid Prescribing Patterns and Prolonged Opioid Use in Opioid-Naive Adults after Surgical and Emergency Care in Nova Scotia
I conducted three studies about opioid prescribing and prolonged opioid use - an important outcome of opioid prescribing for acute pain. In the first study I employed systematic review methodology to summarize risk of ... -
Tea & Toast: Exploring encounters of care through community-specific mental health and addiction peer support in the Eskasoni First Nation
This work explores encounters of care between service users and providers at Eskasoni Mental Health Services’ Crisis and Referral Centre, established in 2010, in the Eskasoni First Nation located in Unama’ki (Cape Breton, ... -
Ecotourism as A Climate Adaption Tool: Perspectives from Local Tourism Stakeholders in Lunenburg
(2022-05-02)Climate change has posed risks to tourism industries and many coastal communities concurrently on the Canadian east coast (Lemmen et al., 2016). Future strategic planning must incorporate environmental, social, and economic ... -
Repeated, low dose Chlamydia infections trigger aberrant immune responses and weakened host resistance against secondary challenge
Chlamydia trachomatis infections endanger women’s health, but translational gaps between animal models and human disease states persist. I compared immune responses in mice receiving repeated, low dose infections (5X) with ... -
Analysis of the Impact of Flow on the Underwater Acoustic Channel
Reliable and power efficient underwater communication systems that can adapt to the medium’s changing nature can be designed with knowledge of the physical underwater environment. This thesis discusses a stochastic model ...
