Faculty of Health: Recent submissions
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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: ... -
Barriers and facilitators of transitions from pediatric to adult health care in Nova Scotia.
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Mental Health of Newcomer Refugee and Immigrant Youth During COVID-19
(Canadian Ethnic Studies Association, 2022)In this paper, we examine how the degree of newcomer youth assimilation and acculturation, food insecurity, resilience, and social connections affect the mental health of recent refugee and immigrant youth in a mid-sized ... -
The exclusionary effects of inclusion today: (Re)production of disability in inclusive education settings
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2020-10-14)Current inclusive education practices remain entrenched in deficit-oriented discourses. An interrogation of these discourses is necessary to enact inclusion driven by diversity and collective belonging. This collective ... -
Ukraine: How citizenship and race play out in refugees’ movements in Europe
(The Conversation, 2022-03-11)As millions of refugees flee Ukraine as a result of the Russian invasion, one question that has been raised is: Why have Ukrainians been welcomed into eastern Europe, unlike Syrians, Iraqis, Afghans and Eritreans? Is it ... -
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 ... -
(Re)Imagining inclusion in ways that foster belonging in the lives of disabled children and youth
(The Lancet, 2021-12-01)For the greater part of the twentieth century, thanks in part to disability rights movements around the world, disableda children and youth have increasingly been afforded access to community spaces, such as schools and ... -
The EU is the real villain in the Poland-Belarus migrant crisis
(The Conversation, 2021-12-01)The EU is attempting to position itself as a beacon of liberalism and human rights as it exempts itself from political responsibility for migrants desperately seeking better lives — all while condemning their brutal determent ... -
The Integration of Refugees in Romania: A Non-Preferred Choice
(COMPAS, University of Oxford, 2021-11-16)Romania is currently experiencing an increase in the number of asylum seekers, but little is known about the care arrangements and state-supported integration programs in the country for people in need of international ... -
Seguridad en el Trabajo, Inseguridad en la Casa COVID-19 y Trabajadores Extranjeros Temporales en la Isla del Príncipe Eduardo
(TFW Maritimes, 2021-06-01)Este reporte es uno de los primeros de una serie de proyectos de investigación basados en la comunidad emprendidos en colaboración con los Trabajadores Migrantes de las Marítimas Canadienses bajo la iniciativa de COVID-19 ... -
How Canada compares to welfare states in COVID-19 cases and deaths
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The progressive case against mandatory vaccination
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Strategies and indicators to address health equity in health service and delivery systems a scoping review protocol
(Wolters Kluwer, 2021-08-09)Objective: The purpose of this review is to describe how health service and delivery systems support health equity and to identify strategies and indicators being used to measure health equity. Introduction: It is ... -
Deprescribing Interventions in Primary Health Care Mapped to the Behaviour Change Wheel: A Scoping Review
(Elsevier, 2021-07)Background: Polypharmacy and inappropriate medication use are an increasing concern. Deprescribing may improve medication use through planned and supervised dose reduction or stopping of medications. As most medication ... -
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 ... -
Mental Health Issues Affecting Refugee Youth in Canada who Experienced Family Loss and Separation in their Country of Origin
(ECRONICON, 2021-06-26)The objective of this article is to understand the key mental health problems affecting unaccompanied refugee youth in Canada who experienced family loss and separation in their country of origin. This article is based on ...