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The Risk of Miscarriage Following Immunization of the Bivalent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) - 16/18 Vaccine: a Bayesian Approach
(2013-01-31)
Background: Cervarix is a prophylactic vaccine used in preventing cervical cancer associated with human papillomavirus types 16/18. A previous study that investigated the risk of miscarriage associated with this bivalent ...
Spatial Analysis of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Ontario
Introduction: In recent years, Ontario has witnessed a dramatic rise in the incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs); however, the spatial patterning and causal factors contributing to this increase are not fully ...
The Relationship between In-School Physical Activity and Life Satisfaction, Self-Rated Health, Academic Performance, and Out-of-School Physical Activity: A Canadian Study
(2011-01-25)
The growing prevalence of childhood and adolescent physical inactivity and obesity are major concerns in Canada. Physical activity promoted within schools should be seen as a way to address these problems, since the majority ...
Aging with intellectual and developmental disabilities: the effect of frailty and health instability in home care users on admission to long-term care
(2015-09-08)
BACKGROUND: An increasingly large proportion of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities are frail. Measuring frailty is challenging, and generic measures of frailty inaccurately identify frailty in this ...
"Even Peacekeepers Expect Something in Return": An Exploratory Epidemiological Analysis of Sexual Interactions between UN Peacekeepers and Haitian Females
Background: In 2004, the UN sanctioned The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) to address Haiti's political instability. Reports of sexual misconduct perpetrated by peacekeeping personnel, including ...
POST-OPERATIVE LIVER DECOMPENSATION EVENTS FOLLOWING PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY AMONG PATIENTS WITH CIRRHOSIS AND HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
Background:
Partial hepatectomy, or liver resection, is a potentially-curative therapy for patients diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Because the majority of patients with HCC have pre-existing cirrhosis, ...
Physical Fighting and Fighting-Related Injuries in Canadian Adolescents: a Demographic Analysis and Assessment of the Effects of Family Affluence
(2014-10-16)
BACKGROUND: Physical fighting is a concerning behaviour among adolescents and can lead to injury. Family affluence can influence adolescent injury, but its impact on injury has not been extensively explored in a fighting ...
High Risk Environments and Agricultural Injuries in Children, Youth, and Young Adults
(2014-10-01)
Background: Children who live on farms experience high rates of fatality, morbidity, and disability when compared to children from the general population. There is an existing body of research describing injury rates and ...
Cholinesterase Inhibitors: A population-based assessment of resource utilization for patients with Alzheimer's dementia in Ontario
(2011-11-02)
Background: Dementia leads to progressive cognitive and functional decline. Population aging is a concern, and the healthcare system must refocus its limited resources to keep up with service demands. Three cholinesterase ...
Blood pressure control among Canadians with hypertension, with and without diabetes
(2013-11-14)
The thesis offers the following contributions to the epidemiology of hypertension in Canada:
1.The first manuscript uses cross-sectional data from the 2007-2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) to compare the ...