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Survey of Public Health Agency of Canada (Ontario region) employees on their knowledge and attitudes towards the "population health approach" / by Bryanna Scott.
(2007)
This study develops and advances an understanding of a population health approach by surveying employees at the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) (Ontario Region). It was expected that the research would provide valuable ...
Terror management and pandemic influenza : social perception and response / by Jeffrey W. Sole.
(2007)
Terror management theory provides a framework for investigating social responses likely to occur in the event of an influenza pandemic. The study predicted that where the threat of death from a pandemic was made salient ...
Music therapy in schizophrenia / by Tonya Castle Purvis
(2007)
With the increasingly important role of psychosocial interventions in the treatment of schizophrenia, many such interventions have been adequately researched and standardized so that they meet the criteria for evidence-based ...
Maintaining food security in Elsipogtog First Nation / by Elisa A.M. Levi.
(2007)
Food and nutrition is recognized as a key health issue in Aboriginal communities throughout Canada. The purpose of this research is to understand how a Migmag First Nation on the Atlantic coast maintains food security. ...
Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of Whitefish Bay residents regarding type 2 diabetes / by Ella Goodman.
(2007)
The purpose of this study was to explore Whitefish Bay residents’ knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of Type 2 diabetes. The objectives were to examine current literature related to Type 2 diabetes with an emphasis on the ...
Tobacco use as a risk indicator for periodontal disease in a sample of Northwestern Ontario residents / by Ann Marie Chlebovec.
(2006)
According to Pairo and Neill (2002), tobacco use has been identified as a
significant risk factor in the development and progression of periodontal disease. However, throughout the literature the effects of smoking on ...
Relationship between home care services and informal caregivers / by Kit Ngan Young Hoon.
(2006)
Background: Home care services include: home health aides, visiting nurses, homemaking services, meals, volunteer work, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, day care/hospital, social work and respite ...
Female nursing students' knowledge and beliefs about the human papilloma virus, its link to cervical cancer, and the importance of cervical screening
(2005)
The purpose of this study was to conduct a comparative analysis of the knowledge and
beliefs about human papilloma virus (HPV) infection, its link to cervical cancer, and the
importance of cervical screening among a group ...
Reducing the barriers to breastfeeding : an analysis of health services in Northern Ontario
(2005)
Given that there is a societal expectation that mothers of newborns initiate and maintain
breastfeeding for at least six months, there is a concomitant expectation that society provide the
essential services, education, ...
Molecular analysis of bacterial diversity on central venous catheters recovered from cancer patients
(2005)
Central venous catheters (CVC) are a known source of nosocomial blood
stream infections. However, standard cultivation methods to identify causal
pathogens of catheter-related blood stream infections (CRBSI) on catheters ...