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Are workplace health promotion/wellness programs effective at improving presenteeism (on the job productivity) in workers? a systematic review and best evidence synthesis of the literature
(2012-11-10)Background: Presenteeism is highly prevalent and costly to employers. It is defined as being present at work but limited in some aspect of job performance by a health problem. Workplace health promotion (WHP) is a common ... -
Assertive community treatment in the District of Timiskaming and the city of Timmins : a longitudinal study of client outcomes
(2009)Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a community based program designed to treat persons with serious mental illness by offering treatment and supports in a community setting rather than a hospital. Previous studies of ... -
An Assessment of adherence to treating tobacco use and dependence clinical practice guidelines in First Nations primary health care settings in Northwestern Ontario
(2009)The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which tobacco clinical practice guidelines are followed by nurses within 22 primary health care settings in First Nations communities in Northwestern Ontario and to ... -
An Assessment of hospital-based mental health nurses' tobacco cessation practices in two Northeastern Ontario LHIN regions
(2012-11-10)This is the first Canadian study to examine acute care mental health nurses' adherence to clinician-level (4A protocol) and systems-level recommendations from the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario's best practice ... -
Avian influenza the current state of affairs : the public health perspective in Canada
(2009)In light of Canada’s need to deal with respiratory infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, Avian Influenza and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), public health departments across the country have been challenged ... -
Bad medicine : a critique of health care discourse on Aboriginal populations in Canada
(2009)For many years, voices from Aboriginal populations living in Canada have called attention to the fact that significant challenges exist to their pursuit of good health and well-being. Unsurprisingly, perhaps, this trend ... -
Beyond the problem and the intervention: understanding contextual factors influencing adoption of a comprehensive school health program
(2015-02-02)The focus of this qualitative research was to explore the factors that influence schools' decisions to adopt a comprehensive school health program - Go Girls! in Thunder Bay, Ontario. I interviewed administrators and ... -
Bisphenol A : how media and special interest groups influenced the ban on BPA
(2010)Recently, there has been great dispute about the effects of bisphenol A (herein referred to as BPA) leaching into baby bottles. This led to Canada being the first country to ban BPA in baby bottles in April of 2008 (CBC, ... -
Breast cancer in rural communities
(2010)This paper provides a review of the existing research on women’s experience of breast cancer in rural communities. It includes a total of 46 studies that used quantitative and qualitative research methods. In the review ... -
Content analysis of Men's Health magazine : masculinity and health
(2009)"Launched in 1987 as a health-oriented service magazine by founding editor Mark Bricklin, Men's Health has evolved into a lifestyle magazine for men, covering areas such as health, fitness, nutrition, relationships, travel, ... -
Crowding and frequent use of emergency department services in a Northwestern Ontario academic health sciences centre
(2011)Emergency departments (ED) exist for the purpose of caring for patients with urgent or life-threatening conditions which are time sensitive to treat. ED crowding is a condition where demand for ED services exceed the ... -
Determining the "spread of effects" of physical activity interventions from children to Parents/Guardians
(2014-01-22)The purpose of this research was to determine whether parental involvement in a physical activity intervention delivered to children in-school could result in positive behaviour change in parents (“spread of effects”), as ... -
Does the presentation of neonatal abstinence syndrome symptoms differ among infants based on exposure substance?
(2014-01-22)INTRODUCTION: Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is one of the primary negative effects of substance use during pregnancy. Neonatal abstinence syndrome refers to a generalized disorder observed in infants experiencing ... -
Employee health and wellness : it's everyone's business / by Kelly McNabb.
(2009)The Thunder Bay District Health Unit promotes the concept of comprehensive workplace health promotion to workplaces of varying sizes throughout the district. This project contains two documents for the employer. The first ... -
Enhanced TB surveillance efforts in British Columbia First Nation children : a framework for evaluation
(2009)Evaluation of programs and implications for public health for First Nations on-reserve children since discontinuation of Bacille-Calmette-Guerine (BCG) vaccine in 2003. -
Environmental health in Nova Scotia : a framework for moving forward / by Stephen Parker.
(2009)In 2006 the Province of Nova Scotia released a report entitled The Renewal of Public Health in Nova Scotia. This report served as a comprehensive overview of opportunities to enhance public health services in the province. ... -
Evaluating a toolkit to assist rural communities in developing end of life care [research project] / by Hilary Mettam.
(2009)Study location : Emo, Northwestern Ontario. -
An exploration of the impact of cultural food beliefs and attitudes on the acceptance of the dietary recommendations for type 2 diabetes
(2011)The purpose of this research is to discover culturally shared local beliefs and attitudes towards foods that may impact the acceptance of dietary recommendations for the management of Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM) amongst Ojibwe ... -
Expression of integrin and toll-like receptors in cervical cancer (in vivo and ex vivo study)
(2009)Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women world-wide. Although persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is considered the most important causative agent of cervical cancer, the mechanisms toward ...