Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations from 2009 by Discipline "Health and Behavioural Sciences"
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Association among age, sex, and geographical region with health care utilization through the Ontario telemedicine network
(2019)The Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) facilitates virtual health care services across all of Ontario. Founded in 2006, OTN has allowed patients to access specialized care that was once only accessible in urban settings.1 ... -
The association between supervisor mental health training and workplace mental health stigma
(2019)Mental health disorders (MHD) are a major cause of human suffering, lost productivity, workplace disability, and economic loss throughout the industrialized world. They can affect people’s thoughts, behaviours, and feelings, ... -
Barriers to culturally safe care for Indigenous Peoples: a key informant perspective
(2021)Health inequity for Indigenous Peoples persists on a global scale, due to the ongoing impacts of colonization. Racism, power dynamics, and health professionals with limited understanding of the historical context and ... -
Distracted driving and crash responsibility in fatal USA collisions 1991-2015
(2019)Distracted driving occurs when the driver engages in a secondary activity (e.g., cell phone use, eating) that affects the performance of the primary task of driving. Distracted driving has been associated with driver errors ... -
Health professionals and climate change communication: An exploratory study in Northern Ontario
(2021)Health professionals are recognizing and experiencing the impacts of climate change in their work and understand the need to communicate this information to the people and populations they serve. Improved climate change ... -
Impacts of depression and its management on the survival of cancer patients with and without other chronic diseases
(2020)Objectives: The first part of this study aims to assess the impact of major depressive disorder (MDD) on cancer survival and to determine whether the impact is modified by the number of other comorbidities in a patient. ... -
Older men's conceptions of masculinity, aging, and the body / by Stephanie Anderson Chesser.
(2010)While much gerontology research has focused on the female gendered experience of aging, little attention has been paid to the ways in which older men conceptualize their own masculinity. The objectives of this constructivist ... -
Ovulatory shifts among pair-bonded women regarding their extra-pair attraction and self-perceived mate value
(2017)The objective of the current research was to examine the potential influence of fertility status across the phases of the menstrual cycle (MC) on women’s romantic relationship dynamics. Specifically, women’s feelings and ... -
Understanding the extent of polypharmacy and its impact on outcomes among persons with cancer and multimorbidity
(2021)Cancer often co-occurs with other chronic conditions, and despite the high prevalence of multimorbidity (MMB) in this group, conditions are often treated individually, resulting in multiple prescriptions. Polypharmacy ...
