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Do social characteristics influence smoking uptake and cessation during young adulthood?
(2017-10-29)Objectives This study uses a Bourdieusian approach to assess young adults’ resources and examines their association with smoking initiation and cessation. Methods Data were drawn from 1450 young adults participating in the Interdisciplinary ... -
Responsible conduct of research-creation: a portrait of an uncharted field of research
(5th World Conference on Research Integrity, 2017-05-31)Responsible conduct of research (RCR) is ubiquitous, and present in most areas of research. One area that has received little attention is Research-Creation (RC): • an emergent eld at the interface of academic research and creative activities • in ... -
Responsible Conduct of Research in Research-Creation: Moving into Uncharted Terrain
(Canadian Bioethics Society, 2017-05-24)Responsible conduct of research (RCR) is ubiquitous, and present in most areas of research. One area that has received little attention is Research-Creation (RC): • an emergent eld at the interface of academic research and creative activities • in ... -
Estimation of smoking prevalence in Canada: implications of survey characteristics in the CCHS and CTUMS/CTADS
Smoking prevalence in Canada
(2017)One of the main enterprises associated with tobacco control is surveillance, that is, to measure and follow over time the extent of smoking among the Canadian population. While surveillance systems have been in place for more than 50 years, knowing ... -
Expected or completed? Comparing two measures of education and their relationship with social inequalities in health among young adults
(Springer Verlag, 2016-12-18)Background. Similarly to other age groups, there are significant social inequalities in health among young adults (YA). Education is thought to be the most appropriate indicator of YA socioeconomic status (SES), yet it is often in progress at that ... -
Social inequalities in health information seeking among young adults in Montreal
(2016-11-25)Over their lifecourse, young adults develop different skills and preferences in relationship to the information sources they seek when having questions about health. Health information seeking behaviour (HISB) includes multiple, unequally accessed ... -
The consumption of coffee and black tea and the risk of lung cancer
(2016-11-01)Purpose Coffee and black tea are among the most consumed beverages worldwide. While their potential role in lung cancer occurrence has been investigated in several studies, results have been inconclusive. We investigated the associations between ... -
Physiotherapy practices and third party payers: issues in professional ethics in the Prairie provinces
Report presented to the Physiotherapy Alberta (College and Association)
(2016-10-07)During a 4-month period, July 2nd 2014 to November 1st 2014, Canadian physiotherapy (PT) professionals were solicited for participation in an empirical cross-sectional online survey questionnaire. Our research team was interested in exploring the ethical ... -
Physiotherapy practices and third party payers: issues in professional ethics in the Atlantic provinces
Report presented to the Atlantic PT Association, College of Physiotherapists of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia Physiotherapy Association and Nova Scotia College of Physiotherapists
(2016-10-07)During a 4-month period, July 2nd 2014 to November 1st 2014, Canadian physiotherapy (PT) professionals were solicited for participation in an empirical cross-sectional online survey questionnaire. Our research team was interested in exploring the ethical ... -
Physiotherapy practices and third party payers: issues in professional ethics in Ontario
Report presented to the Ontario Physiotherapy Association & the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario
(2016-10-07)During a 4-month period, July 2nd 2014 to November 1st 2014, Canadian physiotherapy (PT) professionals were solicited for participation in an empirical cross-sectional online survey questionnaire. Our research team was interested in exploring the ethical ... -
Physiotherapy practices and third party payers: issues in professional ethics in Quebec
Report presented to the Ordre professionnel de la physiothérapie du Quebec (OPPQ) and Fédération des cliniques privées du Quebec
(2016-10-07)During a 4-month period, July 2nd 2014 to November 1st 2014, Canadian physiotherapy (PT) professionals were solicited for participation in an empirical cross-sectional online survey questionnaire. Our research team was interested in exploring the ethical ... -
Physiotherapy practices and third party payers: issues in professional ethics in British Columbia
Report presented to the Physiotherapy Association of British Columbia and College of Physical Therapists of British Columbia
(2016-10-07)During a 4-month period, July 2nd 2014 to November 1st 2014, Canadian physiotherapy (PT) professionals were solicited for participation in an empirical cross-sectional online survey questionnaire. Our research team was interested in exploring the ethical ... -
The added value of accounting for activity space when examining the association between tobacco retailer availability and smoking among young adults
(2016)Background: Despite a declining prevalence in many countries, smoking rates remain consistently high among young adults. Targeting contextual influences on smoking, such as the availability of tobacco retailers, is one promising avenue of intervention. ... -
Moving beyond the residential neighbourhood to explore social inequalities in exposure to area-level disadvantage: Results from the Interdisciplinary Study on Inequalities in Smoking
(2014-05)The focus, in place and health research, on a single, residential, context overlooks the fact that individuals are mobile and experience other settings in the course of their daily activities. Socioeconomic characteristics are associated with activity ... -
Considering daily mobility for a more comprehensive understanding of contextual effects on social inequalities in health : a conceptual proposal
(2014)Despite growing interest in integrating people’s daily mobility into contextual studies of social inequalities in health, the links between daily mobility and health inequalities remain inadequately conceptualized. This conceptual proposal anchors ... -
Neighbourhood Income and Neonatal, Postneonatal and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Mortality in Canada, 1991-2005
(2013-06-01)CONTEXTE : La mortalité infantile a diminué au Canada depuis les années 1990 et 2000 mais nous ignorons si toutes les classes socioéconomiques ont bénéficié également de ce progrès. OBJECTIFS : La présente étude portait sur les différences entre les ... -
The risk of lung cancer related to dietary intake of flavonoids
(2012-10)It has been hypothesized that flavonoids in foods and beverages may reduce cancer risk through antioxidation, inhibition of inflammation, and other antimutagenic and antiproliferative properties. We examined associations between intake of five flavonoid ... -
Improving the measurement of neighbourhood characteristics through systematic observation: Inequalities in smoking as a case study
(2012-05)Systematic observation is increasingly used as a method to measure neighbourhood characteristics thought to influence health inequalities. This article reports on the theory-driven development of a new observation tool composed of ... -
Inclusion and exclusion in nutrigenetics clinical research: ethical & scientific challenges
(Karger, 2012-01-31)Background/Aims: There are compelling reasons to ensure participation of ethnic minorities and populations of all ages worldwide in nutrigenetics clinical research. If findings in such research are valid for some individuals, groups, or communities, ...
