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The path less travelled
Le chemin le moins fréquenté
(2023-02-12)
Interdisciplinarity involves getting lost to find your direction
A new journey, or, A new start after a long pause
Un nouveau voyage, ou, Un nouveau départ après une longue pause
(2023-02-11)
A prognostic tool to identify youth at risk of at least weekly cannabis use
(Springer, 2022-03-09)
We developed and validated an 8-item prognostic tool to identify youth
at risk of initiating frequent (i.e., at least weekly) cannabis use in the next year. The
tool, which aims to identify youth who would benefit most ...
The mediating role of adolescents’ loneliness and social withdrawal in the association between maternal depressive symptoms and suicidality in adolescence : a 20-year population-based study
(Cambridge University Press, 2021-01-25)
We examined whether adolescents’ loneliness and social withdrawal mediated the association between maternal depressive symptoms and adolescent suicidality. Secondary analyses on the Québec Longitudinal Study of Child ...
Revisiting trajectories of BMI in youth : an in‐depth analysis of differences between BMI and other adiposity measures
(Wiley, 2021-06-16)
Objective
Body mass index (BMI) is used to identify trajectories of adiposity in youth, but it does not distinguish fat- from fat-free-mass. There are other inexpensive measures of adiposity which might better capture ...
Rethinking development interventions through the lens of decoloniality in sub-Saharan Africa : the case of global health
(Routledge, 2020-12-08)
There has been much talk about decolonizing global health lately. The movement, which has arisen in various communities around the world, suggests an interesting critique of the Western dominant model of representations. ...
“It’s not just hacking for the sake of it”: a qualitative study of health innovators’ views on patient-driven open innovations, quality and safety
(BMJ publishing group, 2020-09-16)
Background Open do-it-yourself (DIY) health
innovations raise new dilemmas for patient-oriented
and service-oriented scholars and healthcare providers.
Our study aimed to generate practical insights into
quality and ...
Maternal depressive symptoms and children's academic performance : sex differences in the mediating role of school experiences
(Cambridge University Press, 2020-12-04)
Background. Maternal depressive symptoms (MDSs) are negatively associated with children’s
academic performance, with stronger effects sometimes reported in boys. However, few studies have tested the mechanisms of this ...
Discrete time measures versus trajectories of drinking frequency across adolescence as predictors of binge drinking in young adulthood : a longitudinal investigation
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2020-09-23)
Objectives We compared discrete time measures with
trajectories of adolescent drinking frequency as predictors
of sustained binge drinking in young adulthood.
Design Prospective longitudinal study.
Setting 10 high ...
Examining the impact of a social skills training program on preschoolers’ social behaviors : a cluster-randomized controlled trial in child care centers
(BMC, 2020-04-23)
Background
Preschoolers regularly display disruptive behaviors in child care settings because they have not yet developed the social skills necessary to interact prosocially with others. Disruptive behaviors interfere ...