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Strategies to increase the demand for childhood vaccination in lowand middle-income countries : a systematic review and meta-analysis
(World Health Organization, 2015)
Objective To investigate which strategies to increase demand for vaccination are effective in increasing child vaccine coverage in low- and
middle-income countries.
Methods We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane library, ...
Conflict of Interest Policies at Canadian Universities: Clarity and Content
(2008)
Abstract Discussions of conflict of interest (COI) in the university have tended to focus on financial interests in the context of medical research; much less attention has been given to COI in general or to the policies ...
Genetic variants and early cigarette smoking and nicotine dependence phenotypes in adolescents
(Public Library of Science, 2014-12-29)
Background: While the heritability of cigarette smoking and nicotine dependence
(ND) is well-documented, the contribution of specific genetic variants to specific
phenotypes has not been closely examined. The objectives ...
Distinct trajectories of separation anxiety in the preschool years: persistence at school entry and early-life associated factors
Evolution of separation anxiety symptoms in early childhood
(Wiley, 2016-01)
Background: Little is known about how children differ in the onset and evolution of separation anxiety (SA) symptoms during the preschool years, and how SA develops into separation anxiety disorder. In a large, representative ...
Mendelian randomization : a review of methods for the prevention, assessment, and discussion of pleiotropy in studies using the fat mass and obesity-associated gene as an instrument for adiposity
(Frontiers Media, 2022-02-04)
Pleiotropy assessment is critical for the validity of Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses, and its management remains a challenging task for researchers. This review examines how the authors of MR studies address bias ...
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, ...
À la recherche du chaînon manquant entre bio et éthique
(Programmes de bioéthique, École de santé publique de l'Université de Montréal, 2022-03-16)
Van Rensselaer Potter (1911-2001), le biologiste à l’origine du terme « bioéthique » dans les écrits nord-américains, considère que « real bioethics falls in the context of the ideals of […] Aldo Leopold », un forestier, ...
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 ...
Testing the impact of a social skill training versus waiting list control group for the reduction of disruptive behaviors and stress among preschool children in child care : the study protocol for a cluster randomized trial
(BMC, 2017-08)
Background: Most preschoolers growing up in western industrialized countries receive child care services (CCS)
during the day, while their parents are at work. Meta-analytic data suggest that CCS represent a stressful ...
Providing Genetic Testing Through the Private Sector: A View From Canada
(ISUMA: Canadian Journal of Policy Research, 2001)
Genetic testing technologies are rapidly moving from the research laboratory to the market place. Very little scholarship considers the implications of private genetic testing for a public health care system such as Canada’s. ...