Author(s): Deslauriers F; Hoq M; Kaufman J; Enticott J; Lavoie KL; Bacon SL; Boyle JA; Danchin M;

Background: Despite COVID-19 infection being less severe in children compared to adults, vaccination for children from the age of 6 months onwards is recommended in many countries to reduce symptom severity and prevent severe disease. However, vaccination a ...

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Author(s): Bernstein J; Dutkiewicz J;

This article argues that governments in countries that currently permit intensive animal agriculture - especially but not exclusively high-income countries - are, in principle, morally justified in taking steps to restrict or even eliminate intensive animal ...

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Author(s): Conklin J; Dehcheshmeh MM; Archibald D; Elliott J; Hsu A; Kothari A; Stolee P; Sveistrup H; ...

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of the care provided by family members and close friends to older people living in long-term care (LTC) homes. Our implementation scienc ...

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Author(s): Geoffroy MC; Chadi N; Bouchard S; Fuoco J; Chartrand E; Loose T; Sciola A; Boruff JT; Iyer SN; Sun Y; Gouin JP; Côté SM; Thombs BD; ...

Objectives: This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to describe Canadian youth mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on changes in anxiety and depressive symptoms and suicidali ...

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Author(s): Vasiliadis HM; Spagnolo J; Bartram M; Fleury MJ; Gouin JP; Grenier S; Roberge P; Shen-Tu G; Vena JE; Lamoureux-Lamarche C; Wang J; ...

Objectives: Few are the longitudinal studies on the changes in moderate or severe symptoms of anxiety or depression (MSS-ANXDEP) from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. The aim was t ...

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Author(s): Gouin JP; de la Torre-Luque A; Sánchez-Carro Y; Geoffroy MC; Essau C;

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has constrained opportunities in social, educational and professional domains, leading to developmental challenges for adolescents initiating their transition to adulthood. Meta-analysis indicated ...

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Author(s): Deslauriers F; Gosselin-Boucher V; Léger C; Vieira AM; Bacon SL; Lavoie KL;

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic and its prevention policies have taken a toll on Canadians, and certain subgroups may have been disproportionately affected, including those with non-communicable diseases (NCDs; e.g., heart and lung disease) due to their r ...

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Author(s): Vincent Gosselin Boucher

CONCLUSION: Results demonstrate that the impacts of COVID-19 on HCWs' mental health and health behaviours were significant, and varied by sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., sex, age, income).

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Author(s): Lara E; Matovic S; Vasiliadis HM; Grenier S; Berbiche D; de la Torre-Luque A; Gouin JP;

The COVID-19 pandemic provided a unique opportunity to examine the contributions of social interaction and other non-social factors to loneliness among older adults in the context of confinement measures constraining opportunities for in-person social inter ...

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Author(s): Vandersteen C; Plonka A; Manera V; Sawchuk K; Lafontaine C; Galery K; Rouaud O; Bengaied N; Launay C; Guérin O; Robert P; Allali G; Beauchet ...

Introduction: The risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) in older adults increasingly is being discussed in the literature on Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome (PACS). Remote digital Assessment ...

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Author(s): Peters JA; Farhadloo M;

Introduction: To assess the effects of various non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) on cases, hospitalizations, and mortality during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: To empirically investigate the impacts of different NPIs on COVID-19-re ...

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