Author(s): Plante C; Datta Gupta S; Bandara T; Beland D; Blaser C; Camillo CA; Villa E; Dutton D; Fuller D; Hasselback J; Lix LM; Marouzi A; Muhajarine N; Notten G; Reimer B; Wolfson M; Young M; Concha DY; Neudorf C;

Background: Two decades of research have highlighted persistent income-related health inequities in Canada across municipal, provincial, and national levels. While there is broad consensus among researchers, advocates, and health professionals that social determinants are the primary drivers of h ...

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Author(s): Bayoumi I; Mcfadden K; Valkanas H; Tu K; Kalia S; Chen T; Christie CD; Rourke J; Rourke L; Greiver M; Leduc D; Li P;

Background: Well child visits (WCV) are fundamental to preventive primary care. We examined trends in WCV attendance during the COVID-19 pandemic and characterised variation by patient and provider characteristics. Methods: Deidentified electronic medical records from two academic practice-based ...

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Author(s): Haghighi R; Farhadloo M;

Background: The quality of health information on social media is a major concern, especially during the early stages of public health crises. While the quality of the results of the popular search engines related to particular diseases has been analyzed in the literature, the quality of health-related information on social media, such as X (formerly Twitt ...

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Author(s): Grant A; Goberdhan N; Mar K; Ramkishun A; Rahman S; Redublo T; Caven I; Okrainec K;

Caregivers under the age of 25, or young carers, lack significant recognition and support across sectors of education, employment, and healthcare. As young carer advisors on a prior research project exploring Canadian healthcare providers' awareness of young carers in their clinical practice, we were a part of an experience-based co-design process to ...

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Author(s): Fang X; Holding AC; Audet ÉC; Thai H; Koestner R;

Previous research has revealed lower vaccination rates among Black communities relative to other racial-ethnic communities in North America. However, there remains a gap in understanding the motivational barriers contributing to these persistent disparities. Grounded in Self-Determination Theory, the current research aimed to examine the effects of differ ...

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Author(s): Bayeh R; Ryder AG;

Background: There is community knowledge shared among autistic and other neurodivergent (ND) communities that ND individuals are more likely to share other non-normative identities, along with research demonstrating that ND individuals have worse mental health outcomes than neurotypicals (NTs). The purpose of this study is to assess how co-occurrence of n ...

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Author(s): Jäger AP; Steele CJ; Dreyer FR; Osterloh MR; Sadlon A; Nikulin V; Mohr B; Pulvermüller F;

Background: Intensive language-action therapy treats language deficits and depressive symptoms in chronic poststroke aphasia, yet the underlying neural mechanisms remain underexplored. Long-range temporal correlations (LRTCs) in blood oxygenation level-dependent signals indicate persistence in brain activity patterns and may relate to learning and levels ...

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Author(s): Pollock D; Hasanoff S; McBride G; Kanukula R; Tricco AC; Khalil H; Campbell F; Jia RM; Alexander L; Peters M; Vieira AM; Aromataris E; Nunn J; Saran A; Evans C; Godfrey C; Pieper D; de Moraes ÉB; Biesty L; Colquhoun H; Devane D; Toomey E ...

Introduction: Scoping reviews, mapping reviews and evidence and gap maps (collectively known as 'big picture reviews') in health continue to gain popularity within the evidence ecosystem. These big-picture reviews are beneficial for policy-makers, guideline developers and researchers with ...

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Author(s): Vézina-Im LA; Morin CM; Chen S; Ivers H; Carney CE; Chaput JP; Dang-Vu TT; Davidson JR; Robillard R;

Objectives: To evaluate whether bedtime screen use is associated with sleep health and if this association varies by biological sex, age, and income among adults in Canada. Methods: Data were collected through a national stratified random population-based phone interview on sleep health among ad ...

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Author(s): Wu KY; Su ME; Kim Y; Nguyen L; Marchand M; Tran SD;

Wearable biosensors are revolutionizing the landscape of modern healthcare by enabling continuous, non-invasive monitoring and real-time diagnostics across a myriad of medical applications. This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of wearable biosensors, beginning with an exploration of their fundamental components, including biological elements, tr ...

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Author(s): Alberga AS; Incollingo Rodriguez AC; Nagpal TS;

In this commentary, we discuss how the practice of measuring gestational weight gain may perpetuate weight stigma and resultant discrimination if not thoughtfully assessed. We offer suggestions to reduce the likelihood of weight stigma and discrimination in perinatal care settings.

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