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Monday, May 13, 2019
In a recent commentary published in the University of Toronto Medical Journal I argue that we need to broaden the narrative on rural health. In this commentary, I claim that in order to be sensitive and relevant, rural health research must change the perspective through which it views rural people and rural communities. First,... More
Monday, August 20, 2018
The objective of this study was to identify seasonal variations in mental health–related hospitalizations among children, adolescents, and adults using administrative health data. Hospital admission records from January 2004 to March, 2014 were sourced from the New Brunswick Discharge Abstract Database. Seasonality was measured using a cosinor... More
Monday, January 22, 2018
This paper was done using widely available geographic data, and in addition to the findings of proximity to liquor store sales, shows how seemingly simple data can be used for social determinants of health research. Abstract OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this project was to evaluate how changes to the sale of alcohol in New Brunswick... More
Monday, December 18, 2017
This article was recently published in the Journal of New Brunswick Studies, in their special issue on the health of New Brunswickers. In this article, I explored how much we can understand from core population health indicators, and the relationship between these and population change at the sub-regional level. Abstract: This paper considers... More
Friday, October 6, 2017
In a recent article, we investigated the potential links between green space and cause-specific mortality. We found that higher levels of urban greenness were associated with reduced risk of mortality for several causes of death. This study is one of the largest of its kind, and improves upon previous studies with a long mortality... More
Sunday, June 18, 2017
AK Slaunwhite, ST Ronis, Y Sun, PA Peters Health & social care in the community 25 (3), 840-847 The purpose of this project was to examine the emotional health and well-being of Canadian caregivers of persons with significant mental health or addictions problems. We assessed the emotional health of caregivers by care-receiver condition type... More
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Scott T Ronis, Amanda K Slaunwhite, Paul A Peters, David AA Miller. (2017) Journal of Adolescent Health. 60(2): S23. (Conference presentation at Cultivating Connections: The Importance of Relationships in Adolescent and Young Adult Health. 08 March 2017 - 11 March 2017. Purpose Utilization of inpatient hospital and acute care services by... More
Saturday, September 12, 2015
I must commend Health Minister Boudreau for recognizing the need to address issues of population health in New Brunswick (Daily Gleaner, June 2015). This province has some of the highest rates of chronic disease in Canada, high rates of obesity, and high rates of smoking (see Statistics Canada). Overall, New Brunswick does not fare well... More
Monday, June 15, 2015
Background: The risk of lung cancer has been shown to be related to socioeconomic status (SES). Because the Canadian Cancer Registry does not contain socioeconomic data, the 1991 Canadian Census Cohort was used to study social determinants of lung cancer risk in the general Canadian population. Data and methods: This study examines incidence... More
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