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Indoor air quality (IAQ) in community congregate settings, including homeless shelters, drop-in centres, and group homes, has historically been largely ignored by public health authorities. The COVID…
PI: Shield, Kevin D; Agic, Branka
The burden of liver disease in Canada has worsened over time. Alcohol consumption, viral hepatitis, and metabolic dysfunction are the leading risk factors for liver disease; however, there is little …
PI: Hassan, Ahmed; Ragheb, Heba
Canadian Muslims are greatly underserved and marginalized in receiving equitable mental health services. In Muslim Communities, addictions' stigma is further compounded because substance use is cultu…
PI: Ott, Emily C
Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) are disproportionately burdened by HIV infection. In fact, in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), one out of every five new HIV infections happens among AGYW. There is a…
PI: Sanchez Pimienta, Carlos Ernesto
This research respectfully involves and engages Indigenous and Latin American communities in improving public health education on climate change. The public health sector plays a key role in helping …
PI: Yakubovich, Alexa R; Shastri, Priya
The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened social problems in Canadian cities, including violence against women, with significant negative consequences for women's health. Organizations that support women ex…
PI: Knight, Rodney E
Poppers are vasodilators and result in relaxation of the rectum and other smooth muscle tissues when inhaled. As such, they are used by many gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM)…
PI: Duddy, Janice; Dowden, Cheryl L
Small urban, rural and remote communities face any challenges in engaging with harm reduction, including, wide geographic service areas, limited resources, and stigma and discrimination against peopl…
Engaging Community Stakeholders to Address Vaccine Hesitancy in Racialized and Diasporic Communities
PI: Zinaic, Rade; Kteily-Hawa, Roula N; Wong, Josephine Pui-Hing
Evidence shows that COVID-19 vaccines in Canada reduce infection, lower transmission, and strongly prevent severe outcomes and hospitalizations. Vaccines are an important part of a layered approach t…
PI: Sriram, Veena
The purpose of this project is to develop a cross-country comparative research study on the relationship between emergency care workforce policy and health equity. The activities sponsored by this gr…
PI: Puyat, Joseph H
According to WHO, 1 in 5 of the world's children and adolescents live with various mental health (MH) conditions, with anxiety and depression as the most frequently experienced condition, and suicide…
Food insecurity and suboptimal diet are tandem public health concerns in urban settings across Canada. Food prescription programs, in which healthcare providers prescribe and link patients with sourc…
Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases (TBD) are an emerging public health threat in Canada. Although ticks are often associated with forested areas, urban and peri-urban exposure are frequently …
Visions of Community Health for the Inclusive Smart City: Building a Collaborative Research Program
PI: Shaw, James A
Smart cities initiatives involve using digital technologies to improve services and collect data about cities to improve things like traffic, public health, and parks. Relying on digital technologies…
PI: Ray, Joel G
Austism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects 1 in 60 Canadian children. ASD manifests as challenges in social interaction, speech and nonverbal communication, often with restricted and repetitive behaviou…
PI: Winters, Meghan
Major government investments in urban design and transportation infrastructure are shaping Canada's cities. These investments happen outside of the health sector, yet they have an impact on both heal…
PI: Laur, Celia
Good nutrition is critical to health and economic development. Nutrition is influenced by and impacts the social determinants of health (SDOH). The United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-…
PI: Poland, Blake D; Webb, Jennifer; Gislason, Maya K
Global climate change and ecological degradation are increasingly inevitable, and will reshape the nature and focus of public health in Canada. Heatwaves, fires, flooding, pandemics, and the sequelae…
PI: Dodd, Warren H
In the context of intersecting social-ecological emergencies (i.e., COVID-19 pandemic and extreme weather events), community- and Indigenous-led organizations are looking for new approaches to suppor…
PI: Wiens, Matthew O
Sepsis occurs when a severe infection leads to organ damage and is most common cause of death and disability in children globally. Most deaths occur in poorer countries and are preventable with timel…
PI: Egan, Rylan G; McGarity-Shipley, Ellen
Social determinants of health (SDHs) are important social factors that affect health and include social support, housing, consistent access to food, a living income, transportation, and more. Despite…
PI: Engler-Stringer, Rachel R; Field, Debbie E
Children spend a large proportion of their waking hours in school; an ideal setting to improve dietary quality and reduce health inequities given they have the potential to reach all children. In Mar…
PI: Trudel, Xavier; Gilbert-Ouimet, Mahée; Talbot, Denis
Les maladies cardiovasculaires (MCV) constituent la première cause de mortalité des femmes et des hommes. Un grand nombre de Canadiens présentent des atteintes cardio-métaboliques qui précèdent la su…
PI: Sander, Beate H; Rea, Elizabeth H
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, tuberculosis (TB) was the world's leading infectious disease killer. TB remains a substantial health burden in Ontario, with over 600 annual cases reported. Not only a…
PI: Pinto, Andrew D; Bhatia, Rajan S; Allin, Sara; Rosella, Laura C
While the Quadruple Aim consists of goals for healthcare systems, public health shares the goal of improving the health of populations. As we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, this is a key time to …
The Fraser Salish Aboriginal Primary Health Care Program: Evaluating an Indigenous-Led Model of Care
PI: Patrick, Lyana M; Jain, Vishal
Summary: The following proposal aims to utilize First Nations Health Authority's (FNHA) Indigenous Evaluation Framework to carry out a comprehensive and wholistic1 evaluation of the impact of Fraser …
PI: Matheson, Flora I; Waters, Laureen B; Mashford-Pringle, Angela
People released from correctional facilities face significant mental health and addiction challenges, in addition to poverty, homelessness, poor physical health, and discrimination. The COVID-19 pand…
PI: Sekercioglu, Fatih; Rank, Claudia; Tustin, Jordan; Young, Ian
Our research will explore the extent and impact of the indirect and wider health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resilience of recent refugees in Canada. We will provide recommendations…
PI: Jardine, Cynthia; Bharmal, Aamir; Rasali, Drona P; Bains, Satwinder K; Dow, Martha; Driedger, S. Michelle
Women have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Mothers in particular are simultaneously managing paid employment, household work, homeschooling and/or childcare. The impact has…
PI: Crush, Jonathan; Arya, Akshaya N; Martens, Cheryl; Si, Zhenzhong; Tevera, Daniel
Strategies to mitigate the public health impacts of COVID-19 have led to a secondary pandemic of global food insecurity. Our project will 'scale up' our First Round CIHR Grant on the negative impacts…
PI: Bartels, Susan A
Venezuela has been experiencing a severe socioeconomic and political crisis for several years, now compounded by COVID19. With 7.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in Venezuela and a…
PI: Dasgupta, Kaberi
Diabetes is an 'ambulatory care sensitive condition' because better clinic follow-up lowers the chances of needing to be hospitalized or of dying. People with lower incomes generally have more diffic…
PI: Bergeron-Leclerc, Christiane; Cherblanc, Jacques; Maltais, Danielle
La pandémie de COVID-19 a eu des effets importants sur la santé mentale des canadiens. Les résultats préliminaires d'une précédente étude menée par notre équipe montrent une dégradation significative…
PI: Smith, Peter M
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused massive disruptions to the Canadian workforce. Key among these disruptions are the health and work impacts of COVID-19 on workers who acquired their COVID-19 infectio…
PI: Kuuire, Vincent Z; Lawson, Erica S; Omorodion, Francisca I
Due to the sudden emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is limited research on its effects on gender, race and work, and yet current anecdotal evidence suggests more needs to be done in this area…
PI: Turner, Brianna J; Hofer, Marlise K
An estimated one million Canadians have experienced olfactory dysfunction associated with COVID-19 in the past 18 months. Though typically short-lived, a substantial minority COVID-19 patients report…
PI: Maximova, Katerina; Flynn, Jenn; Veugelers, Paul J
Measures implemented to slow the spread of COVID-19 created a lot of hardship for school-aged children. These measures included closures of schools and orders to stay home for many weeks. Considerabl…
PI: Hogg, Robert S
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the ongoing drug toxicity and overdose (OD) crisis, resulting in an unprecedented rate of OD deaths in British Columbia (BC) since March 2020. People living with…
PI: Belita, Emily; Cabaj, Jason; Neudorf, Cordell (Cory) O; Dobbins, Maureen J; Neil-Sztramko, Sarah
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed continued underinvestment and limited attention paid to the public health workforce in Canada. The pandemic has placed increased strain on an already burdened publi…
PI: McLeod, Christopher B; Deering, Kathleen N
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated many work-related inequities with essential workers having to work at considerable risk in environments where there is COVID-19 exposure. In British Columbia, th…
PI: Ryan, Bridget L; Terry, Amanda L
The overall goal of this project is to describe the direct (for people who had COVID-19) and indirect (for everyone whether they had COVID-19 or not) impacts of the pandemic in southwestern Ontario f…
PI: Meherali, Salima M; Ashton, Chandra; Lebeuf, Simone
COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the normal life and routine of all individuals. Youth (15-24 years) are at low risk for hospitalization and death from COVID-19. However, evidence suggests that the di…
PI: McDonald, Sheila W; Bandali, Farah
BACKGROUND: High-quality, contemporary data on coping and recovery for families during an unprecedented pandemic that is far from over is crucial to inform further immediate and long-term action as v…
PI: Foster, Angel M
Evidence shows that the public health emergency restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in a decreased access to sexual and reproductive health services, in general, and abort…
Data and equity needed to drive post-pandemic recovery in Canada: a Saskatchewan contribution
PI: Muhajarine, Nazeem; Dyck, Erika E
During the first weeks days of the global pandemic, people in Saskatchewan watched COVID-19 make its way to the province. In March 2020, residents watched for daily updates on new infections, cases t…
PI: Nandi, Arijit; Harper, Samuel; Yang, Seungmi
There is growing evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic, the measures applied to curb its spread, and its coincident economic shock, have had a profound negative impact on population mental health, incl…
PI: Brodeur, Magaly
Les jeux de hasard et d'argent (JHA) occupent une place majeure dans les habitudes de consommation de la population et ce, autant au Canada qu'à l'étranger. La pandémie de COVID-19 a eu des répercuss…
The COVID-19 pandemic has inequitably impacted Canada's workforce and economy, disproportionately harming the health of those marginalized along lines of race, class, gender, age, ability, and sexual…
PI: Menard, Amy D
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on Canadian nurses. Succeeding waves have led to increased levels of depression, anxiety, traumatic symptoms, and burnout among nurses. Staff shorta…
PI: Cohen, Eyal; Robeson, Paula; Nelson, Katherine E
Children have been less likely to have severe outcomes from COVID-19 during the pandemic. Reports suggest children have also had fewer acute illnesses requiring hospitalization, particularly those ho…