• Effectiveness of stop smoking interventions among adults: protocol for an overview of systematic reviews and an updated systematic review 

  Hersi, Mona; Traversy, Gregory; Thombs, Brett D; Beck, Andrew; Skidmore, Becky; Groulx, Stéphane; Lang, Eddy; Reynolds, Donna L; Wilson, Brenda; Bernstein, Steven L; Selby, Peter; Johnson-Obaseki, Stephanie; Manuel, Douglas; Pakhale, Smita; Presseau, Justin; Courage, Susan; Hutton, Brian; Shea, Beverley J; Welch, Vivian; Morrow, Matt; Little, Julian; Stevens, Adrienne (2019-01-19)

  Abstract Background Tobacco smoking is the leading cause of cancer, preventable death, and disability. Smoking cessation can increase life expectancy by nearly a decade if ...

• Screening for depression in women during pregnancy or the first year postpartum and in the general adult population: a protocol for two systematic reviews to update a guideline of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care 

  Hamel, Candyce; Lang, Eddy; Morissette, Kate; Beck, Andrew; Stevens, Adrienne; Skidmore, Becky; Colquhoun, Heather; LeBlanc, John; Moore, Ainsley; Riva, John J; Thombs, Brett D; Colman, Ian; Grigoriadis, Sophie; Nicholls, Stuart G; Potter, Beth K; Ritchie, Kerri; Robert, Julie; Vasa, Priya; Lauria-Horner, Bianca; Patten, Scott; Vigod, Simone N; Hutton, Brian; Shea, Beverley J; Shanmugasegaram, Shamila; Little, Julian; Moher, David (2019-01-19)

  Abstract Background In 2018, the World Health Organization reported that depression is the most common cause of disability worldwide, with over 300 million people currently ...

• Mapping variation in intervention design: a systematic review to develop a program theory for patient navigator programs 

  Desveaux, Laura; McBrien, Kerry; Barnieh, Lianne; Ivers, Noah M (2019-01-08)

  Abstract Background There is a great deal of variation in the design and delivery of patient navigator (PN) programs, making it difficult to design or adopt these interventions ...

• Estimating the clinical cost of drug development for orphan versus non-orphan drugs 

  Jayasundara, Kavisha; Hollis, Aidan; Krahn, Murray; Mamdani, Muhammad; Hoch, Jeffrey S; Grootendorst, Paul (2019-01-10)

  Abstract Background High orphan drug prices have gained the attention of payers and policy makers. These prices may reflect the need to recoup the cost of drug development ...

• Barriers and enablers to implementing a virtual tertiary-regional Telemedicine Rounding and Consultation (TRAC) model of inpatient pediatric care using the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) approach: a study protocol 

  Bele, Sumedh; Cassidy, Christine; Curran, Janet; Johnson, David W; Saunders, Chad; Bailey, J.A. M (2019-01-11)

  Abstract Background Over-occupancy at the two tertiary pediatric care hospitals in Alberta, Canada is steadily increasing with simultaneous decline in occupancy of pediatric ...

• HIV-1 molecular transmission clusters in nine European countries and Canada: association with demographic and clinical factors 

  Paraskevis, Dimitrios; Beloukas, Apostolos; Stasinos, Kostantinos; Pantazis, Nikos; de Mendoza, Carmen; Bannert, Norbert; Meyer, Laurence; Zangerle, Robert; Gill, John; Prins, Maria; d’Arminio Montforte, Antonella; Kran, Anne-Marte B; Porter, Kholoud; Touloumi, Giota (2019-01-08)

  Abstract Background Knowledge of HIV-1 molecular transmission clusters (MTCs) is important, especially in large-scale datasets, for designing prevention programmes and public ...

• After the Fort McMurray wildfire there are significant increases in mental health symptoms in grade 7–12 students compared to controls 

  Brown, Matthew R G; Agyapong, Vincent; Greenshaw, Andrew J; Cribben, Ivor; Brett-MacLean, Pamela; Drolet, Julie; McDonald-Harker, Caroline; Omeje, Joy; Mankowsi, Monica; Noble, Shannon; Kitching, Deborah; Silverstone, Peter H (2019-01-10)

  Abstract Background In order to examine the impact of disasters on adolescent mental health, this study compared population mental health survey data from two communities in ...

• Validation of a case definition for depression in administrative data against primary chart data as a reference standard 

  Doktorchik, Chelsea; Patten, Scott; Eastwood, Cathy; Peng, Mingkai; Chen, Guanmin; Beck, Cynthia A; Jetté, Nathalie; Williamson, Tyler; Quan, Hude (2019-01-07)

  Abstract Background Because the collection of mental health information through interviews is expensive and time consuming, interest in using population-based administrative ...

• Maternal perceptions of childhood vaccination: explanations of reasons for and against vaccination 

  McNeil, Deborah A; Mueller, Melissa; MacDonald, Shannon; McDonald, Sheila; Saini, Vineet; Kellner, James D; Tough, Suzanne (2019-01-10)

  Abstract Background Understanding reasons for and against vaccination from the parental perspective is critical for designing vaccination campaigns and informing other ...

• Prevalence and characteristics of adults with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in corrections: a Canadian case ascertainment study 

  McLachlan, K.; McNeil, A.; Pei, J.; Brain, U.; Andrew, G.; Oberlander, T. F (2019-01-09)

  Abstract Background Individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) experience a range of cognitive, affective, and physical deficits following prenatal alcohol exposure. ...

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