A5040511559- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Radiation Dose and Imaging
- Sex work and related issues
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Poisoning and overdose treatments
- HIV Research and Treatment
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Restraint-Related Deaths
- Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
- Gender, Security, and Conflict
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Sleep and related disorders
Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences
2024
Center for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population
2011-2024
Summa Health System
2024
Hue University
2024
Public Health Ontario
2016-2023
University of Toronto
2016-2023
Occupational Cancer Research Centre
2016-2023
Carleton University
2017-2022
Health Canada
2019-2022
Communications Security Establishment
2020-2022
Objective To assess human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination coverage after demonstration projects conducted in India, Peru, Uganda and Viet Nam by PATH national governments to explore the reasons for vaccine acceptance or refusal.Methods Vaccines were delivered through schools health centres combination with other interventions, either monthly campaigns at fixed time points.Using a two-stage cluster sample design, authors selected households project areas interviewed over 7000 parents...
<sec> <title>Introduction</title> Excess weight is a key risk factor for chronic disease, and the systematic collection, analysis reporting of trends are important to surveillance overweight obesity. </sec> <title>Methods</title> We used univariate analyses calculate current prevalence estimates excess among Canadian children youth. <title>Results</title> Almost 1 in 7 youth obese. Rates vary based on sociodemographic factors such as age, sex, socioeconomic status place residence. Overall,...
There are increasing concerns regarding the role of exposure to ambient air pollution during pregnancy in development early childhood cancers.This population based study examined whether prenatal and life (<1year age) exposures pollutants, including nitrogen dioxide (NO2) particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters ≤2.5μm (PM2.5), were associated selected common cancers Canada.2,350,898 singleton live births occurring between 1988 2012 identified province Ontario, Canada. We assigned...
Perinatal exposure to ambient air pollution has been associated with childhood asthma incidence, however, less is known regarding the potential effect modifiers in this association. We examined whether maternal and infant characteristics modified association between perinatal development of asthma.761 172 births occurring 2006 2012 were identified province Ontario, Canada. Associations pollutants incidence (up age 6) estimated using Cox regression models.110,981 children identified. In...
Federated Learning (FL) is an approach to conduct machine learning without centralizing training data in a single place, for reasons of privacy, confidentiality or volume. However, solving federated problems raises issues above and beyond those centralized learning. These include setting up communication infrastructure between parties, coordinating the process, integrating party results, understanding characteristics sets different participating handling heterogeneity, operating with absence...
Vietnam has advanced far beyond most other developing countries and, indeed, surpasses many developed in adopting a legal framework based on gender equality, and creating institutions programmes to support women's advancement. Inegalitarian norms have also persisted, however. The Women's Union promotes educational, political economic advancement but simultaneously exhorts women pay attention their Confucian role of maintaining family hierarchy harmony. This paper presents findings from...
<sec> <title>Introduction</title> Exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) has been shown affect lipid metabolism and promote weight gain in animal studies. Recent epidemiological studies also support a link between BPA obesity human populations, although many were limited single adiposity measure or have not considered potential confounding by dietary factors. The purpose of this study is examine associations urinary measures nationally representative sample Canadian adults. </sec>...
Background: Despite reductions in exposure for workers and the general public, radon remains a leading cause of lung cancer. Prior studies underground miners depended heavily upon information on deaths among employed early years mine operations when exposures were high tended to be poorly estimated. Objectives: To strengthen basis radiation protection, we report follow-up later periods whom have more accurate accrued at intensities that are comparable contemporary settings. Methods: We...
Objective: To describe the sequence of (Severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2) infection following endotracheal intubation in Coronavirus disease 2019 patients. Design: A retrospective case series study. This analysis focuses on cases involving hospital medical staff who contracted SARS-CoV-2 after performing a COVID-19 patient August 2, 2021, at Hoan My Thu Duc Hospital, private treating patients Vietnam. The participants were 13 members involved aerosol-generating procedures....
There is a gap in knowledge about the mechanisms of sports-related brain injuries. The objective this study was to determine injuries among children and youth participating team sports.We conducted retrospective case series suffered by sports. Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting Prevention Program (CHIRPP) database searched for injury cases 5-19 year-olds playing ice hockey, soccer, American football (football), basketball, baseball, or rugby between 1990 2009. Mechanisms were classified as...
Using the survey responses of 522 married men (eighteen to fifty-one years) in Vietnam, we explored how gendered social learning boyhood and challenges men’s expected status marriage may increase risk that perpetrate intimate partner violence (IPV) against their wives. Over one-third (36.6 percent) participants reported having ever perpetrated psychological, physical, or sexual IPV current wife. Accounting for other characteristics sample, witnessing as a boy, being physically maltreated...
HIV prevalence among men who have sex with (MSM) in Vietnam is increasing, while annual testing uptake has remained consistently low, posing a significant challenge to reaching the 90-90-90 goals. Barriers MSM seeking include concerns regarding confidentiality and lack of convenient options. Two new strategies-HIV lay provider self-testing (HIVST)-were piloted alongside intensive social media outreach increase access not actively engaged services.We measured proportion first-time testers...
Using a couple-centered approach, this study focuses on the relative attributes and attitudes of spouses as predictors marital violence. Analysis data from Vietnam showed that 37% married women have ever been hit by their husbands. Regression results found husbands with lower resources or status than wives were more likely to abused. Results also association between husbands' gender violence depends level equity wives'attitudes. The decline in among couples which expressed equitable was...
<sec> <title>Introduction</title> Sleep is essential for both physical and mental well-being. This study investigated sociodemographic, lifestyle/behavioural, environmental, psychosocial health factors associated with sleep duration among Canadians at different life stages. </sec> <title>Methods</title> We analyzed nationally representative data from 12 174 aged 3–79 years in the Canadian Health Measures Survey (2009–2013). Respondents were grouped into five stages by age years: preschoolers...
Social norms surrounding sex and relationships remain gendered among young people in Vietnam, with men maintaining a privileged role heterosexual relationships. This analysis explored how university students Vietnam perceived prevailing gender norms, these influenced men's understanding of sexual consent dating drew primarily on in-depth interviews secondarily from women attending two universities Hanoi 2018. Thematic the revealed broader narrative about shape behaviour beliefs consent....
Background HIV prevalence among men who have sex with (MSM) and transgender women (TGW) in Vietnam is high, whereas coverage of effective prevention services has been inadequate. Studies measured MSM TGW demand for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) services, which led to the design first ever PrEP program Vietnam, Prepped (P4P). Methods: In March 2017, were offered Ho Chi Minh City as part P4P demonstration project, enabling same-day enrolment three key population (KP)-led clinics four public...
HIV self-testing (HIVST) is an effective approach to increase testing uptake. While oral fluid-based HIVST has been rapidly scaled, use of blood-based remains limited. We evaluated the acceptability, feasibility, and accuracy among lay users in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam. conducted a cross-sectional study clients at HCMC Pasteur Institute from March 2019 October 2020. Participants received one kit performed test front observer. The observer used product-specific questionnaires collect...
From mid‐1999 to mid‐2001, the authors carried out a qualitative study in rural Vietnam explore relationships between gender equity and reproductive health. One of study's objectives was develop culturally appropriate indicators women's empowerment, specific Vietnamese context. This paper describes process developing, testing, refining empowerment indicators, presents some findings, discusses methodological challenges that need be addressed. The concludes by recommending set Vietnamspecific...
Sexual violence against women is prevalent worldwide. Prevention programs that treat men as allies and integrate a bystander framework are emerging in lower income settings, but evidence of their effectiveness conflicting.This study aimed to test the impact GlobalConsent on sexually violent behavior prosocial among university Vietnam.We used double-blind, parallel intervention versus control group design with 1:1 randomization at 2 universities. A total 793 consenting heterosexual or...
Background In Vietnam, reaching the remaining one-third of undiagnosed people living with HIV and facilitating their antiretroviral therapy (ART) enrollment requires breakthrough approaches. We piloted lay provider testing as an innovative approach to reach at-risk populations that never or infrequently test at facility-based services. Methods conducted a cross-sectional survey analysis routine program data in two urban provinces (Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City) rural mountainous (Nghe An Dien Bien)...