A5036935350- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Sleep and related disorders
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Housing Market and Economics
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Western University
2011-2025
The King's University
2018-2025
Children’s Health Research Institute
2019-2023
University of Toronto
2023
University College London
2023
Lawson Health Research Institute
2020-2023
London Health Sciences Centre
2023
McMaster University
2017-2022
Western University of Health Sciences
2019
Objectives: To present the 6-month prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of mental disorders health–related service contacts in a sample children (4 to 11 years) youth (12 17 Ontario. Methods: The 2014 Ontario Child Health Study is provincially representative survey 6537 families with aged 4 years DSM-IV-TR were assessed using Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children Adolescents (MINI-KID) included mood (major depressive episode), anxiety (generalized anxiety,...
Objectives: To examine: 1) changes in the prevalence of mental disorders and perceived need for professional help among children (ages 4 to 11) youth 12 16) between 1983 2014 Ontario 2) whether these vary by age sex, urban-rural residency, poverty, lone-parent status, immigrant background. Methods: The ( n = 2836) 5785) Child Health Studies are provincially representative cross-sectional surveys with identical self-report checklist measures conduct disorder, hyperactivity, emotional as well...
Objective: To describe the methodology of 2014 Ontario Child Health Study (OCHS): a province-wide, cross-sectional, epidemiologic study child health and mental disorder among 4- to 17-year-olds living in household dwellings. Method: Implemented by Statistics Canada, OCHS was led academic researchers at Offord Centre for Studies (McMaster University). Eligible households included families with children aged 4 17 years, who were listed on Canadian Tax Benefit File. The survey design area...
Objectives: To describe the development and psychometric properties of 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Emotional Behavioural Scales (OCHS-EBS) for dimensional measurement 7 disorders based on criteria from fifth edition Diagnostic Statistical Manual Mental Disorders ( DSM-5). Methods: Scale items were selected by agreement among 19 child psychologists psychiatrists rating correspondence between item descriptions DSM-5 symptoms. Psychometric evaluation parent/caregiver youth scales came a...
To present the 12-month prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation attempts in a sample youth Ontario.Data come from 2014 Ontario Child Health Study, provincially representative survey families with children Ontario. Youth aged 14 to 17 y ( n = 2,396) completed computer-assisted, self-administered questionnaire their home assess occurrence ideation, attempts, associated correlates, including non-suicidal self-injury, mental disorders, substance use, peer victimization exposure child...
Lower-quality employment, characterised by excessive or part-time hours, irregular schedules and inadequate earnings, is a key social determinant of health among adults. Research examining parental employment quality in relation to the mental school performance children lacking. The study objective was measure associations between child symptoms performance. We conducted secondary analysis cross-sectional 2014 Ontario Child Health Study. Dependent variables were parent-reported used latent...
Objectives: To compare the reliability and convergent validity of parent assessments from Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children Adolescents (MINI-KID —a structured diagnostic interview) Ontario Child Health Study Emotional Behavioural Scales (OCHS-EBS) symptom checklist classifying conduct disorder (CD), or oppositional defiant (CD-ODD), attention-deficit hyperactivity (ADHD), major depressive (MDD), generalized anxiety (GAD), separation (SAD) based on DSM-5 criteria....
Using data from the Child Supplement of National Longitudinal Survey Youth, we compare trajectories externalizing and internalizing behaviors among children exposed to five patterns poverty birth age 14: always or never poor - stable patterns; a single transition into out poverty, repeated fluctuations in changing patterns. We also examine how low maternal education parenthood interact with these exposures compound their adverse effects. Finally, magnitude effects associated exposure, as...
Objectives: To determine if levels of neighbourhood poverty and antisocial behaviour modify associations between household child youth mental health problems. Methods: Data come from the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study—a provincially representative survey 6537 families with 10,802 four- to 17-year-olds. Multivariate multilevel modelling was used test interact children’s externalizing internalizing problems based on parent assessments children (4- 17-year-olds) self-assessments (12-...
Food insecurity is a serious public health problem and linked to the mental of children adolescents; however, its relationship with service use unknown. We sought estimate association between household food contact services for or substance disorders among adolescents in Ontario, Canada. used administrative data, 5 waves Canadian Community Health Survey, identify (aged 1-17 yr) who had response Household Security Survey Module. identified contacts outpatient acute care year before survey...
Prevalence estimates of child and youth mental disorder health-related service contacts are needed for policy formulation, research, advocacy resource allocation. Our aim is to compare prevalence derived from general population survey data v. linked administrative health data.Provincially representative 2014 Ontario Child Health Study were records 5563 children aged 4-17 in Ontario. Emotional disorders (mood anxiety) attention-deficit/hyperactivity assessed using a standardised diagnostic...
Background: Using community-based participatory research (CBPR) principles, the Canadian First Nations Diabetes Clinical Management Epidemiologic (CIRCLE) study documents current clinical management of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and complications in 19 partnering (FN) communities.
Abstract Background To inform the provision and organization of care, to improve equitable access mental health services for children youth, we must first characterize youth being served, taking into consideration factors related need. Our objective was use a population-based survey linked with administrative data estimate contacts determine socio-demographic correlates, after adjusting Methods Data from 2014 Ontario Child Health Study (OCHS) were at individual level databases Ontario’s...
To estimate the alignment between Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services (MCYS) expenditures for children's mental health services population need, to quantify value adjusting need in addition size formula-based expenditure allocations. Two definitions are used: "assessed need," as presence a disorder, "perceived subjective perception problem.Children's service contact estimates (from 2014 Child Health Study), data government administrative data), counts 2011 Canadian Census) were...
Knowledge of the sociodemographic, behavioural, and clinical characteristics children visiting emergency departments (EDs) for mental health or substance use concerns in Ontario, Canada is lacking.Using data from a population-based survey linked at individual level to administrative data, this study leverages provincially representative sample quasi-experimental design strengthen inferences regarding extent which children's are associated with risk related ED visit.9,301 aged 4-17 years...