A5087850389- Global Health and Surgery
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Community Health and Development
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Mentoring and Academic Development
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Children's Rights and Participation
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Ethics in Clinical Research
McGill University
2013-2024
Public Health Ontario
2024
University of Toronto
2008-2024
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
2024
Parkinson’s Disease Foundation of India
2023
Jewish General Hospital
2013
The Scarborough Hospital
2008
This commentary aims to provide a glimpse into some of the early and continuing impacts COVID-19 pandemic on our global public health projects: research in low-resourced settings; with vulnerable populations, such as asylum seekers, Indigenous communities, children, mental service users; healthcare professionals, frontline workers, planners. In context restrictions caused by COVID-19, this highlights setbacks challenges, ways which we are adapting methodologies, while considering ethical...
ABSTRACT Building on well-established findings of age-related decline in associative memory, we examined whether the magnitude age differences depends types associations that are formed. Specifically, because predominant changes hippocampus, expected to find larger recognition between-domain than within-domain associations. Twenty younger and 20 older healthy adults were given two tests, using face–name word–word pairs, matched for difficulty level. As hypothesized, a three-way interaction...
Community-based organisations working in mental health are essential for supporting wellbeing globally, particularly areas where other services scarce. Such uniquely attuned to local needs, challenges, and priorities, often established led by members of a particular community themselves. Thus, community-based provide culturally relevant programmes within familiar environments trusted providers, whereby participation is central their implementation.1Campbell C Burgess R The role communities...
Dance and movement therapy (DMT) Western dance forms have been advocated for the effective management of Parkinson's Disease (PD). This study focuses on including culturally relevant Indian concepts in developing evaluating a community-based DMT programme PD. is first comparative PD conducted India, with control group 'physical exercise programme'. 34 People (PwPs) were assigned to 'DMT intervention' or 'Physical group' using convenience sampling they attended weekly 90-minute sessions over...
In this article, we discuss the construct of cultural safety in relation to ethics, politics, and practice implementation research Indigenous communities. We convened a 3-day workshop, bringing together 23 non-Indigenous collaborators from First Nation communities universities across Canada reflect on experiences with implementing an youth family mental health promotion program Participants identified three dimensions central achieving culturally safe space research: (1) interpersonal...
Despite recent developments aimed at creating international guidelines for ethical global health research, critical disconnections remain between how research is conducted in the field and institutional ethics frameworks intended to guide practice. In this paper we attempt map out tensions likely arise fieldwork as researchers negotiate challenges of balancing committees' rules bureaucracies with actual processes local contexts. Drawing from our experiences an implementation evaluation...
Abstract The study explores how children in an inner‐city community of Jamaica deal with everyday violence. Using art‐based method called body mapping , we explored the ways made sense issues related to power, vulnerability, risk and resilience. findings show children's narratives memories their bodies merged broader social cultural structures governing lives. Expressing embodied experiences through exercise, challenged resisted normative sociocultural schemes they should be world by...
Despite extraordinary progress in biomedical technology and health care services, there is growing criticism of the depersonalization clinical practice limits medical professional knowledge. In Person-centered Medicine (PCM), one aims to give systematic attention illness meaning experience patients integrate into wellbeing, autonomy, spirituality dignity diverse cultural backgrounds. There however a dearth validated tools clinicians can use implement PCM approach during communication tasks...
<title>Abstract</title> Cognitive flexibility and working memory are important executive functions mediated by the prefrontal cortex can be impaired circadian rhythm disturbances such as chronic jet lag (CJL) or shift work. In present study, we used mice to investigate whether (1) simulated CJL impairs cognitive flexibility, (2) orexin system is involved in impairment, (3) nasal administration of A able reverse CJL-induced deficits memory. Mice were exposed either standard light-dark...
Abstract Cognitive flexibility and working memory are important executive functions mediated by the prefrontal cortex can be impaired circadian rhythm disturbances such as chronic jet lag (CJL) or shift work. In present study, we used mice to investigate whether (1) simulated CJL impairs cognitive flexibility, (2) orexin system is involved in impairment, (3) nasal administration of A able reverse CJL-induced deficits memory. Mice were exposed either standard light-dark conditions consisting...
The legacy of structural and colonial violence has disrupted attachment which led to the breakdown healthy relationships within some Indigenous families communities. A key component re-establishing is through addressing effect historical on-going colonalism (e.g., intergenerational trauma, cultural connectedness) on individual, family, community relationships. We conducted a descriptive environmental scan web-based resources complemented it with reports from conversations stakeholders,...
Given the rise in elderly population and predicted increase age-related diseases like Parkinson's disease, as well treatment gaps Low-and-Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), there is an urgent need to develop a culturally socioeconomically viable model of care that would be multidisciplinary, replicable, affordable, accessible those who it most. We present here outline rehabilitation care, which incorporates standardized group therapy format, community-based Support Centers, collaboration with...
# Introduction This paper aims to contribute the discussion on how global health research (GHR) mentorship initiatives can best help prepare next generation of GH researchers. To this end, authors, a group emerging researchers, share their experiences and perspectives participating in Global Health Research Capacity Strengthening (GHR-CAPS) program, multidisciplinary GHR training program Quebec, Canada. Discussion Based experiences, what is deemed most beneficial interfacing with diverse...
# Introduction This paper aims to contribute the discussion on how global health research (GHR) mentorship initiatives can best help prepare next generation of GH researchers. To this end, authors, a group emerging researchers, share their experiences and perspectives participating in Global Health Research Capacity Strengthening (GHR-CAPS) program, multidisciplinary GHR training program Quebec, Canada. Discussion Based experiences, what is deemed most beneficial interfacing with diverse...