A5042214174- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Noise Effects and Management
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Migration, Identity, and Health
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Education, sociology, and vocational training
Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec
2009-2022
Université du Québec à Montréal
2001-2022
Dalhousie University
2017
Health Canada
2017
University of Alberta
2017
University of Victoria
2017
University of Waterloo
2017
Impact
2017
Institut National de Santé Publique
2017
The Interactive Acculturation Model was recently proposed to better account for relations between immigrant and dominant host majority members depending on their respective acculturation orientations. Host Community Scale (HCAS) used measure the following five orientations toward “valued” “devalued” immigrants: integrationism, assimilationism, segregationism, exclusionism, individualism. Results obtained with Quebecois francophone ( N = 637) showed that integrationism individualism were...
Over the past decade, youth tobacco use has declined, and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) have entered market. The aims of this study were to describe prevalence e-cigarette among in Canada, by province, across sociodemographic variables smoking-related correlates; examine associations use, correlates, with adjustment for other factors.The 2014/15 Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol Drugs Survey, a biennial, school-based survey, was administered students grades 6-12 all provinces....
After defining discrimination and linguicism, the first part of paper provides a brief overview employment problems experienced by minority groups in Quebec. Part two offers results from special analysis Ethnic Diversity Survey (2003) dealing with experiencing Quebec rest Canada. Results show that Quebec, anglophones are more likely to report being victims than francophones language/accent is seen as main cause for both anglophones. In Canada skin colour anglophones, while see...
Objectives: Daily cannabis use can portend problematic or dependence. We aimed to identify early risk factors for daily in young adults. Methods: Data were available a longitudinal investigation of 1294 grade 7 students age 12 13 years at inception recruited 10 secondary schools Montreal, Canada, 1999. on collected mailed self-report questionnaires from 878 participants (67.9% 1294) 20. The associations between each 23 potential measured and 20 modeled using logistic regression. Results: At...
This Canadian study examines the prevalence of smoking restrictions in homes before and after implementation a public ban, their relation to tobacco use cessation among cohort smokers. Data were from longitudinal 1,058 smokers province Québec, Canada. Baseline data collected through population-based survey conducted 1 month ban with representative sample Follow-up 18 months response rate 68%. Logistic regressions, paired t tests chi-square statistics used examine factors associated homes,...
We investigated whether secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure is associated with depressive symptoms in a population-based sample of children.Never-smoking students from 29 French-language elementary schools Greater Montréal, Canada, were followed 5th to 11th grade (2005-2011) five waves: 1 (5th grade), 2 (spring 6th 3 (7th 4 (9th and 5 (11th grade). Associations between SHS at home cars examined cross-sectional longitudinal gamma generalized regression models adjusted for sex, maternal education,...
<h3>Introduction</h3> Secondhand smoke (SHS) can quickly attain high concentrations in cars, posing health risks to passengers and especially children. This paper assesses whether there are social disparities children9s exposure SHS privately owned vehicles. <h3>Methods</h3> On weekday mornings afternoons from September November 2011, trained observers were stationed at 100 selected street intersections Montreal, Canada. For each car transporting least one passenger aged 0–15 years...
Introduction An association between socioeconomic status (SES) and smoke-free private spaces among smokers could be due to heavier smoking low SES smokers. We assessed whether quantity smoked or are independently associated with homes cars in daily Method Data were drawn from a cross-sectional telephone survey (2011–2012) of 750 age ≥18 years Quebec, Canada (45% response). Multivariable logistic regression was used model the independent (a) number cigarettes per day, (b) each educational...
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