A5062147812- Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Amoebic Infections and Treatments
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Global Health Workforce Issues
Alberta Health Services
2019-2025
Assembly of First Nations
2025
Alberta Health
2019-2024
Williams (United States)
2019
University of Calgary
2019
Introduction The high cost of many healthy foods poses a challenge to maintaining optimal blood glucose levels for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus who are experiencing food insecurity, leading complications and excess acute care usage costs. Healthy prescription programmes may reduce insecurity support patients improve their diet quality, prevent avoid use. We will use hybrid-effectiveness design examine the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation maintenance (RE-AIM) incentive...
To determine if there was excess mortality in Alberta, Canada during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, to confirm affected all age groups equally, and what proportions of deaths were directly related COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical drug poisoning.Weekly all-cause data used estimate modelled against pre-pandemic period (January 2015-February 2020). Age-adjusted weekly rates for March 2020 December 2021 compared with preceding 5 years.From 2021, an 11% rate, corresponding average...
BACKGROUND: Indigenous populations experience higher rates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in Canada. The Extension for Community Health Outcomes+ (ECHO+) telehealth model was implemented Alberta to support HCV screening and treatment, using Zoom technology patient access specialist care closer home. Our goal expand this program more communities Alberta, various Indigenous-led or co-designed methods. METHODS: ECHO+ team a Two-Eyed Seeing framework, incorporating wholistic approaches...
KEY POINTS Health inequities for Indigenous peoples arise from the multigenerational effects of colonization and need to be contextualized within historical, political, social economic conditions that have influenced health.[1][1]–[3][2] Calls action address
Across Canada, Indigenous identity data is not routinely collected in healthcare settings. This paper focuses on [province] and whether the largest only province-wide services organization [healthcare name] should implement an identifier their new electronic medical record system. Due to current absence of identifier, it difficult identify peoples administrative guide decision-making specifically for assist with population-specific disease surveillance prevention programs. Moreover, often...
<sec> <title>Introduction</title> L’épidémie actuelle de surdoses demeure l’une des plus grandes crises santé publique au Canada. Si, pour la freiner, différentes mesures réduction méfaits ont été mises en place, ces demeurent concentrées dans les milieux urbains. Les services d’intervention par téléphone et application cas surdose sont nouveaux technologiques susceptibles pallier le peu ressources offertes milieu rural : grâce à supervision virtuelle consommation, ils pourraient réduire...
The overdose epidemic continues to be one of the largest public health crises in Canada. Various harm reduction supports have been implemented curb this epidemic; however, they remain concentrated within urban settings. To address limitation, response hotlines and applications (ORHA) are novel, technologybased services that may reduce drug-related mortality for people who use substances (PWUS) living rural communities through virtual supervised consumption. These enable more timely remote...
Objectives The lack of Indigenous health care data in Canada makes it challenging to plan services and inform leadership on the needs their respective Nations communities. Several Canadian organizations have implemented a voluntary identifier patients within electronic medical records. This study examines facilitators barriers implementing such self-reported identifier, from perspective key stakeholders who work at four providers where an has been implemented. Methods sites comprise three...
Indigenous Peoples face inequities in health and healthcare access due to colonial history systems. To work towards the Truth Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls Action United Nations Declaration on Rights Peoples, Alberta Health Services has collaborated with a Wisdom Council engaged Elders community members tailor programmes for Peoples. The Support Line (ISL) was created based Council’s advice provide an Indigenous-specific concerns line, which later expanded into telehealth line...
Abstract Background: The high cost of many healthy foods poses a significant challenge to the maintenance optimal blood glucose levels for adults with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) who are experiencing food insecurity, leading complications and excess acute care usage costs. Subsidized prescription programs may help reduce insecurity by financially supporting patients improve their diet quality, prevent avoid use. This study will use hybrid effectiveness-implementation design examine reach,...
It is vital for individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) to adhere a healthy dietary pattern maintain optimal blood glucose levels and overall health. Increasing costs of foods, however, are barrier maintaining healthful patterns, particularly T2DM who experiencing food insecurity. Poor diet quality may result in difficulties levels, leading higher rates complications, increased acute care usage costs. Although the adverse impacts insecurity on well documented, effective strategies this among...