A5012826133- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Folate and B Vitamins Research
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
- Consumer Retail Behavior Studies
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
- African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Ethics in medical practice
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
American Bar Association
2015-2023
University of South Florida
2021
Ministry of Health
2016-2019
University of Arizona
2017
Croydon University Hospital
2004
Background: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) patients fear being open about their identities, not receiving equal or safe treatment, having family surrogates disrespected ignored by providers. Objective: To examine inadequate, disrespectful, abusive care to due sexual orientation gender identity. Design: A cross-sectional study using an online survey. Setting/Subjects: Home residential hospice, inpatient palliative service, other outpatient settings. Subjects were 865 hospice...
Background The British Columbia (BC) Hepatitis Testers Cohort (BC-HTC) was established to assess and monitor hepatitis C (HCV) epidemiology, cost of illness treatment effectiveness in BC, Canada. In this paper, we describe the cohort construction, data linkage process, yields, comparison characteristics linked unlinked individuals. Methods BC-HTC includes all individuals tested for HCV and/or HIV or reported as a case HCV, B (HBV), active tuberculosis (TB) BC with provincial health insurance...
Abstract Repair is an overlooked but important aspect of consumer behavior with implications for the social and environmental sustainability consumption. This ethnographic study examines interplay repair consumption by analyzing when how consumers objects they use. The analysis conflicting complementary practice elements can lead to object replacement disposal or, alternatively, facilitate extended Results unfold calibrate their routine activities around continually changing material...
British Columbia (BC), Canada declared a public health emergency in April 2016 for opioid overdose. Comprehensive data was needed to identify risk factors, inform interventions, and evaluate response actions. We describe the development of an overdose cohort, including linkage strategy, case definitions, governance model, present resulting characteristics, yields overlap among sources.Overdose events from hospital admissions, physician visits, poison centre ambulance calls, department...
Background and Rationale: ICU clinicians regularly care for patients who lack capacity, an applicable advance directive, available surrogate decision-maker. Although there is no consensus on terminology, we refer to these as "unrepresented." There considerable controversy about how make treatment decisions patients, significant variability in both law clinical practice.Purpose Objectives: This multisociety statement provides hospital administrators with recommendations decision-making behalf...
Abstract Discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) persons in health care creates barriers to serious illness care, including patients avoiding or delaying necessary providers disrespecting wishes of surrogates, adverse outcomes for families. A cross-sectional mixed-methods study using an online survey was used determine the extent which LGBTQ+ spouses, partners, widows experienced disrespectful inadequate due sexual orientation gender identity. total 290...
Purpose This paper aims to investigate the impacts of a science-based environmental communication campaign at university dining hall. The are assessed in terms student attitudes toward sustainability, food consumption choices and perceptions understanding information it communicated. Design/methodology/approach A was designed convey water footprint entrées available tested during three-week field experiment which students hall were exposed about sustainability their food. To measure behavior...
Summary The widespread use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has dramatically reduced HIV‐associated morbidity and mortality where treatment been made available. Very high levels adherence to HAART are a prerequisite for successful virological immunological response. Low increases the risk failure disease progression. It is also likely lead further transmission resistant viruses, have negative impact on cost effectiveness HAART. difficult predict, this two key implications...
The purpose of this study was to describe disrespectful, inadequate, and abusive care seriously ill patients who identify as transgender their partners.A cross-sectional mixed methods conducted. sample included 865 nurses, physicians, social workers, chaplains. Respondents were asked whether they had observed or due the patient being such care.Of 21.3% participants reported observing discriminatory a patient, 85.3% disrespectful care, 35.9% inadequate 10.3% care. Disrespectful insensitivity;...
Although it is possible to achieve a balanced diet by eating variety of foods, clear that there gap between the ideal and reality what people actually eat. For individuals at all stages life with changing lifestyles where food selections may compromise optimal nutrition, nutrient‐dense foods including fortified supplements can serve as an effective means ensuring micronutrient needs are fulfilled. Populations risk include elderly, women various stages, children adolescents, trying lose...
Summary Foods can have nutrients added to restore those lost during preparation, allow for substitution by different foods (for example the low level fortification of table margarine with vitamins A and D replace these which are normally in butter but not unfortified margarine), or provide enriched foods. The objective this study was estimate proportion total food consumed that is fortified selected European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain UK). data on per capita consumption 44...
Beta‐carotene producers and food manufacturers have collated information about the usage of beta‐carotene as a colourant in fortified foods supplements. These data been combined with consumption from some European countries consuming higher amounts processed foods, to generate estimates high‐level intake compare official advice. Intake colour uses for German, French British adults ranged 0.4 1.9 mg/day. Pack dosage directions content were used estimate intakes supplements, which could range...
IntroductionBritish Columbia has the highest rate of opioid overdose in Canada, driven by use illegal opioids such as fentanyl. In addition to ongoing surveillance, there is a need for more comprehensive data identify risk factors, inform development interventions, and evaluate public health emergency response.
 Objectives ApproachThe Provincial Overdose Cohort linked administrative dataset based on information from hospital admissions, physician visits, prescription dispensations,...
Abstract Objectives To explore evolutionary hypotheses for the high frequencies of a substitution in methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene, Mexican and Central American Indigenous populations. Materials methods We obtained allele C677T variant MTHFR gene ecological information 37 indigenous samples from Mexico America. calculated Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium computed Fst statistics. correlations between samples' geochemical variables. Results Many have extremely T ( = 0.62, median...