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Children

  • Reliability and convergent and discriminant validity of the Child Oral Health Impact Profile (COHIP Child’s version)

    Objectives: The purpose of the current study was to assess the reliability as well as the convergent and discriminant validity of the Child Oral Health Impact Profile (COHIP). The questionnaire consisted of five domains that assessed oral health, functional well-being, social-emotional well-being, school environment, and self-image. COHIP was designed to measure self-reported oral health-related quality…

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  • Cervical Cancer Screening by Immigrant and Minority Womenin Canada

    Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable forms of cancer and the Pap smear test is one of the most widely accessible forms of cancer screening. An important public health issue is the extent to which Canadian women are engaging in regular screening for cervical cancer, particularly potentially at-risk groups such as recent immigrants…

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  • Newborn screening for sickle cell disease: A 1988-2003 Quebec experience

    Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is associated with significant mortality and morbidity that can be decreased by neonatal diagnosis. Although 44 American states have implemented such programs, there are no provincially funded universal or targeted newborn screening programs for SCD in Canada. Objective(s) : To report a critical appraisal of a hospital-based neonatal screening program…

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  • Emerging pediatric HIV epidemic related to migration

    In 2002, Canada introduced routine, mandatory HIV antibody screening for all residency applicants, including selected children. We report screening results from January 2002 to February 2005. Thirty-six pediatric HIV cases were detected (14/100,000 applicants); 94% of infected children were eligible to arrive in Canada. Thirty-two of the affected children were from Africa, and maternal infection…

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  • Malaria “epidemic” in Quebec: diagnosis and response to imported malaria

    Background: Imported malaria is an increasing problem. The arrival of 224 African refugees presented the opportunity to investigate the diagnosis and management of imported malaria within the Quebec health care system. Methods: The refugees were visited at home 3–4 months after arrival in Quebec. For 221, a questionnaire was completed and permission obtained for access…

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  • Sticks and stones: Racism as experienced by adolescents in New Brunswick

    The purpose of the study was to describe both the nature of racism as experienced by adolescent self-described victims in the province of New Brunswick, Canada, and their response to the perceived racist incidents. A qualitative methodology based on the constructivist paradigm was used. In-depth interviews were conducted with non-White adolescent victims of racism and…

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  • Hospitalization for community-acquired, rotavirus-associated diarrhea -: A prospective, longitudinal, population-based study during the seasonal outbreak

    Objectives: To determine the age-specific hospitalization rate for rotavirus-associated diarrhea in Canadian children during the seasonal outbreak, and to characterize children and their households, for assessment of the need for a rotavirus vaccine. Design: Prospective multisite cohort study.Settings and Participants: Children with an admission diagnosis of diarrhea admitted to 18 hospitals serving 132 study census…

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  • Sickle cell disease of the spine in children

    Objective : To determine the incidence of back pain in children admitted with sickle cell disease so as to increase awareness of this disease in black children presenting with back pain or discomfort. Design : A retrospective review. Setting : The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa, a tertiary care, university affiliated centre. Patients…

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  • Persistence of vitamin D-deficiency rickets in Toronto in the 1990s

    In 1946, Professor F.F. Tisdall, an eminent nutrition scientist of the time, predicted that childhood vitamin D deficiency would soon no longer be a public health problem.1 His optimism stemmed from the knowledge that vitamin D deficiency rickets could easily be prevented by exposure of the skin to sunlight or by the addition of a…

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