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…
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…
To review the clinical features and risk factors for complications and treatment of malaria in a pediatric cohort mainly composed of immigrant children. Retrospective cohort study of all cases of malaria diagnosed between 1991 and 2001 in Montreal, Canada. We have reviewed a total of 121 cases of malaria in children. The majority of which…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Age differences in attitudes of kindergarten and third-grade Black children from a majority-Black school in a Canadian city toward Blacks, Whites, and Amerindians, were examined on both the single-response Preschool Racial Attitudes Measure (PRAM) and a new multiple-response measure. On both measures, third graders were more pro-Black than kindergartners. Pro-Black biases were much stronger on…
Cette recherche compare l'incidence et les caractéristiques des signalements faits au service de protection de l'enfance selon deux groupes ethniques. Les taux d'incidence sont calculés à partir de l'ensemble des signalements reçus (2854) par les services de protection entre le 17 juillet 1988 et le 31 mars 1989. Un échantillon de 953 signalements sert à…
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