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Mierzwa M, Casper K, Redmond K, Barrett W, Takiar V, Tang A, Mark J, Wilson K, Wise-Draper T, Sadraei N, Huth B. Phase 2 Trial of Adjuvant Concurrent Cetuximab and Radiation for High-Risk Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.12.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Jones D, Darwin L, Wilson K, Kisting S, Spiegel JM, Adu P, Yassi A. 861 Successfully implementing information systems to improve occupational health and safety performance – 2: case studies. Health Serv Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2018-icohabstracts.522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Palackdharry S, Gillison M, Worden F, Old M, O'brien P, Dunlap N, Cohen E, Casper K, Mierzwa M, Morris J, Sadraei NH, Huth B, Takiar V, Butler R, Mark J, Patil Y, Wilson K, Janssen E, Conforti L, Yaniv B, Wise-Draper T. Neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab is Active in Surgically Resected Head and Neck Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.12.150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bennion N, Zhen K, Wilson K, Poole M, McMahon R, Yager A, Enke C, Zhou S. PO-1101: Six Sigma Optimizations for Workflow and Quality Improvement in the Radiation Oncology Clinic. Radiother Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(18)31411-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Alduino C, Alessandria F, Alfonso K, Andreotti E, Arnaboldi C, Avignone FT, Azzolini O, Balata M, Bandac I, Banks TI, Bari G, Barucci M, Beeman JW, Bellini F, Benato G, Bersani A, Biare D, Biassoni M, Bragazzi F, Branca A, Brofferio C, Bryant A, Buccheri A, Bucci C, Bulfon C, Camacho A, Caminata A, Canonica L, Cao XG, Capelli S, Capodiferro M, Cappelli L, Cardani L, Cariello M, Carniti P, Carrettoni M, Casali N, Cassina L, Cereseto R, Ceruti G, Chiarini A, Chiesa D, Chott N, Clemenza M, Conventi D, Copello S, Cosmelli C, Cremonesi O, Crescentini C, Creswick RJ, Cushman JS, D'Addabbo A, D'Aguanno D, Dafinei I, Datskov V, Davis CJ, Del Corso F, Dell'Oro S, Deninno MM, Di Domizio S, Di Vacri ML, Di Paolo L, Drobizhev A, Ejzak L, Faccini R, Fang DQ, Faverzani M, Ferri E, Ferroni F, Fiorini E, Franceschi MA, Freedman SJ, Fujikawa BK, Gaigher R, Giachero A, Gironi L, Giuliani A, Gladstone L, Goett J, Gorla P, Gotti C, Guandalini C, Guerzoni M, Gutierrez TD, Haller EE, Han K, Hansen EV, Heeger KM, Hennings-Yeomans R, Hickerson KP, Huang HZ, Iannone M, Ioannucci L, Kadel R, Keppel G, Kogler L, Kolomensky YG, Leder A, Ligi C, Lim KE, Liu X, Ma YG, Maiano C, Maino M, Marini L, Martinez M, Martinez Amaya C, Maruyama RH, Mei Y, Moggi N, Morganti S, Mosteiro PJ, Nagorny SS, Napolitano T, Nastasi M, Nisi S, Nones C, Norman EB, Novati V, Nucciotti A, Nutini I, O'Donnell T, Olcese M, Olivieri E, Orio F, Orlandi D, Ouellet JL, Pagliarone CE, Pallavicini M, Palmieri V, Pattavina L, Pavan M, Pedretti M, Pedrotta R, Pelosi A, Pessina G, Pettinacci V, Piperno G, Pira C, Pirro S, Pozzi S, Previtali E, Reindl F, Rimondi F, Risegari L, Rosenfeld C, Rossi C, Rusconi C, Sakai M, Sala E, Salvioni C, Sangiorgio S, Santone D, Schaeffer D, Schmidt B, Schmidt J, Scielzo ND, Singh V, Sisti M, Smith AR, Stivanello F, Taffarello L, Tatananni L, Tenconi M, Terranova F, Tessaro M, Tomei C, Ventura G, Vignati M, Wagaarachchi SL, Wallig J, Wang BS, Wang HW, Welliver B, Wilson J, Wilson K, Winslow LA, Wise T, Zanotti L, Zarra C, Zhang GQ, Zhu BX, Zimmermann S, Zucchelli S. First Results from CUORE: A Search for Lepton Number Violation via 0νββ Decay of ^{130}Te. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 120:132501. [PMID: 29694201 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.132501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The CUORE experiment, a ton-scale cryogenic bolometer array, recently began operation at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. The array represents a significant advancement in this technology, and in this work we apply it for the first time to a high-sensitivity search for a lepton-number-violating process: ^{130}Te neutrinoless double-beta decay. Examining a total TeO_{2} exposure of 86.3 kg yr, characterized by an effective energy resolution of (7.7±0.5) keV FWHM and a background in the region of interest of (0.014±0.002) counts/(keV kg yr), we find no evidence for neutrinoless double-beta decay. Including systematic uncertainties, we place a lower limit on the decay half-life of T_{1/2}^{0ν}(^{130}Te)>1.3×10^{25} yr (90% C.L.); the median statistical sensitivity of this search is 7.0×10^{24} yr. Combining this result with those of two earlier experiments, Cuoricino and CUORE-0, we find T_{1/2}^{0ν}(^{130}Te)>1.5×10^{25} yr (90% C.L.), which is the most stringent limit to date on this decay. Interpreting this result as a limit on the effective Majorana neutrino mass, we find m_{ββ}<(110-520) meV, where the range reflects the nuclear matrix element estimates employed.
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Iglesias J, Melero JA, Morales G, Paniagua M, Hernández B, Osatiashtiani A, Lee AF, Wilson K. ZrO2-SBA-15 catalysts for the one-pot cascade synthesis of GVL from furfural. Catal Sci Technol 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cy01121d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Controlling the zirconia coating thickness in ZrO2-SBA-15 materials allows tuning their catalytic performance in the one-pot transformation of furfural into GVL.
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Khasraw M, Hofman M, Chantrill L, Pavlakis N, Gebski V, Gill A, Markman B, Yip S, Gibbs E, Karapetis C, Wong S, Ransom D, Michael M, Wilson K, Simes J, Lipton L. AGITG NABNEC: A randomised phase II study of nab-paclitaxel in combination with carboplatin as first line treatment of gastrointestinal neuroendocrine carcinomas. Ann Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx368.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Hughes L, Wilson K. The Role of Social Media Platforms and the Internet in Community Nutrition Education: Making the 21st Century a Healthier Place. J Acad Nutr Diet 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2017.06.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Wilson K, Raisis A, Drynan E, Lester G, Hosgood G. Agreement between invasive blood pressure measured in three peripheral arteries in anaesthetized horses under clinical conditions. Vet Anaesth Analg 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaa.2017.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Gilligan A, Franchino-Elder J, Song X, Wang C, Henriques C, Sainski-Nguyen A, Wilson K, Smith D, Sander S. P3583Comparison of stroke- and bleed-related healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) among patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF), newly treated with oral anti-coagulants (OACs). Eur Heart J 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx504.p3583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Stinchcombe A, Smallbone J, Kortes-Miller K, Wilson K. RESULTS FROM A SCOPING REVIEW ON END-OF-LIFE NEEDS OF LGBT OLDER ADULTS. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.1339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Wilson K, Kortes-Miller K, Stinchcombe A. OLDER ADULTS’ GENDER IDENTITY AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION: THE IMPORTANCE FOR END-OF-LIFE CARE. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.2873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mugo C, Wilson K, Slyker J, John-Stewart G, Bukusi D, Wagner A, Inwani I, Richardson B, Wamalwa D, Kohler P. Lights, Camera, Action!: Utilizing Standardized Patient Actors To Improve
Quality Of Care For HIV-Infected Adolescents In Kenya. Ann Glob Health 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aogh.2017.03.352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Miranda D, Magod B, Wilson K, Garberich R, Williams D, Hryniewicz K. Outcomes of Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation by Etiology: A Single Center Experience. J Heart Lung Transplant 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2017.01.1229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Lewis NM, Wilson K. HIV risk behaviours among immigrant and ethnic minority gay and bisexual men in North America and Europe: A systematic review. Soc Sci Med 2017; 179:115-128. [PMID: 28260636 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.02.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2016] [Revised: 01/19/2017] [Accepted: 02/22/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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HIV surveillance systems show that gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) bear a disproportionate burden of HIV in North American and European countries. Within the MSM category, HIV prevalence is often elevated among ethnic minority (i.e., Latino, Asian, and Black) MSM, many of whom are also foreign-born immigrants. Little research has focused specifically on foreign-born populations, though studies that provide data on the nativity of their samples offer an opportunity to investigate the potential role of transnational migration in informing HIV risk among ethnic minority MSM. This systematic review of ethnic minority MSM studies where the nativity of the sample is known provides a robust alternative to single studies measuring individual-level predictors of HIV risk behaviour. In this review, HIV prevalence, unprotected sex, drug use, and HIV testing are analysed in relation to the ethnicity, nativity, and location of the samples included. The results, which include high rates of HIV, unprotected sex, and stimulant use in foreign-born Latino samples and high rates of alcohol and club drug use in majority foreign-born Asian Pacific Islander (API) samples, provide baseline evidence for the theory of migration and HIV risk as syndemics within ethnic minority populations in North American and European countries. The findings also suggest that further research on the contextual factors influencing HIV risk among ethnic minority MSM groups and especially immigrants within these groups is needed. These factors include ethnic networks, individual post-migration transitions, and the gay communities and substance use cultures in specific destination cities. Further comparative work may also reveal how risk pathways differ across ethnic groups.
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Wilson K, Fernandes K, Prashanth Y, Venkatesha B. Application of acute physiology and chronic health evaluation ii and sequential organ failure assessment score in the prognostication of patients in systemic inflammatory response syndrome. JOURNAL OF NEUROANAESTHESIOLOGY AND CRITICAL CARE 2017. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1646265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Malangone-Monaco E, Wilson K, Satram-Hoang S, Diakun D, Lin S, Tayama D, Ogale S. Real-world treatment patterns, adverse events (AEs) and outcomes associated with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) use for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) in the United States. Eur J Cancer 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(17)30689-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cullington HE, Bele D, Brinton JC, Cooper S, Daft M, Harding J, Hatton N, Humphries J, Lutman ME, Maddocks J, Maggs J, Millward K, O'Donoghue G, Patel S, Rajput K, Salmon V, Sear T, Speers A, Wheeler A, Wilson K. United Kingdom national paediatric bilateral project: Results of professional rating scales and parent questionnaires. Cochlear Implants Int 2017; 18:23-35. [PMID: 28098502 DOI: 10.1080/14670100.2016.1265189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This fourteen-centre project used professional rating scales and parent questionnaires to assess longitudinal outcomes in a large non-selected population of children receiving simultaneous and sequential bilateral cochlear implants. METHODS This was an observational non-randomized service evaluation. Data were collected at four time points: before bilateral cochlear implants or before the sequential implant, one year, two years, and three years after. The measures reported are Categories of Auditory Performance II (CAPII), Speech Intelligibility Rating (SIR), Bilateral Listening Skills Profile (BLSP) and Parent Outcome Profile (POP). RESULTS Thousand and one children aged from 8 months to almost 18 years were involved, although there were many missing data. In children receiving simultaneous implants after one, two, and three years respectively, median CAP scores were 4, 5, and 6; median SIR were 1, 2, and 3. Three years after receiving simultaneous bilateral cochlear implants, 61% of children were reported to understand conversation without lip-reading and 66% had intelligible speech if the listener concentrated hard. Auditory performance and speech intelligibility were significantly better in female children than males. Parents of children using sequential implants were generally positive about their child's well-being and behaviour since receiving the second device; those who were less positive about well-being changes also generally reported their children less willing to wear the second device. CONCLUSION Data from 78% of paediatric cochlear implant centres in the United Kingdom provide a real-world picture of outcomes of children with bilateral implants in the UK. This large reference data set can be used to identify children in the lower quartile for targeted intervention.
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Nelson SE, Wilson K. The mental health of Indigenous peoples in Canada: A critical review of research. Soc Sci Med 2017; 176:93-112. [PMID: 28135694 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2016] [Revised: 12/06/2016] [Accepted: 01/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Many scholars assert that Indigenous peoples across the globe suffer a disproportionate burden of mental illness. Research indicates that colonialism and its associated processes are important determinants of Indigenous peoples' health internationally. In Canada, despite an abundance of health research documenting inequalities in morbidity and mortality rates for Indigenous peoples, relatively little research has focused on mental health. This paper provides a critical scoping review of the literature related to Indigenous mental health in Canada. We searched eleven databases and two Indigenous health-focused journals for research related to mental health, Indigenous peoples, and Canada, for the years 2006-2016. Over two hundred papers are included in the review and coded according to research theme, population group, and geography. Results demonstrate that the literature is overwhelmingly concerned with issues related to colonialism in mental health services and the prevalence and causes of mental illness among Indigenous peoples in Canada, but with several significant gaps. Mental health research related to Indigenous peoples in Canada overemphasizes suicide and problematic substance use; a more critical use of the concepts of colonialism and historical trauma is advised; and several population groups are underrepresented in research, including Métis peoples and urban or off-reserve Indigenous peoples. The findings are useful in an international context by providing a starting point for discussions, dialogue, and further study regarding mental health research for Indigenous peoples around the world.
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Cullington HE, Bele D, Brinton JC, Cooper S, Daft M, Harding J, Hatton N, Humphries J, Lutman ME, Maddocks J, Maggs J, Millward K, O'Donoghue G, Patel S, Rajput K, Salmon V, Sear T, Speers A, Wheeler A, Wilson K. United Kingdom national paediatric bilateral project: Demographics and results of localization and speech perception testing. Cochlear Implants Int 2016; 18:2-22. [PMID: 28010679 DOI: 10.1080/14670100.2016.1265055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To assess longitudinal outcomes in a large and varied population of children receiving bilateral cochlear implants both simultaneously and sequentially. METHODS This observational non-randomized service evaluation collected localization and speech recognition in noise data from simultaneously and sequentially implanted children at four time points: before bilateral cochlear implants or before the sequential implant, 1 year, 2 years, and 3 years after bilateral implants. No inclusion criteria were applied, so children with additional difficulties, cochleovestibular anomalies, varying educational placements, 23 different home languages, a full range of outcomes and varying device use were included. RESULTS 1001 children were included: 465 implanted simultaneously and 536 sequentially, representing just over 50% of children receiving bilateral implants in the UK in this period. In simultaneously implanted children the median age at implant was 2.1 years; 7% were implanted at less than 1 year of age. In sequentially implanted children the interval between implants ranged from 0.1 to 14.5 years. Children with simultaneous bilateral implants localized better than those with one implant. On average children receiving a second (sequential) cochlear implant showed improvement in localization and listening in background noise after 1 year of bilateral listening. The interval between sequential implants had no effect on localization improvement although a smaller interval gave more improvement in speech recognition in noise. Children with sequential implants on average were able to use their second device to obtain spatial release from masking after 2 years of bilateral listening. Although ranges were large, bilateral cochlear implants on average offered an improvement in localization and speech perception in noise over unilateral implants. CONCLUSION These data represent the diverse population of children with bilateral cochlear implants in the UK from 2010 to 2012. Predictions of outcomes for individual patients are not possible from these data. However, there are no indications to preclude children with long inter-implant interval having the chance of a second cochlear implant.
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Shah TI, Bell S, Wilson K. Spatial Accessibility to Health Care Services: Identifying under-Serviced Neighbourhoods in Canadian Urban Areas. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0168208. [PMID: 27997577 PMCID: PMC5172578 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2016] [Accepted: 11/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Urban environments can influence many aspects of health and well-being and access to health care is one of them. Access to primary health care (PHC) in urban settings is a pressing research and policy issue in Canada. Most research on access to healthcare is focused on national and provincial levels in Canada; there is a need to advance current understanding to local scales such as neighbourhoods. METHODS This study examines spatial accessibility to family physicians using the Three-Step Floating Catchment Area (3SFCA) method to identify neighbourhoods with poor geographical access to PHC services and their spatial patterning across 14 Canadian urban settings. An index of spatial access to PHC services, representing an accessibility score (physicians-per-1000 population), was calculated for neighborhoods using a 3km road network distance. Information about primary health care providers (this definition does not include mobile services such as health buses or nurse practitioners or less distributed services such as emergency rooms) used in this research was gathered from publicly available and routinely updated sources (i.e. provincial colleges of physicians and surgeons). An integrated geocoding approach was used to establish PHC locations. RESULTS The results found that the three methods, Simple Ratio, Neighbourhood Simple Ratio, and 3SFCA that produce City level access scores are positively correlated with each other. Comparative analyses were performed both within and across urban settings to examine disparities in distributions of PHC services. It is found that neighbourhoods with poor accessibility scores in the main urban settings across Canada have further disadvantages in relation to population high health care needs. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study show substantial variations in geographical accessibility to PHC services both within and among urban areas. This research enhances our understanding of spatial accessibility to health care services at the neighbourhood level. In particular, the results show that the low access neighbourhoods tend to be clustered in the neighbourhoods at the urban periphery and immediately surrounding the downtown area.
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Wilson K, Young K. An overview of Aboriginal health research in the social sciences: current trends and future directions. Int J Circumpolar Health 2016; 67:179-89. [DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v67i2-3.18260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Zhao XY, Fu XW, Ali A, Wilson K, Wu KM. Is Heliothis viriplaca (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) a long-distance migrant? BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH 2016; 106:740-748. [PMID: 27296620 DOI: 10.1017/s000748531600047x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Heliothis viriplaca (Hüfnagel) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is an important polyphagous pest of beans, cotton, maize, and alfalfa worldwide. H. viriplaca is a long-distance migrant, and if so, what pattern of seasonal migration this species exhibits in northern China remains unknown. In this study, in order to determine the seasonal migration of H. viriplaca in northern China, the combination of searchlight trapping and ovarian dissection was carried out on an isolated small island in the center of the Bohai Strait during 2003-2014. The results confirmed that H. viriplaca undertakes long-distance migration on the prevailing winds of the East Asian monsoon airflows. This species exhibited a regular pattern of seasonal migration across the sea from May to October, but there was considerable yearly and monthly variation in the trapped numbers, with the majority being trapped in summer (67.99 ± 6.54%). The mean period when migration was detectable at the island was 116.5 ± 5.6 days from 2003 to 2014, with the shortest time span of 74 days in 2013 and the longest of 144 days in 2005. Trapped females in May and June showed a relatively higher mating rates and some degree of ovarian development when compared with July, August and September, suggesting the migration of this species is not completely bound by the 'oogenesis-flight syndrome'. These findings will be helpful to improve the forecasting system and managing strategies of H. viriplaca.
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Brinkman DJ, Tichelaar J, Schutte T, Benemei S, Böttiger Y, Chamontin B, Christiaens T, Likic R, Maˇiulaitis R, Marandi T, Monteiro EC, Papaioannidou P, Pers YM, Pontes C, Raskovic A, Regenthal R, Sanz EJ, Tamba BI, Wilson K, Vries TD, Richir MC, Agtmael MV. Essential competencies in prescribing: A first european cross-sectional study among 895 final-year medical students. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2016; 101:281-289. [PMID: 27648725 PMCID: PMC5260337 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2016] [Revised: 08/23/2016] [Accepted: 09/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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European medical students should have acquired adequate prescribing competencies before graduation, but it is not known whether this is the case. In this international multicenter study, we evaluated the essential knowledge, skills, and attitudes in clinical pharmacology and therapeutics (CPT) of final‐year medical students across Europe. In a cross‐sectional design, 26 medical schools from 17 European countries were asked to administer a standardized assessment and questionnaire to 50 final‐year students. Although there were differences between schools, our results show an overall lack of essential prescribing competencies among final‐year students in Europe. Students had a poor knowledge of drug interactions and contraindications, and chose inappropriate therapies for common diseases or made prescribing errors. Our results suggest that undergraduate teaching in CPT is inadequate in many European schools, leading to incompetent prescribers and potentially unsafe patient care. A European core curriculum with clear learning outcomes and assessments should be urgently developed.
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Walker WC, Carne W, Franke LM, Nolen T, Dikmen SD, Cifu DX, Wilson K, Belanger HG, Williams R. The Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium (CENC) multi-centre observational study: Description of study and characteristics of early participants. Brain Inj 2016; 30:1469-1480. [DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2016.1219061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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