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Turin TC, Kazi M, Rumana N, Lasker MAA, Chowdhury N. Conceptualising community engagement as an infinite game implemented through finite games of 'research', 'community organising' and 'knowledge mobilisation'. Health Expect 2023; 26:1799-1805. [PMID: 37350352 PMCID: PMC10485326 DOI: 10.1111/hex.13801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Revised: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023] Open
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Meaningful community engagement process involves focusing on the community needs, building community capacity and employing culturally tailored and community-specific strategies. In the current practices of community-engaged health and wellness research, generally, community engagement activities commence with the beginning of a particular research project on a specific topic and end with the completion of the project. The outcomes of the community engagement, including the trust, partnership and contribution of the community to research, thus remain limited to that specific project and are not generally transferred and fostered further to the following project on a different topic. In this viewpoint article, we discussed a philosophical approach to community engagement that proposes to juxtapose community engagement for the specific short-term research project and the overarching long-term programme of research with the finite game and infinite game concepts, respectively. A finite game is a concept of a game where the players are known, rules are fixed and when the agreed-upon goal is achieved, the game ends. On the other hand, in infinite games, the players may be both known and unknown, have no externally fixed rules and have the objective of continuing the game beyond a particular research project. We believe community engagement needs to be conducted as an infinite game that is, at the programme of research level, where the goal of the respective activities is not to complete a research project but to successfully engage the community itself is the goal. While conducting various research projects, that is, finite games, the researchers need to keep an infinite game mindset throughout, which includes working with the community for a just cause, building trust and community capacity to maximise their contribution to research, prioritising community needs and having the courage to lead the community if need be. Patient or Public Contribution: While preparing this manuscript, we have partnered actively with community champions, activists, community scholars and citizen researchers at the community level from the very beginning. We had regular interactions with them to get their valuable and insightful inputs in shaping our reflections. Their involvement as coauthors in this paper also provided a learning opportunity for them and facilitated them to gain insight on knowledge engagement. All authors support greater community/citizen/public involvement in research in an equitable manner.
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- Tanvir C. Turin
- Department of Family Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, O'Brien Institute for Public Health, Libin Cardiovascular InstituteUniversity of CalgaryCalgaryAlbertaCanada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of MedicineUniversity of CalgaryCalgaryAlbertaCanada
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- Community Scholar and Citizen ResearcherCalgaryAlbertaCanada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, O'Brien Institute for Public Health, Libin Cardiovascular InstituteUniversity of CalgaryCalgaryAlbertaCanada
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Turin TC, Kazi M, Rumana N, Lasker MAA, Chowdhury N. Employing diffusion of innovation theory for 'not missing the mass' in community-engaged research. BMJ Open 2023; 13:e069680. [PMID: 37612113 PMCID: PMC10450088 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2022] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Engaging with minority communities, such as immigrants and ethnic minorities, often involves adopting top-down approaches, wherein researchers and policymakers provide solutions based on their perspective. However, these approaches may not adequately address the needs and preferences of the community members, who have valuable insights and experiences to share. Therefore, community-engaged approaches, which involve collaborative partnerships between community members and researchers to identify issues, co-create solutions, and recommend policy changes, are becoming more recognized for their effectiveness and relevance. Yet, prevailing community engagement efforts often focus on easily reachable and already engaged segments of the community, sometimes overlooking the broader population. METHODS When working with immigrant and racialized communities, we encountered difficulties in engaging the wider community through traditional researcher-led approaches. We realized that overcoming these challenges required innovative strategies rooted in community-based participatory research principles and the diffusion of innovation theory. We recognized that a nuanced understanding of the community's dynamics and preferences was crucial in shaping our approach and building trust and rapport with the community members. RESULTS The need to bridge the gap between researcher-led initiatives and community-driven involvement has never been more pronounced. Our experience, chronicled in this article, highlights the journey of our research program with an immigrant/racialized community. This reflection enhances our comprehension of community engagement that deliberately strives to reach a larger cross-section of the community. By providing practical methods for reaching the broader community and navigating the intricacies of engagement, we aim to assist fellow researchers in conducting effective community-engaged research across various minority communities. CONCLUSION In sharing our insights and successful strategies for community engagement, we hope to contribute to the field's knowledge. Our commitment to fostering meaningful collaboration underscores the importance of co-creating solutions that resonate with the diverse voices within these communities. Through these efforts, we envision a more inclusive and impactful approach to addressing the complex challenges faced by minority populations.
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- Tanvir C Turin
- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Community Scholar and Citizen Researcher, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Turin TC, Kazi M, Rumana N, Lasker MAA, Chowdhury N. Community Ecosystem Mapping: A Foundational Step for Effective Community Engagement in Research and Knowledge Mobilization. J Prim Care Community Health 2023; 14:21501319231205170. [PMID: 37846067 PMCID: PMC10583508 DOI: 10.1177/21501319231205170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023] Open
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Community engagement is a key strategy for achieving various goals, such as social and environmental change, sustainable development, health promotion, and community building. It involves collaborations and partnerships with the community that help mobilize resources, impact systems, rectify partner dynamics, and function as catalysts for modifying policies, programs, and practices. It also ensures mutual trust among all parties involved, giving community members greater personal agency and involvement potential. We have learned a range of practical aspects of community engagement with communities, particularly with immigrant/racialized communities, by running a community-engaged program of research on the health and wellness issues of immigrant/racialized communities in Calgary, Canada. In this article, we focus on a crucial early step of community engagement-understanding the community ecosystem. The community ecosystem refers to its human, social, and cultural makeups. Understanding this ecosystem requires conscious efforts to comprehend the demography, participate in socio-cultural events, identify community spots, reach out to hard-to-access groups, find the community champions and communication channels/organizations, and reaching out to them to establish relationships. Understanding the community ecosystem allows us to identify the pivotal factors, key actors, and pulse of the community that we are engaging with. This enables us to build mutual trust and goals for research and knowledge mobilization. Subsequently, an empowered, continual, and collaborative partnership becomes possible, resulting in sustained and desirable outcomes.
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- Tanvir C. Turin
- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Community Scholar and Citizen Researcher, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Turin TC, Lasker MAA, Rahman N, Rumana N, Chowdhury N. 'Engagement and involvement matrix': a co-creation blueprint for inclusive community engaged research and knowledge mobilisation. Evid Based Nurs 2023; 26:4-9. [PMID: 36396428 DOI: 10.1136/ebnurs-2022-103644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Tanvir C Turin
- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada .,Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Community Based Citizen Researcher, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Sleep Centre, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Turin TC, Chowdhury N, Rumana N, Lasker MAA, Qasqas M. Partnering with organisations beyond academia through strategic collaboration for research and mobilisation in immigrant/ethnic-minority communities. BMJ Glob Health 2022; 7:bmjgh-2021-008201. [PMID: 35332054 PMCID: PMC8948381 DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-008201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Community-engaged research needs involving community organisations as partners in research. Often, however, considerations regarding developing a meaningful partnership with community organisations are not highlighted. Researchers need to identify the most appropriate organisation with which to engage and their capacity to be involved. Researchers tend to involve organisations based on their connection to potential participants, which relationship often ends after achieving this objective. Further, the partner organisation may not have the capacity to contribute meaningfully to the research process. As such, it is the researchers' responsibility to build capacity within their partner organisations to encourage more sustainable and meaningful community-engaged research. Organisations pertinent to immigrant/ethnic-minority communities fall into three sectors: public, private and non-profit. While public and private sectors play an important role in addressing issues among immigrant/ethnic-minority communities, their contribution as research partners may be limited. Involving the non-profit sector, which tends to be more accessible and utilitarian and includes both grassroots associations (GAs) and immigrant service providing organisations (ISPOs), is more likely to result in mutually beneficial research partnerships and enhanced community engagement. GAs tend to be deeply rooted within, and thus are often truly representative of, the community. As they may not fully understand their importance from a researcher's perspective, nor have time for research, capacity-building activities are required to address these limitations. Additionally, ISPOs may have a different understanding of research and research priorities. Understanding the difference in perspectives and needs of these organisations, building trust and creating capacity building opportunities are important steps for researchers to consider towards building durable partnerships.
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- Tanvir Chowdhury Turin
- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada .,Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,The Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,O'Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Sleep Center, Foothills Medical Center, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Community Scholar and Citizen Researcher, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Turin TC, Chowdhury N, Haque S, Rumana N, Rahman N, Lasker MAA. Involving im/migrant community members for knowledge co-creation: the greater the desired involvement, the greater the need for capacity building. BMJ Glob Health 2022; 6:bmjgh-2021-007602. [PMID: 34969687 PMCID: PMC8718487 DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Researchers need to observe complex problems from various angles and contexts to create workable, effective and sustainable solutions. For complex societal problems, including health and socioeconomic disparities, cross-sectoral collaborative research is crucial. It allows for meaningful interaction between various actors around a particular real-world problem through a process of mutual learning. This collaboration builds a sustainable, trust-based partnership among the stakeholders and allows for a thorough understanding of the problem through a solution-oriented lens. While the created knowledge benefits the community, the community is generally less involved in the research process. Often, community members are engaged to collect data or for consultancy and knowledge dissemination; however, they are not involved in the actual research process, for example, developing a research question and using research tools such as conducting focus groups, analysis and interpretation. To be involved on these levels, there is a need for building community capacity for research. However, due to a lack of funds, resources and interest in building capacity on the part of both researchers and the community, deeper and meaningful involvement of community members in research becomes less viable. In this article, we reflect on how we have designed our programme of research—from involving community members at different levels of the research process to building capacity with them. We describe the activities community members participated in based on their needs and capacity. Capacity-building strategies for each level of involvement with the community members are also outlined.
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- Tanvir Chowdhury Turin
- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada .,Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, ALberta, Canada.,The Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,O'Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, ALberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Sleep Center, Foothills Medical Center, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Community Based Citizen Researcher, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Chowdhury N, Naidu J, Chowdhury MZI, Vaska M, Rumana N, Lasker MAA, Turin TC. Knowledge translation in health and wellness research focusing on immigrants in Canada. J Prim Health Care 2021; 13:139-156. [PMID: 34620296 DOI: 10.1071/hc20072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Knowledge translation (KT) is a relatively new concept referring to transfers of knowledge into practice in collaboration with multiple sectors that work for the health and wellness of society. Knowledge translation is crucial to identifying and addressing the health needs of immigrants. AIM To scope the evidence on KT research engaging immigrants in the host country regarding the health and wellness of immigrants. METHODS This study followed a scoping review approach suggested by Arksey O'Malley. We identified relevant studies from both academic and grey literature using structured criteria, charted the data from the selected studies, collated, summarised and report the results. RESULTS Analysis of the eligible studies found two types of KT research: integrated KT and end-of-grant KT. Meeting or discussion with community-level knowledge-users were common KT activities among immigrants, but they were involved in the entire research process only if they were hired as members of research teams. Most KT research among immigrants explored cancer screening and used a community-based participatory action research approach. Barriers and enablers usually came from researchers rather than from the community. There was little practice of evaluation and defined frameworks to conduct KT research among immigrants in Canada. CONCLUSION This study can help the researchers and other stakeholders of health and wellness of the immigrant population to identify appropriate KT research activities for immigrants and where KT research is required to facilitate the transfer of research knowledge into action.
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- Nashit Chowdhury
- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Knowledge Resource Service, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Sleep Center, Foothills Medical Center, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and Corresponding author.
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Turin TC, Haque S, Chowdhury N, Yeasmin F, Ferdous M, Rashid R, Rumana N, Rahman N, Rahman A, Lasker M, Chowdhury M. Community-Driven Prioritization of Primary Health Care Access Issues by Bangladeshi-Canadians to Guide Program of Research and Practice. Fam Community Health 2021; 44:292-298. [PMID: 34292226 DOI: 10.1097/fch.0000000000000308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Research around probable solutions to immigrants accessing health care in Canada is not extensive, and the perspective of immigrant communities on priorities and potential solutions has not been captured effectively. The purpose of this article is to describe a research initiative that involved grassroots community members as producers of research priorities on primary care access issues. This study aimed to seek input from an immigrant community in Calgary, Canada. Members of the Bangladeshi community of Calgary were asked through a survey to rank 10 predefined primary care access topics as to what they felt constituted priorities for solution-oriented research (1, highest; 10, lowest). We used frequencies and percentages to describe the participant demographics. Ratings of preferred research themes were analyzed on the basis of relative weighted priority rank. We received 432 responses: 51.2% female; 58.9% aged 36 to 55 years; 90.5% had university-level education; 46.2% immigrated to Canada between 10 and 19 years ago; 82.5% employed full/part-time or self-employed. Lack of resources, lack of knowledge, health care cost, and workplace-related barriers were among the top-ranked topics identified as solution-oriented research priorities. Through partnerships and reciprocal learning, public input can increase insider perspectives to help develop interventions that align with the needs of community members.
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- Tanvir C Turin
- Department of Family Medicine (Dr Turin, N. Chowdhury, Yeasmin, and Ferdous and Mss Haque and Rashid), Department of Community Health Sciences (Drs Turin and M. Chowdhury), and Sleep Center, Foothills Medical Centre (Dr Rumana), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Ms N. Rahman and Drs A. Rahman and Lasker are community scholars and citizen researchers, Bangladeshi-Canadian community, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Turin TC, Chowdhury N, Haque S, Rumana N, Rahman N, Lasker MAA. Meaningful and deep community engagement efforts for pragmatic research and beyond: engaging with an immigrant/racialised community on equitable access to care. BMJ Glob Health 2021; 6:bmjgh-2021-006370. [PMID: 34426405 PMCID: PMC8383879 DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Primary healthcare access is one of the crucial factors that ensures the health and well-being of a population. Immigrant/racialised communities encounter a myriad of barriers to accessing primary healthcare. As global migration continues to grow, the development and practice of effective strategies for research and policy regarding primary care access are warranted. Many studies have attempted to identify the barriers to primary care access and recommend solutions. However, top-down approaches where the researchers and policy-makers ‘prescribe’ solutions are more common than community-engaged approaches where community members and researchers work hand-in-hand in community-engaged research to identify the problems, codevelop solutions and recommend policy changes. In this article, we reflect on a comprehensive community-engaged research approach that we undertook to identify the barriers to equitable primary care access among a South Asian (Bangladeshi) immigrant community in Canada. This article summarised the experience of our programme of research and describes our understanding of community-engaged research among an immigrant/racialised community that meaningfully interacts with the community. In employing the principles of community-based participatory research, integrated knowledge translation and human centred design, we reflect on the comprehensive community-engaged research approach we undertook. We believe that our reflections can be useful to academics while conducting community-engaged research on relevant issues across other immigrant/racialised communities.
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- Tanvir Chowdhury Turin
- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada .,Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,The Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,The O'Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Sleep Center, Foothills Medical Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Community-based Citizen Researcher and Community Champion, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Community-based Citizen Researcher and Community Champion, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Turin TC, Haque S, Chowdhury N, Ferdous M, Rumana N, Rahman A, Rahman N, Lasker M, Rashid R. Overcoming the Challenges Faced by Immigrant Populations While Accessing Primary Care: Potential Solution-oriented Actions Advocated by the Bangladeshi-Canadian Community. J Prim Care Community Health 2021; 12:21501327211010165. [PMID: 33882748 PMCID: PMC8072834 DOI: 10.1177/21501327211010165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Introduction: Immigrants continue to face significant challenges in accessing primary healthcare (PHC) that often negatively impact their health. The present research aims to capture the perspectives of immigrants to identify potential approaches to enhance PHC access for this group. Methods: Focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted among a sample of first-generation Bangladeshi immigrants who had experience with PHC in Canada. A total of 13 FGDs (7 among women, 6 among men) were conducted with 80 participants (women = 42, men = 38) in their preferred language, Bangla. We collected demographic information prior to each focus group and used descriptive statistics to identify the socio-demographic characteristics of participants. We applied thematic analysis to examine qualitative data to generate a list of themes of possible approaches to improve PHC access. Results: The focus group findings identified different levels of approaches to improve PHC access: individual-, community-, service provider-, and policy-level. Individual-level approaches included increased self-awareness of health and wellness and personal knowledge of cultural differences in healthcare services and improved communication skills. At the community level, supports for community members to access care included health education workshops, information sessions, and different support programs (eg, carpool services for senior members). Suggested service-level approaches included providers taking necessary steps to ensure an effective doctor-patient relationship with immigrants (eg, strategies to promote cultural competencies, hiring multicultural staff). FGD participants also raised the importance of government- or policy-level solutions to ensure high quality of care (eg, increased after-hour clinics and lab/diagnostic services). Conclusions: Although barriers to immigrants accessing healthcare are well documented in the literature, solutions to address them are under-researched. To improve healthcare access, physicians, community health centers, local health agencies, and public health units should collaborate with members of immigrant communities to identify appropriate interventions.
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- Community-based citizen researcher, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Community-based citizen researcher, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Turin TC, Rashid R, Ferdous M, Chowdhury N, Naeem I, Rumana N, Rahman A, Rahman N, Lasker M. Perceived Challenges and Unmet Primary Care Access Needs among Bangladeshi Immigrant Women in Canada. J Prim Care Community Health 2021; 11:2150132720952618. [PMID: 32865103 PMCID: PMC7457633 DOI: 10.1177/2150132720952618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Introduction: Understanding barriers in primary health care access faced by Canadian
immigrants, especially among women, is important for developing mitigation
strategies. The aim of this study was to gain an in-depth understanding of
perceived challenges and unmet primary health care access needs of
Bangladeshi immigrant women in Canada. Methods: In this qualitative study, we conducted 7 focus groups among a sample of 42
first-generation immigrant women on their experiences in primary health care
access in their preferred language, Bangla. Descriptive analysis was used
for their socio-demographic characteristics and inductive thematic analysis
was applied to the qualitative data. Results: The hurdles reported included long wait time at emergency service points,
frustration from slow treatment process, economic losses resulting from
absence at work, communication gap between physicians and immigrant
patients, and transportation problem to go to the health care centers. No
access to medical records for walk-in doctors, lack of urgent care, and lack
of knowledge about Canadian health care systems are a few of other barriers
emerged from the focus group discussions. Conclusions: The community perception about lack of primary health care resources is quite
prevalent and is considered as one of the most important barriers by the
grassroots community members.
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- Tanvir C Turin
- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.,Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Sleep Center, Foothils Medical Center, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Community-based citizen researcher, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Community-based citizen researcher, Calgary, AB, Canada
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The objective of this study is to summarize the current knowledge about barriers to breast cancer screening among immigrant and ethnic women and to determine future research opportunities in this area. A scoping review of the literature was conducted following a five-stage framework. Electronic databases of peer-reviewed articles and grey literature were searched based on comprehensive sets of key words, without restricting the time period or language. Barriers were classified into six themes: socioeconomic, cultural, communication, healthcare-system-related, knowledge-related, and personal barriers. Lack of education, lack of physicians' recommendation, a preference for female physicians, the inability to speak one of the official languages, and embarrassment were some of the common barriers identified. The reported barriers can be used as a source of information for policymakers, healthcare providers, and researchers to decide the future direction of research in this field.
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- Mahzabin Ferdous
- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Sleep Center, Foothills Medical Center, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. .,Department of Family Medicine, Health Sciences Center, Room G012F, 3330 Hospital Drive Northwest, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada.
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Chowdhury N, Naeem I, Ferdous M, Chowdhury M, Goopy S, Rumana N, Turin TC. Unmet Healthcare Needs Among Migrant Populations in Canada: Exploring the Research Landscape Through a Systematic Integrative Review. J Immigr Minor Health 2020; 23:353-372. [DOI: 10.1007/s10903-020-01086-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Turin TC, Rashid R, Ferdous M, Naeem I, Rumana N, Rahman A, Rahman N, Lasker M. Perceived barriers and primary care access experiences among immigrant Bangladeshi men in Canada. Fam Med Community Health 2020; 8:e000453. [PMID: 32994217 PMCID: PMC7526305 DOI: 10.1136/fmch-2020-000453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE The study aimed to explore the experience of male members of a rapidly grown community of Bangladeshi immigrants while accessing primary healthcare (PHC) services in Canada. DESIGN A qualitative research was conducted among a sample of Bangladeshi immigrant men through a community-based participatory research approach. Focus group discussions were conducted to collect the qualitative data where thematic analysis was applied. SETTING The focus group discussions were held in various community centres such as individual meeting rooms at public libraries, community halls and so on arranged in collaboration with community organisations while ensuring complete privacy. PARTICIPANT Thirty-eight adults, Bangladeshi immigrant men, living in Calgary were selected for this study and participated in six different focus groups. The sample represents mostly married, educated, Muslim, Bangla speaking, aged over 25 years, full-time or self-employed and living in an urban centre in Canada >5 years. RESULT The focus groups have highlighted long wait time as an important barrier. Long wait at the emergency room, difficulties to get access to general physicians when feeling sick, slow referral process and long wait at the clinic even after making an appointment impact their daily chores, work and access to care. Language is another important barrier that impedes effective communication between physicians and immigrant patients, thus the quality of care. Unfamiliarity with the healthcare system and lack of resources were also voiced that hinder access to healthcare for immigrant Bangladeshi men in Canada. However, no gender-specific barriers unique to men have been identified in this study. CONCLUSION The barriers to accessing PHC services for Bangladeshi immigrant men are similar to that of other visible minority immigrants. It is important to recognise the extent of barriers across various immigrant groups to effectively shape public policy and improve access to PHC.
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- Tanvir C Turin
- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Sleep Center, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Community Based Citizen Researcher, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Community Based Citizen Researcher, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Community Based Citizen Researcher, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Turin TC, Chowdhury N, Ferdous M, Rashid R, Vaska M, Rumana N, Rahman N, Lasker M, Chowdhury MZ. Primary care access barriers faced by immigrant populations in their host countries: a systematic review protocol aiming to construct a conceptual framework using root cause analysis to capture 'what leads to what'. J Prim Health Care 2020; 12:139-148. [PMID: 32594981 DOI: 10.1071/hc20006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Understanding primary care access or health service utilisation challenges among immigrant communities is important for tailoring services to community needs, which is the core of precision population health. AIM We aim to inventory the primary care access barriers faced by immigrant communities through a comprehensive systematic review and develop a conceptual framework to explain the barriers, using a root cause analysis approach. METHODS Academic databases of primary research articles and grey literature will be searched using appropriate keywords. Relevant information will be extracted into tabular format from finally selected literature. Our proposed approach of framing the barriers to identify the root causes is adapted from the root cause analysis method, which is the process of identifying and understanding the underlying causes to discover the root causes of problems. RESULTS The study will produce a systematic, quantified and documented list of the barriers faced by immigrants in a solution-oriented approach. DISCUSSION The proposed research, as a first step towards determining possible mitigation strategies for health-care access by immigrants, will provide the background needed to devise and test tailored interventions to improve future access to health care for immigrants. We will follow the integrated knowledge translation or community engagement knowledge mobilization approach, where we are engaged with community-based citizen researchers from the inception of our programme. We plan to disseminate the results of our review through meetings with key stakeholders and social media outreach, followed by journal publications and presentations on relevant platforms.
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- Tanvir C Turin
- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada; and Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada; and Corresponding author.
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Knowledge Resource Service, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Alberta Health Services, 1331 - 29 Street NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N2, Canada
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- Sleep Center, Foothills Medical Centre, University of Calgary, 1403 - 29 St NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 2TN, Canada
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- Community-based citizen researcher, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada; and Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada
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Turin TC, Chowdhury N, Ferdous M, Vaska M, Rumana N, Dahal R, Rahman N, Chowdhury MZI. Health and well-being literacy initiatives focusing on immigrant communities: an environmental scan protocol to identify "what works and what does not". Syst Rev 2020; 9:84. [PMID: 32312314 PMCID: PMC7168966 DOI: 10.1186/s13643-020-01340-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Most of the major cities in the developed western countries are characterized by an increasing multiculturalism brought by the immigrant population. The immigrant communities face challenges in the new environment with their health and wellness related unmet needs. It is imperative to find sustainable ways to empower these diverse communities to champion their health and wellness. Community-based health and wellness literacy initiatives (CBHWLI) focusing on immigrant communities can be an important step towards citizen empowerment in this regard. The aim of the present environmental scan is to identify the key factors that might impact a CBHWLI in immigrant communities in Canada in order to facilitate the process in practice and identify the competencies and training required for its implementation. METHODS This study will gather information from existing literature and online sources as well as will capture expert and lay perspectives on the factors that can impact the effectiveness and sustainability of CBHWLIs through conducting a comprehensive environmental scan: (i) a systematic scoping review of published literature and grey literature, (ii) a comprehensive Internet search, (iii) key informant interviews, and (iv) community consultation. Specific methodological and analytical frameworks will guide each step. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION This study is the first step in establishing a practical base for developing CBHWLI implementation research. Once the initial findings have been generated, the second step will involve inviting experts to provide their input. We first plan to disseminate the results of our scoping review and Internet scan through meetings with key stakeholders, to be followed by journal publications and conference or workshop presentations. Ethical approval is not required for the scoping review or Internet scan; however, approval to conduct interviews with key informants and community consultations in the second stage of the study will be sought from the Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board.
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- Tanvir C Turin
- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, G012F, Health Sciences Centre, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N1, Canada. .,Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada.
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, G012F, Health Sciences Centre, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, G012F, Health Sciences Centre, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Knowledge Resource Service, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Alberta Health Services, 1331-29 St. NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N2, Canada
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- Sleep Center, Foothills Medical Center, University of Calgary, 1403-29 St NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 2TN, Canada
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- Community Based Citizen Researcher, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Community Based Citizen Researcher, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada
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Turin TC, Chowdhury N, Vaska M, Rumana N, Lasker MAA, Chowdhury MZI. Knowledge mobilisation in bridging community-practice-academia-policy through meaningful engagement: systematic integrative review protocol focusing on studies conducted on health and wellness among immigrant communities. BMJ Open 2020; 10:e036081. [PMID: 32273320 PMCID: PMC7245397 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Though the importance of knowledge mobilisation has been established globally in health and wellness research, a certain degree of ambiguity remains regarding the meaning and extent of knowledge mobilisation activities and how they have been implemented. In this study, we aim to explore the different descriptions of knowledge mobilisation and the diverse ways mobilisation activities have been realised by different researchers working for the betterment of health and wellness of immigrant communities in their host countries. METHODS AND ANALYSIS We aimed to conduct an integrative review to organise the available literature describing knowledge mobilisation pertaining to health and wellness in immigrant communities. We will employ a comprehensive search, using appropriate search-terms, to identify relevant literature and will qualitatively synthesise the information toward fulfilling our objectives. Specific methodological and analytical frameworks related to the integrative review process will guide each step of the process. A librarian designed the systematic search of the academic and grey literature from database inception to December 2019. The databases include MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase, PsycINFO, PubMed, CINAHL and SocINDEX. For grey literature, we will conduct searches in AHS Insite, Google, Google Scholar, OAISter and government websites. A two-stage (title-abstract and full-text) screening will be conducted, including single-citation tracking and hand search of reference lists. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethical approval is not required for this review. We first plan to disseminate the results of our systematic review protocol through meetings with key stakeholders, followed by appropriate publications and presentations at applicable platforms. We also have opted for an integrated knowledge translation or community-engaged knowledge mobilisation approach where we have engaged with community-based citizen researchers from the inception of our research.
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- Tanvir C Turin
- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, Universit of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, Universit of Calgary, Calgary, Albert, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, Universit of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Knowledge Resource Service, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Sleep Center, Fotthills Medical Center, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Turin TC, Abedin T, Chowdhury N, Ferdous M, Vaska M, Rumana N, Urrutia R, Chowdhury MZI. Community engagement with immigrant communities involving health and wellness research: a systematic review protocol towards developing a taxonomy of community engagement definitions, frameworks, and methods. BMJ Open 2020; 10:e035649. [PMID: 32265248 PMCID: PMC7245376 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2019] [Revised: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The importance of community engagement has been established globally in health and wellness research. A certain degree of ambiguity remains, however, regarding the meaning of community engagement, which term has been used for various purposes and implemented in various forms. In this study, we aimed to explore the different definitions of community engagement, discuss the various objectives that have been proposed and uncover the diverse ways this concept has been implemented among researchers working for the betterment of the health and wellness of immigrant communities in host countries. METHODS AND ANALYSIS Taxonomy is a process for classifying complex and multifaceted matters using logical conceptual domains and dimensions for clearer way of contextualising. We will develop a taxonomy to organise the available literature on community engagement in immigrant health and wellness research in a way that captures user knowledge and understanding of its various meanings and processes. Specific methodological and analytical frameworks for systematic review and taxonomy development will guide each step. We will conduct a comprehensive systematic search in relevant databases, from inception to December 2019, using appropriate keywords followed by snowball search (single-citation tracking, reference lists). Papers will be included if they fall within predefined inclusion criteria (seen as most likely informative on elements pertaining to community engagement) and are written in English, regardless of design (conceptual, qualitative and quantitative). Two reviewers will independently employ two-stage screening (title-abstract screening followed by screening of the full text to determine inclusion). Finally, information that helps to develop taxonomy of the concept and practice of community engagement will be abstracted and used towards taxonomy development, where different levels of stakeholder research team members will be involved. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethical approval is not required for this systematic review. We have opted for an integrated knowledge translation or a community-engaged knowledge mobilisation approach where we are engaged with community-based citizen researchers from the inception of our programme. We plan to disseminate the results of our review through meetings with key stakeholders, followed by journal publications and presentations at applicable platforms.
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- Tanvir C Turin
- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Knowledge Resource Service, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Foothills Medical Center, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Kazi MR, Ferdous M, Rumana N, Vaska M, Turin TC. Injury among the immigrant population in Canada: exploring the research landscape through a systematic scoping review. Int Health 2019; 11:203-214. [PMID: 30452624 DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihy086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2018] [Revised: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 11/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Injuries are the leading cause of death among younger Canadians and represent a large economic burden on the Canadian population. Although immigrants comprise more than 20% of the Canadian population, the research landscape on injury in this group is unclear. We conducted a scoping review to summarize existing research regarding injuries among Canadian immigrants to identify research gaps and future research opportunities. METHODS Relevant electronic databases of peer-reviewed articles and grey literature were systematically searched. Original articles were selected based on predefined criteria. Relevant information from the articles was extracted and reported in the review. RESULTS After a comprehensive search, screening and full-text evaluation, 28 articles were selected for the synthesis. Of the injuries that have been studied among Canadian immigrants, the majority focused on occupational injuries, followed by road traffic accidents. Of the 28 studies, 16 were quantitative and 12 were qualitative. The research themes among occupational injury papers centred on factors leading to injury, factors leading to delayed reporting and compensation of injury and post-occupational injury experiences. Language barriers, informal training and the mismatch between education and occupation among immigrants were found to be the most frequent determinants of injury risk. CONCLUSIONS The synthesized knowledge in this scoping review offers an understanding of the current research landscape on injury among immigrants that can be used to assist policymakers, service providers, employers and researchers regarding injuries in this population.
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- Mashrur Rahman Kazi
- Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Room G012F, Health Sciences Center, 3330 Hospital Drive Northwest, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Room G012F, Health Sciences Center, 3330 Hospital Drive Northwest, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Sleep Center, Foothills Medical Center, University of Calgary, 1403 29 St Northwest, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Knowledge Resource Service, Alberta Health Services, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, 1331 29 St Northwest, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Room G012F, Health Sciences Center, 3330 Hospital Drive Northwest, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Turin TC, Ferdous M, Rumana N. Cervical cancer screening among immigrant women: Framing the barriers through solution oriented lens. Eur J Oncol Nurs 2019; 42:164-166. [PMID: 31375410 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2019.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2019] [Revised: 06/29/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- Tanvir C Turin
- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
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- Sleep Center, Foothills Medical Center, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
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Sugiyama D, Turin TC, Yeasmin F, Rumana N, Watanabe M, Higashiyama A, Takegami M, Kokubo Y, Okamura T, Miyamoto Y. Hypercholesterolemia and Lifetime Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in the General Japanese Population: Results from the Suita Cohort Study. J Atheroscler Thromb 2019; 27:60-70. [PMID: 31217364 PMCID: PMC6976715 DOI: 10.5551/jat.49098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Aim: Lifetime risk (LTR) is a measure of disease burden, which presents the probability of occurrence of a specific disease in the remaining lifetime of a group of people for a given index age. This measure is useful for presenting the risk dynamics of a disease at the population level, which constitutes important public health information toward prevention. To date, there have been no studies investigating the LTR for coronary heart diseases (CHDs) in relation to hypercholesterolemia in Asian populations. Therefore, we estimated the LTR of CHDs according to serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). Methods: The participants included in this study were 2,559 men and 2,848 women, enrolled in the Suita Cohort Study of urban residents followed up from 1989 to 2007 for a total of 69,823 person-years. We estimated the sex- and index-age-specific LTR for the first CHD event among participants with or without hypercholesterolemia (LDL-C ≥ 160 mg/dL), accounting for the competing risk for mortality. Results: For men with hypercholesterolemia, the LTR was 47.2% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 29.3–65.1%) and 44.5% (95% CI: 21.4–68.5%) for those aged 45 and 75, respectively. The LTRs of women with hypercholesterolemia were also higher than of those without hypercholesterolemia. However, their LTRs were lower for all index ages compared to men. These results did not differ for hypercholesterolemia defined by non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Conclusions: The presence of hypercholesterolemia increases the LTR for CHDs in the Japanese population, especially in men. This estimate can be used in preventive knowledge translation efforts at the population level.
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- Daisuke Sugiyama
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Keio University
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- Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center.,Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary
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- Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
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- Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiologic Informatics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
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- Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Keio University.,Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
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- Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center.,Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiologic Informatics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
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Ferdous M, Lee S, Goopy S, Yang H, Rumana N, Abedin T, Turin TC. Barriers to cervical cancer screening faced by immigrant women in Canada: a systematic scoping review. BMC Womens Health 2018; 18:165. [PMID: 30305056 PMCID: PMC6180489 DOI: 10.1186/s12905-018-0654-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 09/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Background The objective of this scoping study is to review the published literature and summarize findings related to barriers experienced by immigrant women in Canada while accessing cervical cancer screening. Methods Electronic databases of peer-reviewed articles and grey literature were searched using comprehensive sets of keywords, without restricting the time period or language. Articles were selected based on the following criteria: (a) the study population consisted of Canadian immigrant women and healthcare providers and other stakeholders serving immigrant women, (b) the research focused on the barriers to accessing cervical cancer screening, and (c) the study was conducted in Canada. Results Extracted data were grouped and analyzed, resulting in barriers comprised of six themes: economic barriers, cultural barriers, language barriers, healthcare system-related barriers, knowledge-related barriers, and individual-level barriers. Lack of education, low income, preference for a female physician, lack of knowledge, lack of effective communication, and embarrassment were some of the most common barriers mentioned. Conclusions Immigrant access to health services, including cervical cancer screening, is a complex issue concerning a wide range of barriers. Our findings offer insights into barriers to cervical cancer screening in immigrant communities in Canada that can be used to assist policymakers, healthcare providers, and researchers enhance the health and well-being of these populations by mitigating barriers and improving screening. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12905-018-0654-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Mahzabin Ferdous
- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Room G012F, Health Sciences Center, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Room G012F, Health Sciences Center, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Sleep Center, Foothills Medical Center, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Room G012F, Health Sciences Center, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Room G012F, Health Sciences Center, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada.
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Sugiyama D, Turin TC, Afzal AR, Rumana N, Wanatabe M, Higashiyama A, Takegami M, Kokubo Y, Okamura T, Miyamoto Y. The Serum High LDL Cholesterol Levels and Lifetime Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in a Japanese General Population: Suita Study. ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPP 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosissup.2018.04.236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Turin TC, Okamura T, Rumana N, Afzal AR, Watanabe M, Higashiyama A, Nakao YM, Nakai M, Takegami M, Nishimura K, Kokubo Y, Okayama A, Miyamoto Y. Diabetes and lifetime risk of coronary heart disease. Prim Care Diabetes 2017; 11:461-466. [PMID: 28545843 DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2017.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2016] [Revised: 04/12/2017] [Accepted: 04/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Epidemiological estimate lifetime risk (LTR) is a measure that expresses the probability of disease in the remaining lifetime for individuals of a specific index age. These estimates can be useful for general audience targeted knowledge translation activities against diabetes. There are only a few reports on lifetime of impact of diabetes on coronary heart disease (CHD) events. METHODS The Suita Study, a cohort study of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), was established in 1989. We included all participants who were CVD free at baseline. Age (in years) was used as the time scale. Age-specific incidence rates were calculated with person-year method within ten-year bands. We estimated the sex and index-age specific LTR of first-ever CHD with taking the competing risk of death into account. RESULTS We followed 5559 participants without CHD history during 1989-2007 for 71,745.4 person-years. At age 40 years the competing risk of death adjusted LTR for all CHD were 16.61% for men without diabetes and 21.06% for men with diabetes. Therefore the LTD for CHD was higher by 4.45% for men with diabetes compared to men without. The competing risk adjusted LTR of CHD at 40 years of aged women was 9.18% for without diabetes and 14.21% for with diabetes. This increased LTR of CHD for diabetic patients were observed among both men and women across all index ages. CONCLUSION In this urban community based population we observed that diabetes has significant effect on the residual LTR of CHD among both men and women of middle age. This easy understandable knowledge can be used as important indexes to assist public health education and planning.
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- Tanvir Chowdhury Turin
- Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Sleep Center, Foothills Medical Center, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiologic Informatics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiologic Informatics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Center for Cerebral and Cardiovascular Disease Information, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiologic Informatics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiologic Informatics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan; Center for Cerebral and Cardiovascular Disease Information, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Research Institute of Strategy for Prevention, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiologic Informatics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan; Center for Cerebral and Cardiovascular Disease Information, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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Turin TC, Okamura T, Rumana N, Afzal AR, Watanabe M, Higashiyama A, Nakao YM, Nakai M, Takegami M, Nishimura K, Kokubo Y, Okayama A, Miyamoto Y. Diabetes and lifetime risk of stroke and subtypes in an urban middle-aged population. J Diabetes Complications 2017; 31:831-835. [PMID: 28222941 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2017.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2016] [Revised: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 02/03/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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AIMS Lifetime risk (LTR) is defined as the cumulative probability of developing a disease in one's remaining lifetime from a given index age. The impact of diabetes on the LTR of stroke events in Asians, where stroke incidence is higher than for Westerners, has not been estimated yet. These estimates can be useful for diabetes knowledge translation activities. METHODS All participants who were stroke-free at baseline in the Suita Study, a cohort study of cardiovascular diseases in Japan, were included in the study sample. Age, in years, was used as the time-scale. Age-specific incidence rates were calculated using the person-years method within five-year bands. We estimated the sex- and index-age-specific LTR of first-ever stroke accounting for the competing risk of death. RESULTS In this cohort study, we followed 5515 participants from 1989 to 2007 for 71,374.23 person-years. At age 40, the LTRs, adjusted for competing risk of death, for all strokes were 15.98% for men without diabetes and 26.64% for men with diabetes. The LTR for stroke was 10.66% higher for men with diabetes than men without diabetes. For women of same index age, the LTR of stroke was 17.29% and 30.72% with diabetes and without diabetes, respectively. The difference in LTR between persons with diabetes and without diabetes was 13.43%. This increased LTR of strokes for persons with diabetes was observed among both men and women across all index ages. Similar results were observed for cerebral infarction stroke subtype. CONCLUSIONS In this urban community-based population we observed that diabetes has a significant effect on the residual LTR of stroke for both men and women of middle age. This knowledge can be used to inform public health education and planning.
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- Tanvir Chowdhury Turin
- Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Sleep Center, Foothills Medical Center, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiologic Informatics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiologic Informatics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Center for Cerebral and Cardiovascular Disease Information, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiologic Informatics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiologic Informatics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan; Center for Cerebral and Cardiovascular Disease Information, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Research Institute of Strategy for Prevention, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan; Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiologic Informatics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan; Center for Cerebral and Cardiovascular Disease Information, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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Ahmed S, Lee S, Shommu N, Rumana N, Turin T. Experiences of communication barriers between physicians and immigrant patients: A systematic review and thematic synthesis. Patient Experience Journal 2017. [DOI: 10.35680/2372-0247.1181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Abedin T, Al Mamun M, Lasker MA, Ahmed SW, Shommu N, Rumana N, Turin TC. Social Media as a Platform for Information About Diabetes Foot Care: A Study of Facebook Groups. Can J Diabetes 2017; 41:97-101. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2016.08.217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Revised: 07/19/2016] [Accepted: 08/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Kita Y, Turin TC, Rumana N, Sugihara H, Morita Y, Hirose K, Okayama A, Nakamura Y, Ueshima H. Surveillance and Measuring Trends of Stroke in Japan: The Takashima Stroke Registry (1988 – Present). Int J Stroke 2016; 2:129-32. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2007.00107.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The Takashima Stroke Registry is a disease registration system for stroke established in Japan in 1988. This stroke registry is a population-based, prospective, observational study whose objective is to monitor trends in the incidence and case-fatality of stroke in Japan. Takashima County is located in the rural area of the Shiga prefecture in central Japan, having a stable population of approximately 54,000. It is a farming community with similar cultural values and standards of living throughout the region. The population has remained fairly stable during the 16-year study period. 1750 stroke cases (men 937 and women 813) were registered during 1988–2002. The average ages of the men and women patients were 69.4 and 74.4 years respectively. Stroke diagnostic criteria are established for the Monitoring System for Cardiovascular Disease commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Japan. These criteria were based on WHO-MONICA project. Takashima registry system was planned to capture all the cases in the study area by covering all the hospitals of the county. To ensure that eligible patients hospitalized outside the county were not omitted, registration procedures were also conducted at three high-level medical facilities within the Shiga region but outside the county. Due to the high rate of computed tomography use in Japan the identification of stroke cases within the study area is almost complete and stroke diagnosis and classification are accurately recorded.
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- Yoshikuni Kita
- Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Takashima General Hospital, Takashima, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Otsu Red Cross Hospital, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Cardiology, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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Turin TC, Ahmed S, Shommu NS, Afzal AR, Al Mamun M, Qasqas M, Rumana N, Vaska M, Berka N. Ramadan fasting is not usually associated with the risk of cardiovascular events: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Family Community Med 2016; 23:73-81. [PMID: 27186152 PMCID: PMC4859102 DOI: 10.4103/2230-8229.181006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Over one billion Muslims worldwide fast during the month of Ramadan. Ramadan fasting brings about some changes in the daily lives of practicing Muslims, especially in their diet and sleep patterns, which are associated with the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Over the years, many original studies have made the effort to identify the possible impact of the Ramadan fast on cardiovascular diseases. This systematic review and meta-analysis is an attempt to present the summary of key findings from those articles and an appraisal of selected literature. A systematic search using keywords of “;Ramadan fasting” and “;cardiovascular diseases” was conducted in primary research article and gray-literature repositories, in combination with hand searching and snow balling. Fifteen studies were finally selected for data extraction on the outcomes of stroke, myocardial infarction, and congestive heart failure. The analysis revealed that the incidence of cardiovascular events during the Ramadan fast was similar to the nonfasting period. Ramadan fast is not associated with any change in incidence of acute cardiovascular disease.
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- Tanvir C Turin
- Department of Family Medicine, Foothills Medical Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Community Health Sciences, Foothills Medical Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Foothills Medical Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Foothills Medical Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, Foothills Medical Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Public Health, General Directorate of Health Affairs in Tabuk Region, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Faculty of Social Work, Foothills Medical Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Sleep Center, Foothills Medical Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Knowledge Resource Service, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Calgary Laboratory Services, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Shommu NS, Ahmed S, Rumana N, Barron GRS, McBrien KA, Turin TC. What is the scope of improving immigrant and ethnic minority healthcare using community navigators: A systematic scoping review. Int J Equity Health 2016; 15:6. [PMID: 26768130 PMCID: PMC4714538 DOI: 10.1186/s12939-016-0298-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2015] [Accepted: 01/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Immigrants are among the most vulnerable population groups in North America; they face multidimensional hurdles to obtain proper healthcare. Such barriers result in increased risk of developing acute and chronic conditions. Subsequently a great deal of burden is placed on the healthcare system. Community navigator programs are designed to provide culturally sensitive guidance to vulnerable populations in order to overcome barriers to accessing healthcare. Navigators are healthcare workers who support patients to obtain appropriate healthcare. This scoping review systematically searches and summarizes the literature on community navigators to help immigrant and ethnic minority groups in Canada and the United States overcome barriers to healthcare. METHODS We systematically searched electronic databases for primary articles and grey literature. Study selection was performed following the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) statement. Articles were selected based on four criteria: (1) the study population was comprised of immigrants or ethnic minorities living in Canada or the United States; (2) study outcomes were related to chronic disease management or primary care access; (3) the study reported effects of community navigator intervention; (4) the study was published in English. Relevant information from the articles was extracted and reported in the review. RESULT Only one study was found in the literature that focused on navigators for immigrants in Canada. In contrast, 29 articles were found that reported navigator intervention programs for immigrant minorities in the United States. In these studies navigators trained and guided members of several ethnic communities for chronic disease prevention and management, to undertake cancer screening as well as accessing primary healthcare. The studies reported substantial improvement in the immigrant and ethnic minority health outcomes in the United States. The single Canadian study also reported positive outcome of navigators among immigrant women. CONCLUSION Navigator interventions have not been fully explored in Canada, where as, there have been many studies in the United States and these demonstrated significant improvements in immigrant health outcomes. With many immigrants arriving in Canada each year, community navigators may provide a solution to reduce the existing healthcare barriers and support better health outcomes for new comers.
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- Nusrat Sharmeen Shommu
- Department of Family Medicine, Room G012F, Health Sciences Center, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive Northwest, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada.
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- Department of Family Medicine, Room G012F, Health Sciences Center, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive Northwest, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada.
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- Sleep Center, Foothills Medical Center, University of Calgary, 1403 29 Street NW, Calgary, AB, Canada.
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- Department of Family Medicine, Room G012F, Health Sciences Center, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive Northwest, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada.
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- Department of Family Medicine, Room G012F, Health Sciences Center, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive Northwest, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada. .,Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Drive Northwest, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada.
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- Department of Family Medicine, Room G012F, Health Sciences Center, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive Northwest, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada. .,Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Drive Northwest, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada.
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Sohel BM, Rumana N, Ohsawa M, Turin TC, Kelly MA, Al Mamun M. Renal function trajectory over time and adverse clinical outcomes. Clin Exp Nephrol 2016; 20:379-93. [PMID: 26728745 DOI: 10.1007/s10157-015-1213-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2015] [Accepted: 12/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The growing burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD), with its associated morbidity and mortality, is recognized as a major public health problem globally and causing substantial load on health care systems. The current framework for the definition and staging of CKD, based on eGFR levels or presence of kidney damage, is useful for clinical classification of patients, but identifies a huge number of people as having CKD which is too many to target for intervention. The ability to identify a subset of patients, at high risk for adverse outcomes, would be useful to inform clinical management. The current staging system applies static definitions of kidney function that fail to capture the dynamic nature of the kidney disease over time. Now-a-days, it is possible to capture multiple measurements of different laboratory test results for an individual including eGFR values. A new possibility for identifying individuals at higher risk of adverse outcomes is being explored through assessment and consideration of the rate of change in kidney function over time, and this approach will be feasible in the current context of digitalization of health record keeping system. On the basis of the existing evidence, this paper summarizes important findings that support the concept of dynamic changes in kidney function over time, and discusses how the magnitude of these changes affect the future adverse outcomes of kidney disease, particularly the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), CVD and mortality.
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- Foothills Medical Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Public Health, General Directorate of Health Affairs in Tabuk Region, Ministry of Health, Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Al Mamun M, Rumana N, Pervin K, Azad MC, Shahana N, Choudhury SR, Zaman MM, Turin TC. Emerging Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases in Bangladesh. J Atheroscler Thromb 2015; 23:365-75. [PMID: 26686566 DOI: 10.5551/jat.30445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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As a result of an epidemiological transition from communicable to non-communicable diseases for last few decades, cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are being considered as an important cause of mortality and morbidity in many developing countries including Bangladesh. Performing an extensive literature search, we compiled, summarized, and categorized the existing information about CVD mortality and morbidity among different clusters of Bangladeshi population. The present review reports that the burden of CVD in terms of mortality and morbidity is on the rise in Bangladesh. Despite a few non-communicable disease prevention and control programs currently running in Bangladesh, there is an urgent need for well-coordinated national intervention strategies and public health actions to minimize the CVD burden in Bangladesh. As the main challenge for CVD control in a developing country is unavailability of adequate epidemiological data related to various CVD events, the present review attempted to accumulate such data in the current context of Bangladesh. This may be of interest to all stakeholder groups working for CVD prevention and control across the country and globe.
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- Mohammad Al Mamun
- Department of Public Health, General Directorate of Health Affairs in Tabuk Region, Ministry of Health
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Abedin T, Ahmed S, Al Mamun M, Ahmed SW, Newaz S, Rumana N, Turin TC. YouTube as a source of useful information on diabetes foot care. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2015; 110:e1-e4. [PMID: 26303266 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2015.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2015] [Accepted: 08/03/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Diabetes foot care related videos were identified in YouTube to assess their usefulness as a source of information. Two physician reviewers evaluated the videos and categorized those as very-useful (11.2%), moderately-useful (14.6%), somewhat-useful (24.7%) and not-useful (49.4%). YouTube videos on diabetes foot-care contained a variety of content ranging from very useful to not useful.
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- Tasnima Abedin
- Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Public Health, General Directorate of Health Affairs in Tabuk Region, Ministry of Health, Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Sleep Center, Foothills Medical Center, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
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Nagai M, Kita Y, Takashima N, Murakami Y, Abbott RD, Turin TC, Rumana N, Miura K, Ueshima H. Trend in Stroke Incidence in Shiga, Japan, 1990–2010. Int J Epidemiol 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv096.187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Chowdhury Turin T, Kita Y, Rumana N. Acute-onset atrial fibrillation and ambient air temperature: a linear or a non-linear association? J Epidemiol Glob Health 2015; 5:99-101. [PMID: 25700930 PMCID: PMC7320348 DOI: 10.1016/j.jegh.2014.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 09/30/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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- Tanvir Chowdhury Turin
- Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Epidemiology and Research, National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Department of Public Health, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu City, Shiga, Japan.
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- Science of Nursing, Tsuruga Nursing University, Tsuruga-City, Fukui, Japan
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- Department of Public Health, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu City, Shiga, Japan; Sleep Center, Foothills Medical Center, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Azad MC, Fraser K, Rumana N, Abdullah AF, Shahana N, Hanly PJ, Turin TC. Sleep disturbances among medical students: a global perspective. J Clin Sleep Med 2015; 11:69-74. [PMID: 25515274 DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.4370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2014] [Accepted: 09/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Medical students carry a large academic load which could potentially contribute to poor sleep quality above and beyond that already experienced by modern society. In this global literature review of the medical students' sleep experience, we find that poor sleep is not only common among medical students, but its prevalence is also higher than in non-medical students and the general population. Several factors including medical students' attitudes, knowledge of sleep, and academic demands have been identified as causative factors, but other potential mechanisms are incompletely understood. A better understanding about the etiology of sleep problems in medical trainees is essential if we hope to improve the overall quality of medical students' lives, including their academic performance. Sleep self-awareness and general knowledge appear insufficient in many studied cohorts, so increasing education for students might be one beneficial intervention. We conclude that there is ample evidence for a high prevalence of the problem, and research in this area should now expand towards initiatives to improve general sleep education for medical students, identify students at risk, and target them with programs to improve sleep.
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- Muhammad Chanchal Azad
- Department of Community and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Sleep Center, Foothills Medical Center, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Community and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Education, Bangladesh Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,Sleep Center, Foothills Medical Center, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Rumana N, Kita Y, Turin TC, Nakamura Y, Takashima N, Ichikawa M, Sugihara H, Morita Y, Hirose K, Kawakami K, Okayama A, Miura K, Ueshima H. Acute Case-Fatality Rates of Stroke and Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Japanese Population: Takashima Stroke and AMI Registry, 1989–2005. Int J Stroke 2014; 9 Suppl A100:69-75. [DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2013] [Accepted: 03/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Background Few comprehensive stroke and acute myocardial infarction registries of long duration exist in Japan to illustrate trends in acute case-fatality of stroke and acute myocardial infarction with greater precision. We examined 17-year case-fatality rates of stroke and acute myocardial infarction using an entire community-monitoring registration system to investigate trends in these rates over time in a Japanese population. Methods Data were obtained from the Takashima Stroke and AMI Registry covering a stable population of approximately 55 000 residents of Takashima County in central Japan. We divided the total observation period of 17 years into four periods, 1989–1992, 1993–1996, 1997–2000, and 2001–2005. We calculated gender, age-specific and age-adjusted acute case-fatality rates (%) of stroke and acute myocardial infarction across these four periods. Results During the study period of 1989–2005, there were 341 fatal cases within 28 days of onset among 2239 first-ever stroke events and 163 fatal cases among 433 first-ever acute myocardial infarction events. The age-adjusted acute case-fatality rate of stroke was 14·9% in men and 15·7% in women. The age-adjusted acute case-fatality rate of acute myocardial infarction was 34·3% in men and 43·3% in women. The age-adjusted acute case-fatality rates of stroke and acute myocardial infarction showed insignificant differences across the four time periods. The average annual change in the acute case-fatality rate of stroke (–0·2%; 95% CI: −2·4–2·1) and acute myocardial infarction (2·7%; 95% CI: −0·7–6·1) did not change significantly across the study years. Conclusions The acute case-fatality rates of stroke and acute myocardial infarction have remained stable from 1989 to 2005 in a rural and semi-urban Japanese population.
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- Nahid Rumana
- Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
- Sleep Center, Foothills Medical Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
- Tsuruga Nursing University, Tsuruga-city, Fukui, Japan
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- Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
- Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AL, Canada
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- Department of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Kyoto Women's University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Kyoto Women's University, Kyoto, Japan
- Makino Hospital, Takashima, Japan
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- Takashima General Hospital, Shiga, Japan
- Otsu Red Cross Hospital, Shiga, Japan
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- Makino Hospital, Takashima, Japan
- Shiga Medical Center for Adults, Shiga, Japan
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- The First Institute for Health Promotion and Health Care, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
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Al Mamun M, Rumana N, Kita Y, Turin TC. Combining the effects of conventional risk factors and environmental triggering factors while studying seasonality in acute myocardial infarction. Environ Pollut 2014; 189:252-253. [PMID: 24721185 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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- Mohammad Al Mamun
- Department of Public Health, General Directorate of Health Affairs in Tabuk Region, Ministry of Health, P.O. Box No. 16673, Tabuk 71474, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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- Sleep Center, Foothills Medical Center, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu City, Shiga, Japan
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Al Mamun M, Rumana N, Specogna AV, Turin TC. Studying effects of weather parameters on acute stroke: considering the contribution of "risk factors" and "triggering factors" together. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2013; 23:194-5. [PMID: 23968712 DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2013] [Accepted: 07/08/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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- Mohammad Al Mamun
- Department of Public Health, General Directorate of Health Affairs in Tabuk Region, Ministry of Health, Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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- Sleep Center, Foothills Medical Center, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Turin TC, Kita Y, Rumana N, Nakamura Y, Takashima N, Ichikawa M, Sugihara H, Morita Y, Hirose K, Okayama A, Miura K, Ueshima H. Wake-up stroke: incidence, risk factors and outcome of acute stroke during sleep in a Japanese population. Takashima Stroke Registry 1988-2003. Eur Neurol 2013; 69:354-9. [PMID: 23635814 DOI: 10.1159/000346124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2012] [Accepted: 11/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Characterization of the time of stroke onset has been plagued by the problem of determining the time of the onset of events that are detected when the patient awakens. Our aim was to evaluate the characteristics, risk factors and acute fatality associated with wake-up stroke. Data was obtained from Takashima Stroke Registry covering approximately 55,000 residents in central Japan. During the period 1988-2003, information about the situation at stroke onset was available for 897 cerebral infarction (CI) and 335 intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) events. Differences in characteristics and outcome between stroke during sleep and stroke while awake were explored. Among CI and ICH cases, 9.7 and 11.9% suffered from stroke during sleep, respectively. Hypertension and experiencing a severe event were associated with stroke during sleep among CI. Smoking and experiencing a severe event were associated with stroke during sleep and a drinking history reduced the chance of stroke during sleep among ICH. Acute fatality risks did not differ between stroke during sleep and stroke while awake among both CI and ICH cases. About 1 in 10 stroke patients had an onset of stroke during sleep. Hypertensive, smoker and clinically more severely affected patients had a higher prevalence of stroke during sleep. There were no differences between the 2 groups with respect to acute-case fatality.
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Turin TC, Kita Y, Rumana N, Nakamura Y, Ueda K, Takashima N, Sugihara H, Morita Y, Ichikawa M, Hirose K, Nitta H, Okayama A, Miura K, Ueshima H. Ambient air pollutants and acute case-fatality of cerebro-cardiovascular events: Takashima Stroke and AMI Registry, Japan (1988-2004). Cerebrovasc Dis 2012; 34:130-9. [PMID: 22868897 DOI: 10.1159/000339680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2012] [Accepted: 05/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Apart from the conventional risk factors, cerebro-cardiovascular disease (CVD) are also reported to be associated with air pollution, thus lowering the level of exposure might contribute in prevention activities to reduce the associated adverse outcomes. Though few studies conducted in Japan have reported on the CVD mortality but none have explored the effect of air pollutant exposure on the acute case-fatality of CVD. We investigated the effects of air pollution exposure on acute case-fatality of stroke and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in a setting where pollutant levels are rather low. METHODS We leveraged the data from the Takashima Stroke and AMI Registry, which covers a population of approximately 55,000 in Takashima County located in central Japan. The study period of 6,210 days (16 years, leap years also taken into account) were divided into quartiles of daily average pollutant concentration; suspended particulate matter (SPM), sulfur dioxide (SO(2)), nitrogen dioxide (NO(2)), and photochemical oxidants (Ox). The stroke and AMI events were categorized to corresponding quartiles based on the pollution levels of the onset day. To study the effects of air pollutants, we estimated the fatality rate ratio across quartiles of the pollutants where the lowest quartile served as the reference. RESULTS There were 307 (men: 153 and women: 154) fatal stroke cases within 28 days of onset among the 2,038 first ever stroke during 1988-2004. In the same period, there were 142 (men: 94 and women: 54) fatal AMI cases within 28 days of onset among the 429 first ever AMI events. The mean of the measured pollutant levels were as follows: SPM 26.9 µg/m(3), SO(2) 3.9 ppb, NO(2) 16.0 ppb, and Ox 28.4 ppb. Among the pollutants, higher levels of NO(2) showed increased fatality risk. In multi-pollutant model, the highest quartile of NO(2) was associated with 60% higher stroke case-fatality risk in comparison to lowest quartile of NO(2). In the fully adjusted model the fatality-rate ratio was 1.65 (95% CI 1.06-2.57). This association was more prominent among stroke subtype of cerebral infarction. Other pollutant levels did not show any association with stroke or AMI case-fatality. CONCLUSION We observed association between NO(2) levels, an index of traffic related air pollution, with the acute case-fatality of stroke, especially cerebral infarction in our study population. Further studies are needed in different regions to determine the association between ambient air pollutants and acute cardiovascular fatalities.
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Turin TC, Murakami Y, Miura K, Rumana N, Kita Y, Hayakawa T, Okamura T, Okayama A, Ueshima H. Hypertension and life expectancy among Japanese: NIPPON DATA80. Hypertens Res 2012; 35:954-8. [DOI: 10.1038/hr.2012.86] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Turin TC, Murakami Y, Miura K, Rumana N, Kadota A, Ohkubo T, Okamura T, Okayama A, Ueshima H. Diabetes and life expectancy among Japanese - NIPPON DATA80. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2012; 96:e18-22. [PMID: 22296855 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2012.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2011] [Revised: 12/15/2011] [Accepted: 01/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Life expectancy (LE) among the Japanese population with or without diabetes mellitus was estimated. LE in 40-year old men and women was 41.1 and 47.5 years in those without diabetes and 32.3 and 40.9 years in those with diabetes. The LE of 40-year old men and women with diabetes was 8.8 and 6.6 years shorter than in those without diabetes. Diabetes mellitus leads to a decrease in LE. The presence of impaired glucose tolerance also affected LE inversely.
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Turin TC, Shahana N, Wangchuk LZ, Specogna AV, Al Mamun M, Khan MA, Choudhury SR, Zaman MM, Rumana N. Burden of Cardio- and Cerebro-vascular Diseases and the Conventional Risk Factors in South Asian Population. Glob Heart 2012; 8:121-30. [PMID: 25690377 DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2012.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2011] [Revised: 08/02/2011] [Accepted: 01/13/2012] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Similar to most populations, South Asian countries are also witnessing the dramatic transitions in health during the last few decades with the major causes of adverse health shifting from a predominance of nutritional deficiencies and infectious diseases to chronic diseases such as cardio and cerebrovascular disease (CVD). We summarized the available information of the burden of CVD and risk factors in the South Asian populations. The prevalence of conventional cardiovascular has been increasing among all South Asian populations. Extensive urbanization, shift in dietary pattern and sedentary daily life style is contributing towards the worsening of the CVD risk factor scenario. The burdens of the chronic cardiovascular risk factors are much prevalent in the South Asian populations. These are also rising alarmingly which ought to influence the already existed heavy CVD burden. Similar to the rest of the world, management for the conventional cardiovascular risk factors is very important for the prevention of CVD in South Asia.
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- Department of Anatomy, Bangladesh Medical College, Bangladesh Medical Studies and Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Health Research & Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health, Royal Government of Bhutan, Thimphu, Bhutan
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- Department of Community Health Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Primary Health Care and Preventive Medicine, General Directorate of Health Affairs in Tabuk Region, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Community Medicine, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, Mysore, India
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- Department of Epidemiology and Research, National Heart Foundation Hospital and Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Ekhlaspur Center of Health, Matlab North, Chandpur, Bangladesh
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- Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu City, Shiga, Japan
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Turin TC, Kita Y, Rumana N, Nakamura Y, Takashima N, Ichikawa M, Sugihara H, Morita Y, Hirose K, Okayama A, Miura K, Ueshima H. Is there any circadian variation consequence on acute case fatality of stroke? Takashima Stroke Registry, Japan (1990-2003). Acta Neurol Scand 2012; 125:206-12. [PMID: 21615351 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2011.01522.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND Circadian periodicity in the onset of stroke has been reported. However, it is unclear whether this variation affects the acute stroke case fatality. Time of the day variation in stroke case fatality was examined using population-based stroke registration data. METHODS Stroke event data were acquired from the Takashima Stroke Registry, which covers a stable population of approximately 55,000 in Takashima County in central Japan. During the period of 1990-2003, there were 1080 (549 men and 531 women) cases with classifiable stroke onset time. Stroke incidence was categorized as occurring at night (midnight-6 a.m.), morning (6 a.m.-noon), afternoon (noon-6 p.m.), and evening (6 p.m.-midnight). The 28-day case fatality rates and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were calculated by gender, age, and stroke subtype across the time blocks. After adjusting for gender, age at onset, and stroke severity at onset, the hazard ratios for fatal strokes in evening, night, and morning were calculated, with afternoon serving as the reference. RESULTS For all strokes, the 28-day case fatality rate was 23.3% (95% CI:19.4-27.6) for morning onset, 16.9% (95% CI:13.1-21.6) for afternoon onset, 18.3% (95% CI:13.6-24.1) for evening onset, and 21.0% (95% CI:15.0-28.5) for the night onset stroke. The case fatality for strokes during the morning was higher than the case fatality for strokes during afternoon. This fatality risk excess for morning strokes persisted even after adjusting for age, gender, and stroke severity on onset in multivariate analysis. CONCLUSION In the examination of circadian variation of stroke case fatality, 28-day case fatality rate tended to be higher for the morning strokes.
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- T C Turin
- Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan.
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Turin TC, Kita Y, Rumana N, Nakamura Y, Ueda K, Takashima N, Sugihara H, Morita Y, Ichikawa M, Hirose K, Nitta H, Okayama A, Miura K, Ueshima H. Short-term exposure to air pollution and incidence of stroke and acute myocardial infarction in a Japanese population. Neuroepidemiology 2012; 38:84-92. [PMID: 22338644 DOI: 10.1159/000335654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2011] [Accepted: 12/05/2011] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Exposure to high levels of air pollution can increase the risk of cardiovascular events. However, there is no clear information in Japan on the effect of pollution on the incidence of stroke and acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Therefore, we investigated the effects of air pollution on the incidence of stroke and AMI in a setting where pollutant levels are rather low. METHODS Data were obtained from the Takashima Stroke and AMI Registry, which covers a population of approximately 55,000 in Takashima County in central Japan. We applied a time-stratified, bidirectional, case-crossover design to estimate the effects of air pollutants, which included suspended particulate matter (SPM), sulfur dioxide (SO(2)), nitrogen dioxide (NO(2)) and photochemical oxidants (Ox). We used the distributed lag model to estimate the effect of pollutant exposure 0-3 days before the day of event onset and controlled for meteorological covariates in all of the models. RESULTS There were 2,038 first-ever strokes (1,083 men, 955 women) and 429 first-ever AMI cases (281 men, 148 women) during 1988-2004. The mean pollutant levels were as follows: SPM 26.9 μg/m(3); SO(2) 3.9 ppb; NO(2) 16.0 ppb, and Ox 28.4 ppb. In single-pollutant and two-pollutant models, SO(2) was associated with the risk of cerebral hemorrhage. Other stroke subtypes and AMI were not associated with air pollutant levels. CONCLUSIONS We observed an association between SO(2) and hemorrhagic stroke; however, we found inconclusive evidence for a short-term effect of air pollution on the incidence of other stroke types and AMI.
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Turin TC, Specogna AV, Rumana N. Geotopographic and environmental characteristics of communities and the seasonality of stroke occurrences. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2011; 22:279-80. [PMID: 22112932 DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2011.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2011] [Accepted: 08/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Turin TC, Kita Y, Rumana N, Nakamura Y, Takashima N, Miura K, Ueshima H. Increased risk of acute myocardial infarction during colder periods is
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Rumana N, Kita Y, Turin TC, Nakamura Y, Takashima N, Ichikawa M, Sugihara H, Morita Y, Hirose K, Okayama A. Diurnal incidence of acute myocardial infarction in a Japanese population
(From the Takashima AMI Registry, 1988–2004). Glob Heart 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cvdpc.2011.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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