Women experiencing intimate partner violence three times more likely to contract HIV
Women who experience recent intimate partner violence (IPV) are three times more likely to contract HIV, according to a new study led by McGill University researchers. In regions like Sub-Saharan Africa, women face an intersecting epidemic of intimate partner violence and HIV.
Vaccine uptake remains low among at-risk Canadians
As the flu season begins and the COVID-19 pandemic continues, pneumococcal vaccination is more important than ever to prevent disease and death from pneumonia and other forms of pneumococcal disease. But vaccine uptake remains low among adults at high risk, say researchers from McGill University.
Strategies to foster equitable and inclusive learning environments
Diane Dechief from the Office of Science Education and Stephanie Weber from the Dept. of Biology were among several McGill instructors who recently gathered to share their ideas for fostering equitable and inclusive learning environments.
The Disabled Contract: Severe Intellectual Disability, Justice and Morality
The IHSP's Jonas-Sébastien Beaudry published the following book:
Happy without money: Minimally monetized societies can exhibit high subjective well-being
The IHSP's Christopher Barrington-Leigh has co-authored the following article:
Miñarro S, Reyes-García V, Aswani S, Selim S, Barrington-Leigh CP, Galbraith ED
Child Marriage in Canada
The IHSP's Alissa Koski and her colleague Shelley Clark have been receiving some media attention from their recent article:
Child Marriage in CanadaKoski A and Clark SPopulation and Development Review (2021).https://doi.org/10.1111/padr.12369 Published January 8th, 2021
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Conceptualisation and Operationalisation of a Holistic Indicator of Health for Older Inuit: Results of a Sequential Mixed-Methods Project
The IHSP's Mylène Riva co-authored the following article:
Baron M, Riva M, Fletcher C, et al.
Determinants of personal exposure to PM2.5 and black carbon in Chinese adults: A repeated-measures study in villages using solid fuel energy
The IHSP's Jill Baumgartner co-authored an article in Environment International:
Lee M, Carter E, Yan L, et al.
Association Between Active Living Environments and Hospitalization for All-Causes and Cardiometabolic Disease
The IHSP's Mylène Riva co-authored the following article:
Mah MM, Sanmartin C, Riva M, Dasgupta K, Ross N.
Addressing competing risks when assessing the impact of health services interventions on hospital length of stay
The IHSP's Arijit Nandi co-authored an article in Epidemiology:
Batomen B, Moore L, Strumpf E, Nandi A
Dried blood spots to characterize mercury speciation and exposure in a Colombian artisanal and small-scale gold mining community
The IHSP's Jill Baumgartner co-authored an article in Chemosphere:
Santa-Rios A, Barst BD, Tejeda L, et al.
Foreign Practices: Immigrant Doctors and the History of Canadian Medicare
There is a new book out in November by Sasha Mullally and the IHSP's David Wright, published by McGill Queen's University Press (ISBN 9780228003717).
Overview
Blood mercury and plasma polychlorinated biphenyls concentrations in pregnant Inuit women from Nunavik: Temporal trends, 1992–2017
Thérèse Yéro Adamou, Mylène Riva, Gina Muckle, Elhadji Anassour Laouan Sidi, Mélanie Lemire, Pierre Ayotte
Blood mercury and plasma polychlorinated biphenyls concentrations in pregnant Inuit women from Nunavik: Temporal trends, 1992–2017Sci Total Environ. 2020 Nov 15;743:140495.doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140495.
Harm Reduction: A Research Agenda
Dea S, Weinstock D.
Harm Reduction: A Research AgendaHealth Care Anal. 2020 Nov 3;1-3.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-020-00418-6
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Extremes in water availability and suicide: Evidence from a nationally representative sample of rural Indian adults
Arijit Nandi co-authored an article in Environmental Research:
Richardson RA, Harper S, Weichenthal S, et al.
Extremes in water availability and suicide: Evidence from a nationally representative sample of rural Indian adultsEnvironmental Research. 2020 Nov;190:109969.DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109969.
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