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Studies of socioeconomic gradients in mortality in wealthy societies reveal that they have been persist, and included most of the principal causes of death, even during the era when these principal causes of death have entirely changed.... more
Studies of socioeconomic gradients in mortality in wealthy societies reveal that they have been persist, and included most of the principal causes of death, even during the era when these principal causes of death have entirely changed. This observation has led to an interest in the ways in which the diversity of conditions of life, unfolding over the life cycle, can become embedded in human biology and subsequently affect health status and vitality. There is evidence that childhood experiences affect subsequent health status (as well as well-being and competence) in profound and long-lasting ways. Conflicting explanatory models of the impact of childhood experiences have been advanced, whose conflicts are political in nature, in that the reflect divergent beliefs about how human potential expresses itself, and, also, about the nature of the obligations which members of society have to one another. Notwithstanding these conflicts, a body of evidence derived from intervention studies in the post-neonatal, preschool, and school age periods suggest that performance in two basic domains of child development, the cognitive and the social-emotional, can be modified in ways which improve health, well-being, and competence in the long-term.
Research Interests: Sociology, Anthropology, Health Promotion, Cognitive development, Child Development, and 12 morePopulation Health, Social Science & Medicine, Humans, Child, Social Medicine, Infant, Life Cycle, Health Status, Educational Models, Public health systems and services research, Determinants of Health, and Intervention study
Literature databases were scanned to locate articles pertaining to food handler education and restaurant inspection. Papers which met pre-established criteria, as described in the generic protocol produced by the Community Health Practice... more
Literature databases were scanned to locate articles pertaining to food handler education and restaurant inspection. Papers which met pre-established criteria, as described in the generic protocol produced by the Community Health Practice Guidelines Project (CHPG), were evaluated by standardized consideration of criteria. Studies were rated on a scale of one to three. There were eight papers related to the intervention of education, four papers dealing with the intervention of restaurant inspection, and one pertaining to both. the evidence presented in the papers regarding the effectiveness of food handler training in improving food establishment sanitation was weak, but it appeared that some training resulted in improved inspection scores. It appeared that inspections were beneficial, although it was not clear whether three or more inspections were better than two. No inspections appeared to result in worse inspection scores.
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Abstract Forestry has been the major industry in British Columbia for the last century. There has been concern that by-products of pulp and paper production and chlorophenol fungicides used in sawmills may present opportunities for... more
Abstract Forestry has been the major industry in British Columbia for the last century. There has been concern that by-products of pulp and paper production and chlorophenol fungicides used in sawmills may present opportunities for residents to be environmentally ...
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... Kay Teschke, 1 Shona J. Kelly, 1 Michele Wiens, 1 Clyde Hertzman, ~ Helen D. Ward, ~ John EH Ward, 2 and Jay C. Van Oostdam 2 ... All PCB congeners except the coplanars were analyzed based on the method of Mullen et al (1984) using a... more
... Kay Teschke, 1 Shona J. Kelly, 1 Michele Wiens, 1 Clyde Hertzman, ~ Helen D. Ward, ~ John EH Ward, 2 and Jay C. Van Oostdam 2 ... All PCB congeners except the coplanars were analyzed based on the method of Mullen et al (1984) using a Hewlett Packard 5890 gas ...
Research Interests: Adipose tissue, Environmental Sciences, Humans, Developing Country, Elderly People, and 16 moreFemale, Male, Connective tissue, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, British Columbia, Polychlorinated Biphenyl, CHEMICAL SCIENCES, Aged, Middle Aged, Adult, Sex Factors, Age Factors, Aromatic Hydrocarbon, Environmental Exposure, Age Groups, and Minority Group
We compared personal histories of 57 cases and 122 age-matched controls to identify possible environmental determinants of Parkinson's disease (PD). Odds ratios (OR) adjusted for sex, age, and smoking were computed using stepwise... more
We compared personal histories of 57 cases and 122 age-matched controls to identify possible environmental determinants of Parkinson's disease (PD). Odds ratios (OR) adjusted for sex, age, and smoking were computed using stepwise logistic regression. We found a statistically significant increased risk for working in orchards (OR = 3.69, p = 0.012, 95% CI = 1.34, 10.27) and a marginally significant increased risk associated with working in planer mills (OR = 4.11, p = 0.065, 95% CI = 0.91, 18.50). A Fisher's exact test of the association between PD development and (1) paraquat contact, and (2) postural tremor gave statistically significant probability estimates of 0.01 and 0.03, respectively. The relative risk of PD decreased with smoking, an inverse relationship supported by many studies.
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This resource is a summary of current publications related to child development. Approximately 10 themes are searched monthly (e.g., early experiences, child care, environmental health, indigenous early childhood development, health... more
This resource is a summary of current publications related to child development. Approximately 10 themes are searched monthly (e.g., early experiences, child care, environmental health, indigenous early childhood development, health inequity, hubs, policy, screening, school readiness, socioemotional, social determinants of health -income, ses, housing, etc). This is a useful resource for those working in the field of child development. Produced through the Human Early Learning Partnership (earlylearning.ubc.ca).
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This resource is a summary of current publications related to child development. Approximately 10 themes are searched monthly (e.g., early experiences, child care, children's environmental health, gobal early child development, indigenous... more
This resource is a summary of current publications related to child development. Approximately 10 themes are searched monthly (e.g., early experiences, child care, children's environmental health, gobal early child development, indigenous early childhood development, low income, health inequity, hubs, policy, screening, school readiness). This is a useful resource for those working in the field of child development. Produced through the Human Early Learning Partnership (earlylearning.ubc.ca).
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This resource is a summary of current publications related to child development. Approximately 10 themes are searched monthly (e.g., early experiences, child care, children's environmental health, gobal early child development, indigenous... more
This resource is a summary of current publications related to child development. Approximately 10 themes are searched monthly (e.g., early experiences, child care, children's environmental health, gobal early child development, indigenous early childhood development, low income, health inequity, hubs, policy, screening, school readiness). This is a useful resource for those working in the field of child development. Produced through the Human Early Learning Partnership (earlylearning.ubc.ca).
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This resource is a summary of current publications related to child development. Approximately 10 themes are searched monthly (e.g., early experiences, child care, children's environmental health, gobal early child development, indigenous... more
This resource is a summary of current publications related to child development. Approximately 10 themes are searched monthly (e.g., early experiences, child care, children's environmental health, gobal early child development, indigenous early childhood development, low income, health inequity, hubs, policy, screening, school readiness). This is a useful resource for those working in the field of child development. Produced through the Human Early Learning Partnership (earlylearning.ubc.ca).
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This resource is a summary of current publications related to child development. Approximately 10 themes are searched monthly (e.g., early experiences, child care, children's environmental health, gobal early child development, indigenous... more
This resource is a summary of current publications related to child development. Approximately 10 themes are searched monthly (e.g., early experiences, child care, children's environmental health, gobal early child development, indigenous early childhood development, low income, health inequity, hubs, policy, screening, school readiness). This is a useful resource for those working in the field of child development. Produced through the Human Early Learning Partnership (earlylearning.ubc.ca).
This resource is a summary of current publications related to child development. Approximately 10 themes are searched monthly (e.g., early experiences, child care, children's environmental health, gobal early child development, indigenous... more
This resource is a summary of current publications related to child development. Approximately 10 themes are searched monthly (e.g., early experiences, child care, children's environmental health, gobal early child development, indigenous early childhood development, low income, health inequity, hubs, policy, screening, school readiness). This is a useful resource for those working in the field of child development. Produced through the Human Early Learning Partnership (earlylearning.ubc.ca).
This is a monthly list of new papers on key topics: Air Pollution, Bed Bugs, Biosolids, Climate Change, Drinking Water, Food Safety, Health Impact Assessment, Indoor Air, Noise Pollution, Pesticides, Plastics, Shale Gas, Urban... more
This is a monthly list of new papers on key topics: Air Pollution, Bed Bugs, Biosolids, Climate Change, Drinking Water, Food Safety, Health Impact Assessment, Indoor Air, Noise Pollution, Pesticides, Plastics, Shale Gas, Urban Agriculture, WiFi, Wildfire Smoke, Zoonoses. This resource is produced through the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health (NCCEH.ca).