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"Brain drain" and "brain waste": experiences of international medical graduates in Ontario

scientific article

"I want to save my life": Conceptions of cervical and breast cancer screening among urban immigrant women of South Asian and Chinese origin

scientific article

"PSA-itis": knowledge of serum prostate specific antigen and other causes of anxiety in men with metaststic prostate cancer

scientific article published in December 2002

"The strategies are the same, the problems may be different": a qualitative study exploring the experiences of healthcare and service providers with medication therapy management for individuals with spinal cord injury/dysfunction

scientific article published on 15 January 2020

A "Tea and Cookies" Approach: Co-designing Cancer Screening Interventions with Patients Living with Low Income

scientific article published on 21 October 2019

A Web-Based Intervention to Reduce Decision Conflict Regarding HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis: Clinical Trial Protocol

scientific article published on 04 February 2020

A/C study protocol: a cross-sectional study of HIV epidemiology among African, Caribbean and Black people in Ontario

scientific article published on 08 July 2020

Acceptability, Feasibility and Uptake of HPV Self-Sampling Among Immigrant Minority Women: a Focused Literature Review

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Addressing health inequities in Ontario, Canada: what solutions do the public support?

scientific article

An exploration of attitudes and preferences towards medications among healthcare providers and persons with spinal cord injury/dysfunction: a qualitative comparison

scientific article published on 05 August 2020

Are women with psychosis receiving adequate cervical cancer screening?

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Association Between Adherence to Cancer Screening and Knowledge of Screening Guidelines: Feasibility Study Linking Self-Reported Survey Data With Medical Records

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

BETTER HEALTH: Durham -- protocol for a cluster randomized trial of BETTER in community and public health settings

scientific article published on 29 September 2017

Breast and Colorectal Cancer Screening Barriers Among Immigrants and Refugees: A Mixed-Methods Study at Three Community Health Centres in Toronto, Canada

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Breast cancer screening disparities among immigrant women by world region of origin: a population-based study in Ontario, Canada

scientific article published on 22 April 2016

Breast cancer screening disparities among urban immigrants: a population-based study in Ontario, Canada

scientific article published on 21 July 2015

Breast cancer screening utilization among women from Muslim majority countries in Ontario, Canada

scientific article published on 12 September 2017

Cancer Screening Among Patients Who Self-Identify as Muslim: Combining Self-Reported Data with Medical Records in a Family Practice Setting

scientific article

Cancer prevalence, incidence and mortality in people who experience incarceration in Ontario, Canada: A population-based retrospective cohort study

scientific article

Cancer screening inequities in a time of primary care reform: a population-based longitudinal study in Ontario, Canada

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Cancer screening rates among transgender adults: Cross-sectional analysis of primary care data

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Cervical Cancer Screening Access for Women Who Experience Imprisonment in Ontario, Canada

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Cervical Cancer Screening among Women from Muslim-Majority Countries in Ontario, Canada

scientific article published on 22 September 2017

Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening After CARES: A Community Program for Immigrant and Marginalized Women.

scientific article published on 13 January 2017

Cervical cancer screening among urban immigrants by region of origin: a population-based cohort study

scientific article

Cervical cancer screening among vulnerable women: factors affecting guideline adherence at a community health centre in Toronto, Ont ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 2012

Cervical cancer screening uptake among HIV-positive women in Ontario, Canada: A population-based retrospective cohort study

scientific article published on 29 November 2017

Cholesterol testing among men and women with disability: the role of morbidity.

scientific article published on September 2016

Closing the gap in urban health inequities

scientific article

Colorectal and Breast Cancer Screening Status for People in Ontario Provincial Correctional Facilities

scientific article published on 21 February 2019

Comparing stage of diagnosis of cervical cancer at presentation in immigrant women and long-term residents of Ontario: a retrospective cohort study

scientific article published on July 2016

Disparities in breast cancer diagnosis for immigrant women in Ontario and BC: results from the CanIMPACT study

scientific article published on 09 January 2019

Do Patients in a Primary Care Practice Know the Current Cancer Screening Guidelines?

Does social disadvantage affect the validity of self-report for cervical cancer screening? ⬇️

scientific article published on January 17, 2013

Dying to Learn: A Scoping Review of Breast and Cervical Cancer Studies Focusing on Black Canadian Women

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Emerging role of HPV self-sampling in cervical cancer screening for hard-to-reach women: Focused literature review

scientific article

Endocrinologist perceived factors affecting the transition of thyroid cancer patients from specialist to primary care post-cancer treatment in Ontario, Canada

scientific article published on 29 October 2020

Ethnicity and breast cancer stage at diagnosis: an issue of health equity

scientific article

Expanding the meaning of 'being a peer leader': qualitative findings from a Canadian community-based cervical and breast cancer screening programme

scientific article

Exploring the acceptability of human papillomavirus self-sampling among Muslim immigrant women.

scientific article published on 19 July 2017

Exploring the perspectives on medication self-management among persons with spinal cord injury/dysfunction and providers

scientific article published on 30 January 2020

Facebook as a tool for communication, collaboration, and informal knowledge exchange among members of a multisite family health team

scientific article published on 25 January 2016

Fecal occult blood test screening uptake among immigrants from Muslim majority countries: A retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada

scientific article published on 30 September 2019

HPV self-sampling: A promising approach to reduce cervical cancer screening disparities in Canada.

scientific article

Health and growth status of immigrant and refugee children in Toronto, Ontario: A retrospective chart review

scientific article

How do people attribute income-related inequalities in health? A cross-sectional study in Ontario, Canada

scientific article published on 13 January 2014

Impact of postal correspondence letters on participation in cancer screening: a rapid review

scientific article published on 31 December 2020

Inadequacy of cervical cancer screening among urban recent immigrants: a population-based study of physician and laboratory claims in Toronto, Canada

scientific article published on 21 March 2007

Incidence of breast and colorectal cancer among immigrants in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective cohort study from 2004-2014.

scientific article published on 8 May 2018

Ko-Pamoja: the feasibility of a lay health educator-led breast and cervical screening program for Black women in Ontario, Canada (short report).

scientific article

Lay health educators within primary care practices to improve cancer screening uptake for South Asian patients: challenges in quality improvement

scientific article published on 08 March 2017

Level of disability, multi-morbidity and breast cancer screening: does severity matter?

scientific article

Low human papillomavirus (HPV) knowledge related to low risk perception among men living with HIV: Implications for HPV-associated disease prevention

scientific article published on 03 October 2020

Low rates of cervical cancer screening among urban immigrants: a population-based study in Ontario, Canada

scientific article published on July 2010

Mailed Letter Versus Phone Call to Increase Uptake of Cancer Screening: A Pragmatic, Randomized Trial

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Medication adherence for persons with spinal cord injury and dysfunction from the perspectives of healthcare providers: A qualitative study

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Migrant Live-in Caregivers Mental Health in Canada

scientific article published on 12 January 2018

Muslim immigrant women's views on cervical cancer screening and HPV self-sampling in Ontario, Canada

scientific article

Patient perspectives on routinely being asked about their race and ethnicity: Qualitative study in primary care

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Patients living with disabilities: The need for high-quality primary care

scientific article published on August 2016

Patients, Pride, and Prejudice: Exploring Black Ontarian Physicians' Experiences of Racism and Discrimination

scientific article published on 04 August 2020

Personality and burnout among primary care physicians: an international study

scientific article published on 18 March 2019

Perspectives of family physicians towards access to lung cancer screening for individuals living with low income - a qualitative study

scientific article published on 07 January 2021

Police Funding and Crime Rates in 20 of Canada's Largest Municipalities: A Longitudinal Study ⬇️

scholarly article

Predictors of Low Colorectal Cancer Screening in an Urban Academic Family Practice

Predictors of low cervical cancer screening among immigrant women in Ontario, Canada ⬇️

scientific article published on May 27, 2011

Predictors of non-adherence to colorectal cancer screening among immigrants to Ontario, Canada: a population-based study

scientific article published on 13 March 2018

Prescription drug claims following a traumatic spinal cord injury for older adults: a retrospective population-based study in Ontario, Canada.

scientific article published on 31 July 2018

Prescription medications dispensed following a nontraumatic spinal cord dysfunction: a retrospective population-based study in Ontario, Canada

scientific article published on 14 July 2020

Prevalence of Prescribed Opioid Claims Among Persons With Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study

scientific article published on 02 September 2020

Preventive care among primary care patients living with spinal cord injury.

scientific article published on 9 February 2018

Primary care physician characteristics associated with cancer screening: a retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada

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Primary care physician use across the breast cancer care continuum: CanIMPACT study using Canadian administrative data

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Provider perceptions of knowledge exchange and communication in a multisite family health team.

scientific article published in May 2016

Public awareness of income-related health inequalities in Ontario, Canada

scientific article

Racial disparities in anal cancer screening among men living with HIV: findings from a clinical cohort study

scientific article published on 21 February 2020

Screening for cervical cancer in women with disability and multimorbidity: a retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada

scientific article

Segmenting women eligible for cervical cancer screening using demographic, behavioural and attitudinal characteristics

scientific article published on 22 June 2018

Self-management of pain and depression in adults with spinal cord injury: A scoping review

scientific article published on 18 October 2018

Self-sampling for HPV to enhance uptake of cervical cancer screening: Has the time come in Canada?

scientific article published on 25 April 2016

Small-area variation in screening for cancer, glucose and cholesterol in Ontario: a cross-sectional study

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Sociodemographic data collection for health equity measurement: a mixed methods study examining public opinions

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Sociodemographic data collection in healthcare settings: an examination of public opinions

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Sociodemographic factors associated with cervical cancer screening and follow-up of abnormal results.

scientific article published on January 2012

Spinal cord injury and polypharmacy: a scoping review

scientific article published on 09 May 2019

Spinal cord injury/dysfunction and medication management: a qualitative study exploring the experiences of community-dwelling adults in Ontario, Canada

scientific article published on 02 May 2020

Strategies to reach marginalized women for cervical cancer screening: A qualitative study of stakeholder perspectives

scientific article published on 28 February 2018

The "brain drain" of health care workers: causes, solutions and the example of Jamaica.

scientific article published on 18 July 2012

The BETTER WISE protocol: building on existing tools to improve cancer and chronic disease prevention and screening in primary care for wellness of cancer survivors and patients - a cluster randomized controlled trial embedded in a mixed methods desi

The Effect of Changes in Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines on Chlamydia Testing

scientific article published on July 2017

The early benefits of human papillomavirus vaccination on cervical dysplasia and anogenital warts

scientific article

The validity of self-reported cancer screening history and the role of social disadvantage in Ontario, Canada

scientific article

The “Brain Drain”: Factors influencing physician migration to Canada

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Understanding those overdue for cancer screening by five years or more: A retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada

scientific article published on 21 August 2019

Using Knowledge Exchange to Build and Sustain Community Support to Reduce Cancer Screening Inequities.

scientific article published in January 2015

Using concept mapping in the knowledge-to-action process to compare stakeholder opinions on barriers to use of cancer screening among South Asians

scientific article published on 23 March 2013

Using geographic methods to inform cancer screening interventions for South Asians in Ontario, Canada

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Using organizational network analysis to plan cancer screening programs for vulnerable populations.

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Using self-reported data on the social determinants of health in primary care to identify cancer screening disparities: opportunities and challenges

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