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Pain Management
Aim: The chronic pain clinic (CPC) was established to address chronic non-cancer pain and opioid-... more Aim: The chronic pain clinic (CPC) was established to address chronic non-cancer pain and opioid-related harm. Materials & methods: Employing community participatory research design First Nation Metis representatives, clinicians and a researcher collectively agreed to document lessons learned from healthcare providers' perspective, 1 year post-clinic-implementation. 17 individual interviews were conducted. Results: Thematic analysis revealed that a multidisciplinary team offered client-centered care, education, counseling and multimodal treatment options. Medication reviews and case management ensured patient safety. Communication and education of community providers enhanced pain management capacity ensuring safe opioid prescribing. Evidence-based best practices were implemented through system-level monitoring. Access to Indigenous healing strategies provided culturally responsive spiritual care upon request. Conclusion: The multidisciplinary and multimodal CPC care model effec...
Health Promotion International
First Nation people residing in rural and remote communities have limited primary healthcare acce... more First Nation people residing in rural and remote communities have limited primary healthcare access, which often affects chronic disease management leading to poor health outcomes. Individuals with lived experiences of chronic disease and substance use, along with health directors, advocated for improved services. Subsequently, an urban healthcare team in partnership with four First Nation communities developed an Outreach clinic to address healthcare access barriers. Established in 2016, this community-led clinic improves primary care access and chronic disease management in First Nation communities. Employing a qualitative research design, interviews were conducted with 15 clinic providers and 9 community members to explore the clinic’s 1-year post-implementation impacts. Thematic data analysis indicated that engagement and approval by community leadership, support from Elders and community members and collaboration with existing community healthcare staff were crucial for establi...
Canadian Psychology, 2011
A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research In Partial Fulfilment of the R... more A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental and Applied Psychology, University of Regina. xiv, 126 l.
BMC Public Health
Introduction There is a rise in problematic substance use among Canadian youth, which is precipit... more Introduction There is a rise in problematic substance use among Canadian youth, which is precipitating a public health crisis. Interventions are needed to empower youth to mitigate substance use risks. Active youth involvement in substance use prevention is urgently needed to increase uptake and ownership of the process and outcome of the intervention. Arts-based interventions are ideal participatory action approaches that can empower young people to be active agents in substance use prevention. These approaches can help promote health, reduce harm, and change behaviours. Scoping reviews are a vital tool that can help the research team identify relevant interventions that can be adapted to a community. Methods This scoping review explores various arts-based substance use prevention interventions for youth. The scoping review used the iterative stages of Arksey and O’Malley to search Portal ERIC, Ovid MEDLINE, C.I.N.A.H.L., E.M.B.A.S.E., Web of Science, and A.P.A. PsycInfo and grey l...
Background: The Indigenous Birth Support Worker (IBSW) Program provides indigenous women with res... more Background: The Indigenous Birth Support Worker (IBSW) Program provides indigenous women with respectful, culturally safe, and trauma-informed care and supports women and families during labor and delivery. Located in the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital (JPCH) Maternal Care Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, the program served 1023 clients between December 2019 and January 2021. Methods: The study objective was to explore the perspectives of the IBSWs and program clients one year post-implementation. The research plan was developed in collaboration with the IBSW program director and manager, IBSWs, and partners from the First Nation and Métis Health departments within the health region. A focus group with four IBSWs and individual interviews with ten clients who received services were conducted using a qualitative research design. Results: Thematic analysis revealed that clients greatly appreciated and respected the IBSWs’ cultural support and their compassionate, nonjudgme...
Structured Summary: Limited published literature and media raise serious concerns surrounding ato... more Structured Summary: Limited published literature and media raise serious concerns surrounding atopic dermatitis (AD) and skin infections in both pediatric and adult patients in a Canadian context (Abedi 2019; Asiniwasis et al., 2020; CBC News 2019; Dehaas 2016; Forsey 2014; FNIGC 2012/2018). A retrospective study completed by Jeong et al. (2020) published in BMC identified a high level of antibiotic prescription in adults for skin infections in remote Canadian Indigenous communities, and the authors concluded that, "this population is currently hard to reach and under-represented in standard surveillance systems, and randomized retrospective chart reviews can offer complimentary methodology for monitoring disease burden, treatment, and prevention". Although Indigenous peoples of North America are unique and diverse in geography, culture and language, they face well documented unique disparities in social determinants of health and health disparity challenges related to soc...
BMC Pediatrics, 2019
Background The revised 2015 Canadian Guidelines requires a more specific prenatal alcohol exposur... more Background The revised 2015 Canadian Guidelines requires a more specific prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) threshold for a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) diagnosis. The unintended consequences of adhering to the suggested PAE threshold for an FASD diagnosis and the challenges professionals face in obtaining an accurate PAE history were explored. Methods Using a mixed methods study design, the study was carried out in two parts (Quantitative and Qualitative). PAE history and FASD diagnosis was reviewed retrospectively from 146 patient charts referred for an FASD assessment between 2011 and 2016. The challenges experienced when collecting the PAE history were explored through interviews with 23 professionals. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS (IBM SPSS Statistics 20.0). Results Of 146 assessments, only 21.9% met the revised 2015 PAE guidelines while 79.4% met the previous 2005 PAE criteria. Of 146 clients, 54.1% met brain criteria for FASD yet of those only 29.1% met...
Medical Mycology, 2018
In the literature, cases of blastomycosis in Canada have been documented in provinces bordering t... more In the literature, cases of blastomycosis in Canada have been documented in provinces bordering the Great Lakes, including Ontario and Quebec, as well as Manitoba. This is the first study to our knowledge reporting cases of mycosis seen in southern Saskatchewan suggesting a broader area of endemicity. We searched the Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region (RQHR) Microbiology Laboratory for all culture-confirmed cases of Blastomyces from January 2000 to December 2015 and identified 15 cases. Thirteen cases were reviewed, identifying common presenting symptoms, misdiagnosis, comorbidities, travel history, time from presentation to diagnosis, diagnostic specimen, treatment, and clinical outcome. Nine patients had no travel to areas known to be endemic to environmental blastomycosis. Eight patients presented with respiratory symptoms, four with skin lesions, four with constitutional symptoms, and one presented with chest pain after a fall. Initial misdiagnosis occurred in nine (69%) of the 13 cases, and all six patients that died of the disease were misdiagnosed. These six patients (46%) were acutely ill with refractory disseminated disease, leading to respiratory failure. It is probable that Blastomyces is present as an endemic fungus in the soil of southern Saskatchewan. Possibly due to a lack of awareness of this pathogen in the area, initial misdiagnoses were common and likely contributed to significant morbidity and mortality.
Consciousness and Cognition, 2017
Distractors presented prior to a critical target in a rapid sequence of visually-presented items ... more Distractors presented prior to a critical target in a rapid sequence of visually-presented items induce a lag-dependent deficit in target identification, particularly when the distractor shares a task-relevant feature of the target. Presumably, such capture of central attention is important for bringing a target into awareness. The results of the present investigation suggest that greater capture of attention by a distractor is not accompanied by greater awareness of it. Moreover, awareness tends to be limited to superficial characteristics of the target such as colour. The findings are interpreted within the context of a model that assumes sudden increases in arousal trigger selection of information for consolidation in working memory. In this conceptualization, prolonged analysis of distractor items sharing task-relevant features leads to larger target identification deficits (i.e., greater capture) but no increase in awareness.
Social Work in Mental Health, 2019
This article contributes to the literature on mental health in Puerto Rico based on a focus group... more This article contributes to the literature on mental health in Puerto Rico based on a focus group study with bilingual mental health service providers. The study explored perceptions of mental health and mental health services and the factors that influenced utilization of mental health services. According to participants, having a mental health condition in Puerto Rico is associated with "being crazy," a concept that carries the attitude that something wrong is going on inside the person. Stigma was identified as a powerful force influencing the perceptions of mental illness, the support of the family and community to people with mental health conditions as well as the use of mental health services. Findings suggested that the structural changes in mental health services delivery from a public to a mostly privatized system has limited quality, access and utilization of mental health services. A trend highlighted by participants was that some people seek mental health services because of socioeconomic factors. They create a factitious disorder based on economic insecurity. Mental health remains a public health concern. Suggestions included advocacy to change stigmatized perceptions, a reform that included mental health as a human right and an educational campaign that addresses prevention, early detection and treatment.
BMJ Open
IntroductionInternational students make significant contributions to their host institutions and ... more IntroductionInternational students make significant contributions to their host institutions and countries. Yet research shows that not all international students have the financial means to fend for themselves and meet their financial obligations for the entire study programme. Such students are at significant risk of food insecurity. The objective of this scoping review is to synthesise available information on the factors related to food insecurity among international students studying at postsecondary educational institutions and identify the types of food insecurity interventions that have been implemented to address this issue.Methods and analysisThe Joanna Briggs Institute scoping review methodology will be used to guide this scoping review, and we will search the following databases: MEDLINE (through Ovid), CINAHL (EBSCO), PubMed, ERIC (via Ovid), PROSPERO and ProQuest. The titles, abstracts, and subsequently full texts of the selected papers will then be screened against th...
Health Promotion International
Summary Despite high prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV), linkage to care and treatment for Ind... more Summary Despite high prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV), linkage to care and treatment for Indigenous people is low. In an Indigenous community in Saskatchewan, Canada a retrospective review identified 200 individuals (∼12% prevalence) had HCV antibodies though majority lacked ribonucleic acid (RNA) testing, and few received treatment despite availability of an effective cure. Following Indigenous oral traditions, focus group discussions were held with key community members and leadership. Participants emphasized the need for a community-based screening and treatment programme. A team of community members, peers and healthcare professionals developed a streamlined screening pathway termed ‘liver health event’ (LHE) to reduce stigma, reach undiagnosed, re-engage previously diagnosed, and ensure rapid linkage to care/treatment. LHEs began December 2016. Statistics were tracked for each event. As of July 2019, there were 10 LHEs with 540 participants, 227 hepatitis C tests and 346 F...
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 2021
Despite universal healthcare, immigrants often face unique challenges accessing healthcare. Emplo... more Despite universal healthcare, immigrants often face unique challenges accessing healthcare. Employing an interpretative phenomenological analysis approach, four focus groups were conducted with 29 women and eight men from 15 different countries attending English language classes hosted at a non-governmental organization in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada in 2016 and 2017. Personal factors such as language barrier, lack of transportation, childcare and others interacted with systemic factors such as lack of appointment, long wait times, etc. delaying access at each point of contact with the healthcare system. Participants expressed dissatisfaction with the potency of medications, time spent in appointments and the way healthcare professionals communicated health information. The referral process and wait times were viewed as barriers to accessing specialist, diagnostic and acute care services. Participants were concerned that appropriate healthcare will be unavailable when needed. Strategies addressing systemic and person-specific barriers are needed to provide equitable client-centered care.
Clinical Liver Disease, 2021
Background: Immigrants from culturally, ethnically, and linguistically diverse countries face man... more Background: Immigrants from culturally, ethnically, and linguistically diverse countries face many challenges during the resettlement phase, which influences their access to healthcare services and health outcomes. Healthy immigrant effect or the health advantage that immigrants arrive with is observed to deteriorate with increased length of stay in the host country. Methods: An exploratory qualitative design, following community based research approach was followed. The research team consisted of health researchers, clinicians, and community members. The objective was to explore the barriers to healthcare access among immigrants with limited English language proficiency. Three focus groups were carried out with 29 women and nine men attending English language classes at a settlement agency in a mid-sized city. Additionally, 17 individual interviews were carried out with healthcare providers caring for immigrants and refugees. Results: Thematic analysis was carried out with transcri...
Community Mental Health Journal, 2021
BMJ Open, 2021
Introduction Canada has one of the highest rates of problematic opiate and alcohol use in the wor... more Introduction Canada has one of the highest rates of problematic opiate and alcohol use in the world. Globally, Canada was the second country that legalized marijuana for non-medical use. As Canada is an immigrant-receiving country, newcomers and immigrants contend with a substance use landscape that was likely absent in their countries of origin. Although immigrants have lower rates of substance use than the host population, the risk of substance use, especially among youth, increases with acculturation and peer pressure. While parents are best placed to mitigate the risks for substance use among their youth, immigrant parents often do not have the knowledge and skills to do so. Therefore, culturally adaptable family based interventions need be explored to build immigrant parents’ capacities to mitigate substance use risks. Aim and purpose The aim of this scoping review is to explore family based substance use prevention interventions for immigrant youth, which will be guided by two...
Pain Management
Aim: The chronic pain clinic (CPC) was established to address chronic non-cancer pain and opioid-... more Aim: The chronic pain clinic (CPC) was established to address chronic non-cancer pain and opioid-related harm. Materials & methods: Employing community participatory research design First Nation Metis representatives, clinicians and a researcher collectively agreed to document lessons learned from healthcare providers' perspective, 1 year post-clinic-implementation. 17 individual interviews were conducted. Results: Thematic analysis revealed that a multidisciplinary team offered client-centered care, education, counseling and multimodal treatment options. Medication reviews and case management ensured patient safety. Communication and education of community providers enhanced pain management capacity ensuring safe opioid prescribing. Evidence-based best practices were implemented through system-level monitoring. Access to Indigenous healing strategies provided culturally responsive spiritual care upon request. Conclusion: The multidisciplinary and multimodal CPC care model effec...
Health Promotion International
First Nation people residing in rural and remote communities have limited primary healthcare acce... more First Nation people residing in rural and remote communities have limited primary healthcare access, which often affects chronic disease management leading to poor health outcomes. Individuals with lived experiences of chronic disease and substance use, along with health directors, advocated for improved services. Subsequently, an urban healthcare team in partnership with four First Nation communities developed an Outreach clinic to address healthcare access barriers. Established in 2016, this community-led clinic improves primary care access and chronic disease management in First Nation communities. Employing a qualitative research design, interviews were conducted with 15 clinic providers and 9 community members to explore the clinic’s 1-year post-implementation impacts. Thematic data analysis indicated that engagement and approval by community leadership, support from Elders and community members and collaboration with existing community healthcare staff were crucial for establi...
Canadian Psychology, 2011
A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research In Partial Fulfilment of the R... more A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental and Applied Psychology, University of Regina. xiv, 126 l.
BMC Public Health
Introduction There is a rise in problematic substance use among Canadian youth, which is precipit... more Introduction There is a rise in problematic substance use among Canadian youth, which is precipitating a public health crisis. Interventions are needed to empower youth to mitigate substance use risks. Active youth involvement in substance use prevention is urgently needed to increase uptake and ownership of the process and outcome of the intervention. Arts-based interventions are ideal participatory action approaches that can empower young people to be active agents in substance use prevention. These approaches can help promote health, reduce harm, and change behaviours. Scoping reviews are a vital tool that can help the research team identify relevant interventions that can be adapted to a community. Methods This scoping review explores various arts-based substance use prevention interventions for youth. The scoping review used the iterative stages of Arksey and O’Malley to search Portal ERIC, Ovid MEDLINE, C.I.N.A.H.L., E.M.B.A.S.E., Web of Science, and A.P.A. PsycInfo and grey l...
Background: The Indigenous Birth Support Worker (IBSW) Program provides indigenous women with res... more Background: The Indigenous Birth Support Worker (IBSW) Program provides indigenous women with respectful, culturally safe, and trauma-informed care and supports women and families during labor and delivery. Located in the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital (JPCH) Maternal Care Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, the program served 1023 clients between December 2019 and January 2021. Methods: The study objective was to explore the perspectives of the IBSWs and program clients one year post-implementation. The research plan was developed in collaboration with the IBSW program director and manager, IBSWs, and partners from the First Nation and Métis Health departments within the health region. A focus group with four IBSWs and individual interviews with ten clients who received services were conducted using a qualitative research design. Results: Thematic analysis revealed that clients greatly appreciated and respected the IBSWs’ cultural support and their compassionate, nonjudgme...
Structured Summary: Limited published literature and media raise serious concerns surrounding ato... more Structured Summary: Limited published literature and media raise serious concerns surrounding atopic dermatitis (AD) and skin infections in both pediatric and adult patients in a Canadian context (Abedi 2019; Asiniwasis et al., 2020; CBC News 2019; Dehaas 2016; Forsey 2014; FNIGC 2012/2018). A retrospective study completed by Jeong et al. (2020) published in BMC identified a high level of antibiotic prescription in adults for skin infections in remote Canadian Indigenous communities, and the authors concluded that, "this population is currently hard to reach and under-represented in standard surveillance systems, and randomized retrospective chart reviews can offer complimentary methodology for monitoring disease burden, treatment, and prevention". Although Indigenous peoples of North America are unique and diverse in geography, culture and language, they face well documented unique disparities in social determinants of health and health disparity challenges related to soc...
BMC Pediatrics, 2019
Background The revised 2015 Canadian Guidelines requires a more specific prenatal alcohol exposur... more Background The revised 2015 Canadian Guidelines requires a more specific prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) threshold for a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) diagnosis. The unintended consequences of adhering to the suggested PAE threshold for an FASD diagnosis and the challenges professionals face in obtaining an accurate PAE history were explored. Methods Using a mixed methods study design, the study was carried out in two parts (Quantitative and Qualitative). PAE history and FASD diagnosis was reviewed retrospectively from 146 patient charts referred for an FASD assessment between 2011 and 2016. The challenges experienced when collecting the PAE history were explored through interviews with 23 professionals. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS (IBM SPSS Statistics 20.0). Results Of 146 assessments, only 21.9% met the revised 2015 PAE guidelines while 79.4% met the previous 2005 PAE criteria. Of 146 clients, 54.1% met brain criteria for FASD yet of those only 29.1% met...
Medical Mycology, 2018
In the literature, cases of blastomycosis in Canada have been documented in provinces bordering t... more In the literature, cases of blastomycosis in Canada have been documented in provinces bordering the Great Lakes, including Ontario and Quebec, as well as Manitoba. This is the first study to our knowledge reporting cases of mycosis seen in southern Saskatchewan suggesting a broader area of endemicity. We searched the Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region (RQHR) Microbiology Laboratory for all culture-confirmed cases of Blastomyces from January 2000 to December 2015 and identified 15 cases. Thirteen cases were reviewed, identifying common presenting symptoms, misdiagnosis, comorbidities, travel history, time from presentation to diagnosis, diagnostic specimen, treatment, and clinical outcome. Nine patients had no travel to areas known to be endemic to environmental blastomycosis. Eight patients presented with respiratory symptoms, four with skin lesions, four with constitutional symptoms, and one presented with chest pain after a fall. Initial misdiagnosis occurred in nine (69%) of the 13 cases, and all six patients that died of the disease were misdiagnosed. These six patients (46%) were acutely ill with refractory disseminated disease, leading to respiratory failure. It is probable that Blastomyces is present as an endemic fungus in the soil of southern Saskatchewan. Possibly due to a lack of awareness of this pathogen in the area, initial misdiagnoses were common and likely contributed to significant morbidity and mortality.
Consciousness and Cognition, 2017
Distractors presented prior to a critical target in a rapid sequence of visually-presented items ... more Distractors presented prior to a critical target in a rapid sequence of visually-presented items induce a lag-dependent deficit in target identification, particularly when the distractor shares a task-relevant feature of the target. Presumably, such capture of central attention is important for bringing a target into awareness. The results of the present investigation suggest that greater capture of attention by a distractor is not accompanied by greater awareness of it. Moreover, awareness tends to be limited to superficial characteristics of the target such as colour. The findings are interpreted within the context of a model that assumes sudden increases in arousal trigger selection of information for consolidation in working memory. In this conceptualization, prolonged analysis of distractor items sharing task-relevant features leads to larger target identification deficits (i.e., greater capture) but no increase in awareness.
Social Work in Mental Health, 2019
This article contributes to the literature on mental health in Puerto Rico based on a focus group... more This article contributes to the literature on mental health in Puerto Rico based on a focus group study with bilingual mental health service providers. The study explored perceptions of mental health and mental health services and the factors that influenced utilization of mental health services. According to participants, having a mental health condition in Puerto Rico is associated with "being crazy," a concept that carries the attitude that something wrong is going on inside the person. Stigma was identified as a powerful force influencing the perceptions of mental illness, the support of the family and community to people with mental health conditions as well as the use of mental health services. Findings suggested that the structural changes in mental health services delivery from a public to a mostly privatized system has limited quality, access and utilization of mental health services. A trend highlighted by participants was that some people seek mental health services because of socioeconomic factors. They create a factitious disorder based on economic insecurity. Mental health remains a public health concern. Suggestions included advocacy to change stigmatized perceptions, a reform that included mental health as a human right and an educational campaign that addresses prevention, early detection and treatment.
BMJ Open
IntroductionInternational students make significant contributions to their host institutions and ... more IntroductionInternational students make significant contributions to their host institutions and countries. Yet research shows that not all international students have the financial means to fend for themselves and meet their financial obligations for the entire study programme. Such students are at significant risk of food insecurity. The objective of this scoping review is to synthesise available information on the factors related to food insecurity among international students studying at postsecondary educational institutions and identify the types of food insecurity interventions that have been implemented to address this issue.Methods and analysisThe Joanna Briggs Institute scoping review methodology will be used to guide this scoping review, and we will search the following databases: MEDLINE (through Ovid), CINAHL (EBSCO), PubMed, ERIC (via Ovid), PROSPERO and ProQuest. The titles, abstracts, and subsequently full texts of the selected papers will then be screened against th...
Health Promotion International
Summary Despite high prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV), linkage to care and treatment for Ind... more Summary Despite high prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV), linkage to care and treatment for Indigenous people is low. In an Indigenous community in Saskatchewan, Canada a retrospective review identified 200 individuals (∼12% prevalence) had HCV antibodies though majority lacked ribonucleic acid (RNA) testing, and few received treatment despite availability of an effective cure. Following Indigenous oral traditions, focus group discussions were held with key community members and leadership. Participants emphasized the need for a community-based screening and treatment programme. A team of community members, peers and healthcare professionals developed a streamlined screening pathway termed ‘liver health event’ (LHE) to reduce stigma, reach undiagnosed, re-engage previously diagnosed, and ensure rapid linkage to care/treatment. LHEs began December 2016. Statistics were tracked for each event. As of July 2019, there were 10 LHEs with 540 participants, 227 hepatitis C tests and 346 F...
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 2021
Despite universal healthcare, immigrants often face unique challenges accessing healthcare. Emplo... more Despite universal healthcare, immigrants often face unique challenges accessing healthcare. Employing an interpretative phenomenological analysis approach, four focus groups were conducted with 29 women and eight men from 15 different countries attending English language classes hosted at a non-governmental organization in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada in 2016 and 2017. Personal factors such as language barrier, lack of transportation, childcare and others interacted with systemic factors such as lack of appointment, long wait times, etc. delaying access at each point of contact with the healthcare system. Participants expressed dissatisfaction with the potency of medications, time spent in appointments and the way healthcare professionals communicated health information. The referral process and wait times were viewed as barriers to accessing specialist, diagnostic and acute care services. Participants were concerned that appropriate healthcare will be unavailable when needed. Strategies addressing systemic and person-specific barriers are needed to provide equitable client-centered care.
Clinical Liver Disease, 2021
Background: Immigrants from culturally, ethnically, and linguistically diverse countries face man... more Background: Immigrants from culturally, ethnically, and linguistically diverse countries face many challenges during the resettlement phase, which influences their access to healthcare services and health outcomes. Healthy immigrant effect or the health advantage that immigrants arrive with is observed to deteriorate with increased length of stay in the host country. Methods: An exploratory qualitative design, following community based research approach was followed. The research team consisted of health researchers, clinicians, and community members. The objective was to explore the barriers to healthcare access among immigrants with limited English language proficiency. Three focus groups were carried out with 29 women and nine men attending English language classes at a settlement agency in a mid-sized city. Additionally, 17 individual interviews were carried out with healthcare providers caring for immigrants and refugees. Results: Thematic analysis was carried out with transcri...
Community Mental Health Journal, 2021
BMJ Open, 2021
Introduction Canada has one of the highest rates of problematic opiate and alcohol use in the wor... more Introduction Canada has one of the highest rates of problematic opiate and alcohol use in the world. Globally, Canada was the second country that legalized marijuana for non-medical use. As Canada is an immigrant-receiving country, newcomers and immigrants contend with a substance use landscape that was likely absent in their countries of origin. Although immigrants have lower rates of substance use than the host population, the risk of substance use, especially among youth, increases with acculturation and peer pressure. While parents are best placed to mitigate the risks for substance use among their youth, immigrant parents often do not have the knowledge and skills to do so. Therefore, culturally adaptable family based interventions need be explored to build immigrant parents’ capacities to mitigate substance use risks. Aim and purpose The aim of this scoping review is to explore family based substance use prevention interventions for immigrant youth, which will be guided by two...