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Health Care as a Human Right: A Rawlsian Approach

WEBIn particular, it develops an argument for viewing health care as a human right, and in doing so, argues that society is at least partially responsible for the health of its members. In …

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Public Health Monitoring of Behavioural Risk Factors and …

WEBBackground: Despite the presence of robust global public health surveillance mechanisms, the COVID-19 pandemic devastated the world and exposed the weakness …

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Posthumanist Medicine: Participatory Healthcare, Medical …

WEBThis dissertation explores the construction of illness in the context of two interrelated processes that both propose a more empowered patient role and a whole person model …

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Relational Mealtimes in Long-Term Care: …

WEBvi Abstract Background: Mealtimes in long-term care (LTC) are essential to resident health and well-being, as eating with others helps to reinforce relationships between those who …

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The Spoke-Hub-and-Node model of integrated heart …

WEBThe CCS HF guidelines identify the features of an integrated health care system (Table 1) supporting a spoke-hub-and-node (SHN) model. 32. SPOKE-HUB-AND-NODE (SHN) …

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Remote vital signs monitoring using a mm-wave FMCW …

WEBA promising method for realizing the remote measurement of vital signs is using electromagnetic radars such as frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radars. …

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Supportive Housing for Mental Health Recovery: A Bio …

WEBThis thesis responds to the lack of psychiatric and infrastructural support during the transition from inpatient to outpatient care, and proposes a supportive housing model for …

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The Nature of Healing: Living Architecture for Long Term …

WEBHealthcare interiors are perceived as stressful and isolating spaces; endured during times of vulnerability causing stress for patients, visitors and staff. This thesis examines studies, …

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Predicting the potential health and economic impact of a …

WEBBACKGROUND Consistent with global trends, high body mass index (BMI) and high blood glucose have risen at rapid rates among Canadians. The consumption of sugar …

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Medical Tourism: Establishing a Sustainable Medical …

WEBiii Abstract Imposing the principles of sustainable development on medical tourism is vital to maintaining the three pillars of a strong nation, namely, the environment, the economy,

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Food insecurity among University of Waterloo undergraduate …

WEBBackground: Food insecurity, which refers to uncertain or inadequate access to food due to financial constraints, represents a serious public health problem in Canada.

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Anti-obesity public health vs. fat acceptance: impacts on ‘fat’ …

WEB2.2.3 Health impacts of obesity – ECONOMIC BURDEN. Given this contrary evidence and the lack of certainty with which OIC asserts an increased mortality and morbidity risk …

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Exploring Therapeutic Relationships in Recreation Therapy at …

WEBiv Acknowledgements I would sincerely like to thank the members of the Recreation Therapy department at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, who provided me with the …

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Resource Allocation Models in Healthcare Decision Making

WEBAbstract We present models for allocating limited healthcare resources e ciently among target populations in order to maximize society’s welfare and/or minimize the expected …

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Community-driven initiatives to strengthen local food security …

WEBvii ABSTRACT Background: Community-driven initiatives to enhance food security and food sovereignty have supported Indigenous self-determination of food …

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Adolescent Maternal Nutrition and Health in Uganda: Voices from …

WEBImprovement of adolescent maternal/child nutrition and health may be compromised by a number of barriers faced by young mothers. Challenges met by stakeholders who could …

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Documentation of Recreation Therapy and Leisure …

WEBiii Abstract The documentation of Recreation Therapy and Leisure Opportunities in Long-term Care The Recreation Therapy discipline at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre …

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Drinking Water Softening/Scale Prevention Technology …

WEBShow simple item record. Drinking Water Softening/Scale Prevention Technology Assessment and Performance of Template Assisted Crystallization

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Traditional Food Knowledge: Renewing Culture and Restoring …

WEBiv Abstract Traditional food knowledge (TFK) refers to a cultural tradition of sharing food, recipes and cooking skills and techniques and passing down that collective wisdom …

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