Publications by authors named "Alexandrea Anderson"
Objective: Population-based administrative data are valuable for describing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases, and their health status and outcomes. Our objective was to validate algorithms consisting of physician visits, hospitalizations, and antiretroviral prescriptions against positive confirmatory HIV laboratory tests to identify individuals living with HIV.
Methods: The primary validation cohort consisted of adult Manitoban residents with at least 3 years of health coverage between 2007 and 2018.
Background: Syphilis rates are of public health concern in Canada, with multiple jurisdictions reporting outbreaks over the past five years. The objective of this article is to describe trends in infectious and congenital syphilis in Canada 2011-2020.
Methods: Routine surveillance of syphilis is conducted through the Canadian Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (CNDSS).
Introduction: Emerging evidence suggests adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) may be at risk of inequities in cancer experiences and outcomes. Individuals with IDD may experience multiple barriers that could worsen outcomes and experience. These barriers may be connected to features of IDD or the healthcare system overall.
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- Research indicates that obesity raises the risk of peripartum depression (PPD) and may be linked to lower placental lactogen levels, with insulin treatment for gestational diabetes potentially increasing those levels.
- A study analyzed health data from over 250,000 women, categorizing them into lean and obesity groups to assess the risk of PPD post-delivery, adjusting for factors like maternal age and income.
- Results showed that women with obesity had a higher unadjusted risk of PPD without insulin treatment, but insulin treatment in these women equalized the PPD risk when compared to lean women, indicating insulin's potential protective effect.