Publications by authors named "Anne Huisken"
Introduction: The importance of including people affected by research (e.g., community members, citizens or patient partners) is increasingly recognized across the breadth of institutions involved in connecting research with action.
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- The study examines the impact of Canada’s 2016 legalization of Medical Assistance in Dying on the progress of palliative care, aiming to assess improvements since then through a survey targeting palliative care workers and volunteers.
- The survey revealed significant advancements in palliative care education and technology use, but minimal progress in areas like caregiver support and bereavement services.
- Geographic analysis showed that rural respondents experienced greater improvements in education and access but faced challenges in options for end-of-life care compared to urban areas, particularly exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The increase in overweight and obesity among children has emerged as an important public health issue. This trend has highlighted the need for accessible and novel approaches to support healthy weights for children and their families to prevent childhood obesity. The purpose of this article is to describe the iterative development and scale-up of a community-led, national-level project to promote healthy weights among Canadian children and families who may be experiencing vulnerabilities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Healthy Together (HT) is family-centered program to support healthy eating and physical activity designed for implementation in community organizations serving families who may be experiencing vulnerabilities (e.g., related to low income, isolation, ethnicity, immigrant/refugee status, and/or Indigenous background).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere is a need for tailored smoking cessation programs specifically for Indigenous fathers who want to quit smoking.The aim of this study was to engage Indigenous men and key informants in guiding cultural adaptations to the Dads in Gear (DIG) cessation program. In Phase 1 of this qualitative participatory study, Indigenous men were engaged in group sessions and key informants in semistructured interviews to gather advice related to cultural adaptations to the DIG program.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To determine the extent to which Canadian adults' food preparation and cooking skills and use of home or community gardens relate to their household food insecurity status; and to compare the food shopping and cooking behaviours of adults in food-secure and food-insecure households.
Methods: Data were drawn from two Rapid Response Modules appended to the Canadian Community Health Survey in 2012 and 2013. The analytic sample comprised 16,496 respondents 18 years and older.