Emergency physician perspectives on initiating buprenorphine/naloxone in the emergency department: A qualitative study.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to examine the perspectives of Canadian emergency physicians on the care of patients with opioid use disorders in the emergency department (ED), in particular the real-world facilitators to prescribing buprenorphine/naloxone (BUP) in the ED.

Methods: We conducted semistructured qualitative interviews using a multi-site-focused ethnographic design. Purposive sampling via an existing national research network was used to recruit ED physicians.

Awareness as a dimension of health care access: exploring the case of rural palliative care provision in Canada.

Objectives: In Canada, the rural elderly population is increasing in size, as is their need for palliative care services in these settings. This analysis aims to identify awareness-associated barriers to delivering rural palliative care services, along with suggestions for improving service delivery from the perspective of local health care providers.

Methods: A total of 40 semi-structured interviews with various formal and informal health care providers were conducted in four rural and/or remote Canadian communities with limited palliative care resources.

Principles, practice, and policy vacuums: Policy actor views on provincial/territorial harm reduction policy in Canada.

Introduction: Canada is experiencing a new era of harm reduction policymaking and investment. While many provinces and territories are expanding access to these services, harm reduction policy and policymaking varies across the country. The present study, part of the Canadian Harm Reduction Policy Project (CHARPP), described policy actors' views on formal harm reduction policies in Canada's 13 provinces and territories.

Ottawa Panel Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Structured Physical Activity in the Management of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.

Objective: To create guidelines focused on the use of structured physical activity (PA) in the management of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).

Data Sources: A systematic literature search was conducted using the electronic databases Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, MEDLINE (Ovid), EMBASE (Ovid), and Physiotherapy Evidence Database for all studies related to PA programs for JIA from January 1966 until December 2014, and was updated in May 2015.

Study Selection: Study selection was completed independently by 2 reviewers.

Ottawa Panel Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Foot Care in the Management of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.

Objective: To create evidence-based guidelines evaluating foot care interventions for the management of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).

Data Sources: An electronic literature search of the following databases from database inception to May 2015 was conducted: MEDLINE (Ovid), EMBASE (Ovid), Cochrane CENTRAL, and clinicaltrials.gov.

Ottawa Panel evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for therapeutic exercise in the management of hip osteoarthritis.

Objectives: The primary objective is to identify effective land-based therapeutic exercise interventions and provide evidence-based recommendations for managing hip osteoarthritis. A secondary objective is to develop an Ottawa Panel evidence-based clinical practice guideline for hip osteoarthritis.

Methods: The search strategy and modified selection criteria from a Cochrane review were used.

Internet-based implementation of non-pharmacological interventions of the "people getting a grip on arthritis" educational program: an international online knowledge translation randomized controlled trial design protocol.

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects 2.1% of the Australian population (1.5% males; 2.