Publications by authors named "C Blaser"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess disparities in COVID-19 mortality linked to neighborhood vulnerability, highlighting areas for public health interventions.
- Vulnerable neighborhoods accounted for over 60% of COVID-19 deaths, with biological susceptibility and indoor exposure being significant risks.
- The findings suggest that public health strategies should specifically target the most impacted domains of vulnerability to effectively reduce mortality rates.
Introduction: Identifying and monitoring adverse events following vaccination contributed to the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 mass vaccination campaigns. In March 2021, international reports emerged of an adverse event following vaccination with adenovirus vector COVID-19 vaccines (ChAdOx1-S [recombinant] and Ad26.COV2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLockdowns and cycling injuries: temporal analysis of rates in Quebec during the first year of the pandemic.
Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can
June 2023
Introduction: Cycling increased in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the impact on cycling injuries is not known. We examined the effect of lockdowns on cycling injury hospitalizations.
Methods: We identified hospitalizations for cycling injuries in Quebec, Canada, between April 2006 and March 2021.
Article Synopsis
- - The study examined whether child maltreatment hospitalizations were misclassified as unintentional injuries during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on children aged 0-4 in Quebec, Canada, from April 2006 to March 2021.
- - Results showed a decrease in maltreatment hospitalizations from 16.3 to 13.2 per 100,000 during the first lockdown, while specific unintentional injuries, like falls involving another person, increased significantly.
- - The findings suggest that cases of child maltreatment may have been overlooked or misclassified during the pandemic, indicating a need for better assessment of children admitted for unintentional injuries to ensure the detection of possible maltreatment.
The purpose of this follow-up proof-of-concept study was to determine the efficacy of a revised calculus disruption solution in facilitating the removal of both supragingival and subgingival calculus in-vivo, as measured by time, difficulty, and pressure required to remove supragingival and subgingival calculus. Patients from a dental school in Minnesota were recruited to participate in a randomized, split-mouth, cross sectional proof-of-concept study comparing time, difficulty and pressure used with hand instrumentation alone compared to the use of a calculus disruption solution and hand instrumentation. Quadrants were randomized to either treatment or control group.
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