Publications by authors named "C Rioux"
Importance: The effects of prenatal exposure to SARS-CoV-2 infection on child development throughout the first 2 years of life are unknown.
Objective: To evaluate whether prenatal exposure to SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with child neurodevelopmental outcomes during the first 2 years of life.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This cohort study used data from the longitudinal, population-based pan-Canadian Pregnancy During the COVID-19 Pandemic cohort, which recruited participants from April 2020 to July 2022.
Article Synopsis
- Parenting programs can effectively prevent and reduce behavior issues in young children, but many parents initially refuse to participate in such programs, posing a challenge for researchers and clinicians.
- A study examined the reasons behind parents' refusal to engage in a randomized control trial for the ÉQUIPE parenting program, focusing on sociodemographic, child, and parent characteristics.
- Results indicated that lower perceived parental efficacy and poorer relationship quality were linked to higher refusal rates, while parents who accepted participation tended to have higher efficacy levels and were more likely to have girls.
Article Synopsis
- Discrimination during pregnancy is common among Canadians, with about 72% of pregnant individuals reporting at least one instance in the past year, linking discrimination to mental health issues such as anxiety and depression.
- The study focused on pregnant individuals, analyzing factors like race, relationship status, socioeconomic status, and pre-existing mental health conditions to understand the effects of interpersonal discrimination.
- Open-text responses from participants identified key reasons for discrimination, highlighting issues related to gender, age, and socioeconomic factors, which further contributed to the prevalence of depression and anxiety symptoms among those affected.
Article Synopsis
- A patient with HIV had serious eye problems from a virus called CMV because their medicine wasn't working anymore.
- Doctors tried different treatments, but they weren't successful, so they combined several medicines to try and help the patient.
- Even though the new treatment worked for a while, the patient still had to deal with a weakened immune system and problems with the virus coming back.