Assessing healthcare capacity crisis preparedness: development of an evaluation tool by a Canadian health authority.

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic presented health systems across the globe with unparalleled socio-political, ethical, scientific, and economic challenges. Despite the necessity for a unified, innovative, and effective response, many jurisdictions were unprepared to such a profound health crisis. This study aims to outline the creation of an evaluative tool designed to measure and evaluate the Vitalité Health Network's (New Brunswick, Canada) ability to manage health crises.

Identifying high school smokers likely to persist in smoking at age 31.

Objective: Quitting smoking by the mid-30 s conveys important health benefits. Yet, although many smokers attempt to quit, few succeed. Identification of the characteristics of adolescent smokers most likely to continue smoking between ages 30 and 40 could help target early cessation efforts.

Factors associated with cannabis use in early adolescence.

Introduction: We examined whether factors identified as associated with cannabis use at age 14 to 16 years are also associated with ever use at age 12.

Methods: Participants in the AdoQuest study (n = 1852) were recruited in 2005 from among Grade 5 students in 29 French-language elementary schools in Montréal, Canada. Self-report data were collected from participants in Grade 5 (spring 2005) and 6 (fall 2005 and spring 2006) and from parents/guardians in 2006/07.

Canadian clinical capacity for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder assessment, diagnosis, disclosure and support to children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: Canadian fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) guidelines encourage an age-specific interdisciplinary diagnostic approach. However, there is currently no standard-of-care regarding FASD diagnosis disclosure and few studies document Canadian FASD clinical capacity. Our objectives were to describe clinical capacity (defined as skills and resources) for FASD assessment, diagnosis, disclosure and support in Canada.

Who mixes tobacco with cannabis and does mixing relate to nicotine dependence?

Background: Cannabis users who mix tobacco with cannabis are exposed to nicotine in the tobacco. We identified characteristics of young adult cannabis users who mix and investigated whether mixing frequency is associated with nicotine dependence (ND).

Methods: Data were collected in self-report questionnaires in 2017-20 from 788 young adults (44% male; mean (SD) age 30.

Cigarette Smoking Trajectories in Adolescent Smokers: Does the Time Axis Metric Matter?

Introduction: Most studies modeling adolescent cigarette smoking trajectories use age as the time axis, possibly obscuring depiction of the natural course of cigarette smoking. We used a simulated example and real data to contrast smoking trajectories obtained from models that used time since smoking onset or calendar time (age) as the time axis.

Methods: Data were drawn from a longitudinal investigation of 1293 grade 7 students (mean age 12.

Natural course of co-use of alcohol and cannabis in adolescents and young adults in Montréal, Canada.

Objective: Little is known about changes in alcohol and cannabis co-use over time in adolescents and young adults. We sought to describe the natural course of alcohol and cannabis co-use from age 12 to 17 and 20 to 31 and to describe frequent (i.e.

Associations of Quantity Smoked and Socioeconomic Status With Smoke-Free Homes and Cars Among Daily Smokers.

Introduction: An association between socioeconomic status (SES) and smoke-free private spaces among smokers could be due to heavier smoking among low SES smokers. We assessed whether quantity smoked or SES are independently associated with smoke-free homes or cars in daily smokers.

Method: Data were drawn from a cross-sectional telephone survey (2011-2012) of 750 daily smokers age ≥18 years in Quebec, Canada (45% response).

The Natural Course of Cigarette Smoking among Adolescent Daily Smokers in France and Quebec.

Objective: To describe the natural course of cigarette smoking and nicotine dependence (ND) over 1-year in daily smokers ages 15 to 17 living in different social contexts.

Method: Cigarette smoking and ND indicators were measured at baseline and 3- and 12-months thereafter among 95 daily smokers with a total of 123 observations from the Nicotine Dependence in Teens (NDIT) Study in Quebec, Canada, and in 111 daily smokers from the TABagisme chez les ADOlescents (TABADO) Study in Lorraine, France.

Results: NDIT and TABADO participants initiated smoking a mean (SD) of 3.

Type of e-liquid vaped, poly-nicotine use and nicotine dependence symptoms in young adult e-cigarette users: a descriptive study.

Background: Data are lacking on type of e-liquid vaped among e-cigarette users. Further, few studies assess all sources of nicotine used by e-cigarette users to assess whether poly-nicotine use relates to nicotine dependence (ND). The objectives were to describe young adult e-cigarette users by: (i) type of e-liquid vaped; (ii) poly-nicotine use; (iii) ND symptoms; and (iv) attempts to quit conventional cigarettes.

Does use of other tobacco products change when cigarette smoking status changes: A descriptive study of young adults.

Background: Whether polytobacco use or nicotine dependence (ND) change when cigarette smoking status changes in young adults is an understudied issue. Our objective was to describe use of other tobacco products (OTPs) and ND according to change in cigarette smoking status over four years in young adults.

Methods: We drew data from a longitudinal study of 1294 adolescents age 12-13 at inception in 1999-2000 and followed into young adulthood.

Intensity and frequency of physical activity and high blood pressure in adolescents: A longitudinal study.

Despite limited evidence on the association between physical activity (PA) and blood pressure (BP) in youth, experts recommend that adolescents engage regularly in moderate-to-vigorous PA. We examined the relationships between PA intensity and frequency and the likelihood of having high BP in a population-based cohort of adolescents from Montréal, Canada. PA was self-reported every 3 months from grade 7 to 11, and BP was measured at ages 12.

Depression symptoms and night eating in young adulthood.

Purpose: We estimated cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between depression symptoms and night eating in young adults.

Methods: Data were drawn from a longitudinal investigation of students age 12-13 years at inception in 1999-2000, in Montreal, Canada. Depression symptoms were measured with the Depressive Symptoms Scale (DSS) 20 times from age 12 to 17, and with the Major Depression Inventory (MDI) post-high school at ages 20 and 24.

Measures of nicotine dependence enhance interpretation of number of cigarettes smoked in youth smoking surveillance.

Background: Nicotine dependence (ND) symptoms can occur soon after first puff, so that stopping smoking becomes difficult well before 100 cigarettes lifetime is attained. Yet some surveillance systems do not monitor ND symptoms and 100-cigarettes lifetime is used in at least one surveillance system to define current smokers. To assess whether these features limit interpretation of grade-specific data in surveillance, we described smoking and ND symptoms across grade in incident vs.

The Role of the Subjective Importance of Smoking (SIMS) in Cessation and Abstinence.

Introduction: Each year about two thirds of U.S. smokers make a quit attempt.

Parental Cannabis Use Is Associated with Cannabis Initiation and Use in Offspring.

Objectives: To assess, before legalization in Canada, whether parental cannabis use is associated with initiation of use in adolescent offspring or with use in young-adult offspring.

Study Design: Data were available in 2 longitudinal studies in Montréal, Canada. In AdoQuest, 1048 parents with children in grade 6 reported past-year cannabis use.

Early Risk Factors for Daily Cannabis Use in Young Adults.

Objectives: Daily cannabis use can portend problematic use or dependence. We aimed to identify early risk factors for daily cannabis use in young adults.

Methods: Data were available in a longitudinal investigation of 1294 grade 7 students age 12 to 13 years at inception recruited in 10 secondary schools in Montreal, Canada, in 1999.

Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Depressive Symptoms in Children: A Longitudinal Study.

Introduction: We investigated whether secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure is associated with depressive symptoms in a population-based sample of children.

Methods: Never-smoking students from 29 French-language elementary schools in Greater Montréal, Canada, were followed from 5th to 11th grade (2005-2011) in five waves: 1 (5th grade), 2 (spring 6th grade), 3 (7th grade), 4 (9th grade), and 5 (11th grade). Associations between depressive symptoms and SHS exposure at home and in cars were examined in cross-sectional and longitudinal gamma generalized regression models adjusted for sex, maternal education, and neighborhood socioeconomic status.

A Tool to Identify Adolescents at Risk of Cigarette Smoking Initiation.

Unlabelled: : media-1vid110.1542/5828318368001PEDS-VA_2017-3701 OBJECTIVES: To describe the development of a prognostic tool to identify adolescents at risk for transitioning from never to ever smoking in the next year.

Methods: Data were drawn from the Nicotine Dependence in Teens study, a longitudinal investigation of adolescents (1999 to present).

Sex Differences in Attaining Cigarette Smoking and Nicotine Dependence Milestones Among Novice Smokers.

There may be sex differences in the response to nicotine, according to findings of studies in animals; however, sex differences in the natural course of cigarette smoking and nicotine dependence are documented in few studies. Prevalent (n = 240 girls; n = 184 boys) and incident (n = 231 girls; n = 184 boys) cigarette smokers from the Nicotine Dependence in Teens Study were followed up to 5 years after first puff, from age 12 to 18 years (1999-2005). We used Cox proportional hazards models to compare time to development of 3 cigarette-use (i.

Reasons for quitting smoking in young adult cigarette smokers.

Background: Although most young adult smokers want to quit smoking, few can do so successfully. Increased understanding of reasons to quit in this age group could help tailor interventions, but few studies document reasons to quit in young adults or examine reasons to quit by smoker characteristics.

Methods: In 2011-12, 311 current smokers (age 22-28, M=24.

Gender differences in risk factors for cigarette smoking initiation in childhood.

Introduction: We investigated whether established risk factors for initiating cigarette smoking during adolescence (parents, siblings, friends smoke; home smoking rules, smokers at home, exposure to smoking in cars, academic performance, susceptibility to smoking, depressive symptoms, self-esteem, school connectedness, use of other tobacco products) are associated with initiation in preadolescents, and whether the effects of these factors differ by gender.

Methods: In spring 2005, baseline data were collected in self-report questionnaires from 1801 5th grade students including 1553 never-smokers (mean age=10.7years), in the longitudinal AdoQuest I Study in Montréal, Canada.

Associations between physical activity and sedentary behavior with sleep quality and quantity in young adults.

Objectives: Intensity and duration of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior are individually associated with sleep, but their independent associations are poorly characterized. The objectives of this study were to determine if PA and/or sedentary behavior are/is associated with sleep quality and/or quantity in a young adult sample.

Design: Cross-sectional.

Predictors of Cigarette Smoking Initiation in Early, Middle, and Late Adolescence.

Purpose: Little is known about age-related differences in risk factors for cigarette smoking initiation. We identified predictors of initiation in early, middle, and late adolescence from among sociodemographic factors, indicators of smoking in the social environment, psychological characteristics, lifestyle indicators, and perceived need for cigarettes.

Methods: Data were drawn from a longitudinal study of 1,801 children recruited at age 10-11 years from 29 elementary schools in Montreal, Canada.

Sex-specific trajectories of systolic and diastolic blood pressure in youth.

Background And Objective: High blood pressure early in life is associated with cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality in adulthood. The objective was to identify sex-specific trajectories of SBP and DBP from early adolescence to early adulthood and to assess the impact of modifiable factors on the trajectories, including BMI, smoking, alcohol use, physical activity, and screen-time.

Methods: Data were drawn from four waves of a prospective investigation of 1294 youth aged 12-13 years at inception and followed until age 24 years.