Gender-specific correlates of perceived life stress: a population-based study, Montreal, Canada, 2012.

Objectives: To identify the gender-specific correlates of perceived life stress in a representative sample of the Montreal population.

Method: Data were extracted from the Local Health Survey Program (called "TOPO") collected in 2012. TOPO-2012 provided information on chronic diseases, their determinants and risk factors, as well as lifestyle and health services utilization.

Association of Material Deprivation Status, Access to Health Care Services, and Lifestyle With Screening and Prevention of Disease, Montreal, Canada, 2012.

Introduction: The objective of this study was to provide information on the effect of disparities in material deprivation, access to health care services, and lifestyle on the likelihood of undergoing screening for disease prevention.

Methods: We used data from a probability sample (N = 10,726) of the Montreal population aged 15 years or older and assessed 6 dependent variables (screening for breast cancer, cervical cancer, colon cancer, blood glucose, and high blood pressure and receipt of the seasonal influenza vaccination), and 3 independent variables (disparities in material deprivation, access to health care services, and personal lifestyle habits). We used logistic regression to analyze data and determine associations.

Disparities in lifestyle habits and health related factors of Montreal immigrants: is immigration an important exposure variable in public health?

Study disparities in lifestyle habits and health characteristics of Canadian born population and immigrants with different duration of residence. Data are extracted from 2009 to 2010 public use micro-data files of Canadian Community Health Survey representing about 1.5 million people.

Physician smoking status may influence cessation counseling practices.

Objective: Smoking cessation counseling practices may differ between physicians who smoke and those who have quit or never smoked.

Method: Of 917 general practitioners (GP) in Montreal mailed self-report questionnaires in 2000 and 2004, 610 provided data on their smoking status and counseling practices.

Results: Seven percent were current smokers, 32% were former smokers, and 61% were never-smokers.

Caregiver recall of treatment recommendations in juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Objective: Health care providers in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) might refer to caregivers' self-report of children's treatment-related behaviors to assist in clinical decisions. However, caregivers may believe that they are adhering to treatment even though they have a different understanding of recommendations than that intended by the medical team. We examined whether caregiver recall of children's JIA treatment matched actual recommendations at baseline and 3, 6, 9, and 12 months.