Publications by authors named "J Ignacio Nazif-Munoz"
Coincident with the legalisation of cannabis in many nations, rates of cannabis use during pregnancy have increased. Like prior investigations on smoking and alcohol, understanding how prenatal cannabis exposure (PCE) impacts offspring outcomes across the lifespan will be critical for informing choices for pregnant people, clinicians, and policy makers alike. A thorough characterization of the life-long impacts is especially urgent for supporting all of these stakeholders in the decision-making process.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The primary objective of this project was to develop a comprehensive COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions' index for the province of Québec (QCnPI-Index). The resulting database systematically categorizes, multiple non-pharmaceutical interventions implemented in the 17 administrative regions (AR) of the province of Québec to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the form of an index.
Data Description: Data represent interventions and groups of interventions implemented during the COVID-19 period in Québec.
Background And Aims: Public health concerns regarding pregnant women's health after the enactment of the Cannabis Act in Canada (CAC) (a law that allowed non-medical cannabis use), and the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, call for a contemporary assessment of these two events. Our study measured associations between the CAC, the COVID-19 pandemic and the monthly prevalence rates of cannabis-, all drug- and alcohol-related diagnosed disorders among pregnant women in the province of Quebec.
Design, Setting And Participants: This was a quasi-experimental design applying an interrupted time-series methodology in the province of Quebec, Canada.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the impact of the Canadian Cannabis Act (implemented in 2018) and the COVID-19 pandemic on cannabis-related disorder (CRD) diagnoses in Québec from January 2010 to March 2022.
- It uses time-series analysis of health data to evaluate changes in diagnosis rates, revealing that the average rates nearly doubled during the pandemic compared to the pre-legalization period.
- Findings indicate significant monthly increases in CRD diagnoses for both general and male populations post-CCA and during the pandemic, with females also showing notable rises in diagnosis rates.