Publications by authors named "Jingru Ha"
The acute toxicity (sometimes called "overdose" or "poisoning") crisis has affected Canadians across all stages of life, including youth, adults and older adults. Our biological risks and exposures to substances change as we age. Based on a national chart review study of coroner and medical examiner data on acute toxicity deaths in 2016 and 2017, this analysis compares the burden of deaths and circumstances of death, locations of acute toxicity event and death, health history and substances contributing to death of people, by sex and life stage.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAccidental substance-related acute toxicity deaths in older adults in 2016 and 2017: a national chart review study.
Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can
March 2024
Article Synopsis
- Limited research on substance-related acute toxicity deaths (ATDs) in older adults in Canada is explored, focusing on their sociodemographic traits, health histories, and circumstances of death.
- A study analyzed coroner and medical examiner files from 2016 to 2017, identifying 705 accidental ATDs in older adults, with fentanyl, cocaine, and alcohol as the leading substances involved.
- Key findings indicate common health issues such as heart disease, chronic pain, and depression among victims, highlighting the need for targeted prevention efforts due to high healthcare contact rates prior to death.
Are you paying attention to me? The effect of social presence on spatial attention to gaze and arrows.
Atten Percept Psychophys
January 2023
Prior research has shown that the presence of another individual and type of attention cue (social gaze vs. nonsocial arrow) can modulate attention, with little done to integrate the two. We thus investigate the role of two social presence factors when completing a joint cueing task with either social (gaze) or nonsocial (arrow) cues.
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