Publications by authors named "Jo-Anne St-Vincent"
Article Synopsis
- Households managing food allergies, particularly dairy allergies in young children, experience higher food costs and challenges with food security, prompting the development of a specialized food supplement program.
- A pilot program in Winnipeg provided eight families with biweekly deliveries of allergen-friendly foods, aimed at assessing impacts on food costs, security, and caregiver mental health over six months.
- Findings showed a slight increase in direct food costs but a significant reduction in indirect costs, specifically costs associated with lost time due to food allergy management, although overall food security and caregiver well-being saw minimal changes.
Background: While the impacts of atopic dermatitis (AD) on maternal and child sleep outcomes have been previously explored, less is known about the associations between infantile AD and sleep quality and quantity.
Objective: To describe the perceived causes of AD-associated maternal sleep disturbances and the association between AD severity and infant sleep outcomes.
Methods: Mothers with infants aged < 19 months old with a diagnosis of AD were recruited from social media and medical clinics in Winnipeg, Canada between October 2021 and May 2022.
Infantile atopic dermatitis and maternal-infant bonding: a mixed methods study.
Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol
November 2023
Background: Childhood atopic dermatitis can have a negative effect on caregivers' quality of life and stress levels due to the burdensome nature of its treatment. Given that the condition often emerges in infancy, atopic dermatitis-related stress also carries the potential to negatively affect the developing mother-infant bond. While it is plausible that atopic dermatitis has a negative impact on maternal-infant bonding, these relationships have not been studied directly.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Approximately 6-7% of Canadian children have food allergy. These families face substantial burdens due to the additional costs incurred purchasing allergy-friendly products necessary for management compared to families without food allergies. In the year prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, these costs were equivalent to an average of $200 monthly compared to families without food allergy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The entire school community contributes to the safety of students with food allergy. We sought to determine the food allergy perceptions and education needs of parents, students and school staff, with the goal of enhancing food allergy education in schools.
Methods: With ethics approval from the University of Manitoba and participating school divisions, elementary school principals emailed SurveyMonkey Questionnaire Links to their parent/caregiver contact list and school staff.
Background: Up to 70% of women who quit smoking while pregnant will relapse during the first postnatal year. In this study, a community-based, ecological approach guided the development and implementation of a smoking cessation intervention for perinatal women.
Aims: The aims of this pilot project were to: (1) develop and implement a community-based intervention to assist women to stop smoking or prevent smoking relapse during the pre- and postnatal periods, (2) provide feedback on participants' perceptions of the helpfulness of the intervention, (3) compare perceptions of the helpfulness of the intervention between women who received the intervention during the prenatal vs.