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Bleeding beyond binaries: a critical interpretive review of trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming experiences with menstruation.

While some barriers for managing menstruation have been mitigated for cisgender women, trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people still struggle to navigate menstruation in a gendered society. With an increasing number of young people identifying outside of the gender binary, there is an immediate need to identify and address the barriers to managing menstruation. This review sets out to explore how trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people experience and navigate menstruation.

Weight Change and Risk of Atherosclerosis Measured by Carotid Intima-Media Thickness (cIMT) from a Prospective Cohort-Analysis of the First-Wave Follow-Up Data of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).

To explore impact of weight change (WC) on risk of atherosclerosis measured by cIMT, 20,700 participants from the CLSA follow-up were included in analysis. WC was defined as the difference of weight measured at follow-up and baseline, then quartered into four groups (Q1-Q4). cIMT > 1.

Risky Business: Factors That Increase Risk of Falls Among Older Adult In-Patients.

In hospitals, older patients are at increased risk of falling multiple times. This study incorporated an epidemiologic cross-sectional design consisting of 4,348 older patients (≥65-year-old). Eight hundred eighty five (20.

Effectiveness of family-centred sexual health education and HPV self-sampling in promoting cervical cancer screening among hard-to-reach indian women in rural and tribal areas: a community-based pilot study.

Background: While cervical cancer deaths have declined steeply in high-income countries due to the widespread use of the Papanicolaou test (Pap test), the same trend has not emerged in low or middle-income countries (LMICs). Access to screening in LMICs like India is limited due to barriers such as limited healthcare infrastructures, lack of sexual health education, and stigma demarcating sexually transmitted infections (STIs). HPV self-sampling (HPV-SS), a woman-centered and at-home method for screening, can be utilized as a unique screening tool to overcome some of these barriers.

Difficulty of falling asleep and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level among Canadian older adults: a cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study for Aging baseline data.

Objective: To examine whether difficulty of falling asleep (DoFA) is associated with non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C) level among Canadian older adults.

Methods: 26,954 individuals aged 45-85 years from the baseline data of the Canadian Longitudinal Study for Aging were included in this study. DoFA was categorized into five groups by answer to the question "Over the last month, how often did it take you more than 30 min to fall asleep?" Response options are "Never, < 1 time/week, 1-2 times/week, 3-5 times/week, or 6-7 times/week".

"Fiercely independent": Experiences of aging in the right place of older women living alone with physical limitations.

This study explores the experience of aging among older Canadian women with physical limitations who live by themselves. While aging in place has been a policy priority in rapidly greying Canada, a lack of complementary public supports poses challenges for many older adults and their family members. Employing a qualitative methodology, and drawing from the notion of aging in the right place, we collected personal narratives of 12 women (aged 65 to 92) in two geographic areas in Ontario, including residents of regular houses, apartments, condominiums, assisted living and community housing for seniors.

Transnational contexts and local embeddedness of HIV/STI vulnerabilities among Thai and Filipino agricultural temporary foreign workers in Canada.

Each year Canada approves about 70,000 agricultural temporary foreign worker positions. However, few studies have examined temporary foreign workers' sexual health. In this mixed-methods study, we used surveys and focus groups to explore the knowledge of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI), sexual behaviours and the perspectives of sexual health of 100 Thai and Filipino temporary foreign workers in southwestern Ontario, Canada.

Music Lessons: Exploring the Role and Meaning of Music for Older Adults with Dementia.

An aging population and increasing rates of dementia point to the need for alternative strategies that allow individuals to age in place. This multiple case study explored, from an insider's perspective, the role and meaning of music for individuals with dementia who are aging in place. Methods were semi-structured interviews, observations, and videos.

Depression and cardiovascular diseases among Canadian older adults: a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from the CLSA Comprehensive Cohort.

Objective: To examine whether cardiovascular disease (CVD) is associated with depression status.

Methods: 29,328 participants from baseline of Canadian Longitudinal Study for Aging were categorized into four groups of depression status. Group 1: no depression (reference); Group 2: currently with depression symptom (CES-D10 score ≥ 10, negative self-reported depression); Group 3: self-reported depression with no current symptom (CES-D10 score < 10, positive self-reported depression); and Group 4: self-reported depression with current symptom (CES-D10 score ≥ 10, self-reported depression).

Are Changes Needed for Therapeutic Recreation Undergraduate Curricula? Perceived Competencies of Therapeutic Recreationists and Recreation Staff Working with Seniors in Long Term Care Homes.

L'objectif de cette étude était d'identifier les lacunes dans les compétences gérontologiques autoperçues par le personnel en loisir dans les centres de soins de longue durée en Ontario. Deux séries de compétences gérontologiques ont été présentées dans un sondage en ligne qui a été distribué à du personnel en loisir œuvrant dans 500 centres de soins de longue durée. Parmi eux, 487 membres du personnel ont répondu au sondage.

Lifelong learning in active ageing discourse: its conserving effect on wellbeing, health and vulnerability.

The Active Ageing Framework has been adapted as a global strategy in ageing policies, practices and research over the last decade. Lifelong learning, however, has not been fully integrated into this discourse. Using survey data provided by 416 adults (aged 60 years and above) enrolled in non-formal general-interest courses in a public continuing education programme in Canada, this study examined the association between older adults' duration of participation in the courses and their level of psychological wellbeing, while taking their age, gender, self-rated health and vulnerability level into consideration.

I Learn, Therefore I am: A Phenomenological Analysis of Meanings of Lifelong Learning for Vulnerable Older Adults.

Background And Objectives: This study explores the lifelong learning experience of vulnerable older adults to find out (a) what is involved in their activities, (b) what meanings they take from their learning, and (c) how participation in a learning program helps to maintain their well-being and independent living despite their daily challenges.

Research Design And Methods: This study employed a hermeneutic phenomenological approach. As part of a larger study, we conducted semi-structured interviews with older learners enrolled in general interest courses at a public continuing education program.

Needs, Risks, and Context in Sexual Health Among Temporary Foreign Migrant Farmworkers in Canada: A Pilot Study with Mexican and Caribbean Workers.

Every year Canada hosts approximately 40,000 temporary foreign migrant farmworkers (MFWs). They are predominantly Mexican and Caribbean married men or single mothers who leave their families for months at a time over a span of many years. This pilot study investigated their knowledge about HIV/AIDS, attitudes towards condoms and their use, and perceived barriers to accessing sexual health services.

"Here for the residents": a case study of cultural competence of personal support workers in a long-term care home.

Purpose: This study explores the perception of cultural competence of personal support workers (PSWs) in a long-term care (LTC) home in Ontario. As Canada's demography becomes older and more diverse, LTC homes will increasingly accommodate residents from various cultural backgrounds. However, few studies have examined cultural competence among PSWs in the LTC home setting.

Employers' paradoxical views about temporary foreign migrant workers' health: a qualitative study in rural farms in southern Ontario.

Background: The province of Ontario hosts nearly a half of Canada's temporary foreign migrant farm workers (MFWs). Despite the essential role played by MFWs in the economic prosperity of the region, a growing body of research suggests that the workers' occupational safety and health are substandard, and often neglected by employers. This study thus explores farm owners' perceptions about MFWs occupational safety and general health, and their attitudes towards health promotion for their employees.

Sustainable capacity building among immigrant communities: the raising sexually healthy children program in Canada.

The Raising Sexually Healthy Children (RSHC) program is a peer-to-peer leadership training program for immigrant parents in Toronto, Canada. It was established in 1998 with the goal of promoting family sex education and parent-child communication. This evaluative study examined the developmental processes and outcomes of the RSHC program to identify the strengths, challenges and insights that can be used to improve the program.

Patterns of computer and Internet usage among urology patients in two rural Northern Ontario communities.

Introduction: We wanted to determine if the Internet can be used as a potential health promotion tool among urology patients in Northern Ontario. We identified patients' computer and Internet access and use patterns in Kirkland Lake and Kapuskasing, Ontario.

Materials And Methods: This study was reviewed and approved by the ethics boards of the Kapuskasing and Kirkland Lake hospitals and Brock University.