Knowledge, Beliefs, and Experiences With Mental Health Services and Help-Seeking in People With Aphasia and Care Partners.

Purpose: Supporting psychological well-being in persons with aphasia (PWA) can improve social and health outcomes; however, PWA and their care partners (CPs) are often not receiving mental health support. Previous research explores this from the perspective of health care professionals.

Aims: The aim of this study was to examine knowledge, beliefs, and experiences related to mental health services directly from PWA and CPs.

Use of a clinical decision support system to improve hypoglycemia management.

The number of persons with diabetes who enter the health care system continues to grow. Stringent glycemic management increases the risk for hypoglycemia. The use of a clinical decision support system to assist nurses in treating hypoglycemia accurately may be useful in improving adherence to specific hypoglycemia management guidelines and compliance tracking.

Applying the balanced scorecard to local public health performance measurement: deliberations and decisions.

Background: All aspects of the heath care sector are being asked to account for their performance. This poses unique challenges for local public health units with their traditional focus on population health and their emphasis on disease prevention, health promotion and protection. Reliance on measures of health status provides an imprecise and partial picture of the performance of a health unit.

Planning a coordinated local health care system response to a pandemic using an accelerated Delphi technique: phase 1.

Objectives: To coordinate local responsibilities and identify options to enhance local health system capacity during a pandemic. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the application of a Delphi exercise in an Ontario Public Health Unit as a first step in this complex planning task. Its strengths and weaknesses are presented.

Duration and distance of exposure are important predictors of transmission among community contacts of Ontario SARS cases.

We report attack rates and contact-related predictors among community contacts of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) cases from the 2003 Toronto-area outbreak. Community contact data was extracted from public health records for single, well-defined exposures to a SARS case. In total, 8662 community-acquired exposures resulted in 61 probable cases; a crude attack rate of 0.