Publications by authors named "V McCann"
We aimed to characterise the medical and social complexities experienced by Inuit children and their families from Nunavut who were cared for at a general paediatrics clinic at an urban tertiary-level hospital located in Eastern Ontario. A retrospective chart review of this cohort was completed between 2016 and 2019. Two independent reviewers extracted data from charts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntermittently closed and opened lakes and lagoons (ICOLLs) provide important ecosystem services, including food provision and nutrient cycling. These ecosystems generally experience low watershed outflow, resulting in substantial fluctuations in physicochemical parameters that are often compounded by anthropogenic contamination, however, how this impacts the patterns in microbiology within these environments remains uncharacterised. Therefore, we aimed to determine how seasonal heterogeneity in the physicochemical parameters, in comparison to faecal contamination, alter the dynamics of bacterial communities inhabiting ICOLLs on the eastern Australian coast.
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- - Since 2014, around 7.3 million Venezuelan migrants/refugees have fled their country, with female migrants facing heightened risks of discrimination and violence, especially during pregnancy, which has been under-researched.
- - In a study utilizing Spryng.io’s sensemaking tool, 9339 micronarratives were collected from 9116 participants across Peru, Ecuador, and Brazil, focusing on the experiences of 231 pregnant migrants identified within the data.
- - Results showed that many of these women are low-income, often already mothers, and face significant challenges, including xenophobia from healthcare providers, various forms of violence, and lack of essential resources, highlighting the urgent need for improved support and programming for this
Objectives: There are conflicting recommendations for lay rescuer management of patients who are unresponsive and apneic due to opioid overdose. We evaluated the management of such patients at an urban supervised consumption site.
Methods: At a single urban supervised consumption site in Vancouver, BC, we conducted a retrospective chart review and administrative database linkage of consecutive patients who were unresponsive and apneic following witnessed opioid overdose between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2017.
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- Anthropogenic waste, especially from sewage, significantly contributes to the spread of antibiotic-resistant microbes in the environment, posing health risks to the public.
- A study at a swimming beach in Australia during a significant rain event (40.8 mm) revealed that levels of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and fecal bacteria increased dramatically due to contamination, particularly near stormwater drains and a lagoon.
- The presence of specific ARGs along with human pathogens from stormwater drains indicates a potential health risk for beachgoers, especially after rainfall events that alter water quality.