CHERCHEURS EN SANTÉ DES AUTOCHTONES

Publications

Alvarez, G.G., Van Dyk, D.D., Desjardins, M., Yasseen, A.S., Aaron, S.D., Cameron, W., Obed, N., Baikie, M. et al. (2015). The feasibility, accuracy, and impact of Xpert MTB/RIF testing in a remote Aboriginal community in Canada. CHEST, 148(3), 767-73. DOI: 10.1378/chest.14-2948.

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N’Diaye, S.S., Nsengiyumva, N.P., Uppal, A., Oxlade, O., Alvarez, G.G., & Schwartzman, K. (2019). The potential impact and cost-effectiveness of tobacco reduction strategies for tuberculosis prevention in Canadian Inuit communities. BMC Medicine, 17, 26. DOI: 10.1186/s12916-019-1261-5.

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Oxlade, O., Sugarman, J., Alvarez, G.G., Pai, M., & Schwartzman, K. (2016). Xpert®MTB/RIF for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in a Remote Arctic Setting: Impact on Cost and Time to Treatment Initiation. PLos One, 11(3) e0150119. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150119.

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Pease, C., Zwerling, A., Mallick, R., Patterson, M., Demaio, P., Finn, S., … Alvarez, G.G. (2019). The latent tuberculosis infection cascade of care in Iqaluit, Nunavut, 2012-2016. BMC Infectious Diseases, 19, 890. DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-4557-3.

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Kilabuk, E., Momoli, F., Mallick, R., Van Dyk, D., Pease, C., Zwerling, A. … Alvarez, G.G. (2019). Social determinants of health among residential areas with a high tuberculosis incidence in a remote Inuit community. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 73(5):401-406. DOI: 10.1136/jech-2018-211261.

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Alvarez, G.G.., Van Dyke, D.D., Colquhoun, H., Moreau, K.A., Mulpuru, S., & Graham, I.D. (2016). Developing and field testing a community based youth initiative to increase tuberculosis awareness in remote Arctic Inuit communities. PLoS One, 11(7), e0159241. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159241.

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Asmis, T.R., Febbraro, M., Alvarez, G.G., Spaans, J.N., Rukta, M., Lalany, A., Osborne, G. et al. (2015). A retrospective review of cancer treatments and outcomes among Inuit referred from Nunavut, Canada. Current Oncology, 22(4), 246-51. DOI: 10.3747/co.22.2421.

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Alvarez, G.G., Van Dyk, D.D., Davies, N., Aaron, S.D., Cameron, D.W., Desjardins, M., Mallick, R. et al. (2014). The feasibility of the interferon gamma release assay and predictors of discordance with the tuberculin skin test for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in a remote Aboriginal community. PLoS One, 9(11), e111986. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111986.

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Sugarman, J., Alvarez, G.G., Schwartzman, K., & Oxlade, O. (2014). Sputum induction in a remote arctic setting for tuberculosis diagnosis: A cost comparison. International Journal of TB and Lung Disease, 18(10), 1223-30. DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0163.

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Alvarez, G.G., Van Dyk, D.D., Aaron, S.D., Cameron, D.W., Davies, N., Stephen, N., Mallick, R. et al. (2014). TAIMA (Stop) TB: The impact of a multifaceted TB awareness and door-to-door campaign in residential areas of high risk for TB in Iqaluit, Nunavut. PLoS One, 9(7), e100975. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100975.

Publications

Andersson, N., and Nahwegahbow, A. (2010). Family violence and the need for prevention research in First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities. Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health, 8(2): 9-33.

Publications

Asuri, S., Ryan, A.C., & Arbour, L. (2011). Early Inuit child health in Canada. Report 2: Breastfeeding among Inuit in Canada. Ottawa, ON: Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami.

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Duncan, K., Erickson, A.C., Egeland, G.M., Weiler, H., & Arbour, L.T. (2018). Red blood cell folate levels in Canadian Inuit women of childbearing years: Influence of food security, body mass index, smoking, education and vitamin use. Canadian Journal of Public Health, https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-018-0085-y

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Arbour, L., Greenberg, C., Sinclair, G., Edmunds-Potvin, S., Enns, C., Vallance, H., Collins, S. et al. (2016). Controversies in newborn screening and alternative approaches to prevention of hypoglycemia for the common Arctic variant (P479L) in CPT1A. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 75, 47. 

Publications

Prasad Parajuli, R., Goodrich, J.M., Chan, L.H.M., Ayotte, P., Lemire, M., Hegele, R.A., & Basu, N. (2018). Genetic polymorphisms are associated with exposure biomarkers for metals and persistent organic pollutants among Inuit from the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Canada. Science of the Total Environment, 634, 569-78.

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Blanchet, R., Lauzière, J., Gagné, D., Vézina, C., Ayotte, P. & Turgeon O’Brien, H. (2014). Usual dietary fatty acid intakes and red-blood-cell membrane fatty acid composition in Inuit children attending child-care centres in Nunavik, northern Québec, Canada. Public Health Nutrition, 17(12), 2844-52.

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Ruiz-Castell, M., Muckle, G., Dewailly, E., Jacobson, J.L., Jacobson, S.W., Ayotte, P., & Riva, M. (2015). Household crowding and food insecurity among Inuit families with school-aged children in the Canadian Arctic. American Journal of Public Health, 105(3), e122-32.

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Adamou, T.Y., Riva, M., Muckle, G., Laouan-Side, E.A., & Ayotte, P. (2018). Socio-economic inequalities in blood mercury (Hg) and serumpolychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) concentrations among pregnant Inuit women from Nunavik, Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Heath, 1-13, https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-018-0077-y

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Paunescu, A.C., Ayotte, P., Dewailly, E., & Dodin, S. (2014). Saturated and monounsaturated fatty acid status is associated with bone strength estimated by calcaneal ultrasonography in Inuit women from Nunavik (Canada): A cross-sectional study. The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, 18(7), 663-71.

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Turgeon O’Brien, H., Gagné, D., Vaissière, E., Blanchet, R., Lauzière, J., Vézina, C., & Ayotte, P. (2014). Effect of dietary calcium intake on lead exposure in Inuit children attending childcare centres in Nunavik. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 24(5), 582-95.

Publications

Willows, N., & Batal, M. (2013). Nutritional concerns of Aboriginal infants and children in remote and northern Canadian communities: Problems and therapies. In R. Atson, G. Grimble, V. Preedy, & S. Zibadi (eds.), Nutrition in infancy (pp. 39-49). Totowa, NJ: Humana Press.