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Family Medicine Publications

 

The research in Family Medicine Publications examines the habits and needs of families and populations of every age from a general health and medical perspective. Subjects include the effects of technology on children, health effects of smoking and substance abuse on various ages, disorders and mental health and physical activity studies and guidelines.

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Submissions from 2021

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Primary Care Informatics Response to Covid-19 Pandemic: Adaptation, Progress, and Lessons from Four Countries with High ICT Development, Siaw Teng Liaw, Craig Kuziemsky, Richard Schreiber, Jitendra Jonnagaddala, Harshana Liyanage, Aliasgar Chittalia, Ravninder Bahniwal, Jennifer W. He, Bridget L. Ryan, Daniel J. Lizotte, Jacqueline K. Kueper, Amanda L. Terry, and Simon de Lusignan

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Development of a primary care pandemic plan informed by in-depth policy analysis and interviews with family physicians across Canada during COVID-19: A qualitative case study protocol, Maria Mathews, Sarah Spencer, Lindsay Hedden, Emily Gard Marshall, Julia Lukewich, Leslie Meredith, Dana Ryan, Richard Buote, Tiffany Liu, Emily Volpe, Paul S. Gill, Bridget Ryan, Gordon Schacter, Jamie Wickett, Thomas R. Freeman, Shannon L. Sibbald, Eric Wong, Maddi McKay, Rita McCracken, and Judith Belle Brown

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From da Vinci to definitive diagnosis: how training in sports ultrasound harnesses sound, science and skill., Jon Patricios, Michael Rossiter, Corey Cunningham, Jane Fitzpatrick, Anja Hirschmueller, Thamsanqa Mweli, Beverly Roos, and Jane S Thornton

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Women’s Views on Advice About Weight Gain in Pregnancy: A Grounded Theory Study, Helena Piccinini-Vallis, Judith Belle Brown, Bridget L. Ryan, Sarah D. McDonald, and Moira Stewart

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Primary care bonus payments and patient-reported access in urban Ontario: a cross-sectional study, Kamila Premji, Ewa Sucha, Richard H. Glazier, Michael E. Green, Walter P. Wodchis, William E. Hogg, Tara Kiran, Eliot Frymire, Thomas R. Freeman, and Bridget L. Ryan

COVID-19 hinterland: Surveilling the self-reported impacts of the pandemic on diabetes management in the USA (cross-sectional results of the iNPHORM study), Alexandria A. Ratzki-Leewing, Bridget L. Ryan, John D. Buchenberger, Joseph W. Dickens, Jason E. Black, and Stewart B. Harris

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The prevalence of physical multimorbidity among people with non-affective psychotic disorders 10 years after first diagnosis: a matched retrospective cohort study, Myanca Rodrigues, Saverio Stranges, Bridget L. Ryan, and Kelly K. Anderson

Patterns of Primary Care Use Prior to a First Diagnosis of Nonaffective Psychotic Disorder in Ontario, Canada: Modèles d’utilisation des soins de première ligne avant un premier diagnostic de trouble psychotique non affectif en Ontario, Canada, Nicole Schoer, Rebecca Rodrigues, Jennifer Reid, Bridget L. Ryan, Daniel J. Lizotte, Richard Booth, Arlene G. MacDougall, Paul Kurdyak, and Kelly K. Anderson

Patient-centred innovation for multimorbidity care: A mixed-methods, randomised trial and qualitative study of the patients’ experience, Moira Stewart, Martin Fortin, Judith Belle Brown, Bridget L. Ryan, Pauline Pariser, Jocelyn Charles, Thuy Nga Pham, Pauline Boeckxstaens, Sonja M. Reichert, G. Y. Zou, Onil Bhattacharya, Alan Katz, Helena Piccinini-Vallis, Tara Sampalli, Sabrina T. Wong, and Merrick Zwarenstein

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Are family medicine residents trained to counsel patients on physical activity? The Canadian experience and a call to action., Jane Thornton, Karim Khan, Richard Weiler, Christopher Mackie, and Robert Petrella

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In a global pandemic, sport and exercise medicine can mean so much more, Jane S. Thornton and Karim Khan

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Sports equity: a new BJSM e-Edition brings the fundamentals back into focus., Yetsa A Tuakli-Wosornu, Phathokuhle Cele Zondi, Gail Knudson, Yuka Tsukahara, Dikaia Chatziefstathiou, Sean Tweedy, and Jane S Thornton

Submissions from 2020

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Memory Function and Brain Functional Connectivity Adaptations Following Multiple-Modality Exercise and Mind-Motor Training in Older Adults at Risk of Dementia: An Exploratory Sub-Study., Narlon C Boa Sorte Silva, Lindsay S Nagamatsu, Dawn P. Gill, Adrian M Owen, and Robert J Petrella

Beyond the Sick Role: The Many Roles of Adults With Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in the Management of Hypoglycemia—The InHypo-DM Study, Canada, Judith B. Brown, Yashoda Valliere, Cecelia McLachlan, Sonja M. Reichert, Susan Webster-Bogaert, Alexandria Ratzki-Leewing, Bridget L. Ryan, and Stewart B. Harris

The revised Patient Perception of Patient-Centeredness Questionnaire: Exploring the factor structure in French-speaking patients with multimorbidity, Tu Ngoc Nguyen, Patrice Alain Ngangue, Bridget L. Ryan, Moira Stewart, Judith Belle Brown, Tarek Bouhali, and Martin Fortin

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Pilot study of mental health and substance use of detained youths in Ontario, Canada, Evelyn R. Vingilis, Shannon Stewart, Hayley A. Hamilton, Jane Seeley, Kathleen M. Einarson, Nathan J. Kolla, Susan J. Bondy, and Patricia G. Erickson

Submissions from 2019

Living with hypoglycemia: An exploration of patients' emotions: Qualitative findings from the InHypo-DM study, Canada, Judith Belle Brown, Sonja M. Reichert, Yashoda Valliere, Susan Webster-Bogaert, Alexandria Ratzki-Leewing, Bridget L. Ryan, and Stewart B. Harris

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The HealtheSteps™ lifestyle prescription program to improve physical activity and modifiable risk factors for chronic disease: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial., Dawn P. Gill, W Blunt, N C Boa Sorte Silva, C Stiller-Moldovan, G Y Zou, and R J Petrella

Levels and determinants of maternal mortality in northern and southern Nigeria, Catherine Meh, Amardeep Thind, Bridget Ryan, and Amanda Terry

Social vulnerability in patients with multimorbidity: A cross-sectional analysis, Tu N. Nguyen, Patrice Ngangue, Tarek Bouhali, Bridget L. Ryan, Moira Stewart, and Martin Fortin

The “Patient-centered coordination by a care team” questionnaire achieves satisfactory validity and reliability, Aline Ramond-Roquin, Moira Stewart, Bridget L. Ryan, Maude Richards, Jonathan Sussman, Judith B. Brown, Tarek Bouhali, Louisa Bestard-Denommé, and Martin Fortin

Moving from space to place: Reimagining the challenges of physical space in primary health care teams in Ontario, Bridget L. Ryan, Judith Belle Brown, and Cathy Thorpe

Do four or more antenatal care visits increase skilled birth attendant use and institutional delivery in Bangladesh? A propensity-score matched analysis, Bridget L. Ryan, Rohin J. Krishnan, Amanda Terry, and Amardeep Thind

Identifying musculoskeletal conditions in electronic medical records: A prevalence and validation study using the Deliver Primary Healthcare Information (DELPHI) database, Bridget L. Ryan, Heather L. Maddocks, Scott McKay, Robert Petrella, Amanda L. Terry, and Moira Stewart

Building research culture and capacity in academic family medicine departments, Bridget L. Ryan, Cathy Thorpe, Merrick Zwarenstein, Jamie Wickett, Nayana Talukdar, Leslie Boisvert, and Stephen J. Wetmore