Browsing Theses by Supervisor "Garcia, John Michael"
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Community Partner Mobilization Strategies and Practices Employed by Public Health Professionals in Ontario’s Public Health Units to Prevent Falls among Community-dwelling Older Adults
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-05)The prevention of falls among older adults remains a significant and complex problem that cannot be solved without community collaboration, partnership, support, and expertise. Ontario’s Public Health Units (PHU) have a ... -
Early efforts addressing the social determinants of health by Ontario health units (2000-2009): an application of Kingdon’s multiple streams theory
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-30)Actions to reduce health inequities by addressing external contributory factors, which are commonly referred to as the social determinants of health (SDH), have emerged as a recommended focus of public health practice. ... -
Factors that Facilitate and Impede the Implementation of Evidence-Informed Chronic Disease Prevention Programs and Policies in Rural Ontario Public Health Units
(University of Waterloo, 2020-03-19)Practitioners, research funders, and policymakers acknowledge the need to implement evidence-informed public health (EIPH) practice to reduce the prevalence of chronic diseases. Although it is difficult to estimate how ... -
Non-Government Organization Leadership in National Healthy Public Policy for Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: A Grounded Theory Study
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-12)Chronic non-communicable diseases are leading causes of avoidable premature disease, disability, and mortality in Canada and abroad. Non-government organizations (NGOs) play a key role in national healthy public policy ... -
Promoting Positive Mental Health in the Canadian Working Population: A Qualitative Review of Not Myself Today
(University of Waterloo, 2020-06-01)As concerns about mental health (MH) escalate worldwide, large-scale efforts to decrease the known risks negatively impacting MH are becoming more common. Likewise, the workplace environment is becoming an important setting ... -
Smoking Cessation among Young Adult Dual Users of E-cigarettes and Tobacco Cigarettes in a Mobile Phone Intervention: Analysis of Data from a Randomized Controlled Trial
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-20)Background Dual-use of electronic (e-cigarettes) and tobacco cigarettes has increased in the past few years (Czoli et al., 2015) without evidence of it being effective as a smoking cessation aid (Manzoli et al., 2015). ... -
Young Adult Experiences with a Mobile Smoking Cessation Application: A Qualitative Evaluation of Crush the Crave
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-22)Canada has had tremendous success with reducing smoking prevalence among its population. However, the decline in rates is not observed equitably among various sub-populations and tobacco continues to cause preventable ...