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Culture as Treatment: A Pathway toward Indigenous Health Equity
Get PDFIn this paper, we report on the process by which health equity has historically been conceptualized from a western lens, continuing to leave behind Native Nations. We present how the historical context impacts the present day disparities experiences by Indigenous communities in the US. We conclude with examples of Indigenous culture as treatment as a pathway towards achieving Indigenous health equity
Organizational and Institutional Initiatives for the Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement of Black Nurses in the Canadian Healthcare System: A Rapid Review Protocol
Get PDFIntroduction: In response to protests for racial justice, several organizations and institutions have made public declarations denouncing anti-Black racism. One prominent sector emphasizing their commitment to addressing anti-Black racism is health care—more specifically, nursing. To address anti-Black racism, many Canadian organizations and institutions have announced initiatives to recruit, retain, and support the advancement of Black nurses. Our team is interested in charting these initiatives to inform future policy and program decisions related to the recruitment, retention, and advancement of Black nurses. Objective: The objective of this review is to identify and chart evidence of organizational and institutional initiatives related to the recruitment, retention, and advancement of Black nurses in Canada. Inclusion criteria: This rapid review will include sources focused on Black nurses in Canada. Further, this review is focused on the organizational or institutional initiatives that support or facilitate aspects of recruitment, retention, or advancement of Black nurses in the workforce in Canada. Methods: A comprehensive search, developed in collaboration with a library scientist, will be used to locate peer-reviewed and grey literature from select databases and repositories. Databases will be searched from time of inception, and language will be restricted to English and French sources. Title and abstract screening as well as full-text review will each be completed by two independent reviewers. Sources will be included if they meet the inclusion criteria for the population, concept, and context. Data will be extracted by two reviewers using an extraction tool. Data will be reviewed and consolidated before being presented narratively and visually.Protocol Registration: The protocol has been registered with Open Science Framework (OSF) on March 1st, 2023
Le Chronos contaminé dans deux transcréations d‘Erik Canuel – Lac Mystère et Cadavres
No full textThis article studies the different audio-visual techniques the Québecois director Erik Canuel uses to transcreate the abject procedures, topoï and techniques, from text to film. I will investigate these works in order to account for the span of abjection and the way it can morph from apparently tame texts to Canuel‘s films – Cadavres (François Barcelo, 1998; Canuel, 2008) and Mirror Lake (Andrée Michaud, 2006; Canuel 2013). Though the novels‘ paratexts (their titles) let one presume the intrusion of abjection through the ideas of the mirror and corpse, it is however impossible to imagine what the theme will look like, in Canuel‘s movies, prior to having studied them. The contamination of the chronos, destabilized by the cinematic medium, centers the debate on the protagonists‘ identity crises in order to give to the History of Cinema two movies which are as dangerous as they are thrilling.Le travail de transcréation opéré par le réalisateur québécois Erik Canuel est au centre de ce chapitre portant sur les procédés, topoï et techniques abjectes entre hypotexte et hyperfilm. Nous investiguerons ces récits afin de rendre compte de l‘étendue de l‘abjection dans des oeuvres, anodines en apparence : Cadavres (François Barcelo, 1998 ; Canuel, 2008) et Mirror Lake (Andrée Michaud, 2006 ; Canuel 2013). Si le paratexte des romans laisse présumer l‘intrusion de la thématique (à travers les topoï du miroir et, surtout, du cadavre), il est néanmoins impossible d‘imaginer l‘allure que prendra l‘abjection dans les hyperfilms que nous offre le réalisateur. La contamination du chronos, déstabilisé par différentes techniques cinématographiques, recentre la réflexion sur les troubles identitaires des protagonistes, pour finalement laisser à l‘histoire du cinéma ces deux films aussi dangereux que salvateurs
La vieillesse ou comment revisiter le spleen dans Le dernier des Snoreaux d’Abla Farhoud
No full textThis article proposes to revisit the rich synonymy of “spleen” (sadness, regret, nostalgia, melancholy, boredom, unhappiness, fatigue, lassitude, languor, anguish, neurosis, pessimism, despair, or depression), in order to see how that word can be attached to a 21st century novel and to a specific age group, the elderly. Le dernier des Snoreaux was published in 2019 by Abla Farhoud, a Canadian writer of Lebanese origin. As the title suggests, the novel concerns a sibling, whose only living brother, Ibrahim Abou-Snobara, known as Snoreau, is dying in hospital. After a first crisis suffered at the age of eighteen as a consequence of an incomplete mourning for his brother who died in an accident, Ibrahim’s life will be made up of stays in hospitals or in prison, until today, when he is old and very ill. Talking about the human condition will be done by borrowing the aesthetics of the great splenic poets of the French 19th century in order to demonstrate how the finitude of the human condition can be sublimated through a literary work.Cet article se propose de revisiter la riche synonymie spleenique (tristesse, regret, nostalgie, mélancolie, ennui, spleen, guignon, fatigue, lassitude, langueur, angoisse, névrose, pessimisme, désespoir, dépression), afin de voir comment elle peut être attachée à un roman du XXIe siècle et à une tranche d’âge spécifique, la vieillesse. Le dernier des Snoreaux a été publié en 2019 par l’écrivaine canadienne aux origines libanaises Abla Farhoud ; comme le titre le suggère, le roman surprend une fratrie, dont le seul frère, Ibrahim Abou-Snobara dit le Snoreau, se meurt à l’hôpital. Après une première crise subie à l’âge de dix-huit ans comme conséquence d’un deuil inaccompli pour son frère mort dans un accident, sa vie sera composée de séjours en hôpitaux ou en prison, jusqu’au présent de la narration où il est vieux et très malade. Parler de la condition humaine se fera en empruntant les esthétiques des grands poètes spleeniques du XIXe siècle français afin de démontrer comment l’ontologique (la finitude de la condition humaine) peut être sublimée grâce à l’esthétique en oeuvre littéraire
Frailty in Older Populations of Arabic-Speaking Countries: Protocol for a Scoping Review
Get PDFIntroduction: With the globally aging population, the impact of frailty is expected to increase, and frailty has come into focus as a challenging manifestation of aging. Although frailty has been thoroughly investigated in developed countries, it has been understudied in developing countries. Like other countries worldwide, Arabic-speaking countries (ASCs) are experiencing an increase in the aging population; thus, the risk of frailty increases, and it becomes imperative to address the limitations of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of frailty in this area of the world.Objective: This protocol describes a scoping review that will investigate what is known about frailty in older adults living in ASCs. The aim is to synthesize and map the literature addressing the concept of frailty, its association with other geriatric conditions, and measurement tools used to identify or assess frailty among this subpopulation in this part of the world.Methods: This review will employ Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines (JBI). Studies considered for this review must involve the concept of frailty among older adults living in the Arabic-speaking world. Conclusion/Discussion: This scoping review protocol outlines the specific methodologies to improve the overall quality of the finalized scoping review. The finalized scoping review will present an overview of the current literature on frailty in older adults living in ASCs and summarize the knowledge gaps in frailty assessment and interventions.
Infographics and/or Pictograms and Medication Adherence: A Scoping Review
Get PDFIntroduction: Medication adherence is the act of following medication instructions from a health care provider. Infographics and pictograms are visual science communication tools that have been shown to improve medication adherence. Objective: To synthesize and critically evaluate literature surrounding the use of infographics and pictograms in medication adherence. Methods: We conducted a literature search on PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, CINAHL, Web of Science, and PsycInfo with the purpose of identifying literature published between the years 2000 and 2022. Primary research articles were included for quantitative analysis if they explored/reported the following topics and/or outcomes: (a) infographics and/or pictograms as the exposure of interest and (b) adherence, comprehension, or health outcomes as the outcome measures. Results: 30 studies were included in the results. Outcome measures assessed included (a) comprehension and understanding of factors surrounding medication adherence, (b) medication adherence, and (c) health outcomes. Our review of the studies showed that 87.5% of studies measuring outcome (a), 78.2% of those measuring outcome (b), and 100% of those measuring outcome (c) found improvements when using infographics or pictograms. Conclusion: Our review supports the use of infographics and pictograms as a means of improving medication adherence among a diverse set of demographics, illnesses, and treatments. Practice Implications: Infographics and pictograms are useful tools to improve medication adherence. When these tools are designed carefully, they increase the accessibility of medication information in a wide range of patient populations
Local Climate Action Program for High School Students in Atlantic Canada
No full textThis research paper draws on educational theory, environmental education literature, and real-world examples of successful education and youth engagement programs on climate change to craft a proposal for the development and implementation of a local climate action program for high school students in Atlantic Canada. This paper builds an argument supporting the development of such a program and lays out how it could be developed and carried out in conjunction with local high schools and youth organizations. The program would help high school students build the skills and knowledge needed to engage with their municipal elected officials and community members to inspire positive environmental change by grounding them in understandings of the impacts that climate change has and will have on their homes and communities, and how climate change exacerbates injustice. The students would participate in workshops on anti-oppression, understanding local political processes (particularly focusing on the impacts of the climate crisis on marginalized communities and the intersections of the climate crisis and systemic oppression), and they would carry out a local climate action project working with local municipal councillors, staff, and organizations. The overall goal of the proposed program would be to equip youth with the skills to hold their leaders and communities to account by engaging in the political process and work to combat systemic oppression while also improving local responses to the climate crisis through policy change and program development
Factors Influencing Canadian Public Opinion Toward Basic Income: A Critical Review of Literature
No full textThe disruption to employment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and introduction of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit has reignited debate about Canada\u27s social safety net and the welfare state in general. The idea of a basic income is not new but has never been implemented at a federal or provincial level. This paper critically examines some of the literature on basic income in Canada as it relates to public opinion on such a policy in theory. There are many academic arguments both in favour of and opposed to basic income, but significantly less research is available on levels and variance of voter support for such a benefit. Most of the literature synthesized is broadly focused on a basic income framework, basic income support in Europe and attitudes toward social assistance in Canada. Drawing almost entirely from peer-reviewed journal articles, this review considers some of the key economic and moral themes surrounding a hypothetical basic income. It also explores how variables, such as region and income, as well as the use of specific terminology in political communication, influence public perception of various social assistance schemes. From a policymaking lens, it is evident that further research - and further education on the part of the public - is required for a clearer understanding of a post-COVID Canadian perspective on basic income