Objective To review the literature for quantitative research on the health status of persons in
custody in provincial, territorial, and federal correctional facilities in Canada, and summarize …

We systematically reviewed randomized controlled trials of interventions to improve the
health of people during imprisonment or in the year after release. We searched 14 biomedical …

Background Many studies conducted in health and social sciences collect individual level
data as outcome measures. Usually, such data have a hierarchical structure, with patients …

Objectives: Area-based measures of socio-economic status are increasingly used in population
health research. Based on previous research and theory, the Canadian Marginalization …

Using multilevel analysis we find that residents of “stressed” neighborhoods have higher
levels of depression than residents of less “stressed” neighborhoods. Data for individuals are …

Importance Rates of obesity and diabetes have increased substantially in recent decades;
however, the potential role of the built environment in mitigating these trends is unclear. …

Given the preponderance of Gamblers Anonymous (GA), there has been relatively little
effort to explore the existing evidence base on its effectiveness as a recovery approach for …

The design of suburban communities encourages car dependency and discourages walking,
characteristics that have been implicated in the rise of obesity. Walkability measures have …

Background Discussions on intimate partner violence (IPV) often focus on physical abuse,
ignoring psychological and sexual abuse and controlling behaviors. The damage of varied …

This study examined the impact of neighborhood material deprivation on gender differences
in body mass index (BMI) for urban Canadians. Data from a national health survey of adults (…