Incidence, clearance and predictors of human papillomavirus infection in women

JW Sellors, TL Karwalajtys, J Kaczorowski, JB Mahony… - Cmaj, 2003 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Persistent infection with carcinogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) is linked to
high-grade lesions and cervical cancer. To better understand the natural history of HPV, we …

Improving cardiovascular health at population level: 39 community cluster randomised trial of Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program (CHAP)

…, L Dolovich, JM Paterson, T Karwalajtys… - Bmj, 2011 - bmj.com
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of the community based Cardiovascular Health
Awareness Program (CHAP) on morbidity from cardiovascular disease. Design Community …

The effect of a patient education booklet and BP 'tracker'on knowledge about hypertension. A randomized controlled trial

…, G Swanson, J Hickey, T Karwalajtys - Family …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Purpose. Home blood pressure (BP) monitoring is increasingly prevalent. The Canadian
Hypertension Education Program (CHEP) developed a Family Practice BP tracking diary for …

Barriers to acceptance of self-sampling for human papillomavirus across ethnolinguistic groups of women

…, L Redwood-Campbell, N Fowler, T Karwalajtys - Canadian Journal of …, 2009 - Springer
Objectives Immigrant and low socio-economic (SES) women in North America underutilize
Papanicolaou screening. Vaginal swab self-sampling for oncogenic human papillomavirus (…

An integrated approach to preventing cardiovascular disease: community-based approaches, health system initiatives, and public health policy

T Karwalajtys, J Kaczorowski - Risk management and healthcare …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is largely the product of interactions among modifiable risk
factors that are common in developed nations and increasingly of concern in developing …

Development of the volunteer peer educator role in a community Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program (CHAP): a process evaluation in two communities

T Karwalajtys, B McDonough, H Hall… - Journal of Community …, 2009 - Springer
Volunteers can support the delivery and sustainability of programs promoting chronic
disease awareness to improve health at the community level. This paper describes the …

Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program (CHAP): a community cluster-randomised trial among elderly Canadians

J Kaczorowski, LW Chambers, T Karwalajtys… - Preventive …, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: High blood pressure is an important and modifiable cardiovascular disease risk
factor that remains under-detected and under-treated. Community-level interventions that …

Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infections and specimen collection preference among women, using self-collected vaginal swabs in community settings

…, M Howard, D Jang, T Karwalajtys… - Sexually transmitted …, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Study Design A total of 514 attendees of university/college health clinics, adolescent birth
control clinics, centers providing health services to homeless youth and adults (street health …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of infection with carcinogenic human papillomavirus among older women

JW Sellors, TL Karwalajtys, JA Kaczorowski… - Cmaj, 2002 - Can Med Assoc
Research letter 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.2–16.7; p= 0.03). Women who did not appear
to have a stable sexual partnership (those who were single, separated or divorced) were …

Conducting qualitative research on cervical cancer screening among diverse groups of immigrant women: research reflections: challenges and solutions

TL Karwalajtys, LJ Redwood-Campbell… - Canadian Family …, 2010 - cfp.ca
OBJECTIVE To explore the research lessons learned in the process of conducting qualitative
research on cervical cancer screening perspectives among multiple ethnolinguistic groups …