Community MATTERS

Community
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MATTERS
From the
Department
Head
Dr. Stephen Moses MD, MPH
Department Head
Contents
Awards & Appointments........... 2
Community Engagement.......... 5
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba
Department of Community Health Sciences
Food Security........................... 7
he winter term is now nearing
completion, but winter shows no
sign of ending. I hope that by the time
you read this there will at least be some
reason for believing in spring.
Section of First Nations, Métis,
and Inuit Health..................... 12
T
On April 17, as indicated in the
Upcoming Events, there will be a
dinner celebration in honour of Pat
Martens, who is stepping down after
ten wonderful years as Director of the
Manitoba Centre for Health Policy.
Proceeds from the dinner will go to a
new endowment fund in Pat’s honour,
and I hope to see many of you there. I
would like to congratulate Les Roos,
who co-founded the Centre with
Noralou Roos, on receiving the 2014
MacNaught-Taillon Leadership Award
in Health Policy, Health Information
and Health Services Research from
the Canadian Association for Health
Services and Policy Research. This
is well deserved. I would also like
to congratulate the three medical
students, identified on the next page,
who were judged to have written the
most outstanding papers in Community
Health Sciences, from their assignments
in the Multiple Specialty Rotation of
the medical school clerkship over the
past year. This was the final year
for this particular assignment as the
new clerkship curriculum has taken a
different direction in the Scholarship in
Medicine field. There were 21 excellent
papers submitted for the year’s best
paper competition, and the choice of
three winners was extremely difficult,
but I’m sure that all who attended the
BioMedical Youth Program.... 10
New Research Grants............. 14
New Publications................... 15
Presentations, Invited Lectures,
Consultations......................... 18
Upcoming
Events
You are invited......
Dinner in Honour of Dr.
Patricia Martens
(See Details Page 3)
Graduate Student
Orientation Day
Wednesday, 3 Sept 2014
First Day Classes the 4th of
Sept 2014
More Info: theresa.
[email protected]
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From the Department Head, cont'd
of faculty members who who have served as
student supervisors and mentors.
students’ presentations at the CHS colloquium
on March 14th would agree that they were
particularly worthy. The presentations were firstclass, and as polished as presentations in many
international conferences that I have attended.
I would like to particularly thank Sharon Bruce
for leading the MSR program, as well as Gladys
Stewart for her tireless support, and the dozens
Finally, a reminder that the Biomedical Youth
Program will again be hosting the Winnipeg
School Division Annual Science Fair, so the
Bannatyne Campus will be energised by
hundreds of young scientists on the 9th of April.
Please try to find the time to take some of it in.
Awards & Appointments
Award in Health Policy, Health Information
and Health Services Research. The Award
will be presented in conjunction with the 2014
CAHSPR conference which is being held in
Toronto, 13-15 May 2014.
C
ongratulations to Drs. Tracie Afifi,
Salah Mahmud, and Mahmoud Torabi
for their successful promotions to Associate
Professor, effective 30 March 2014 and to Dr.
Michelle Driedger for attaining tenure effective
1 July 2014 in addition to a promotion to Full
Professor effective 30 March 2014. Well done!
Congratulations to Dr. L. Roos as the recipient
of the 2014 MacNaught-Taillon Leadership
s
Congratulations to Dr. Francis Amara who was
inducted as a Fellow of the Higher Education
Academy of the United Kingdom.
On the 14th of March 2014 we were pleased
to have recipients of the 7th “Awards for
Outstanding Papers in Community Health
Photo Courtesy of Iryna Tsybukh, CHS
Elizabeth Smith, Ethan Bohn, Stephen Moses (CHS Department Head), Sharon Bruce (Director, CHS
MSR), Pol Darras
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Awards & Appointments, cont'd
Sciences” present their papers at the Community
Health Sciences Colloquium series. As the new
undergraduate medical curriculum began in
2014, these students represented the final class
that completed the Multiple Specialty Rotation
as part of the clerkship. Twenty-one Class of
2014 undergraduate medical students submitted
their papers for consideration and all papers
were of exceptional quality. The following three
students were recognised for outstanding work. Congratulations to all.
“Awards for Outstanding Paper in Community
Health Sciences”
1. Elizabeth Smith: “Risk Reduction Strategies
for Manitoban Children Riding ATVs”
2. Pol Darras: “Increasing Use of CT Scans:
Are We Exposing Patients to Unnecessary
Risks?”
3. Ethan Bohn: “The Fluoridation of Drinking
Water: A Community Health Controversy”
Community
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Please join us for a dinner in honour
of Dr. Patricia J. Martens, who is
stepping down after 10 years as Director
at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy
(MCHP). We will be honouring Dr.
Martens, her outstanding contributions
to health policy research in Manitoba and
Canada, and the profound impact she
has made during her tenure as director at
MCHP.
Brodie Atrium
727 McDermot Avenue
Bannatyne Campus
April 17, 2014
Cocktails at 5:30 PM
Dinner at 6:30 PM
Tickets: $50
Tables: $550
(tables of eight, includes $150 donation
to the Dr. Patricia J. Martens endowment
fund)
For more information, contact:
The Evelyn Shapiro Award for Health Services
Research
2013/2014
Carole Ouelette
Manitoba Centre for Health Policy
Dept. of Community Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine, University of
Manitoba
408-727 McDermot Ave
Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 3P5
T: 204-789-3769
Professor Evelyn
Shapiro had a long
and illustrious career
in health services
research, particularly
in the realm of health
policy as it relates
to the care and
provision of services
for older adults. She
Professor Evelyn Shapiro
developed Manitoba's
Home Care Program and
worked nationally to implement similar programs
across Canada.
innovative and policy relevant research.
She was a founding faculty member of the
Department of Community Health Sciences and
as a lead researcher with the Manitoba Centre for
Health Policy, she earned world-acclaim for her
In 2007, Professor Shapiro was named a Member
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba
Department of Community Health Sciences
Her many accolades included the
Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary
of the Confederation of Canada, an Honorary
Doctorate Degree from the University of
Manitoba, and the Canadian Medical Association
Medal of Honour (their highest award bestowed
on a non-physician).
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of the Order of Canada. She passed away in
November of 2010; she was 84.
On the occasion of her retirement, the “Evelyn
Shapiro Award for Health Services Research”
was established to support the work of graduate
students in an area of health services research.
Specifically, the Award which is designated
solely to help cover the cost of data access up
to a maximum of $5,000 will be offered to a
student or students who:
• are enrolled either full-time or part-time in
the Faculty of Graduate Studies (Masters
or PhD) at the University of Manitoba,
preferably in the Faculty of Medicine;
• have achieved high academic standing
on all courses completed to date, with a
minimum cumulative grade point average of
3.75;
• are conducting research in the area of
health services requiring expenditures
associated with the use of the Population
Health Research Data Repository housed at
the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy; and
• are deemed by the selection committee to
show great promise for research excellence
and future contributions to the field of health
services research.
Recipients this year are:
Elizabeth Wall-Wieler
Adolescent Health and Educational
Achievement: A Life Course Exploration of
Childhood Development
Heather Skelton
Fine Motor/Visual Motor Skills as a Component
of School Readiness: What Can We Learn
From the Early Development Instrument?
Taruwona Manyanga
Does the increase in MBI associated with
initiation of insulin therapy among youth
newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes predict
overweight or obesity at age 18?
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Leah Crockett
Long Term Follow-Up of Late Preterm and
Early Term Births in Manitoba: What is the
Association between Socioeconomic Status
and Later Childhood Outcomes?
Congratulations to Janelle de Rocquigny
as the recipient of the Mary Guilbault Métis
Bursary awarded by the Louis Riel Institute,
awarded to Métis students who excel in
academics and community.
Congratulations to Jessica Sjoblom, for
acceptance to the 3rd Annual Summer School
of Western University’s Indigenous Health and
Well-Being Initiative (IHWI), to be held from 1 4 June 2014 in London, Ontario.
Dr. Patricia Martens is amongst three
University
of Manitoba
faculty
members
who has been
elevated to
the status of
Distinguished
Professor; a
prestigious title
whose rules
dictate that only
a maximum
of twenty
academic staff
members may
Dr. Patricia Martens
hold it at any
one time. It is
the highest honour the University can bestow
upon a professor.
The designation recognises extraordinary,
internationally-recognised, scholarly or creative
achievement, and an exemplary teaching
record.
Congratulations Dr. Martens.
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Community Engagement
A
Dean Postl volunteering at "I Love to Read Month" at Wellington School
lthough the start of 2014 brought unusually
cold temperatures, various community
activities proceeded with great turnout and
success!
I Love to Read
For the second year, the Faculty of Medicine
celebrated “I Love to Read” month with
Wellington School, a Nursery to Grade 6 school
with a diverse population just two blocks south
of our campus. “I Love to Read” events across
the city celebrate and support children’s literacy
through various activities that promote the love
for reading. This year staff and students from
the faculty were invited to read during the week
of February 24 – 28th. Dr. Postl was one of our
volunteers and read “The Day the Crayons Quit”
by Drew Daywalt. The students enjoyed having
guests to their schools and asked questions that
had little to do with the books read and more
about their Bannatyne neighbours! Thank you
to the following readers who came out to read:
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba
Department of Community Health Sciences
• Aynslie Hinds, graduate student –
Community Health Sciences
• Janice Linton, Neil John Maclean Library
• Paulette Collins, Community Health
Sciences
• Dr. Sharon Macdonald, Community Health
Sciences
• Dr. Brian Postl, Faculty of Medicine
• Karen Cook, Community Health Sciences
Rich Man Poor Man Dinner
Community Health Sciences invited mentors
and program coordinators from Faculty of
Kinesiology and Recreation Management’s
Rec & Read Program to the Medical student
fundraiser on the 6th of February. Rec & Read
provides after-school literacy and recreation to
inner Winnipeg youth during the school year.
Invited guests were happy to hear the keynote
speakers, network with other attendees, and
visit our Bannatyne campus.
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Mentorship Circle
What is a mentorship circle? The concept is
borrowed from a speed dating or networking
model where 4-5 participants spend short
periods of time in a mentorship circle with
1-2 mentors before rotating to the next
circle. The idea for this model evolved from a
discussion several months ago between CHS
and Pathways to Education, a stay-in-school
program for high school students in inner
Winnipeg. Pathways identified the need to
bring Indigenous post-secondary role models
and their high school participants together
to discuss various journeys to university life,
but that typical role model panel discussions
and larger events would not engage their
participants sufficiently as they thrived in
smaller scale activities.
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After rotating between five circles, participants,
mentors and UM staff from Indigenous
Achievement and CHS discussed the benefits
of the model and spent time sharing feedback
over a delicious meal of chili and bannock!
When asked about a significant impact of the
evening, one participant noted:
“There is one thing that stuck into my mind
and it will hopefully after I graduate from high
school. It was said by Eddy (mentor). He said
that "being stable" in your life is one thing you
should strive for. I would like to thank him for
that advice. Thank you."
The feedback from participants will guide the
planning of future mentorship circles planned
for the community. s
On the 10th of March, Pathways students
participated in this inaugural mentorship
circle where they were mentored by UM
students from various faculties. At each circle,
participants asked UM students about various
aspects of post-secondary education, such as:
• Did you finish high school?
• What is the biggest myth about university?
• How old were you when you started
university?
Upcoming
Executive
Committee
Meetings
Upcoming
Departmental
Council
Meetings
4 June 2014 - 10:00 am - 405 Brodie
9 May 2014 - 10:00 am, A106 Chown
2 Oct 2014 - 10:00 am - A106 Chown
15 Sept 2014 - 10:00 am, A106 Chown
5 Dec 2014 - 10:00 am - A106 Chown
4 Nov 2014 - 10:00 am, A106 Chown
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Food Security & Health Advocacy
Photo Courtesy of Adam Hoffman, Class of 2017
1st Year Medical Students at Winnipeg Harvest's Classroom
F
or the past decade, Winnipeg Harvest has
provided a Classroom for engaging first
year medical students in a community session
addressing issues of hunger and poverty.
Students have expressed high levels of approval
with hands-on work and have benefited from
the opportunity of engaging with volunteers and
strong community advocates. Following the
work experience, like bagging flour or sorting
potatoes, students debrief and discuss the
myths about hunger and why so many people
are using food banks. Teaching doctors about
food security, food banks, and their role in
helping patients in need has been an important
component of the wider curriculum focus on
social accountability and professional advocacy
for social justice and community development.
Students and faculty look forward to continuing
to engage with Winnipeg Harvest and other
community agencies in a new medical
curriculum. s
Joseph Kaufert and Gladys Stewart
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba
Department of Community Health Sciences
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Public
Service
Brownell, Marni. Full Day Kindergarten,
interviewed by Marcy Markusa; CBC
Information Radio. Live interview October 8,
2013
Brownell, Marni. Study disputes benefits of
all-day kindergarten, interviewed by Nick
Martin; Winnipeg Free Press. Interview date
9 October 2013. Published 12 October 2013
in the Winnipeg Free Press, Brandon Sun
Brownell, Marni. Benefits of full-day
kindergarten challenged in new study, The
Globe & Mail. Published 11 October 2013.
Brownell, Marni. Full Day Kindergarten,
interviewed by Larry Fedoruk; Newstalk 610
CKTB Live interview 24 October 2013
Brownell, Marni. How a five-year-old taught
her mom to read every night, interviewed by
Caroline Alphonso; Globe & Mail. Published
on 28 November 2013.
Driedger S.M. Member on a Council of
Canadian Academies Expert Panel on
Effectiveness of Health Risk Communication
for 2013-2015.
Fransoo, Randy. Manitobans living longer,
but health gap widening between rich, poor,
interviewed by Larry Kusch, Winnipeg Free
Press. Online edition, 25 October 2013. Print
edition, 26 October 2013.
Fransoo, Randy. Manitobans getting
healthier, study shows. CBC News Online
edition, 25 October 2013.
Fransoo R. Defying Doctors? CTV National
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Interview, December 3, 2013
Fransoo R. Manitobans living longer, but
health gap widening between rich, poor.
Interview with Larry Kusch, Winnipeg Free
Press. Online edition, 25 October 2013. Print
edition, 26 October 2013.
Fransoo R. Manitobans getting healthier,
study shows. CBC News Online edition, 25
October 2013.
Fransoo R. Report: Manitobans Getting
Healthier, Living Longer, interview with
Kim Lawson, 680 CJOB. Online edition, 25
October 2013.
Fransoo R. Report: Manitobans Getting
Healthier, Living Longer, radio interview
with Richard Cloutier, 680 CJOB. 25 October
2013.
Dr. Joe Kaufert was appointed to a two
year term (2014-2016) as a member of
the Public Health Ethics Consultative
Group, an advisory body for the Public
Agency of Canada. The body provides
ethical guidance and recommendations
to the Agency encompassing ethical and
policy issues in public health response and
measures, surveillance and epidemiology,
distribution of immunization resources
and public health priorities. He previously
served from 2010 to 2012 as a member of the
Chief Public Health Office’s Ethics Advisory
Committee that focused on theoretical and
policy development focusing on priorities
and risks of defining vulnerability in the
context of public health emergencies and
Pandemics, issues of equity in public health,
ethics of prioritization and sequencing
of vaccine distribution. His work in this
committee focused on the public health
ethical frameworks as they relate to
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Indigenous communities and issue of research
participation and ethical protection of diverse
communities.
He is currently involved in final development
of a Public Health Ethics Framework. This
framework will provide a tool for decisionmakers, public health practitioners to guide
them through the analysis of the ethical
implications of proposed policies, health
programs and research interventions. The
draft statement is not intended to provide an
alternative code for public health practice, but
to provide a tool for clarification of individual
and community values and weight policy
options.
Salah Mahmud has agreed to be a Co-Lead
for the Provincial Collaborative Network a
new network part of the CIRN (Canadian
Immunization Research Network).
Martens P. The Manitoba experience of RHA
amalgamations. Interview with Aaron Beswich
of the Chronicle Herald, Halifax, NS, 27
February 2014.
Martens P. The Provincial Breastfeeding
Strategy. CTV Local Interview. 30 September
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba
Department of Community Health Sciences
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2013 afternoon interview with Alesia
Fieldberg .
Martens P. Baby Friendly Hospitals and
World Breastfeeding Week. CTV Local
interview. 30 September 2013 morning
interview with Eleanor Coopsammy.
Martens P. The National Household Survey
and problems with income variables. Globe
and Mail interview with Tavia Grant. 27
September 2013.
Martens P. Census picture far from perfect
(quoted in the Free Press article by Mary
Agnes Welch). Free Press interview: Mary
Agnes Walsh on the National Household
Survey. 22 September 2013.
O’Neil. John
• Vice-Chair, Board of Directors, Michael
Smith Foundation for Health Research,
2013• Elected Fellow, Canadian Academy of
Health Sciences (FCAHS), 2013• Trustee, Board of Trustees, Providence
Health Care Research Institute,
Providence Health Authority, Vancouver,
2013-
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BioMedical Youth Program
O
ver the past few months the Biomedical
Youth Program has been busy recruiting
volunteers to mentor students with their science
fair projects, participating as judges and activity
leaders for the Winnipeg School Division
Science Fair 2014, and group or activity leaders
for the BYP Summer Camp.
Mentors have been connected with mentees
from various schools to provide assistance with
their science projects. Congratulations to Ms.
Jezza Amante, Grade 7 at Holy Ghost School,
who won Gold or Second Place for her project
entitled: Clean Hands. Dr. Amara mentored
Jezza.
Once again, the Biomedical Youth Program will
be hosting the 44th Winnipeg School Division
Annual Science Fair at the Bannatyne Campus
on Wednesday, the 9th of April 2014. The
campus will be buzzing with budding scientists
from grades 4 to 12, demonstrating their
experiments and competing to hopefully go
forward to the Canada Wide Science Fair. Mark
the date and if you have a chance – please
come & explore this event!
The Biomedical Youth Summer Camp will be
held from the 21st to 25th of July 2014. Online
registration will be available at the end of May
on the BYP website. s
2013 Science Fair, Chelsea McCallum
2013 Mentorship Students, Kailani and Bea
2013 Science Fair, Raquel Klutskow
2013 Biomedical Youth Summer Camp
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Department
Colloquia
Jan 22: Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre
– Advancing Collaborative Northern-LED
Research for the Common Good of Nunavut.
Gwen Healey, Executive and Scientific Director,
The Qaujifiartiit Health Research Centre.
Jan 24: Making data count! The Story of cancer
survival statistics and their application in the
world of cancer control. Dr. Donna Turner,
Epidemiologist/Provincial Director, Population
Oncology, CancerCare Manitoba.
Jan 31: From Theory to Implementation: The
Policy Implications of the Social Determinants
of Health. Ms. Lynne Fernandez, Research
Associate, Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives Manitoba.
Feb 7: Public Health, Primary Care and pH1Ni
– Experiences and Lessons Learned from a
Comparative Analysis of 29 Public Health Units
in Ontario. Dr. Paul Masotti, Research Associate,
Manitoba FASD Centre.
Feb 14: Care-related Out-of-Pocket Expenses:
Prevalence and Consequences. Drs. K. Duncan,
S. Shooshtari and K. Roger, Department of
Family Social Sciences, University of Manitoba
and Dr. J. Fast, Department of Human Ecology,
University of Alberta.
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba
Department of Community Health Sciences
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Feb 21: Reassembling Epidemiology: Sociality,
Subjectivity and Citizenship. Drs. R. Lorway and S.
Khan, CHS.
Feb 21: The Dr. Clare Brant Memorial Lecture
in Indigenous Mental Health. Dr. J. Sareen, U of
M and Mr. Gary Munro, Executive Director, Cree
Nation Tribal Health Center, The Pas, MB.
Feb 28: Introducing the Epidemiology and
Surveillance Unit at Manitoba Health. Dr. C. Ens,
Acting Director, Epidemiology and Surveillance
Unit.
Mar 14: Undergraduate presentations,
Community Health Sciences, Multiple Specialty
Rotation, Recipients of the 7th Annual “Award for
Outstanding Paper in Community Health Sciences.”
• Risk Reduction Strategies for Manitoba
Children Riding ATVs. Elizabeth Smith.
• Increasing Use of CT Scans: Are We
Exposing Patients to Unnecessary Risks?
Pol Darras
• The Fluoridation of Drinking Water: A
Community Health Controversy. Ethan
Bohn
Mar 21: Indigenous Knowledge Work as a Tool for
Community Driven Healkth Services Development.
Dr. J. Smylie, University of Toronto and S. Wolfe,
Toronto Birth Centre.
Mar 28: The Fate of the Radium Girls – A Historic
Turning Point for both Radiation Health Sciences
and Labour Rights. Dr. S. Demeter, CHS.
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Section of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Health
J.A. Hildes Northern Medical Unit
Announcements
Native Studies Field School: Grassy Narrows
May 12 – 26, 2014
NATV 2000 T60 - Grassy Narrows Environment and
Cultural Politics 1 (3 credit hours), and
NATV 2000 T61 - Anishinaabe Traditional Environment
Knowledge in Grassy Narrows (3 credit hours)
W
elcome to Makena JoAnne, 2nd daughter for
Dr. Marcia Anderson-Decoteau.
Makena was born on the 4th of
February 2014. Makena weighed
in at 8lbs 9oz and was 21 inches
long.
At the beginning of the year we
welcomed Mohamad Kadhim as
our new Hospital Based Physcian
Coordinator. Fortunately for
Mohamad, but unfortunately for
us, he has since been accepted
to a U.S. Medical School.
Congratulations Mohamad.
We also welcomed Hai Nguyen
as our new Finance Oficer. Hai
comes to us from the Dean's
office and we are thrilled to have
him aboard.
Also welcome to our new Diabetic
Foot Care Nurse, Tannayce
Cook. Tannayce comes to us
from AMC (Assembly Manitoba
Chiefs) where she was working on
a business case for diabetic foot
care. She will be taking the wound
care on-line course and under the
tutelage of our current foot care
nurse, Avy Halpin.
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(Students are required to register for NATV 2000 T60 and
NAVT 2000 T61 for a total of 6 credit hours)
This two-week program situates students in an
Anishiaabe context where they will develop an
understanding of their place as Treaty people by
engaging the environmental and cultural politics of
the Anishinaabe community of Grassy Narrows First
Nation. It is an intensive and rigorous program of
study that brings together discussion of key
contemporary scholarly and historical texts in
conjunction with a challenging experiential learning
component. The first 4 days are at the University of
Manitoba; followed by 10 days at Grassy Narrows
(includes travel days).
In the field component, students examine grassroots
strategies to safeguard traditions and home territories
such as the logging blockade at Slant Lake, and
contribute to the development of a community-led
eco-tourism and education site across Indian Lake.
They will help build trapping cabins and prepare the
site generally. In the process, students will learn to
set fish nets, smoke fish, cook over fire for shore
lunches, and fashion traditional technologies such as
wooden paddles with locally sourced materials.
Travel Fee is $275.00 CAD (subject to change),
includes local travel by boat, traditional ceremonies,
community consultations, and camping fees.
Students are responsible for accommodation
(provide their own tents, sleeping bags, related
camping equipment, and food). A collective food
fund will be organized to purchase food for shared
meals. Personal expenses, individual food purchases,
and University of Manitoba tuition are not included
Students are responsible for arranging their own
travel to and from Grassy Narrows, Ontario in
accordance with the published course dates. Car
pool arrangements are encouraged.
The Travel Fee ($275.00) is payable on or before
April 11 by cheque (payable to The University of
Manitoba), VISA, MasterCard, or in cash. Fifty
dollars ($50) is non-refundable, unless the course is
cancelled. An additional fee (TBA) to cover food
for shared meals is payable to Ryan Duplassie.
All students must have approval of the instructor.
Students must register in 6 credit hours (written
consent of department head may be required).
Students are encouraged to register early.
In order to participate in a travel/study course, all
students must sign an Acknowledgement of
Responsibility and Liability Waiver that outlines
risk and shared responsibility associated with
travel/study.
For more information about the course contact:
Ryan Duplassie, Department of Native Studies e‐mail: [email protected] For information on admission, registration and fee payment contact: Cheryl Hadaller, (204)474‐8008; toll free 1‐888‐216‐7011 ext. 8008 e‐mail: [email protected] Summer Session Class Schedule: umanitoba.ca/summer → Class Schedule Summer Session registration begins March 17, 2014 Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba
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Island Lake Regional Renal Health Program
T
en years ago this June, then U of M
President, Emoke Szathmary was
amongst the guests participating in the ribbon
cutting ceremony at the Island Lake Regional
Renal Health Unit; the first non-hospital
based Dialysis Unit in Canada.
It wasn't until the following January (2005)
five patients were repatriated from Winnipeg
to their home communities to begin
treatment. Others would follow, some having
been repatriated, and later on, some never
having known what it was like to be away
from home for years.
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba
Department of Community Health Sciences
Many of the Program's dialysis patients spent
nearly a decade away from home and family
and were not responding well to treatment
while away from their home communities.
With the presence of a local dialysis unit
in the Island Lake area in 2005 patients
repatriated home began to thrive.
On average the Unit serves 18 people
per annual from the four communities of
Island Lake and supports a few on home
haemodialysis.
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New Research Grants
Ducharme F, Blais L, Brownell M, Doucet M,
FitzGerald M, Kozyrkyj A, Quail J, Sadatsafavi
M, Tse Sze Man, Ungar W. Long-term clinical and
financial impact of asthma control during pregnancy
and preschool years on disease evolution until
adulthood. Canadian Institutes of Health Research,
$399, 916, 2014-2018.
Kreindler SA (PI), Metge C, Suter E, Bowen S,
Wilgosh A, Nicklin W, Joy J, Ostrow D, Eagle C,
Davies M, Doyle D, Cloutier R, Wright B, Bergal T,
Chase M (March 2013 – February 2014). Building
a team for multi-jurisdictional research to improve
patient flow. CIHR Planning Grant - $25,000.
Sanguins J, Driedger SM. (Co-Principal
Investigators), Co-Investigator: Menec V, Community
Collaborators: Sheila R. Carter (Director, Health &
Wellness Department, Manitoba Métis Federation),
Barry Mathers (Executive Director Aboriginal and
Northern Health University of Manitoba), Georgina
Liberty (Director, Tri-Partite Self Negotiation
Manitoba Métis Federation), and Frances Chartrand
(Director, Métis Community Liaison Department,
MMF). Leaving It All Up to Us! – Experiences of
Informal Métis Caregivers. Funded from 04/2014 –
03/2016 for a total of $205,000. Shooshtari S. Persons Aging with Intellectual
Disability and Dementia in Manitoba. Funded by the
Provincial Dementia Working Group, $13, 965 (2013
–2014).
Thompson G, Doupe M. Identifying Indicators of
Dignity Care in Personal Care Homes (contract with
Manitoba Health). $70,000, 2013-2014.
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Reports
Chapters
Books
Bramadat P, Kaufert J. Religion,
Spirituality, Medical Education
and Palliative Care. Bramadat
P, Coward H, Stajduhar K. eds.
Spirituality in Hospice Palliative
Care, State University of New
York Press, New York, 67-96
(2013.)
Lix L, Leslie WD, Metge C.
(2014) Health-related quality
of life in Aboriginal and nonAboriginal populations. In
Michalos AC (Ed.) Encyclopedia
of Quality of Life andWell-Being
Research. Springer, Dordrecht,
Netherlands, pp. 2781-2784.
Morgan, S., Smolina S, Mooney
D, Raymond C, Bowen M,
and Gorczynski C. (2013) “The
Canadian Rx Atlas, 3rd Edition”
Vancouver: UBC Centre for
Health Services and Policy
Research, December 2013. http://www.chspr.ubc.ca/pubs/
atlas/canadian-rx-atlas-3rdedition
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba
Department of Community Health Sciences
April 2014
No. 50
New Publications
Adrien A, Thompson LH, Archibald C, Alsabbagh
WM, Dagenais J, Yan L, Lu X, Lix LM, Shevchuk
Y, Teare GF, Blackburn DF. Use and misuse of
ezetimibe: analysis of use and cost in Saskatchewan,
a Canadian jurisdiction with broad access. Can J
Cardiol 2014;30(2):237-243.
Bartick M, Nickel NC. The Breastfeeding and
Obesity Controversy. Blog Article. Academy of
Breastfeeding Medicine. 2013. (Available at http://
bfmed.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/the-breastfeedingand-obesity-controversy/).
Blais C, Dai S, Waters C, Robitaille C, Smith M,
Svenson LW, Reimer K, Casey J, Puchtinger R,
Johansen H, Gurevich Y, Lix LM, Quan H Tu, K.
Assessing the burden of hospitalized and communitycare heart failure in Canada. Can J Cardiol
2014;30(3):352-358.
Bolton JM, Au W, Walld R, Chateau D, Martens
PJ, Leslie WD, Enns MW, Sareen J. Parental
bereavement after the death of an offspring in a
motor vehicle collision: A population-based study.
American Journal of Epidemiology 2014;179(2):177185.
Brennan SL, Leslie WD, Lix LM, Johansson H,
Oden A, McCloskey E, Kanis JA. (2014). FRAX
provides robust fracture prediction regardless of
socioeconomic status. Osteoporosis International,
25(1):61-69.
Brennan SL, Leslie WD, Lix LM. (2014). Is lower
income associated with an increased likelihood
of qualification for treatment for osteoporosis in
Canadian women? Osteoporosis International,
25(1):273-279.
Choi BCK, Decou ML, Rasali D, Martens PJ,
Mancuso M, Plotnikoff RC, Neudorf C, Thanos J,
Svenson LW, Denny K, Orpana H, Stewart P, King
M, Griffith J, Erickson T, van Dorp R, White D, Ali
A. Enhancing capacity for risk factor surveillance
at the regional/local level: A follow-up review of
the findings of the Canadian Think Tank Forum
after 4 years. Archives of Public Health, 2014 Jan
22;72(1):2.
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba
Department of Community Health Sciences
Community
M AT T E R S
Cui Y, Doupe M, Katz A, Nyhof P, Forget E.
Economic evaluation of Manitoba health lines in the
management of congestive heart failure. Healthcare
Policy 2013;9(2):36-50.
Cui Y, Shooshtari S, Forget EL, Clara I, Cheung
KF. (2014) Smoking during Pregnancy: Findings
from the 2009–2010 Canadian Community Health
Survey. PLoS ONE 9(1): e84640. doi:10.1371/
journal.pone.0084640
Dart AB, Martens PJ, Rigatto C, Brownell MD,
Dean HJ, Sellers EA. Earlier onset of complications
in youth with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care
2014;37(2):436-443
Driedger SM, Cooper EJ, Moghadas S. Developing
model-based public health policy through knowledge
translation: the need for a ‘Communities of Practice’.
Public Health. Advance on-line publication. DOI:
10.1016/j.puhe.2013.10.009
Jayaraman GC, Kumar S, Isac S, Javalkar P, Gowda
PR, Raghunathan N, Gowda CS, Bhattacharjee P,
Moses S, Blanchard JF. Demographic changes
and trends in risk behaviours, HIV, and other
sexually transmitted infections among female sex
workers in Bangalore, India, involved in a focused
HIV preventive intervention. Sex Transm Inf 2013;
89:635-41.
Juurlink D, Dormuth C, Patterson M, Raymond
C, Kozyrskyj A, Moride Y, Mamdani MM. Proton
Pump Inhibitors and the Risk of Adverse Cardiac
Events. PLoS One. 2013 Dec 27;8(12):e84890
Kaufert J. Response to Koch, Thieves of Virtue;
When Bioethics Stole Medicine. http:// society and
pace.com/reviews/reviews-archive/Kaufert/ (June
2013) 7-10.
Kredentser MS, Martens PJ, Chochinov HM,
Prior HJ. Cause and rate of death in people with
schizophrenia across the lifespan: A populationbased study in Manitoba, Canada. J Clin Psychiatry
2014;75(2):154-160.
In CIHR’s Aboriginal Health Research News (Vol.
3 No.2 Feb 2014), it was noted that Dr. Linda
Larcombe’s (Internal Medicine, Community Health
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Sciences, Medical Microbiology) research project
“A New Vision: Dene First Nations Perspectives on
Healthy Housing” was highlighted at The Senate
Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples in Ottawa
on February 4, 2014. The project that is investigating
how culturally appropriate housing could impact
health was identified as a new approach to population
health intervention. The project team includes
investigators from the two Dene Communities’, the
Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (Dr. K. Avery-Kinew,
Mr. B. Saulnier), Faculty of Medicine (Dr. P. Orr)
and the Faculty of Architecture (Mr. L. Coar).
Leslie WD, Lix LM, Johansson H, Oden A,
McCloskey E, Kanis JA, Manitoba Bone Density
Program. Selection of Women Aged 50-64 Yr for
Bone Density Measurement. Journal of Clinical
Densitometry 2013;16(4):570-578.
Lix LM, Yan L, Blackburn D, Hu N, SchneiderLindner V, Teare GF. Validity of the RAI-MDS
for ascertaining diabetes and comorbid conditions
in long-term care facility residents. BMC Health
Services Research 2014;14(1):17. doi: 10.1186/14726963-14-17.
March J, Sareen J, Gawaziuk JP, Doupe M,
Chateau D, Hoppensack M, Nour S, Husarewycz
W, Palitsky D, Khan S, Leslie WD, Enns MW,
Stein MB, Asmundson GJ, Medved M, Logsetty S.
Increased suicidal activity following major trauma:
A population-based study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg
2014;76(1):180-184.
McClarty LM, Bhattacharjee P, Blanchard JF,
Lorway RR, Ramanaik S, Mishra S, Isac S,
Ramesh BM, Washington R, Moses S, Becker
ML. Circumstances, experiences, and processes
surrounding women’s entry into sex work in India.
Cult Health Sex 2014; 16:149-63.
Mishra S, Pickles M, Blanchard JF, Moses S, Boily
M-C. Distinguishing sources of HIV transmission
from the distribution of newly acquired HIV
infections: why is it important for HIV prevention
planning? Sex Transm Inf 2014; 90:19-25.
Mishra S, Mountain E, Pickles M, Vickerman P,
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Shastri S, Gilks C, Dhingra NK, Washington R,
Becker ML, Blanchard JF, Alary M, Boily M-C,
for the Strategic Epi-ART in India Modelling Team
(Moses S, Halli S, Rewari BB, Bakkali T, Chandra
N, Ramesh BM). Exploring the population-level
impact of antiretroviral treatment: the influence of
baseline intervention context. AIDS 2014; 28(Suppl
1):S61–72
Montgomery J, Martin T, Shooshtari S, Stoesz
BM, Heinrichs DJ, North S, Dodson L, Senkow Q,
Douglas J. (2014). Interventions for Challenging
Behaviours of Students with Autism Spectrum
Disorders and Developmental Disabilities:
A Synthesis Paper. Exceptionality Education
International, 23(1), 2-21.
Norton PG, Murray M, Doupe MB, Cummings
GG, Poss JW, Squires JE, Teare GF, Estabrooks
CA. Facility versus unit level reporting of quality
indicators in nursing homes when performance
monitoring is the goal. BMJ Open,2014;4:e004488.
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004488.
Oyugi J, Meeme C, Chanzu N, Ambia J, Gitaka
J , Ndakala F, Mckinnon L, Kaufert J. (2014)
Teaching Research Ethics on Clinical Trials to
Multidisciplinary and International Trainees in
Global Infectious Disease Research, J Clin Res
Bioeth5:1666 doi:10.4172/2155-9627. 9627.1000166
Paulson K, Szwajcer D, Raymond CB, Seftel MD
The Role of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in
adult ALL: Clinical Equipoise Persists. Leuk Res.
2014 Feb;38(2):176-9.
Raghavan M, Martens PJ, Chateau D, Burchill
C. Effectiveness of breed-specific legislation
in decreasing the incidence of dog-bite injury
hospitalisations in people in the Canadian province
of Manitoba. Injury Prevention 2013;19(3):177-183.
Raymond CB, Wazny LD, Sood AR. Renal
Pharmacists Practice Standards. Can J Hosp Pharm.
2013 Nov;66(6):369-74
Raymond CB, Woloschuk DMM, Sproll B, Coates
J. Awareness of and strategies to improve adherence
with a medication order writing standards policy.
Canadian Pharmacists Journal 2013;146 (5):276-83
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba
Department of Community Health Sciences
April 2014
No. 50
Robitaille C, Bancej C, Dai S, Tu K, Rasali D,
Blais C, Plante C, Smith M, Svenson LW, Reimer
K, Casey J, Puchtinger R, Johansen H, Gurevich
Y, Waters C, Lix LM, Quan H. Surveillance of
ischemic heart disease should include physician
billing claims: Population-based evidence from
administrative health data across seven Canadian
provinces. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
2013;13:88. doi 10.1186/1471-2261-13-88.
Roos LE, Mota N, Afifi TO, Katz LY, Distasio J,
Sareen J. (2013). The relationship between adverse
childhood experiences and homelessness and the
impact of Axis I and II disorders. American Journal
of Public Health, SUPPL 2, S275-S281.
Vasilyeva I, Biscontri RG, Enns MW, Metge CJ,
Alessi-Severini S. Adverse Events in Elderly Users
of Antipsychotic Pharmacotherapy in the Province
of Manitoba: a Retrospective Cohort Study. J Clin
Psychopharmacol 2013;33(1):24-30.
Wazny LD, Sood AR, Raymond CB, Verelli M.
Cost analysis of an intravenous to subcutaneous
epoetin alfa conversion. Am J Nephrol.
2013;38(6):496-500
Presentations, Invited
Lectures, Consultations
Epidemics4 - Fourth International Conference on
Infectious Disease Dynamics, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, November 19-23, 2013
Mitchell KM, Foss AM, Prudden HJ,
Mukandavire Z, Pickles M, Williams JR,
Johnson HC, Ramesh BM, Washington R, Isac
S, Rajaram S, Phillips AE, Bradley J, Alary M,
Moses S, Lowndes CM, Watts CH, Boily M-C,
Vickerman P. Who mixes with whom among
men who have sex with men? Implications for
modelling the HIV epidemic in southern India.
Mitchell KM, Vickerman P, Pickles M, Kaushik
M, Verma S, Isac S, Adhikary R, Mainkar M,
Ramesh BM, Washington R, Moses S, Alary
M, Boily M-C. Using mathematical modelling
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba
Department of Community Health Sciences
Community
M AT T E R S
to understand the causes of the ecological
association between HIV and HSV-2
amongst female sex workers in southern
India.
Alsabbagh MW, Lemstra M, Eurich D, Lix
LM, Wilson TW, Watson E, Blackburn DF.
Socio-economic status and non-adherence to
anti-hypertensive drugs: A systematic review
and meta-analysis. Canadian Association
of Population Therapeutics, Toronto, ON,
November 2013.
Brownell M. The long-term impact of fullday kindergarten. Evidence to Action: Second
Annual Knowledge Exchange Between MCHP
and Manitoba Government. Winnipeg, MB:
February 20, 2014.
Brownell M. PATHS Equity for Children:
an overview. Evidence to Action: Second
Annual Knowledge Exchange Between MCHP
and Manitoba Government. Winnipeg, MB:
February 20, 2014.
Brownell M. Risk assessment: lessons
from Manitoba, Canada. Frontiers of Risk
Epidemiology in Early Childhood. Expert
meeting at the German Youth Institute, Munich
Germany: January 30, 2014.
Doupe M. The Cost of Publicly Supported
Housing for Seniors - Implications for Future
Funding. Presented at The Need to Know
Team Workshop No. 39. Winnipeg, MB,
February 3&4, 2014.
Doupe M. Video Clip on the Evidence
Network website platform. Comparing the
quality of nursing home care in Manitoba
and the U.S. (http://umanitoba.ca/outreach/
evidencenetwork/archives/17190). November,
2013.
Duncan KA, Shooshtari S, Roger K, Fast J.
Using the General social Survey to Investigate
Care-related Out-of-Pocket Spending. A
paper presented at Manitoba RDC Research
Workshop in Winnipeg, MB, November 28,
2013.
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Consultations, cont'd
Fitzgerald T, Hadjistavropoulos T, Zahir S, Lix LM,
Alfano D, Del Bello-Haas, V. (accepted). The impact
of fall risk assessment on functional ability, restraint
use, and fall rates among seniors with dementia.
42nd Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting of
the Canadian Association on Gerontology, Halifax,
Nova Scotia, October 17-19, 2013.
Fransoo R. Health and health equity in Prairie
Mountain Health. Workshop with XX of PMH
region; Brandon, MB, March 14, 2014.
Martens PJ, Fransoo R. MCHP - getting to the
heart of MCHP/RHAM collaborations. RHAM
Council of Chairs meeting. Invited speaker.
Winnipeg, MB, February 13, 2014.
Martens PJ. MCHP - who we are and what we
do. CancerCare MB Board of Directors. Invited
speaker. Winnipeg, MB. January 16, 2014.
Millikin C, Turnbull D, Lix LM, Fischer C.
(accepted). Risk factors for development of
psychotic symptoms in early stage Alzheimer’s
disease. The Canadian Conference on Dementia,
Vancouver, British Columbia, October 3-5, 2013.
Roos LE, Distasio J, Bolton S-L, Katz L, Afifi TO,
Isaak C, Bruce L, Goering P, Sareen J. (2013). A
history in-care predicts unique characteristics in
a homeless population with mental illness. Oral
Presentation at the 2013 Alberta Family Wellness
Initiative. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, October
27-November 1, 2013.
Sexton KA, Walker JR, Graff LA, Lix LM, Clara,
I, Targownik LE, Rogala L, Miller N, Carr R, &
Bernstein CN. Longitudinal measurement invariance
in a chronic illness population: How stable are
measures of anxiety, stress, and depression with
repeated assessments? Annual Meeting of the
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies,
Nashville, TN, November 21-24, 2013.
Shooshtari S. Unmet Health and Social Services
Needs of Persons Aging with A Developmental
Disability. A paper presented at Manitoba RDC
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Research Workshop in Winnipeg, MB, November
28, 2013
Wall-Wieler E, Roos LL, Chateau D. Early
Childhood is Overrated – A Life Course Perspective
Using Siblings and Populations (Poster Presentation
at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
Ideas Exchange Symposium in Honour of Clyde
Hertzman, Toronto, ON, February 6, 2014).
Wong St, Wodchis W, Hogg W, Katz A, Cooke
T, Lahtinen M, Wu L, QUaLICO-PC Canadian
Working Group. QUALICO-PC in CanadaRecruitment, Responses, and Initial Cross Country
Comparison with Australia and New Zealand.
Health Services and Policy Research Conference,
Wellington, New Zealand, December 4, 2013.
Wong ST, Green M, Lavoie JG, Wu L, Ma
T, Kadhim AJ, Singal D, Katz A. Variation in
Approaches to the Management of Pandemic
H1N1 Influenza in First Nations Communities in 3
Provinces of Canada. Health Services and Policy
Research Conference, Wellington, New Zealand,
December 3, 2013.
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