Topic: Population Health

Cleary J, Nolan C, Guhn M, Thomson KC, Barker S, Deane C, et al. A study protocol for community implementation of a new mental health monitoring system spanning early childhood to young adulthood. Longitudinal Life Course Stud. 2023 Jul 1;14(3):446-65. Available from: https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/llcs/14/3/article-p446.xml

Gorfinkel LR, Snell G, Long D, del Casal M, Wu J, Schonert-Reichl K, Guhn M, Samji H. Access to mental health support, unmet need and preferences among adolescents during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2023;43(4):182-90. https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.43.4.03

Zhang K, Guhn M, Conklin AI. Association between social jetlag and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in adolescents in Western Canada. Eur J Public Health. 2023 Apr 1;33(2):287-92. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36478224.

Guhn, M., Gadermann, A., Almas, A., Schonert-Reichl, K. A., & Hertzman, C. (2016). Associations of teacher-rated social, emotional, and cognitive development to self-reported wellbeing, peer relations, and academic test scores in middle childhood. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 35, 76-84.

This study examined whether poverty (neighborhood and household) was associated with future health or life satisfaction outcomes and whether the association operated through social support (adult support at home, adult support at school, peer belonging), or differed by the immigration background (nonimmigrant family or immigrant family) of the family. This study utilized a retrospective, longitudinal, population-based cohort that included self-reported survey data from the MDI.

Oberle E, Ji XR, Alkawaja M, Molyneux TM, Kerai S, Thomson KC, et al. Connections matter: adolescent social connectedness profiles and mental well-being over time. J Adolesc. 2023. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12250

Haines-Saah RJ, Morris H, Schulz P, Jenkins E, Hyshka E. Engaging families and parent advocates in research on substance use and drug policy reform: Guiding principles from a Canadian community-academic partnership. Drug and Alcohol Review. 2023. Available from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/dar.13740

Bando N, Walton K, O’Connor DL, Janus M, Unger SL. Examination of school readiness and factors related to developmental vulnerability in children born very low birth weight. Child Care Health Dev. 2023;49(3):444- 55.

This research article assesses the RICHER social pediatric model, a low-barrier, place-based primary care program serving children with complex health needs in a marginalized urban community. The study uses a retrospective chart review of 210 patients to characterize the population's demographics, social determinants of health, diagnoses, and referral patterns. Results show a high prevalence of neurodevelopmental and mental health concerns, significantly exceeding rates in the general....

Gilham K, Gadermann A, Dummer T, Murphy RA. Mental health, cancer risk, and the mediating role of lifestyle factors in the CARTaGENE cohort study. PLoS One. 2023;18(2):e0281588. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281588.

Emerson, S.D., Petteni, M.G., Puyat, J.H. et al. Neighbourhood context and diagnosed mental health conditions among immigrant and non-immigrant youth: a population-based cohort study in British Columbia, Canada. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 58, 693–709 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-022-02301-2

Pighini MJ, Guhn M, Zumbo BD. Over-reaching with causality language in neurodevelopmental infant research: A methodological literature review. Early Hum Dev. 2023:105781. Available from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378378223000774.

Thomson KC, Jenkins E, Gill R, Hastings KG, Richardson CG, Gagné Petteni M, et al. Parent psychological distress and parent-child relationships two years into the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from a Canadian crosssectional study. PLoS One. 2023;18(10):e0292670. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292670

Oberle E, Ji XR, Molyneux TM. Pathways from prosocial behaviour to emotional health and academic achievement in early adolescence. Journal of Early Adolescence. 2023;43(5):632-53. Available from: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/02724316221113349.

Magee C, Oberle E, Guhn M, Gadermann A, Puyat JH. Risk of Diagnosed Adolescent-Onset Non-Affective Psychotic Disorder by Migration Background in British Columbia: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Can J Psychiatry. 2023 Jan;68(1):33-42. doi: 10.1177/07067437221100351. Epub 2022 Jun 13. PMID: 35698751; PMCID: PMC9720480.

Gadermann AM, Gagné Petteni M, Molyneux TM, Warren MT, Thomson KC, Schonert-Reichl KA, et al. Teacher mental health and workplace well-being in a global crisis: Learning from the challenges and supports identified by teachers one year into the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia, Canada. PLoS One. 2023;18(8):e0290230. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290230.

Chen, Y.-J., Duku, E., Zaidman-Zait, A., Szatmari, P., Smith, I. M., Ungar, W. J., Zwaigenbaum, L., Vaillancourt, T., Kerns, C., Bennett, T., Elsabbagh, M., Thompson, A., & Georgiades, S. (2023). Variable patterns of daily activity participation across settings in autistic youth: A latent profile transition analysis. Autism, 27(8), 2241-2255. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613231154729