Health Science Inquiry

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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2020)

Published August 10, 2020

Volume 11: Determining Health

This volume explores how our external environment — both natural and constructed — influence and shape human health. Submissions in this volume highlight the influence of three key aspects:

Natural environment
Technology
Socioeconomic environment

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Volume 12 Submission Deadline Extension

We have EXTENDED the deadline for submissions to our 2021 issue on Infectious Diseases!

Volume 12 Call for Submissions

We are now accepting submissions for our 2021 Volume 12: Infectious Diseases!

2019-2020 Volume 11 Top Submission Winners

After a short delay due to COVID-19, we are thrilled to announce the top submissions from our 2019-2020 Volume 11: Determining Health!

News

Heather Gerrie

10-11

Autism spectrum disorders may be linked to air pollution

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi305

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Ask an Expert

Tammy Lu

12-13

Intergenerational connection between environment and mental health

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi306

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Colin Jamieson

16-18

Northern Canadian Indigenous and the environment

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi309

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Mariyan J. Jeyarajah, Stephen J. Renaud, Daniel B. Hardy, Genevieve Eastabrook, Peeyush K. Lala

14-15

Protecting the placenta

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi308

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Ling Wu, Hugh Montgomery

18-20

Climate change and human health

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi310

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Spotlight on Careers

Alison Howie

21-22

Tackling environmental health: From research to government

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi311

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Supriya Hota

24-26

From working with animals to humans

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi313

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Alison Howie

23-24

Where population health meets clean energy

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi312

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Madison Pereira

26-27

At the intersection of mental health and drug addiction

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi314

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Interview

Sara Ness

28-32

We built this city on pollution and mold: How urbanization inadvertently promotes the development of asthma and allergic disease

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi315

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Profile

Roula Farag

38-41

#DistractinglySexist: Confronting sexism in STEM with Eden Hennessey

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi317

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Sarah Laframboise

33-37

Blurred Lines: Studying concussions with a concussion

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi316

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Zarwa Saqib

42-48

Meet Elisabeth Bik: Scientific fraudster buster

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi318

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Feature

Zoe Lofft

56-61

When social media met nutrition: How influencers spread misinformation, and why we believe them

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi319

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Erika Scott

68-73

The art of science storytelling

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi321

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Kevin Dick

49-55

Health Science Inquiry in review: A decade of graduate student-run health science publishing

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi303

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Sarah Asbury

62-67

Anti-vaxxers: Why people refuse vaccines

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi320

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Main Submissions

Bismah Jameel, Aeda Bhagaloo, Khadija Rashid, Umair Majid

108-111

Conceptualizing "access" of maternal health services in lower-middle-income countries

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi286

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Caroline Wallace

155-157

Nutritional Psychiatry: A Solution for Socioeconomic Disparities in Access to Mental Health Care?

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi288

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Hana Dibe

162-164

Assessing the efficacy of Canada's food guide and the barriers of use

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi291

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Wuyou Sui, Danica Facca

140-143

Digital health in a broadband land: The role of digital health literacy within rural environments

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi294

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Laurie-Ann Lines

119-122

Reflecting on environment to understand diversifying health perspectives: My journey to researching strength-based approaches

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi296

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Peter Anto Johnson, John Christy Johnson

112-118

Shedding light on maternal sunlight exposure during pregnancy and considerations for public health policy

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi298

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Christophe Tanguay-Sabourin

144-147

Examining chronic pain through the lens of the socioeconomic gradient

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi300

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Vinita Akula, Kevin Dick

88-92

Challenges in remaining "UpToDate": A case study identifying errors in evidence-based point-of-care resources

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi302

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Aleksandar Vujin, Kevin Dick

148-154

The information theory of aging: Hacking immortality?

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi304

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Umair Majid, Mobeen Ahmad

123-127

Vaccines in the 21st century: Clarifying the factors that promote vaccine hesitancy, delay, and rejection

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi285

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Ashley Farrell

103-107

Mitigating the effects of the climate crisis through health policy

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi287

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Ankur Chhabra

98-102

Vaccination policy strategies in Ontario: Transitioning from parental vaccine hesitancy to vaccine acceptance

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi289

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Simran Bhullar

93-97

The rise of electronic cigarettes: A brief look at their cardiovascular effects and what makes them so popular

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi292

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Arthi Chinna Meyyappan

127-130

The gut-brain axis and microbial therapeutics: The future of personalized medicine for psychiatric disorders

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi295

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Chenxuan Wang

158-161

Revealing obesity through diet-gene interactions

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi297

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Samuel Petrie, Paul Peters

131-135

Untangling complexity as a health determinant: Wicked problems in healthcare

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi299

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Tishani Sritharan

136-139

Hand hygiene: A simple strategy for health care-associated infection prevention and control with implications for control of the current COVID-19 outbreak

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi301

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Fiction

Karissa Becknel

78-81

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi323

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Kevin Mercurio

74-77

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi322

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Photo Essay

Nikita Telkar

82-87

A week in the life of a geneticist

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi324

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