COMMENTARY

Getting a grip on aging
February 8, 2010

Getting a grip on agingData provided by Ling and colleagues allows normative tables for handgrip strength to be extended up to age 89 years. As a simple and reliable tool for assessment, a test of handgrip strength should be welcomed by clinicians as an additional aid to evaluating elderly patients and targeting appropriate services, procedures and interventions for them. Full article

RESEARCH: Handgrip strength and mortality in the oldest old: the Leiden 85-plus study

Focus Inuit research agenda on best outcomes
January 25, 2010

Focus Inuit research agenda on best outcomesIndigenous researchers are growing in numbers and, internationally, networks are addressing the issue of indigenous research agendas, research methodologies and methods, research ethics and the application of knowledge within frameworks that emphasize indigenous worldviews. Such efforts seek to change the balance from research on indigenous people to research with and by indigenous people. Full article

RESEARCH: Birth outcomes in the Inuit-inhabited areas of Canada
RESEARCH: Food insecurity among Inuit preschoolers

Psychological debriefing in schools
January 4, 2010

Psychological debriefing in schoolsCritical incident stress debriefing and management are often used in schools for students affected by suicide, accidental death and trauma. However, there is a lack of controlled studies that prove the effectiveness or safety of these interventions in schools, the authors write. Full article

 

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EDITORIAL

Helping Haiti
January 27, 2010

Pope John Paul II got it right on his visit to Haiti in 1983 when he said: “Something has to change here!” Perhaps even he did not realize at the time that the “here” referred not only to Haiti, but also to the rest of the world that brought Haiti to the brink. Full article

Measuring performance is essential to patient-centred care
January 25, 2010

We in Canada need to develop a system of standardized comparisons at all individual and system levels, so patients can judge quality of care. We need to select and follow process and outcome measures so the delivery of care improves health outcomes. Health authorities could then set and measure those targets and align funding with performance. Full article

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World Toilet Day

World Toilet Day
January 25, 2010

Clean water and sewage disposal are integral to health, yet nearly a third of humanity lacks access to a toilet. It’s time to “Catch the Sanitation Wave,” argues Alan Cassels. Full article

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