Using multilevel analysis we find that residents of “stressed” neighborhoods have higher
levels of depression than residents of less “stressed” neighborhoods. Data for individuals are …

Background: The majority of immigrants to Canada originate from the developing world,
where the most rapid increase in prevalence of diabetes mellitus is occurring. We undertook a …

Background: For the first time, an outbreak of chikungunya has been reported in the Americas.
Locally acquired infections have been confirmed in fourteen Caribbean countries and …

OBJECTIVE: To use spatial and epidemiologic analyses to understand disparities in
mammography use and to formulate interventions to increase its uptake in low‐income, high–recent …

Background Alcohol is a contributing cause of unintentional injuries, such as motor vehicle
crashes. Prior research on the association between alcohol use and violent injury was limited …

Objective Alcohol overuse and poverty, each associated with premature death, often exist
within disadvantaged neighbourhoods. Cheque cashing places (CCPs) may be …

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) prevalence is increasing globally with roughly 2.4 million
people currently living with this condition in Canada. T2DM occurs more commonly in non-…

With the closure of mainstream bank branches in low-income neighbourhoods, cheque
cashing places (CCPs) grew exponentially in the past decade. CCP users tend to be those in …

The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world's population is infected
with TB. Eighty percent of TB in Ontario is among the foreign-born. Before effective targeted …

In December of 2002, the previous editor of JGIM, Eric Bass, initiated this year-end look at
the best articles published in JGIM. It is fitting that we take a moment at the close of each …