Measuring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on organized cancer screening and diagnostic follow-up care in Ontario, Canada: a provincial, population-based …

…, CA Bravo, M Rey, U Aslam, AJ Sheppard… - Preventive …, 2021 - Elsevier
It is essential to quantify the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer screening, including
for vulnerable sub-populations, to inform the development of evidence-based, targeted …

Comparison of black–white disparities in preterm birth between Canada and the United States

…, S Yang, MS Kramer, T Bushnik, AJ Sheppard… - Cmaj, 2016 - Can Med Assoc
Background: A higher risk of preterm birth among black women than among white women is
well established in the United States. We compared differences in preterm birth between non…

[PDF][PDF] Birth outcomes among first nations, Inuit and metis populations

AJ Sheppard, GD Shapiro, T Bushnik, R Wilkins… - Health …, 2017 - researchgate.net
Background: First Nations, Inuit and Métis are at higher risk of adverse birth outcomes than
are non-Indigenous people. However, relatively little perinatal information is available at the …

Cancer survival among F irst N ations people of O ntario, C anada (1968–2007)

ED Nishri, AJ Sheppard, DR Withrow… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We aimed to compare cancer survival in Ontario First Nations people to that in other Ontarians
for five major cancer types: colorectal, lung, cervix, breast and prostate. A list of registered …

Paternal education and adverse birth outcomes in Canada

GD Shapiro, T Bushnik, AJ Sheppard… - J Epidemiol …, 2017 - jech.bmj.com
Background Research on predictors of adverse birth outcomes has focused on maternal
characteristics. Much less is known about the role of paternal factors. Paternal education is an …

Detection of later stage breast cancer in First Nations women in Ontario, Canada

AJ Sheppard, AM Chiarelli, LD Marrett, L Mirea… - Canadian Journal of …, 2010 - Springer
Objective To compare the distribution of stage at breast cancer diagnosis between First Nations
(FN) and non-FN women, and to investigate factors associated with later diagnosis in FN …

Adverse birth outcomes in relation to maternal marital and cohabitation status in Canada

…, R Wilkins, MS Kramer, JS Kaufman, AJ Sheppard… - Annals of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose An increasing percentage of children are born to couples who cohabit but are not
legally married. Using data from a nationally representative Canadian sample, we estimated …

Stage at diagnosis and comorbidity influence breast cancer survival in First Nations women in Ontario, Canada

AJ Sheppard, AM Chiarelli, LD Marrett, ED Nishri… - … , biomarkers & prevention, 2011 - AACR
Background: Indigenous populations in Canada and abroad have poorer survival after a
breast cancer diagnosis compared with their geographic counterparts; however, the influence …

[HTML][HTML] Experiences of Inuit in Canada who travel from remote settings for cancer care and impacts on decision making

J Jull, AJ Sheppard, A Hizaka… - BMC health services …, 2021 - Springer
Background Inuit experience the highest cancer mortality rates from lung cancer in the world
with increasing rates of other cancers in addition to other significant health burdens. Inuit …

Favourable prognostic factors of subsequent screen-detected breast cancers among women aged 50–69

AM Chiarelli, SA Edwards, AJ Sheppard… - European Journal of …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Most studies reporting more favourable biological features of screen-detected breast cancers
compared with symptomatic or interval cancers include initial or prevalent screens and …