“This study seeks to understand current factors that contribute to inequitable access to quality, effective chronic pain treatment and identify policy considerations for promoting healthcare equity for Albertans with chronic pain.“
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“This study examined demographic and patient characteristics of ALC over the 2014-2018 period in Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan.“
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“Decisions made in the short-term by all levels of governments will have long-term implications for the success of Canada’s major urban centres. Policymakers, therefore, must have the political will to take risks today and lead multiple stakeholders through the various short-term conflicts in order to generate the many long-term benefits that can be achieved through innovative land-use rules.”
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“Albertans with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) must rely on governments for income and funding for supportive services. However, participation in major government programs is low and income supports are insufficient. “
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“In law and urban planning, harm or nuisance is cited as a legitimate cause to enact regulation. However, the logical basis of harm or nuisance can be difficult to determine and often works subversively to segregate or discriminate against marginalized groups of people.”
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“If you were asked if the federal government in Canada should legalize and regulate prostitution, would you agree or disagree? What would be your reasoning for your answer?”
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“This isn’t about death and dying, this isn’t about fatal illness, this is about managing symptoms and improving the quality of life for chronic illnesses. Do we not owe it to ourselves to be able to have coping and treatment options for chronic illnesses?”
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“Chronic pain has been linked to mobility deficits, poor socioeconomic conditions, lack of access to healthcare and increased opioid dependence. These correlations have always existed, but the pandemic has shed light on and intensified these conditions. Canada desperately needs a national pain strategy.”
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“Many Canadians would agree that if their sexual partner had Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), they would want to know about it before consenting to sexual activity – the Canadian criminal law upholds this value. But what if I told you there was a 0% chance of you being infected by HIV, and a very high risk to your HIV positive partners’ safety if they made the difficult decision to disclose, would you feel the same way?”
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“Poverty puts a massive strain on individuals and their families, and eventually, on public finances. In 2017, among persons with more severe disabilities, 38% had unmet needs due to costs not covered by their employment or government programs.”
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“In Alberta, public health orders have been updated many times following the advent of COVID-19. Nonetheless, the reference guide for PWD has been left to rot.”
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“Women have been continually underrepresented in the skilled trades workforce in Alberta. In 2019, 4,600 of the 44,000 registered apprentices were women, roughly equating to 10%.”
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“During the COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians have shifted to virtual care. Understanding clinicians’ experiences providing virtual services may help identify strategies to support the continued use of virtual care beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.”
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“Social vulnerability is exacerbated when families are prevented from comprehensively accessing services needed for daily function.”
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