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MaskMyPy: python tools for performing and analyzing geographic masks

Authors: David Swanlund and Nadine Schuurman

Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2025 24:12

Content type: Methodology Published on: 9 May 2025
Early-life and concurrent predictors of the healthy adolescent microbiome in a cohort study

Authors: Hannah E. Laue, Amy D. Willis, Fang Wang, Melinda C. MacDougall, Yingying Xu, Margaret R. Karagas, Juliette C. Madan, Abby F. Fleisch, Bruce P. Lanphear, Kim M. Cecil, Kimberly Yolton, Aimin Chen, Jessie P. Buckley and Joseph M. Braun

Citation: Genome Medicine 2025 17:50

Content type: Research Published on: 8 May 2025
“Are they going to recollect who they need to contact?”: understanding sexually transmitted infection transmission risks among older Canadians who winter in the United States

Authors: Olivia Nieves Echevarria, John Pickering, Valorie A. Crooks, Jeremy Snyder and Trudie Milner

Citation: Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 2025 11:11

Content type: Research Published on: 7 May 2025
Compliance with mandatory reporting of intimate partner violence among professionals in Norway

Authors: Christine Nordby, Kevin S. Douglas, Astrid Gravdal Vølstad, Thea Beate Brevik, Stål Kapstø Bjørkly and Solveig Karin Bø Vatnar

Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1664

Content type: Research Published on: 6 May 2025
SARS-CoV-2 genomic contextual data harmonization: recommendations from a mixed methods analysis of COVID-19 case report forms across Canada

Authors: Rhiannon Cameron, Sarah Savić Kallesøe, Emma J. Griffiths, Damion Dooley, Aishwarya Sridhar, Anoosha Sehar, Lauren C. Tindale and William W.L. Hsiao

Citation: Archives of Public Health 2025 83:117

Content type: Research Published on: 30 April 2025
Impacts of local, provincial, and federal immigration policies on health and social services access among women with precarious immigration status

Authors: Hanah Damot, Shaina Schafers, Mei-ling Wiedmeyer, Stefanie Machado, Elmira Tayyar, Padmini Thakore, Ruth Lavergne and Shira Miriam Goldenberg

Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1570

Content type: Research Published on: 28 April 2025
A cash transfer plus gender transformative economic empowerment intervention seeking to improve the wellbeing of caregivers of children and adolescents living with HIV in South Africa: a feasibility study protocol for a pilot cluster randomized trial

Authors: Darshini Govindasamy, Nwabisa Shai, Nelly Mwandacha, Stanley Carries, Nokwanda Sithole, Kalysha Closson, Arvin Bhana, Lovemore Sigwadhi, Laura Washington, Andrew Gibbs and Angela Kaida

Citation: Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2025 11:52

Content type: Study Protocol Published on: 23 April 2025
In vitro comparative effects of alcohol-containing and alcohol-free mouthwashes on surface roughness of bulk-fill composite resins

Authors: Sepideh Ayatollahi, Aryan Davoudi and Hooman Momtazi

Citation: BMC Research Notes 2025 18:146

Content type: Research Note Published on: 8 April 2025
Genetic determinants of HIV-1 subtype C Nef-mediated SERINC3 down-regulation

Authors: Nikeisha Samlall, Tarylee Reddy, Nasreen Ismail, Mark A. Brockman, Zabrina L. Brumme, Thumbi Ndung’u and Jaclyn K. Mann

Citation: Virology Journal 2025 22:94

Content type: Research Published on: 8 April 2025
Changes in Canadian contraceptive choices: results of a national survey on hormonal contraceptive use

Authors: Allison J. Campbell, Victoria E. Claydon, Sarah Liva and Anita T. Cote

Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:147

Content type: Research Published on: 29 March 2025
Facilitators and barriers faced by community organizations supporting older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic

Authors: Kristen R. Haase, Ailsa C. Sirois, Dmitri Detwyler, Bahareh Kardeh, Shelley Peacock, Theodore D. Cosco, Marjan Kamali and Megan E. O’Connell

Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2025 25:204

Content type: Research Published on: 28 March 2025
Between hope and future planning: the dementia journey for care partners through the lens of relational autonomy

Authors: Alixe Ménard, Adebusola Adekoya, Elizabeth Birchall, Kishore Seetharaman, Lucy Kervin, Koushambhi Khan and Jennifer Baumbusch

Citation: BMC Medical Ethics 2025 26:39

Content type: Research Published on: 21 March 2025
Creating safe, inclusive spaces for hospital-based health care staff and people who use drugs: an exploratory qualitative study in Vancouver, Canada

Authors: Aaron Bailey, Elizabeth Bishop, Agnes T. Black, Elizabeth Dogherty, George Sedore, Marge Humchitt, John Onland, Jane Milina, Varun Bangar, Heather Mackie, Herb Varley, Tyler Byrd, Sven Black, Kristine Auigbelle and Carina Nilsson

Citation: Harm Reduction Journal 2025 22:39

Content type: Research Published on: 20 March 2025
How have PHEIC determinations changed since the COVID-19 pandemic? A document analysis of 101 WHO International Health Regulations Emergency Committees’ statements

Authors: Kevin Hemmat, Michelle Amri and Daniel Eisenkraft Klein

Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:818

Content type: Research Published on: 28 February 2025
Perspectives of primary care nurses on the organization of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout: a qualitative study

Authors: Rhiannon Lyons, Maria Mathews, Lindsay Hedden, Julia Lukewich, Emily Gard Marshall, Jennifer E. Isenor, Jamie Wickett, Emilie Dufour, Leslie Meredith, Dana Ryan, Sarah Spencer, Crystal Vaughan and Cheryl Cusack

Citation: BMC Primary Care 2025 26:53

Content type: Research Published on: 25 February 2025
Surge capacity and practice management challenges of Canadian family physicians during COVID-19: a qualitative study

Authors: Maria Mathews, Dana Ryan, Lindsay Hedden, Julia Lukewich, Emily Gard Marshall, Paul Gill, Stephen J. Wetmore, Leslie Meredith, Sarah Spencer, Judith Belle Brown and Thomas R. Freeman

Citation: Human Resources for Health 2025 23:13

Content type: Research Published on: 25 February 2025
Excess mortality in COVID-19-negative people with non-communicable disorders during the first pandemic wave

Authors: Daniel V. Vigo, Kristen L. Hudec, Saimoom Ferdous, Richard J. Munthali, Julia Pei, Lonna Munro, Krishna Pendakur, Lakshmi N. Yatham, Ronald C. Kessler, Raymond T. Ng and Joseph H. Puyat

Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:736

Content type: Research Published on: 22 February 2025
Using illicit drugs alone in Vancouver, Canada: a gender-based analysis

Authors: Kat Gallant, Kanna Hayashi, Eric C. Sayre, JinCheol Choi, Manal Mansoor and Thomas Kerr

Citation: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2025 20:9

Content type: Research Published on: 22 February 2025
Measles in Canada: modelling outbreaks with variable vaccine coverage and interventions

Authors: Jennifer McNichol, Javad Valizadeh, Samara Chaudhury and Caroline Colijn

Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2025 25:236

Content type: Research Published on: 19 February 2025
Lower limb pointing to assess intersegmental dynamics after incomplete spinal cord injury and the associated role of proprioceptive impairments

Authors: Raza N. Malik, Daniel S. Marigold, Mason Chow, Gevorg Eginyan and Tania Lam

Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2025 22:28

Content type: Research Published on: 15 February 2025