POSTER PRESENTATIONS

These posters are part of the Atlantic Health Exploration and Discovery's Spring 2020 Collaborative Health Research Week. We encourage you to ask questions to and engage in discussion with our presenters this week, by leaving comments on the poster page. The presenting authors will respond during the week of June 1 - 5, 2020.

Mental Health in First Responders

Occupational stress and anger: Mediating effects of resiliency in first responders ​[VIEW]
Vulnerability to mental illness as a function of organizational stress and first responder role ​[VIEW]

Substance Use and Harm Reduction

An evaluation of hepatitis C virus screening in infants born to seropositive mothers [VIEW]
​Longitudinal follow-up of opiate agonist therapy patients' retention in care in a community-based hepatitis C-focused harm reduction clinic: Examining differences in characteristics, risk factors and retention in care between biological sexes [VIEW]
Understanding the link between trauma and problematic substance use: Does diagnosis trump experience? [VIEW]
Minimizing harm: Beliefs and attitudes of young adults engaging in non-medical prescription opioid (NMPO) use in New Brunswick [VIEW]

Healthcare Management & Collaboration

With great inequality comes great responsibility: The role of government spending on population health in the presence of changing income distributions ​[VIEW]
Stay on MD: Recruitment and retention factors for Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick graduates [VIEW] 
A rapid review exploring nurse-led memory clinics​​ ​[VIEW]
Canadian registered dietitians' perceptions towards and engagement in interprofessional collaboration ​[VIEW]
New Brunswick physicians’ perspectives toward medical assistance in dying (MAiD) ​[VIEW]

Navigating the Healthcare System

Evaluating the implementation of a pediatric patient-navigation centre in Atlantic Canada ​[VIEW]
​Improving the paediatric to adult care transition experience: Recommendations from young adults with complex care needs ​[VIEW]
Exploring the practices, experiences and needs of care providers when supporting youth with complex care needs transition from pediatric to adult care ​[VIEW]

Cancer

A retrospective review of colorectal cancer patient outcomes ​[VIEW]
Potent CAPE analogs as novel treatment for multiple myeloma. ​[VIEW]

Neurological Conditions

A retrospective chart review of clinical outcomes of patients treated for chronic subdural hematomas at the Saint John Regional Hospital ​[VIEW]
The use of portraiture and narrative to explore the impact of vagal nerve stimulation in children with intractable epilepsy ​[VIEW]

Understanding Mental Health

Interpreting ambiguous stimuli: The role of loneliness ​[VIEW]
A mixed-methods study on the impact of participation in music-making workshops on youth self-esteem and self-efficacy ​[VIEW]

Understanding Sexual Health

Differences in sexual health between individuals who engage in non-heteronormative versus exclusively heterosexual sexual activity
[VIEW]
Factors influencing empowerment around female sexual health: A phenomenological study of grade nine students [VIEW]