Category: Gender and health
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Assessing barriers and facilitators to the diagnosis and treatment of iron deficiency anemia among pregnant patients
Summary The project objective is to identify patient and provider barriers and facilitators to the diagnosis and treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) in pregnancy. Initial iterations of IRON MOM will provide a baseline understanding for this formative evaluation. Patient and clinical experts will form the project’s Steering Committee, and will be consulted throughout the…
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Interventions on gender equity in the workplace: A scoping review
Summary This scoping review identifies and examines evidence from randomized controlled trials on interventions examining gender equity in workplace or volunteer settings. There is a paucity of literature on interventions to promote workplace gender equity. While some interventions elicited positive conclusions across a variety of outcomes, standardized outcome measures considering specific contexts and cultures are…
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Impact of HPV-related diseases among males on healthcare cost in Ontario
The objective of this study is to address the public health policy question “What will be the impact of male vaccination strategies on the long-term burden of HPV infections and associated precancer and cancer among MSM?”
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Economic analysis of enhanced syphilis screening among HIV-positive men
To compare the cost and effect of the intervention in the ESSAHM trial (opt-out standing orders for syphilis serological testing with HIV viral loads) versus the control condition (the maintenance of current, provider-initiated syphilis testing practice) from the perspective of the Ministry of Health (MoH). This project will be a secondary data analysis of a…