Restrictive interventions like acute control medications and restraints are more likely to be used in non-emergency situations among older psychiatric inpatients than younger ones, a study shows.
Paul Stolee, a professor in the School of Public Health Sciences, has received the 2021 Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG) Distinguished Member Award.
The benefits of consuming traditional foods tend to outweigh the risks of possible mercury contamination, according to a recent study.
The Faculty of Health is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Alumni Achievement Awards.
Fitness apps that emphasize illness- or death-related messaging are more likely to be effective in motivating participation than are social stigma, obesity or financial cost messaging, according to a recent study.
Three faculty members have been named recipients of the 2021 Faculty of Health Graduate Mentorship Awards.
In a recent study, researchers from the University of Waterloo found that the amount of advertising and promotion provided on packages changes how people see the product — whether they find it appealing to use or believe it's harmful.
Researchers are working with community leaders to develop a mobile alert app to help locate missing people with dementia.
Plinio Morita, a professor in the School of Public Health Sciences, has received an Early Researcher Award (ERA) from the Ontario government for his project, Mobilizing IoT-Based Health and Environmental Data for Increased Public Awareness.
MedAtlas, founded by Public Health and Health Systems doctoral student Margaret Mutumba, has won the Concept $5K challenge for Spring 2021.