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1	Public Health Agency of Canada's production of West Nile virus: a Foucauldian analysis Gislason, Maya Kristin 24 February 2010 (has links) Produced through relations of power, West Nile Virus (WNV) as it exists on the Public Health Agency of Canada's (PHAC) website, is an effect of the kinds of knowledge, techniques of power. and disciplinary apparatuses that operate on the website and in society. Cumulatively, these forces have produced WNV as a bio-socio-administrative construct. With reference to Michel Foucault's relations of power and to Jennifer Gore's operationalization of Foucault's techniques of power, this thesis both describes the PHAC's overall production of WNV and analyzes the production process. This thesis illustrates one way that Foucault's theories of power can be used to conduct a social construction analysis. The study also shows conclusively that power relations are an important factor in the production of newly emergent infectious diseases in Canada. It will be of value to other researchers who are interested in the sociological study of disease, public health, and risk. Public Health Agency of Canada West Nile virus
2	PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF CORE COMPETENCIES AND USE OF INPLACE SOFTWARE IN THE FACILITATION OF COMPETENCE-BASED LEARNING Arinze, Chika Amanda January 2021 (has links) Objective: The future of public health in Canada depends on the competence of today’s public health students. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) core competence categories are designed to guide public health practice and the training of public health students. The objectives of this study were to understand public health graduate students’ perception of the PHAC core competencies and report the usability of a practicum placement software in the facilitation of competence-based learning. Methods: Twelve students in the first year of the graduate program in public health participated in two focus group sessions. Participants were asked to select their top and least desired PHAC competencies and then discuss the reasons for their selection. Factors that may have influenced the category selection and their opinion on improving the competence categories were discussed. The system usability scale (SUS) was administered to the student participants and two staff members to help understand the usability of the practicum placement software in the facilitation of competence-based learning. Results: Partnership, collaboration, and advocacy emerged as the top-desired, with public health sciences being the second top-desired. The assessment and analysis category was the least desired, followed by the Leadership competence category. Prior educational background, future career goals with respect to job prospects were among the key factors that influenced the students’ competence selection. Conflict resolution, outreach, and community engagement were some of the suggestions of categories that could be included in the core competence categories. The system usability score for InPlace platform was 61.8 (95% 56.7- 66.9). Conclusions: Overall, students believe that the PHAC core competencies are comprehensive. They suggested seeing certain terminologies become a prominent part of the competence categories. The use of InPlace platform in the facilitation of competence-based learning may require more time for adequate user experience. / Thesis / Master of Public Health (MPH)
3	Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in Canadian Hospitals from 1995 to 2007: A Comparison of Adult and Pediatric Inpatients Locke, Tiffany 12 September 2013 (has links) The literature directly comparing the epidemiology of MRSA among adult and pediatric hospitalized patients is strikingly minimal. The objective of this thesis was to identify any differences between these two patient groups. The Canadian Nosocomial Infections Surveillance Program MRSA data (1995 to 2007: n=1,262 pediatric and 35,907 adult cases) were used to compare MRSA clinical and molecular characteristics and rates. Hospital characteristics were modeled using repeated measures Poisson regressions. The molecular and epidemiological characteristics of MRSA differed significantly between adults and children. Compared to children, MRSA in adults was more likely to be healthcare-associated, colonization, SCCmec type II, PVL negative, and resistant to most antibiotics. Rates of MRSA in Canada increased in both populations over time but were significantly higher in adults. The hospital characteristics associated with increased MRSA rates differed in adult and pediatric facilities. Implications for infection prevention and control strategies are discussed. Epidemiology Humans Cross Infection Hospitals Drug resistance, antimicrobial Infant Child Infant, newborn Child, preschool Age factors Sentinel Surveillance Population Surveilance Canada Hospitals, pediatric Community-Acquired Infections Hospitalization Methicillin Resistance Incidence Molecular Epidemiology Molecular Typing Cluster Analysis Staphylococcal Infection/epidemiology Healthcare Associated Infections Panton-Valentine leukocidin Age Groups Adult Aged Nosocomial Infections MRSA Adolescent Aged, 80 and over Young adult Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial Infection Control Infection Control Practitioners Hospital Bed Capacity Bed Occupancy Pediatrics Epidemiologic Factors Health Facilities Risk Factors Length of Stay Patient Admission Staphylococcus aureus Public Health Agency of Canada
4	Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in Canadian Hospitals from 1995 to 2007: A Comparison of Adult and Pediatric Inpatients Locke, Tiffany January 2013 (has links) The literature directly comparing the epidemiology of MRSA among adult and pediatric hospitalized patients is strikingly minimal. The objective of this thesis was to identify any differences between these two patient groups. The Canadian Nosocomial Infections Surveillance Program MRSA data (1995 to 2007: n=1,262 pediatric and 35,907 adult cases) were used to compare MRSA clinical and molecular characteristics and rates. Hospital characteristics were modeled using repeated measures Poisson regressions. The molecular and epidemiological characteristics of MRSA differed significantly between adults and children. Compared to children, MRSA in adults was more likely to be healthcare-associated, colonization, SCCmec type II, PVL negative, and resistant to most antibiotics. Rates of MRSA in Canada increased in both populations over time but were significantly higher in adults. The hospital characteristics associated with increased MRSA rates differed in adult and pediatric facilities. Implications for infection prevention and control strategies are discussed. Epidemiology Humans Cross Infection Hospitals Drug resistance, antimicrobial Infant Child Infant, newborn Child, preschool Age factors Sentinel Surveillance Population Surveilance Canada Hospitals, pediatric Community-Acquired Infections Hospitalization Methicillin Resistance Incidence Molecular Epidemiology Molecular Typing Cluster Analysis Staphylococcal Infection/epidemiology Healthcare Associated Infections Panton-Valentine leukocidin Age Groups Adult Aged Nosocomial Infections MRSA Adolescent Aged, 80 and over Young adult Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial Infection Control Infection Control Practitioners Hospital Bed Capacity Bed Occupancy Pediatrics Epidemiologic Factors Health Facilities Risk Factors Length of Stay Patient Admission Staphylococcus aureus Public Health Agency of Canada

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