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• Timeliness and completeness of routine childhood vaccinations in children by two years of age in Alberta, Canada

  Authors:Vineet Saini, Shannon E. MacDonald, Deborah A. McNeil, Sheila W. McDonald, James D. Kellner, Sarah A. Edwards, et al.From:Canadian Journal of Public Health (Vol. 108, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  March-April 20173,717 words Report 1980LOBJECTIVES: Assessing timeliness and completeness of vaccine administration is important for evaluating the effectiveness of immunization programs. Few studies have reported timeliness, particularly in Canada. The...

• A stacked ensemble method for forecasting influenza-like illness visit volumes at emergency departments.

  Authors:Arthur Novaes de Amorim, Rob Deardon, and Vineet SainiFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 22, 20215,089 words Report 1510LAccurate and reliable short-term forecasts of influenza-like illness (ILI) visit volumes at emergency departments can improve staffing and resource allocation decisions within hospitals. In this paper, we developed a...

• Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy in Canada: Results of a Consultation Study by the Canadian Immunization Research Network

  Authors:Eve Dube, Dominique Gagnon, Manale Ouakki, Julie A. Bettinger, Maryse Guay, Scott Halperin, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 11, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 3, 20167,592 words Report 1520L"Vaccine hesitancy" is a concept now frequently used in vaccination discourse. The increased popularity of this concept in both academic and public health circles is challenging previously held perspectives that...

• Ambient ozone concentrations and the risk of perforated and nonperforated appendicitis: a multicity case-crossover study

  Authors:Gilaad G. Kaplan, Divine Tanyingoh, Elijah Dixon, Markey Johnson, Amanda J. Wheeler, Robert P. Myers, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 121, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 20134,669 words Report 1390LBACKGROUND: Environmental determinants of appendicitis are poorly understood. Past work suggests that air pollution may increase the risk of appendicitis. OBJECTIVES: We investigated whether ambient ground-level...