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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2020)
Published August 10, 2020
Volume 11: Determining Health

This volume explores how our external environment — both natural and constructed — influence and shape human health. Submissions in this volume highlight the influence of three key aspects:

Natural environment
Technology
Socioeconomic environment

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Announcements

2020-2021 Call for Applications

Interested in getting involved in scholarly publishing, academic editing, or peer review? We are recruiting volunteer staff for our 2020-2021 volume!


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October 21, 2020

Winner of the volume #11 cover page contest — Michelle Ku

BY HSI EDITORIAL BOARD | NEWS
Announcing the winner of the volume #11 cover page contest!


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August 11, 2020

Autism spectrum disorders may be linked to air pollution

BY HEATHER GERRIE | NEWS
Mouse studies reveal prenatal diesel exhaust exposure can render offspring vulnerable to autism spectrum disorder-like symptoms. 


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June 22, 2020

News

Heather Gerrie
10-11
Autism spectrum disorders may be linked to air pollution
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi305
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Ask an Expert

Mariyan J. Jeyarajah, Stephen J. Renaud, Daniel B. Hardy, Genevieve Eastabrook, Peeyush K. Lala
14-15
Protecting the placenta
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi308
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Ling Wu, Hugh Montgomery
18-20
Climate change and human health
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi310
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Tammy Lu
12-13
Intergenerational connection between environment and mental health
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi306
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Colin Jamieson
16-18
Northern Canadian Indigenous and the environment
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi309
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Spotlight on Careers

Alison Howie
23-24
Where population health meets clean energy
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi312
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Madison Pereira
26-27
At the intersection of mental health and drug addiction
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi314
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Alison Howie
21-22
Tackling environmental health: From research to government
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi311
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Supriya Hota
24-26
From working with animals to humans
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi313
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Interview

Sara Ness
28-32
We built this city on pollution and mold: How urbanization inadvertently promotes the development of asthma and allergic disease
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi315
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Profile

Sarah Laframboise
33-37
Blurred Lines: Studying concussions with a concussion
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi316
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Zarwa Saqib
42-48
Meet Elisabeth Bik: Scientific fraudster buster
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi318
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Roula Farag
38-41
#DistractinglySexist: Confronting sexism in STEM with Eden Hennessey
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi317
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Feature

Kevin Dick
49-55
Health Science Inquiry in review: A decade of graduate student-run health science publishing
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi303
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Sarah Asbury
62-67
Anti-vaxxers: Why people refuse vaccines
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi320
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Zoe Lofft
56-61
When social media met nutrition: How influencers spread misinformation, and why we believe them
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi319
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Erika Scott
68-73
The art of science storytelling
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi321
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Main Submissions

Umair Majid, Mobeen Ahmad
123-127
Vaccines in the 21st century: Clarifying the factors that promote vaccine hesitancy, delay, and rejection
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi285
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Ashley Farrell
103-107
Mitigating the effects of the climate crisis through health policy
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi287
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Ankur Chhabra
98-102
Vaccination policy strategies in Ontario: Transitioning from parental vaccine hesitancy to vaccine acceptance
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi289
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Simran Bhullar
93-97
The rise of electronic cigarettes: A brief look at their cardiovascular effects and what makes them so popular
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi292
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Arthi Chinna Meyyappan
127-130
The gut-brain axis and microbial therapeutics: The future of personalized medicine for psychiatric disorders
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi295
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Chenxuan Wang
158-161
Revealing obesity through diet-gene interactions
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi297
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Samuel Petrie, Paul Peters
131-135
Untangling complexity as a health determinant: Wicked problems in healthcare
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi299
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Tishani Sritharan
136-139
Hand hygiene: A simple strategy for health care-associated infection prevention and control with implications for control of the current COVID-19 outbreak
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi301
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Bismah Jameel, Aeda Bhagaloo, Khadija Rashid, Umair Majid
108-111
Conceptualizing "access" of maternal health services in lower-middle-income countries
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi286
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Caroline Wallace
155-157
Nutritional Psychiatry: A Solution for Socioeconomic Disparities in Access to Mental Health Care?
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi288
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Hana Dibe
162-164
Assessing the efficacy of Canada's food guide and the barriers of use
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi291
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Wuyou Sui, Danica Facca
140-143
Digital health in a broadband land: The role of digital health literacy within rural environments
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi294
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Laurie-Ann Lines
119-122
Reflecting on environment to understand diversifying health perspectives: My journey to researching strength-based approaches
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi296
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Peter Anto Johnson, John Christy Johnson
112-118
Shedding light on maternal sunlight exposure during pregnancy and considerations for public health policy
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi298
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Christophe Tanguay-Sabourin
144-147
Examining chronic pain through the lens of the socioeconomic gradient
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi300
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Vinita Akula, Kevin Dick
88-92
Challenges in remaining "UpToDate": A case study identifying errors in evidence-based point-of-care resources
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi302
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Aleksandar Vujin, Kevin Dick
148-154
The information theory of aging: Hacking immortality?
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi304
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Fiction

Kevin Mercurio
74-77
Blue elephant
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi322
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Karissa Becknel
78-81
Koko
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi323
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Photo Essay

Nikita Telkar
82-87
A week in the life of a geneticist
https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi324
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