Health Science Inquiry

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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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Volume 12 Call for Submissions

We are now accepting submissions for our 2021 Volume 12: Infectious Diseases!

2019-2020 Volume 11 Top Submission Winners

After a short delay due to COVID-19, we are thrilled to announce the top submissions from our 2019-2020 Volume 11: Determining Health!

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!

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

https://doi.org/10.29173/hsi322

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Karissa Becknel

78-81

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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