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Liver Health Month — March 2023

• Recovery from dialysis-treated acute kidney injury in patients with cirrhosis: a population-based study
• NAFLD and alcohol-related liver disease will be responsible for almost all new diagnoses of cirrhosis in Canada by 2040
• Healthcare utilization and costs for patients with end-stage liver disease are significantly higher at the end of life compared to those of other decedents
• Incidence of cirrhosis in young birth cohorts in Canada from 1997 to 2016: a retrospective population-based study
• Gestational diabetes predicts future risk of serious liver disease in young women

Heart Month — February 2023

• Trial of an intervention to improve acute heart failure outcomes
• The association between telemedicine use and changes in healthcare utilization and outcomes in patients with congestive heart failure: a retrospective cohort study
• Multiple arterial coronary bypass grafting is associated with greater survival in women
• Interventions supporting long term adherence and decreasing cardiovascular events after myocardial infarction (ISLAND): pragmatic randomised controlled trial
• Mortality and revascularization among myocardial infarction patients with schizophrenia: a population-based cohort study

Eating Disorders Awareness Week — February 1-7, 2023

• Acute care visits for eating disorders among children and adolescents after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic
• Diabetic ketoacidosis and mortality in people with type 1 diabetes and eating disorders
• Excess mortality associated with eating disorders: population-based cohort study
• Identifying individuals with eating disorders using health administrative data
• The direct health care costs of eating disorders among hospitalized patients: a population-based study

Alzheimer's Awareness Month — January 2023

• Interprofessional primary care and acute care hospital use by people with dementia: a population-based study
• Identification of early onset dementia in population-based health administrative data: a validation study using primary care electronic medical records
• Association between dementia care programs in assisted living facilities and transitions to nursing homes in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study
• Impact of dementia on patterns of home care following inpatient rehabilitation discharge for older adults after hip fractures
• Ethnic and immigrant variations in the time trends of dementia and parkinsonism

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women — December 6, 2022

• Disability and interpersonal violence in the perinatal period
• Factors associated with experiencing reassault in Ontario, Canada: a population-based analysis
• Association of source country gender inequality with experiencing assault and poor mental health among young female immigrants to Ontario, Canada
• A 15-year population-based investigation of sexual assault cases across the province of Ontario, Canada, 2002–2016

International Day of Persons with Disabilities — DECember 3, 2022

• Amenable deaths among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities including Down syndrome: an Ontario population-based cohort study
• The prevalence and health status of people with developmental disabilities in provincial prisons in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective cohort study
• Rates of recognized pregnancy in women with disabilities in Ontario, Canada
• Addressing Gaps in the Health Care Services Used by Adults with Developmental Disabilities in Ontario
• The mental health of adults with developmental disabilities in Ontario: lessons from administrative health data

World AIDS Day — DECember 1, 2022

• COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness among a population-based cohort of people living with HIV
• The burden of cancer among people living with HIV in Ontario, Canada, 1997-2020: a retrospective population-based cohort study using administrative health data
• Refugee mothers, migration pathways and HIV: a population-based cohort study
• Cause-specific mortality among HIV-infected people in Ontario, 1995–2014: a population-based retrospective cohort study
• Lost but not forgotten: a population-based study of mortality and care trajectories among people living with HIV who are lost to follow-up in Ontario, Canada

World Diabetes Day — November 14, 2022

• Periodic screening for breast and cervical cancer in women with diabetes: a population-based cohort study
• The quality of diabetes care among cancer survivors: a retrospective cohort study
• The impact of the diabetes management incentive on diabetes-related services: evidence from Ontario, Canada
• Ethnic variation in the conversion of prediabetes to diabetes among immigrant populations relative to Canadian-born residents: a population-based cohort study
• First Nations and Diabetes in Ontario

National Pain Awareness Week — November 6-12, 2022

• Joint effects of back pain and mental health conditions on health care utilization and costs in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study
• Opioid prescribing practices in chronic kidney disease: a population-based cohort study
• A retrospective cohort study of healthcare utilization associated with paravertebral blocks for chronic pain management in Ontario
• Severe pain at the end of life: a population-level observational study
• Incremental health care costs for chronic pain in Ontario, Canada – a population-based matched cohort study of adolescents and adults using administrative data

Breast Cancer Awareness Month — October 2022

• Bariatric surgery and breast cancer incidence: a population-based, matched cohort study
• Factors associated with waiting time to breast cancer diagnosis among symptomatic breast cancer patients: a population-based study from Ontario, Canada
• Patient and provider determinants of breast cancer screening among Ontario women aged 40-49: a population-based retrospective cohort study
• The effect of comorbidity on primary care use during breast cancer chemotherapy: a population-based retrospective cohort study using CanIMPACT data
• Colorectal and breast cancer screening status for people in Ontario provincial correctional facilities

World Mental Health Day — October 10

• Community trial evaluating the integration of Indigenous healing practices and a harm reduction approach with principles of seeking safety in an Indigenous residential treatment program in northern Ontario
• A retrospective cohort study examining health care utilization patterns in individuals diagnosed with an eating disorder in childhood and/or adolescence
• Changes in hospital-based care seeking for acute mental health concerns among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada, through September, 2021
• Follow-up after post-partum psychiatric emergency department visits: an equity-focused population-based study in Canada
• Comparing risk factors for non-affective psychotic disorders with common mental disorders among migrant groups: a 25-year retrospective cohort study of 2 million migrants

National Seniors Day — October 1

• Chronic opioid use after joint replacement surgery in seniors is associated with increased healthcare utilization and costs: a historical cohort study
• Appropriateness of outpatient antibiotic use in seniors across two Canadian provinces
• Incremental healthcare utilisation and costs among new senior high-cost users in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective matched cohort study
• Regional variation in healthcare spending and mortality among senior high-cost healthcare users in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective matched cohort study
• The longterm impact of early intensive treatment of seniors with rheumatoid arthritis: a comparison of 2 population-based cohort studies on time to joint replacement surgery

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation — September 30

• Community trial evaluating the integration of Indigenous healing practices and a harm reduction approach with principles of seeking safety in an Indigenous residential treatment program in northern Ontario
• Uncovering SARS-COV-2 vaccine uptake and COVID-19 impacts among First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples living in Toronto and London, Ontario
• Places of death and places of care for Indigenous Peoples in Ontario: a retrospective cohort study
• Characterizing risk of type 2 diabetes in First Nations people living in First Nations communities in Ontario: a population-based analysis using cross-sectional survey data
• Hospital admission for stroke or transient ischemic attack among First Nations people with diabetes in Ontario: a population-based cohort study
• Prevalence, incidence and outcomes of diabetes in Ontario First Nations children: a longitudinal population-based cohort study

World Heart Day — September 29

• The association between telemedicine use and changes in healthcare utilization and outcomes in patients with congestive heart failure: a retrospective cohort study
• Multiple arterial coronary bypass grafting is associated with greater survival in women
• Interventions supporting long term adherence and decreasing cardiovascular events after myocardial infarction (ISLAND): pragmatic randomised controlled trial
• Mortality and revascularization among myocardial infarction patients with schizophrenia: a population-based cohort study
• Prescribing of oral anticoagulants in the emergency department and subsequent long-term use by older adults with atrial fibrillation

Gender Equality Week — September 18 - 24

• The association of gender and persistent opioid use following an acute pain event: a retrospective population based study of renal colic
• Impact of surgeon and anaesthesiologist sex on patient outcomes after cardiac surgery: a population-based study
• Association of source country gender inequality with experiencing assault and poor mental health among young female immigrants to Ontario, Canada
• Sex differences in dementia primary care performance and health service use: a population-based study
• A 15-year population-based investigation of sexual assault cases across the province of Ontario, Canada, 2002–2016

International Overdose Awareness Day — August 31

• Responding to Ontario’s overdose crisis in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
• Report on Lives lost to opioid toxicity among Ontarians who worked in the construction industry
• Categorization of opioid use among pregnant people and association with overdose or death
• Impact of a publicly funded pharmacy-dispensed naloxone program on fatal opioid overdose rates: a population-based study
• Overdose risk in young children of women prescribed opioids

International Youth Day — August 12

• School reopening and COVID-19 in the community: evidence from a natural experiment in Ontario, Canada
• Healthcare utilization and costs following non-fatal powdered and non-powdered firearm injuries for children and youth
• Unintentional pediatric cannabis exposures after legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada
• Acute care visits for eating disorders among children and adolescents after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic

World Hepatitis Day — July 28

• The mean attributable health care costs associated with hepatitis B virus in Ontario, Canada: a matched cohort study
• Hepatitis C virus infection in First Nations populations in Ontario from 2006 to 2014: a population-based retrospective cohort analysis
• Viral hepatitis C cascade of care: a population-level comparison of immigrant and long-term residents
• Prenatal hepatitis B screening, and hepatitis B burden among children, in Ontario: a descriptive study
• Estimating chronic hepatitis C prevalence in British Columbia and Ontario, Canada using population-based cohort studies

self-care day — July 24

• Job strain, overweight and diabetes: a 13-year prospective study among 12,896 men and women in Ontario
• Trends in objectively measured and perceived mental health and use of mental health services: a population-based study in Ontario, 2002–2014
• Smoking, drinking, diet and physical activity—modifiable lifestyle risk factors and their associations with age to first chronic disease
• Examining the relationship between therapeutic self-care and adverse events for home care clients in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective cohort study
• Impact of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on health care utilization: a population-based controlled comparison