Environmental health assessment of communities across Canada: contextual factors study of the Canadian Alliance for Healthy Hearts and Minds
This study aimed to report national-level community characteristics and any interprovincial, urban/rural, and Cartesian coordinate differences. Researchers developed an on-line map for public use, showing differences in fruit and vegetable availability, advertising for sweet drinks, junk food, and tobacco products, and cigarette and alcohol prices.
Physical Activity and Cancer Incidence in Alberta’s Tomorrow Project: Results from a Prospective Cohort of 26,538 Participants.
They were able to determine that a moderate to high level of physical activity could lead to a modest protection against the development of all cancer.
The Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project: a pan-Canadian platform for research on chronic disease prevention
In order to understand the risk factors for disease, participants across the study were recruited across 5 provinces. Body samples and physical information was collected from these people. They then harmonized this data. The hope out of this paper was that the samples afford strides in research both nationally nad internationally.
Development of an on-line interactive map to display environmental health assessments of Canadian communities: knowledge-translation to support collaborations for health
This report describes an on-line interactive map developed by the Canadian Alliance for Healthy Hearts and Minds. It contains information from over 2,000 communities across Canada!
The author who wasn’t there? Fairness and attribution in publications following access to population biobanks
This study conducted a document analysis that looked at publication ethics and authorship with population biobanks. In their findings, they reported a 3-step approach: 1) the biobank should be given proper acknowledgement 2) co-authorship should be encouraged to foster colloboration amongst researchers 3) referencing/citiations should be readily available
Measures of excess body weight and anthropometry among adult Albertans: cross-sectional results from Alberta’s tomorrow project cohort
In this article they described the prevalence of excess body weight and abdominal obesity in participants with ATP. In this study, 76.8% of men and 59.5% of women reported a BMI of 25% or greater. As such many of the people studied were overweight and two thirds reported abdominal obesity. They will encourage the Albertans to improve their energy balance and reduce the burden of chronic disease.
Systemic use of antibiotics and risk of diabetes in adults: A nested case‐control study of Alberta’s Tomorrow Project
The study looked at the relationship between use of antibiotics and risk of diabetes. For this study they did a case control assessment and used logistical regression to determine the relationship between diabetes and antibitoics. They looked at 1676 cases and 13401 controls. They found 17.9% received more than 5 courses of antibiotics compared to 13.8% of controls. They found after adjusting for clinical and difficult-to-capture lifestyle data we found no association between systemic use of antibiotics and risk of diabetes.
Perceived Susceptibility to Developing Cancer and Cancer Screening Behaviour: A Longitudinal Analysis of Alberta’s Tomorrow Project
Using data from the ATP cohort, this thesis asked the research questions: 1) Is PS to developing cancer associated with the incidence of mammography,
prostate-specific antigen, sigmoidoscopy, and colonoscopy screening tests? 2) Does an individual’s
perceived susceptibility affect screening behaviour differently between tests?
Patterns and predictors of adherence to colorectal cancer screening recommendations in Alberta’s Tomorrow Project participants stratified by risk
The research team wanted to determine how colorectal cancer screening was relevant to modifiable behavior for cancer control. They looked at 9641 particpants and were grouped based on their age, family history, and etiology. Screening status was compared between enrollment and follow up to determine a screening pattern over time. It was determined that 77% of participants fell into an average-risk level, based on their age. However 90+% of people were at a higher risk based on their family history status. Many people did not do their CRC screening (less than 50%). They would have to take a closer look at the risk strata to determine how bad the risk is.
Diet quality is associated with reduced incidence of cancer and self-reported chronic disease: Observations from Alberta’s Tomorrow Project
This study looked at food quality and how it is associated with risk of cancer and chronic disease. There were 25169 participants enrolled and it was found that the better the diet quality, the lower the risk of cancer.