BACKGROUND Annual immunization is the most effective way to prevent influenza and its associated complications. However, optimal immunization rates are not being met in Nova Scotia, Canada. Additional providers, such as pharmacists, may improve access and convenience to receive vaccines. Pharmacists began immunizing patients 5 years of age and older within the publicly funded universal influenz...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed at identifying the gaps, barriers and successes/solutions associated with mental health services in Mi'kmaq communities in Nova Scotia. METHODS Community-based participatory research, which is consistent with Ownership, Control, Access and Possession principles of research with Aboriginal communities, was employed for this work. Health directors of the 13 Mi'kmaq co...

Psychiatric epidemiology: dimensions and categories Jane M Murphy,* Stephen Gilman, and Ian Colman Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA, Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and Department of Epidemiology and ...

Brain-Mind Project and University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, Departments of Medicine, Anatomy and Neurobiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Drug Design & Development Section, Laboratory of Neurosciences, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, and Laboratory for Neurodegenerative and Aging Research, Harvard Medical School, Be...

MARTIN M. SMITH*, SIMON B. SHERRY, KATERINA RNIC, DONALD H. SAKLOFSKE, MURRAY ENNS and TARA GRALNICK Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont...

Medical examiners in Nova Scotia recently attended their first-ever seminar concerning the skills, challenges and techniques their jobs require. It was welcomed by the physicians, most of whom are family physicians with little training in the investigation of sudden death.

Sharon C. Glotzer, Naeem Jan, Turab Lookman, Allan B. MacIsaac, and Peter H. Poole Polymers Division and Center for Theoretical and Computational Materials Science, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899 Department of Physics, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada B2G 2W5 Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Western Onta...

In 2011, a panel of primary healthcare (PHC) providers in Nova Scotia rated 19 of 35 selected Canadian Institute for Health Information (2006) clinical quality indicators (QIs) as "acceptable." In this study, the authors explored the feasibility of extracting electronic medical record (EMR) data required to create these PHC QI measures.

BACKGROUND Pharmacists conduct medication reviews to optimize drug therapy. Each jurisdiction implements and funds these programs differently. OBJECTIVE To describe the uptake of the first year of a community pharmacy medication review program reimbursed by the publically insured seniors' drug benefit program in Nova Scotia, Canada. METHODS This retrospective analysis included 294 pharmacie...

PURPOSE To examine HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (statin) drug dispensing patterns to Nova Scotia Seniors' Pharmacare program (NSSPP) beneficiaries over a 14-year period in response to: 1) rosuvastatin market entry in 2003, 2) JUPITER trial publication in 2008, and 3) generic atorvastatin availability in 2010. METHODS All NSSPP beneficiaries who redeemed at least one prescription for a statin f...