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Film Representation and Stigma of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Media representation of individuals with disabilities shapes public perception and understanding of disability. Individuals with intellectual disability (ID) often experience negative stigma from society. Results: Analyzed 16 films produced between 1939 and 2019. Sixteen films appeared on both lists.

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Patient experience with Social Prescribing Program in Ontario, Canada [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Social Prescribing (SP) is an approach to help individuals address their health and social needs wherein a healthcare practitioner refers patients to non-clinal services in the community. Models of SP vary, and the experience of patients across these models is less known.

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Declines in intensive care unit admissions in early COVID-19 pandemic among persons with dementia in three Canadian provinces [Acute and emergency care]

Annals of Family Medicine

Methods: We identified two closed cohorts of PLWD on March 3, 2019 (pre-pandemic) and March 1, 2020 (pandemic) and stratified them by community and nursing home settings Outcome measures: Rates of intensive care unit admissions. Results: Community cohorts included 160,288 (pre-pandemic) and 166,392 (pandemic) individuals.

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A portrait of primary care use in community dwelling persons with dementia in Quebec between 2018 and 2020 [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective To provide a comprehensive overview of primary care use among community-dwelling persons with dementia in Quebec from 2018 to 2020. Population Studied Community-dwelling persons aged 65 and older with a prevalent diagnosis of dementia on March 1st of 2018, 2019, and 2020. 60.8%, 60.2%, and 58.8%

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Describing family physicians with 'Care of the Elderly' added training or focused practice: A retrospective cohort study [Geriatrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

This specialized workforce has not yet been classified in health administrative data, limiting our understanding of their individual and medical practice characteristics. Objective: To identify and describe family physicians with ‘Care of the Elderly’ certification and/or focused practice.

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The Relationship Between Cardiovascular Risk, Gender Identity, Sex Assigned at Birth, and Depression Among Transgender People [Big data]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Significant structural barriers exist concerning access to healthcare for transgender (TG) individuals. Setting or Dataset: Secondary analysis of the CDC state-specific Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BFRSS) surveys conducted from 2019 to 2022. TG who had depression were approximately 4.4

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Psychedelics – reasons for caution: Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, Theora Cimino

GeriPal

In our prior podcast with Ira Byock on psychedelics in 2019 we talked primarily about the potential of psychedelics. Psychedelics have been used by communities around the globe for hundreds of years (or more). And yet there are reasons for caution. Ethical issues , including colonization of psychedelics by big pharma.