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Vulnerable populations

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    Subjective social isolation or loneliness in older adults residing in social housing in Ontario: a cross-sectional study
    Gina Agarwal, Melissa Pirrie, Angela Gao, Ricardo Angeles and Francine Marzanek
    September 28, 2021 9 (3) E915-E925; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20200205
  • Open Access
    Buprenorphine–naloxone practice and attitudes in 22 Canadian emergency physician groups: a cross-sectional survey
    Andrew Kestler, Janusz Kaczorowski, Kathryn Dong, Aaron M. Orkin, Raoul Daoust, Jessica Moe, Kelsey Van Pelt, Gary Andolfatto, Michelle Klaiman, Justin Yan, Justin J. Koh, Kathryn Crowder, Devon Webster, Paul Atkinson, David Savage, James Stempien, Floyd Besserer, Jason Wale, Alice Lam and Frank Scheuermeyer
    September 21, 2021 9 (3) E864-E873; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20200190
  • Open Access
    Comparison of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 who did and did not live in residential care facilities in Montréal: a retrospective case series
    Jordan Mah, Anthony Lieu, Mark Palayew, Pouria Alipour, Ling Yuan Kong, Sunny Song, Adam Palayew, Marc Antoine Tutt-Guérette, Stephen Su Yang, Machelle Wilchesky, Jed Lipes, Laurent Azoulay and Christina Greenaway
    July 13, 2021 9 (3) E718-E727; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20200244
  • Open Access
    Understanding the health and housing experiences of refugees and other migrant populations experiencing homelessness or vulnerable housing: a systematic review using GRADE-CERQual
    Harneel Kaur, Ammar Saad, Olivia Magwood, Qasem Alkhateeb, Christine Mathew, Gina Khalaf and Kevin Pottie
    June 18, 2021 9 (2) E681-E692; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20200109
  • Open Access
    Identifying what matters most for the health of older adults in Alberta: results from a James Lind Alliance Research Priority Setting Partnership
    Heather M. Hanson, Katherine Cowan and Adrian Wagg
    May 21, 2021 9 (2) E522-E528; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20190225
  • Open Access
    Access to sexual and reproductive health care among young adult sex workers in Toronto, Ontario: a mixed-methods study
    Lori E. Ross, Andrea Sterling, Cheryl Dobinson, Carmen H. Logie and Sandra D’Souza
    May 14, 2021 9 (2) E482-E490; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20200049
  • Open Access
    Patterns of cost-related medication underuse among Canadian adults with cancer: a cross-sectional study using survey data
    Omar Abdel-Rahman and Scott North
    May 06, 2021 9 (2) E474-E481; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20200186
  • Open Access
    Exploring Métis health, spirituality and well-being: a patient-oriented community-based qualitative study with the Métis Nation of Alberta – Region 3
    Carla S. Ginn, Craig W.C. Ginn, Lawrence Gervais, Judy Gentes, Doreen Dumont Vaness Bergum, Noelle Rees, Travis Ronald, Tom Doupé and Ashley Camponi
    April 22, 2021 9 (2) E451-E458; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20200018
  • Open Access
    Factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 positivity in 20 homeless shelters in Toronto, Canada, from April to July 2020: a repeated cross-sectional study
    Tara Kiran, Amy Craig-Neil, Paul Das, Joel Lockwood, Ri Wang, Nikki Nathanielsz, Esther Rosenthal, Carolyn Snider and Stephen W. Hwang
    March 30, 2021 9 (1) E302-E308; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20200253
  • Open Access
    Virtual care use before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a repeated cross-sectional study
    R. Sacha Bhatia, Cherry Chu, Andrea Pang, Mina Tadrous, Vess Stamenova and Peter Cram
    February 17, 2021 9 (1) E107-E114; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20200311

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