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A survey of food bank operations in five Canadian cities by Tarasuk, Valerie, Dachner, Naomi, Hamelin, Anne-Marie, Ostry, Aleck, Williams, Patricia, Bosckei, Elietha, Poland, Blake, Raine, Kim

“…Food banks have emerged in response to growing food insecurity among low-income groups in many affluent nations, but their ability to manage this problem is…”
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A systematic review of the job-stress intervention evaluation literature, 1990-2005 by Lamontagne, Anthony D, Keegel, Tessa, Louie, Amber M, Ostry, Aleck, Landsbergis, Paul A

“…Ninety reports of systematic evaluations of job-stress interventions were rated in terms of the degree of systems approach used. A high rating was defined as…”
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Psychosocial and other working conditions in relation to body mass index in a representative sample of Australian workers by Ostry, Aleck S, Radi, Samia, Louie, Amber M, LaMontagne, Anthony D

“…The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between psychosocial and other working conditions and body-mass index (BMI) in a working population. This…”
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Job strain - attributable depression in a sample of working Australians: assessing the contribution to health inequalities by LaMontagne, Anthony D, Keegel, Tessa, Vallance, Deborah, Ostry, Aleck, Wolfe, Rory

“…The broad aim of this study was to assess the contribution of job strain to mental health inequalities by (a) estimating the proportion of depression…”
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Air pollution, neighbourhood and maternal-level factors modify the effect of smoking on birth weight: a multilevel analysis in British Columbia, Canada by Erickson, Anders C, Ostry, Aleck, Chan, Hing Man, Arbour, Laura

“…Maternal smoking during pregnancy negatively impacts fetal growth, but the effect is not homogenous across the population. We sought to determine how the…”
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Work, Obesity, and Occupational Safety and Health by Schulte, Paul A, Wagner, Gregory R, Ostry, Aleck, Blanciforti, Laura A, Cutlip, Robert G, Krajnak, Kristine M, Luster, Michael, Munson, Albert E, O'Callaghan, James P, Parks, Christine G, Simeonova, Petia P, Miller, Diane B

“…There is increasing evidence that obesity and overweight may be related, in part, to adverse work conditions. In particular, the risk of obesity may increase…”
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Job Strain and Shift Work Influences on Biomarkers and Subclinical Heart Disease Indicators: A Pilot Study by Wong, Imelda S., Ostry, Aleck S., Demers, Paul A., Davies, Hugh W.

“…This pilot study is one of the first to examine the impact of job strain and shift work on both the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and the…”
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Psychosocial and other working conditions: Variation by employment arrangement in a sample of working Australians by LaMontagne, Anthony D., Smith, Peter M., Louie, Amber M., Quinlan, Michael, Ostry, Aleck S., Shoveller, Jean

“…Background The evidence linking precarious employment with poor health is mixed. Self‐reported occupational exposures in a population‐based Australian sample…”
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A comparison between the effort-reward imbalance and demand control models by Ostry, Aleck S, Kelly, Shona, Demers, Paul A, Mustard, Cameron, Hertzman, Clyde

“…To compare the predictive validity of the demand/control and reward/imbalance models, alone and in combination with each other, for self-reported health status…”
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Methods for mapping local food production capacity from agricultural statistics by Morrison, Kathryn T., Nelson, Trisalyn A., Ostry, Aleck S.

“…► Interest in local foods has increased; policy requires regional agricultural data. ► Existing data sets can be used to map local food capacity. ► Where food…”
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Was Thomas McKeown right for the wrong reasons? by Ostry, Aleck S., Frank, John

“…Thomas McKeown was right in his primary claim that changing environments, rather than improved medical care, were responsible for much of the long wave of…”
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Exploring Public Health's roles and limitations in advancing food security in British Columbia by Seed, Barbara A., Lang, Tim M., Caraher, Martin J., Ostry, Aleck S.

“…OBJECTIVES:This research analyzes the roles and limitations of Public Health in British Columbia in advancing food security through the integration of food…”
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Hospital support services and the impacts of outsourcing on occupational health and safety by Siganporia, Pearl, Astrakianakis, George, Alamgir, Hasanat, Ostry, Aleck, Nicol, Anne-Marie, Koehoorn, Mieke

“…Background: Outsourcing labor is linked to negative impacts on occupational health and safety (OHS). In British Columbia, Canada, provincial health care…”
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Application of Bayesian spatial smoothing models to assess agricultural self-sufficiency by Morrison, Kathryn T., Nelson, Trisalyn A., Nathoo, Farouk S., Ostry, Aleck S.

“…With the rising oil prices, climate change, and the ever increasing burden of nutrition-related disease, food security is of growing research interest in…”
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Food Sales Outlets, Food Availability, and the Extent of Nutrition Policy Implementation in Schools in British Columbia by Rideout, Karen, Levy-Milne, Ryna, Martin, Carla, Ostry, Aleck S.

“…Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the number and types of different food sales outlets, the types of foods offered for sale in all school…”
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Unwanted sexual advances at work: variations by employment arrangement in a sample of working Australians by Lamontagne, Anthony D, Smith, Peter M, Louie, Amber M, Quinlan, Michael, Shoveller, Jean, Ostry, Aleck S

“…We tested the hypothesis that the risk of experiencing unwanted sexual advances at work (UWSA) is greater for precariously-employed workers in comparison to…”
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Stakeholder perceptions of job stress in an industrialized country: Implications for policy and practice by Page, Kathryn M., LaMontagne, Anthony D., Louie, Amber M., Ostry, Aleck S., Shaw, Andrea, Shoveller, Jeannie A.

“…We used a secondary, qualitative analysis of stakeholder perceptions of work stress in Australia to characterize the context for policy and practice…”
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The impact of psychosocial work conditions on attempted and completed suicide among western Canadian sawmill workers by OSTRY, ALECK, MAGGI, STEFANIA, TANSEY, JAMES, DUNN, JAMES, HERSHLER, RUTH, CHEN, LISA, LOUIE, A. M., HERTZMAN, CLYDE

“…Background: Using a large cohort of western Canadian sawmill workers (n=28,794), the association between psychosocial work conditions and attempted and…”
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The impact of recession on the health of rural citizens in British Columbia, Canada by Ostry, Aleck S

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Rural-urban migration patterns and mental health diagnoses of adolescents and young adults in British Columbia, Canada: a case-control study by Maggi, Stefania, Ostry, Aleck, Callaghan, Kristy, Hershler, Ruth, Chen, Lisa, D'Angiulli, Amedeo, Hertzman, Clyde

“…The identification of mental health problems early in life can increase the well-being of children and youth. Several studies have reported that youth who…”
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