Search Results - "Dancause, N"
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Climate Change, Physical Activity and Sport: A Systematic Review
Published in Sports medicine (Auckland) (01-05-2021)“…Background Climate change impacts are associated with dramatic consequences for human health and threaten physical activity (PA) behaviors. Objective The aims…”
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Interactions between rostral and caudal cortical motor areas in the rat
Published in Journal of neurophysiology (01-06-2015)“…In rats, forelimb movements can be evoked from two distinct cortical regions, the rostral (RFA) and the caudal (CFA) forelimb areas. RFA and CFA have numerous…”
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DNA methylation mediates the effect of maternal cognitive appraisal of a disaster in pregnancy on the child's C-peptide secretion in adolescence: Project Ice Storm
Published in PloS one (05-02-2018)“…Animal and human studies suggest that prenatal exposure to stress is associated with adverse health outcomes such as type 2 diabetes. Epigenetic modification,…”
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Disaster-related prenatal maternal stress influences birth outcomes: Project Ice Storm
Published in Early human development (01-12-2011)“…Abstract Background Previous research suggests that prenatal maternal stress (PNMS) impacts birth outcomes, but many human studies cannot distinguish between…”
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Participation of ipsilateral cortical descending influences in bimanual wrist movements in humans
Published in Experimental brain research (01-10-2020)“…There are contralateral and less studied ipsilateral (i), indirect cortical descending projections to motoneurons (MNs). We compared ipsilateral cortical…”
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Prenatal Stress due to a Natural Disaster Predicts Adiposity in Childhood: The Iowa Flood Study
Published in Journal of Obesity (01-01-2015)“…Prenatal stress can affect lifelong physical growth, including increased obesity risk. However, human studies remain limited. Natural disasters provide models…”
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Relationships between psychosocial distress and diet during pregnancy and infant birthweight in a lower-middle income country: 'healthy mothers, healthy communities' study in Vanuatu
Published in Annals of human biology (03-04-2018)“…Background: Maternal stress during pregnancy is associated with birth outcomes, including birthweight. Exposure to natural disasters during pregnancy provides…”
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Surveillance for malaria outbreak on malaria-eliminating islands in Tafea Province, Vanuatu after Tropical Cyclone Pam in 2015
Published in Epidemiology and infection (01-01-2017)“…The risk of malaria outbreak surfaced in Vanuatu after Tropical Cyclone (TC) Pam in March 2015. In June and July 2015 we conducted malariometric surveys on the…”
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Challenges and opportunities in rapid disaster research: lessons from the field in New Mexico and Vanuatu
Published in Frontiers in sociology (20-04-2023)“…Rapid research is essential to assess impacts in communities affected by disasters, particularly those communities made "hard-to-reach" due to their active…”
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Patterns of distress and psychosocial support 2 years post-displacement following a natural disaster in a lower middle income country
Published in Frontiers in public health (11-11-2022)“…Displacement due to natural disaster exposure is a major source of distress, and disproportionately affects people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)…”
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Impact of modernization on adult body composition on five islands of varying economic development in vanuatu
Published in American journal of human biology (01-11-2015)“…Objective The Republic of Vanuatu, similar to other South Pacific island nations, is undergoing a rapid health transition as a consequence of modernization…”
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Using multiple correspondence analysis to identify behaviour patterns associated with overweight and obesity in Vanuatu adults
Published in Public health nutrition (01-06-2019)“…The present study evaluates the use of multiple correspondence analysis (MCA), a type of exploratory factor analysis designed to reduce the dimensionality of…”
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Relationships between mental health and diet during pregnancy and birth outcomes in a lower‐middle income country: “Healthy mothers, healthy communities” study in Vanuatu
Published in American journal of human biology (01-05-2021)“…Poor maternal mental health during pregnancy is associated with adverse birth outcomes, including lower birthweight and gestational age. However, few studies…”
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Patterns of childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity during health transition in Vanuatu
Published in Public health nutrition (01-01-2012)“…Rapid economic development and subsequent changes in lifestyle and disease burdens ('health transition') is associated with increasing prevalence of obesity…”
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Psychosocial distress among women following a natural disaster in a low- to middle-income country: “healthy mothers, healthy communities” study in Vanuatu
Published in Archives of women's mental health (01-12-2019)“…Natural disasters have major consequences for mental health in low- and middle-income countries. Symptoms are often more pronounced among women. We analyzed…”
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Relationships between Prenatal Distress and Infant Body Mass Index in the First Year of Life in a Lower-Middle Income Country
Published in International journal of environmental research and public health (08-10-2020)“…Prenatal stress affects body composition in childhood and later in life. However, few studies assess body composition in infancy. Furthermore, most are in…”
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Psychosocial support during displacement due to a natural disaster: relationships with distress in a lower-middle income country
Published in International health (13-11-2019)“…Abstract Background Past studies show relationships between disaster-related displacement and adverse psychosocial health outcomes. The development of…”
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Coming to grips with economic development: Variation in adult hand grip strength during health transition in Vanuatu
Published in American journal of physical anthropology (01-12-2018)“…Objectives To determine whether (1) maximal handgrip strength (HGS) is associated with inter‐island level of economic development in Vanuatu, (2) how…”
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Disaster-related prenatal maternal stress explains increasing amounts of variance in body composition through childhood and adolescence: Project Ice Storm
Published in Environmental research (01-10-2016)“…The increasing prevalence of childhood obesity worldwide has become a public health issue. While many factors are involved in the development of obesity,…”
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