Ten years after daily physical activity was mandated in elementary schools, many Ontario teachers report students aren’t getting their 20 minutes of exercise each school day, says a University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ public health researcher.
Have you had an exceptional teaching assistant (TA) in the School of Public Health and Health Systems? Nominate them for the Teaching Assistant Excellence Award!
Very sick children in need of mental health treatment are ending up in adult psychiatric units because there’s nowhere for them to go when they are in crisis, says a À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ researcher.
Providers of mental-health services still rely on intervention techniques such as physical restraint and confinement to control some psychiatric hospital patients, a practice which can cause harm to both patients and care facilities, according to a new study from the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ
Researchers at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ led the development of the assessment criteria and quality measures that will allow people to compare data of more than 1,000 facilities.
A team of innovators from the School of Public Health and Health Systems at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ has won the Infoway Innovation Award as part of the Hacking Health Design Challenge held during e-Health 2015.Â
It may use the most simple of technology, but a new water filtration system is transforming thousands of lives in the Dominican Republic.
Michael MacKinley and Sierra Palaniyandi of the School of Public Health and Health Systems were selected as this year's winners of the 2015 Applied Health Sciences (AHS) heat of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.
Type 2 diabetes is associated with worse performance on cognitive tests measuring abilities involved in the control of emotions, behaviours and thought, says a new study from the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.
Smart mattresses designed to prevent bedsores and sensors able to track night wandering are just two of the projects researchers from the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ will lead for AGE-WELL, one of five new Networks of Centres of Excellence in Canada.