SNJ ASSOCIATES RESEARCH NEWS AND INFORMATION WEEKLY DIGEST Nov. 9, 2018 This week’s digest focuses on a quick introduction to wastewater epidemiology An emerging sub-field of epidemiology is Wastewater Epidemiology. Through examining the contents of wastewater, researchers are able to understand community patterns of chemical exposures, emergent diseases, and behavioral choices such as prescription and illicit […]
When we hear the word prescription, we all know that it means a doctor has given us medicine from the drug store or pharmacy. When we hear the term social prescribing, we may not really know what that means. Social prescribing is a way for doctors, nurses and other members of our healthcare teams to […]
SNJ ASSOCIATES RESEARCH NEWS AND INFORMATION WEEKLY DIGEST Aug. 31, 2018 This week’s digest focuses on the latest community project and SNJ Associates Continuing the Journey Together Toward Truth and Reconciliation: Better Together ~ Sharing Our Stories What Is The Lastest Community Project at SNJ Associates? The Destination Church in St. Thomas Ontario under the leadership of Beth Fellinger, [...]
SNJ ASSOCIATES RESEARCH NEWS AND INFORMATION WEEKLY DIGEST Feb. 9, 2017 This week’s digest focuses on what the National Cancer Institute says about marijuana (cannabis) and cannabinoids Cannabis and Cannabinoids in Medical Research: What Does the Evidence Say? What Does the National Cancer Institute say about cannabis and cannabinoids? First off, let's start with understanding what [...]
SNJ ASSOCIATES RESEARCH NEWS AND INFORMATION WEEKLY DIGEST Sept. 28, 2016 This week’s digest focuses on cord blood research Cord Blood Research Cord blood research became the focus of clinical research in the 1980s as it began to show promise in the treatment of blood diseases in children. Cord blood is an abundant supply of blood [...]
SNJ ASSOCIATES RESEARCH NEWS AND INFORMATION WEEKLY DIGEST Sept. 15, 2016 This week’s digest marks the return from our summer hiatus! Patient Safety Patient safety is the foundation of high-quality healthcare. Large numbers of patients are harmed or die each year because of unsafe care, or get injured inadvertently when seeking healthcare. Many patients die annually [...]
SNJ ASSOCIATES RESEARCH NEWS AND INFORMATION WEEKLY DIGEST June 27, 2016 This week’s digest takes a look at Ticks and Lyme Disease Ticks and Lyme Disease Lyme Disease is caused by a spiral-shaped bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi. Ticks that are infected transfer Lyme Disease when they bite us or our pets. Treatment for Lyme disease must [...]
SNJ ASSOCIATES RESEARCH NEWS AND INFORMATION WEEKLY DIGEST June 6, 2016 This week’s digest takes a look at drug-resistance infections from bacteria or superbugs EXPERTS CONCERNED OVER ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE CASES OF INFECTION Recently, researchers and clinicians have stated there is a new urgency in combating antibiotic resistance and treating infections caused by superbugs. Infections that are very [...]
An SNJ Associates Series: Research Methodology Issue 4: Hypothesis Testing (No Math….Yet) The focus of this post is hypothesis testing in research that uses a quantitative methodology. This post covers the very basic introduction of hypothesis testing. We are going to look at the language of hypothesis testing and define certain parts of hypothesis […]
An SNJ Associates Series: Research Methodology Issue 3: Operationalizing Quantitative Variables The focus of this post is operationalizing quantitative variables in research, which is a specific and very important part of the process to ensure valid and reliable data in any research study. In our last post Issue 2, we defined what a [...]
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