Positive Living North

Voice-First Mental Health Care for Older Adults in Africa

This Viewpoint proposes voice-first systems as a design hypothesis warranting priority development and evaluation to support mental health care for older adults in Africa.

Fundamental movement skills among children participating in community sport programs in a northern Canadian city: implications for equitable access and physical literacy development

Fundamental movement skills (FMS) are an important component of physical literacy and are associated with children’s physical activity participation and longer-term health. However, many children demonstrate suboptimal motor competence, and opportunities for FMS development may v...

Stereotactic Prostate Cancer Ablative Re‐Irradiation: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis (SPARE)

ABSTRACT Background Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) is emerging as an alternative treatment for patients with locally recurrent prostate cancer after previous radiation. This approach allows for precise target coverage while limiting toxicity to surrounding organs. Howe...

Adaptation of the NAFKAM International Complementary and Alternative Medicine Questionnaire (ICAM-Q) to ICAM-Q -NG for assessment of CAM use in Nigeria

The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) continues to increase globally so also is the need for accurate assessment of its use among different populations. The aim of the study was to adapt and validate the Nigerian version of ICAM-Q named ICAM-Q-NG. The developmen...