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Development and implementation of a Facebook-based peer-to-peer support group for caregivers of children with health care needs in New Brunswick 在新不伦瑞克省为有保健需要的儿童的照料者建立和实施基于facebook的点对点支助小组

Healthy Populations Journal Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.15273/HPJ.V1I1.10644

K. Kelly, A. Luke, S. Doucet

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Assessing the Representation of People of African Descent on Nova Scotia’s Community Health Boards 评估非洲人后裔在新斯科舍省社区卫生委员会的代表性

Healthy Populations Journal Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.15273/HPJ.V1I1.10585

Ifeoluwatari Ajadi, J. Rodgers

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Exploring the Role of Leisure in Immigrant Students’ Lived and Embodied Experiences of Identity, Community, and Belonging within Halifax, Nova Scotia 探索休闲在新斯科舍省哈利法克斯移民学生的身份、社区和归属感的生活和具体化体验中的作用

Healthy Populations Journal Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.15273/HPJ.V1I1.10583

Giana Tomas

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The Morality of Suicide 自杀的道德

Healthy Populations Journal Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.15273/HPJ.V1I1.10589

M. Nashnoush, Muneeza Sheikh

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