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{"title":"Sociodemographic and endogenous factors associated with access to eye care in Canada, 2016 to 2019.","authors":"Philippe Finès","doi":"10.25318/82-003-x202201200003-eng","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25318/82-003-x202201200003-eng","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Eye care is important, but it is not always promoted as much as other aspects of health. A visit to an eye care professional is made when need, stimulus, access and availability exist.</p><p><strong>Data and methods: </strong>Data from cycles 5 and 6 (2016 to 2019) of the Canadian Health Measures Survey were used. Analyzed variables were related to sociodemographic characteristics, general health, behaviour and eye health. Estimates were obtained using survey weights, and 95% confidence intervals were obtained with bootstrap weights.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>From 2016 to 2019, 75% of people diagnosed with diabetes visited an eye care professional during the previous year. For people not diagnosed with diabetes, the rate varied, at 57% for those aged 6 to 18 years, 40% for those aged 19 to 64, and 63% for those aged 65 to 79. For those aged 6 to 64, wearing glasses and having access to a family doctor were the main factors associated with a visit to an eye care professional in the previous year. For those aged 65 to 79, cataracts, sex, marital status and self-perceived quality of life were the most significant factors.</p><p><strong>Interpretation: </strong>Although wearing glasses or having eye diseases was associated with a visit to an eye care professional, this study revealed additional emerging associated factors: access to a family doctor for people aged 6 to 64, and an excellent or very good self-perceived quality of life for those aged 65 to 79.</p>","PeriodicalId":49196,"journal":{"name":"Health Reports","volume":"33 12","pages":"24-36"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10616821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The role of neighbourhood environments in hospitalization risk for diabetes and related conditions: A population-based cohort analysis by remoteness and deprivation indices.","authors":"Neeru Gupta,&nbsp;Dan Lawson Crouse,&nbsp;Pablo Miah,&nbsp;Tim Takaro","doi":"10.25318/82-003-x202201200001-eng","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25318/82-003-x202201200001-eng","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Most socio-epidemiological studies on diabetes incidence, prevalence, or hospitalization focus on individual-level risk factors. This population-based cohort study sought to advance understanding on the associations of contextual characteristics and risk of diabetes-related avoidable hospitalization (DRAH) among at-risk Canadians.</p><p><strong>Data and methods: </strong>A national cohort was compiled from the 2013/2014 Canadian Community Health Survey, representing 5.1 million adults aged 35 years and older, reporting having been diagnosed with diabetes, hypertension, or heart disease. Their information was linked longitudinally to hospitalization data from the 2013/14 to 2017/18 Discharge Abstract Database as well as to measures of geographic variability from the Material and Social Deprivation Index and the Index of Remoteness. Cox regression models were used to examine associations between the contextual indices and first occurrence of a DRAH.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Residents in the most rural and remote communities were 50% more likely (hazard ratio (HR): 1.51, 95% confidence interval (95% CI): 1.26 to 1.80) to experience a DRAH than those in the most urbanized and accessible communities, and residents in the most socially deprived areas were significantly more likely (HR: 1.44, 95% CI: 1.26 to 1.65) to be hospitalized than those in the most socially privileged areas, controlling for individuals' sociodemographic characteristics and health behaviours. Neighbourhood material deprivation did not exercise a statistically significant influence on hospitalization risk after adjusting for the other residential characteristics.</p><p><strong>Interpretation: </strong>There is a clear and significant gradient in diabetes-related hospitalization risk among Canadians with an underlying cardiometabolic condition by degree of residential remoteness and of neighbourhood social deprivation, independently of individual characteristics and despite Canada's universal healthcare system.</p>","PeriodicalId":49196,"journal":{"name":"Health Reports","volume":"33 12","pages":"3-13"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10616822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adolescent social media use and its association with relationships and connections: Canadian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children, 2017/2018.","authors":"Suzy-Lai Wong,&nbsp;Nathan King,&nbsp;Geneviève Gariépy,&nbsp;Valerie Michaelson,&nbsp;Olivia Canie,&nbsp;Matthew King,&nbsp;Wendy Craig,&nbsp;William Pickett","doi":"10.25318/82-003-x202201200002-eng","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25318/82-003-x202201200002-eng","url":null,"abstract":"Background\u0000The development of healthy relationships and connections is of fundamental importance to adolescent well-being. The use of social media plays a vital role in the lives of young Canadians, yet the association between different types of social media use and the quality of relationships and connections remains unknown, and most existing analyses on this topic are based on modest and non-representative samples.\u0000\u0000\u0000Data and methods\u0000Using 2017/2018 reports from the nationally representative Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study (n=17,149; ages 11 to 15 years), the strength, consistency and significance of associations was examined between intensive (frequent use to connect with other people) and problematic (use that depicts addictive qualities) social media use and available measures of adolescent relationships and connections.\u0000\u0000\u0000Results\u0000Overall, intensive use (online communication with others almost all of the time) and problematic use (potential addiction to social media) were more common in girls than boys (38% of girls versus 30% of boys and 7.7% of girls versus 5.2% of boys, respectively), with prevalence levels that rose with age. Intensive use was associated with more positive social relationships with friends, especially among girls (relative risk [RR] = 1.40 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.28 - 1.54]), while problematic use was consistently and negatively associated with strong relationships and connections in all groups in the study. Notably, problematic use was negatively associated with strong family relationships in boys (RR = 0.58 [95% CI 0.42 to 0.79]) and girls (RR=0.48 [95% CI 0.36 to 0.63]).\u0000\u0000\u0000Interpretation\u0000Intensive use of social media has the potential to strengthen relationships and connections in adolescents. However, when social media use becomes addictive or \"problematic\", it is highly correlated with weaker relationships and a sense of social disconnection. Public health initiatives related to social media use should consider how different types of social media use have the potential to impact on different aspects of health.","PeriodicalId":49196,"journal":{"name":"Health Reports","volume":"33 12","pages":"14-23"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10616820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Difficulties accessing health care in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: Comparing individuals with and without chronic conditions.","authors":"Kristyn Frank","doi":"10.25318/82-003-x202201100002-eng","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25318/82-003-x202201100002-eng","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Individuals with chronic conditions have higher levels of health care usage and may be at higher risk of more severe outcomes from COVID-19. Therefore, they may have experienced greater difficulty accessing health care during the pandemic because of restrictions on health care services.</p><p><strong>Data and methods: </strong>Data from the Survey on Access to Health Care and Pharmaceuticals During the Pandemic were used to estimate the proportion of individuals in Canada, with and without chronic conditions, who experienced difficulties accessing health care services during the pandemic. Multivariate analyses examined associations between demographic, socioeconomic and health characteristics and the likelihood of experiencing difficulties accessing health care during the pandemic.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Nearly one-third (32.0%) of individuals who self-reported having one or more chronic conditions and 24.2% of those who reported no conditions had one or more medical appointments cancelled, rescheduled or delayed because of COVID-19. Smaller proportions of individuals with (19.5%) and without (16.8%) chronic conditions delayed contacting a medical professional because of fear of exposure to COVID-19 in health care settings. Individuals who were younger or had a disability were also more likely than older individuals or those without a disability, respectively, to have had a medical appointment cancelled, rescheduled or delayed because of the pandemic. Women, immigrants, and individuals with multiple chronic conditions were more likely than their counterparts (men, Canadian-born individuals, and individuals with no chronic conditions, respectively) to have delayed contacting a medical professional because of fear of exposure to COVID-19.</p><p><strong>Interpretation: </strong>Individuals with chronic conditions were more likely than those with no chronic conditions to have experienced difficulties accessing health care during the pandemic. Consequently, these individiuals may be at greater risk of experiencing health challenges in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":49196,"journal":{"name":"Health Reports","volume":"33 11","pages":"16-26"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9180137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Health associations with meeting the new Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines recommendations according to body mass index classes in Canadian adults.","authors":"Aurélie Baillot,&nbsp;Jean-Philippe Chaput,&nbsp;Stéphanie A Prince,&nbsp;Ahmed Jérôme Romain,&nbsp;Rachel C Colley,&nbsp;Justin J Lang","doi":"10.25318/82-003-x202201100001-eng","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25318/82-003-x202201100001-eng","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Data on meeting the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for adults (24-H Guidelines) and associations with health indicators by body mass index (BMI) class are needed to support public health surveillance. The aim of this study was to describe the proportion of Canadian adults meeting individual and various combinations of the 24-H Guidelines by BMI class and their association with health indicators.</p><p><strong>Data and methods: </strong>Data from the cross-sectional Canadian Health Measures Survey cycles 1 to 4 (2007 to 2015, n = 10,515 adults aged 18 to 79 years) were used. Daily time spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary behaviour were assessed using accelerometry. Sleep duration, recreational screen time, chronic conditions, sociodemographic characteristics, and general and mental health were self-reported. The BMI, waist circumference, blood pressure and aerobic fitness were directly measured. Respondents were classified as meeting the 24-H Guidelines when: • the MVPA was 150 minutes per week or more; • sedentary time was nine hours or less per day; • recreational screen time was three hours or less per day; • sleep duration was seven to nine hours per day for individuals aged 18 to 64 years or seven to eight hours per day for individuals aged 65 years and older.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Significantly fewer adults with overweight (6.1%) or class I (4.3%) and class II or III (3.9%) obesity met all three 24-H Guidelines compared with those with normal weight (9.5%). Meeting all three or two recommendations of the 24-H Guidelines was generally associated with a lower waist circumference, higher aerobic physical fitness and self-perceived general health regardless of BMI class.</p><p><strong>Interpretation: </strong>Canadian adults living with overweight and obesity are less likely to meet the 24-H Guidelines. Most of the benefits associated with meeting the 24-H Guidelines are observed regardless of BMI status.</p>","PeriodicalId":49196,"journal":{"name":"Health Reports","volume":"33 11","pages":"3-15"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10611597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Data profile: The Statistics Canada Biobank.","authors":"Natalie Cross,&nbsp;Janine Clark,&nbsp;Carol Perez-Iratxeta,&nbsp;Audra Nagasawa","doi":"10.25318/82-003-x202201100003-eng","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25318/82-003-x202201100003-eng","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The Statistics Canada Biobank (Biobank) is a valuable source of nationally representative health information. It contains biospecimens collected from the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) and the Canadian COVID-19 Antibody and Health Survey (CCAHS). Both surveys are voluntary and aim to collect a variety of important health information from Canadians to create nationally representative estimates. This information is collected through questionnaires, physical measures, and self-administered sample collection. Biospecimens collected as part of the CHMS and CCAHS from consenting participants include whole blood, plasma, serum, urine, DNA samples, and dried blood spots. These samples are stored as part of the Biobank for future health research. Canadian researchers can apply to the Biobank program to use this nationally representative source of biospecimens. Results obtained from their research can also be combined with a wide variety of health and lifestyle information collected as part of the CHMS and CCAHS, making the Biobank a rich source of health-related information that can fill data gaps on the health concerns that are important to Canadians. This data resource profile provides an overview of the Biobank to inform researchers and data users about the program and how it can be used as a resource for the advancement of health-related research.</p>","PeriodicalId":49196,"journal":{"name":"Health Reports","volume":"33 11","pages":"27-34"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9163255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Canadian Bikeway Comfort and Safety metrics (Can-BICS): National measures of the bicycling environment for use in research and policy.","authors":"M. Winters, J. Beairsto, C. Ferster, Karen Labaree, Kevin Manaugh, T. Nelson","doi":"10.25318/82-003-x202201000001-eng","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25318/82-003-x202201000001-eng","url":null,"abstract":"Background\u0000The lack of consistent measures of the cycling environment across communities hampers cycling research and policy action. Our goal was to develop the first national dataset in Canada for metrics of the cycling environment at the dissemination area (DA) level - the Canadian Bikeway Comfort and Safety (Can-BICS) metrics.\u0000\u0000\u0000Data and methods\u0000The Can-BICS metrics are area-level metrics based on the quantity of cycling infrastructure within a 1 km buffer of the population-weighted centroid of DAs. The base data are a national cycling network dataset derived from OpenStreetMap (OSM) (extracted January 25, 2022) and classified by high-, medium- and low-comfort facilities. A Can-BICS continuous metric (sum of cycling infrastructure per square kilometre weighted by comfort class) and Can-BICS categorical metric were derived and mapped for all 56,589 DAs in Canada. The Can-BICS metrics were correlated with other national datasets (2016 Canadian Active Living Environments [Can-ALE] and 2016 Census journey-to-work data) to test for associations between Can-BICS and related measures. Additionally, city staff were engaged to provide feedback on metrics during the development phase.\u0000\u0000\u0000Results\u0000One-third (34%) of neighbourhoods in Canada have no cycling infrastructure. According to the categorical measure, 5% of all DAs were assigned as the highest category of Can-BICS (corresponding to 6% of the population) and were nearly all within metro areas. The Can-BICS continuous metric had low correlation with bike-to-work rates (R = 0.29) and was more strongly correlated with sustainable-transportation-to-work rates (R = 0.56) and the Can-ALE metrics (R=0.62). These correlations were variable across cities.\u0000\u0000\u0000Interpretation\u0000The Can-BICS metrics provide national research- and practice-ready measures of cycling infrastructure. The metrics complement existing measures of walking and transit environments (Can-ALE), collectively providing a cohesive set of active living measures. The datasets and code are publicly available, facilitating updates as new infrastructure is built.","PeriodicalId":49196,"journal":{"name":"Health Reports","volume":"33 10 1","pages":"3-13"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43157398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How sedentary are Canadian adults? It depends on the measure.","authors":"R. Colley, J. Lang, T. Saunders, K. C. Roberts, Gregory P Butler, Stephanie A. Prince","doi":"10.25318/82-003-x202201000002-eng","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25318/82-003-x202201000002-eng","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction\u0000The new Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Adults aged 18-64 years and Adults aged 65 years and older recommend that adults limit daily sedentary time to eight hours or less, including three hours or less of recreational screen time. The eight-hour recommendation was centred between the evidence from research using self-reported sitting time (threshold: seven hours or less per day) and accelerometer-measured sedentary time (threshold: nine hours or less per day). The purpose of this study is to compare the percentages of Canadians meeting three different sedentary thresholds (three hours or less per day of screen time, seven hours or less per day of self-reported sitting time and nine hours or less per day of accelerometer-measured sedentary time).\u0000\u0000\u0000Methods\u0000This analysis is based on 2,511 adults (aged 18 to 79 years) from Cycle 3 of the Canadian Health Measures Survey, in 2012 and 2013. Screen time and sitting time were assessed via self-report, and average daily sedentary time was assessed using a hip-worn Actical accelerometer.\u0000\u0000\u0000Results\u0000Adults self-reported an average daily screen time of 3.2 hours (95% confidence interval [CI]: 3.0 to 3.5) and an average daily sitting time of 5.7 hours (95% CI: 5.4 to 6.0). According to accelerometry data, adults accumulated an average of 9.8 hours per day (95% CI: 9.7 to 9.9) of sedentary time. Adherence varied, with 57.7% meeting the self-reported recreational screen time threshold of three hours or less per day, 71.7% meeting the self-reported sitting time threshold of seven hours or less per day and 26.5% meeting the accelerometer-measured sedentary time threshold of nine hours or less per day.\u0000\u0000\u0000Interpretation\u0000The percentage of Canadian adults meeting the three different sedentary behaviour thresholds varied widely. The findings in this article highlight the difference in sedentary time between what Canadians report versus what is measured by an accelerometer.","PeriodicalId":49196,"journal":{"name":"Health Reports","volume":"33 10 1","pages":"14-27"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47767520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Compliance with precautions to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in Canada.","authors":"Jonathan Cabot,&nbsp;Tracey Bushnik","doi":"10.25318/82-003-x202200900001-eng","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25318/82-003-x202200900001-eng","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian public health officials have mandated and recommended precautions to slow the spread of COVID-19. This study examined which population groups were less compliant with precautions, such as mask-wearing and self-isolating, and where they were located in Canada.</p><p><strong>Data and methods: </strong>Results are from the Canadian COVID-19 Antibody and Health Survey, a national survey aimed at estimating how many Canadians who were older than one year and living in private households had antibodies in their blood against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Questionnaire data were collected in the 10 provinces and 3 territorial capitals, from November 2020 to April 2021. Respondents were asked about compliance with precautions related to COVID-19. Weighted prevalences and logistic regression models were used to identify which population groups were less compliant with precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and where they were located in Canada.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Significant differences in compliance with precautions were found by sex, region, urban versus rural location, age, income, presence of chronic conditions, household size and work status. With covariate adjustment, Canadians who were less compliant with precautions were males, those living in the territorial capitals, those in rural areas, and people aged 34 and younger (compared with people aged 65 and older). Additional differences were found when analyzing compliance with consistently recommended precautions compared with those usually recommended.</p><p><strong>Interpretation: </strong>As Canada continues to navigate the waves of the pandemic, and with the emergence of new variants, precautions are still being mandated or recommended in many jurisdictions and locations. Continuing to understand which population groups were less compliant in earlier waves and where they were located in Canada can be beneficial to ongoing and future public health efforts to slow the transmission of COVID-19.</p>","PeriodicalId":49196,"journal":{"name":"Health Reports","volume":"33 9","pages":"3-10"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33493512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An analysis of cannabis home cultivation and associated risks in Canada, before and after legalization.","authors":"Nick Cristiano,&nbsp;Karen Pacheco,&nbsp;Elle Wadsworth,&nbsp;Christina Schell,&nbsp;Nayani Ramakrishnan,&nbsp;Elissa Faiazza,&nbsp;Elisabeth Beauchamp,&nbsp;Sarah Wood","doi":"10.25318/82-003-x202200900003-eng","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25318/82-003-x202200900003-eng","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In 2018, Canada legalized the use and sale of non-medical cannabis, with most provinces also permitting home cultivation. To advance the knowledge of home cultivation patterns in Canada within the context of legalization, this study examines (1) the demographics and use patterns of cannabis home growers before and after legalization and (2) the relationship between home cultivation and cannabis-related risks, including workplace use and driving after cannabis use(DACU).</p><p><strong>Data and methods: </strong>The study is based on seven waves of the National Cannabis Survey, dating from 2018 to 2019. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze home cultivation across several individual and sociodemographic characteristics pre- and post-legalization. Logistic regression was used to examine whether home cultivation is correlated to selected cannabis-related risks.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The rate and demographics of home cultivation remained relatively unchanged post-legalization. Those most likely to cultivate cannabis post-legalization were male; 35 years and older; not single; married, common law, divorced, separated or widowed; lived in the Atlantic provinces; consumed cannabis medically or medically and non-medically on a daily or almost daily basis; had more than a high school diploma; and reported \"smoking\" as their primary consumption method. Home cultivation was correlated to workplace use but not to DACU.</p><p><strong>Interpretation: </strong>The research provides early insights into home cultivation within a legalized framework. It also shows a relationship between home cultivation and certain cannabis-related risks (e.g., workplace use), suggesting a need for future research to determine whether tailored education and policy interventions are needed to target cannabis home growers.</p>","PeriodicalId":49196,"journal":{"name":"Health Reports","volume":"33 9","pages":"21-31"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33493514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}