Claire de Oliveira 2024

Health service utilization, substance use treatment response, and death in patients with opioid use disorder and comorbid hepatitis C findings from prospective cohort study with administrative database linkage

Brittany Dennis, Glenda Babe, Anastasia Gayowsky, Tea Rosic, Myanca Rodrigues, Paxton Bach, Richard Perez, Claire de Oliveira, et al.

Among patients with opioid use disorder (OUD), high rates of overdose and death have been reported in subgroups with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). Evidence on the comorbid effect of HCV on clinical and substance use trajectories has been limited by small sample sizes, short…

Using "Big Data" to Provide Insights into Early Adopters of Continuing Professional Development: An Example from Project ECHO

Allison Crawford, Sanjeev Sockalingam, Eva Serhal, Carrol Zhou, Amanda Gambin, Claire de Oliveira, Tomisin Iwajomo, Paul Kurdyak

Mental health care is often managed in primary care with limited specialist support, particularly in rural and remote communities. Continuing professional development programs (CPD) can offer a potential solution to further mental health training; however, engaging…

Neonatal outcomes of pregnant women attending integrated and standard substance use treatment programs in Ontario, Canada

Karen Milligan, Lesley Tarasoff, Erica Rodrigues, Tomisin Iwajomo, Tara Gomes, Claire de Oliveira, Hilary Brown, Karen Urbanoski

Substance use in pregnancy raises concern given its potential teratogenic effects. Given the unique needs of parenting people and the potential impact for developing children, specialized substance use treatment programs are increasingly being implemented for…

Child health and its effect on adult social capital accumulation

Michael Lebenbaum, Claire de Oliveira, France Gagnon, Audrey Laporte

Although studies have demonstrated important effects of poor health in childhood on stocks of human and health capital, little research has tested economic theories to investigate the effect of child health on social…

The Economic Burden of Chronic Psychotic Disorders: An Incidence-based Cost-of-Illness Approach

Claire de Oliveira and Bryan Tanner

The economic burden of chronic psychotic disorders is substantial. However, few studies have employed an incidence based approach to estimate the economic burden of chronic psychotic disorders…

Genetic endowments for social capital: An investigation accounting for genetic nurturing effects

Michael Lebenbaum, France Gagnon, Claire de Oliveira, Audrey Laporte

Despite social capital having been shown to be important for health and well-being, relatively little research has examined genetic determinants. Genetic endowments for education have been shown to influence human, financial, and health capital, but few studies have examined social capital…

Microsimulation Models on Mental Health: A Critical Review of the Literature

Claire de Oliveira, Maria Ana Matias, Rowena Jacobs

A cursory glance of the literature suggests there are few microsimulation models on mental health. Furthermore, there has only been 1 systematic review examining simulation modeling (eg, microsimulation, discrete event simulation, Markov modeling) applied to mental health. However, this review is now outdated; moreover, it only…

Assessing the "Healthy Immigrant Effect" in Mental Health: Intra- and Inter-Cohort Trends in Mood and/or Anxiety Disorders.

Joyce Mason, Audrey Laporte, James McDonald, Paul Kurdyak, Ethan Fosse & Claire de Oliveira.

The healthy immigrant effect implies that, at the time of immigration, new immigrants are typically healthier than the Canadian-born population. Furthermore, this health advantage fades the longer cohorts of immigrants remain in the host country…