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Preventing Mental Distress Among the Military

This first edition of our new CRDCN Research Highlight series summarizes research findings regarding the role of various factors on adverse mental health outcomes in the military. Based on the Canadian Community Health Survey - Canadian Forces Supplement, the study confirms that multiple traumatic experiences increase the risk of mental disorders, while perceived social support decreases it. Authors recommend adopting both pre-deployment and post-deployment strategies to reduce mental distress following combat and peacekeeping missions. Read on.

3 February, 2012 |

Low-income Dynamics and Determinants under Different Thresholds: New Findings for Canada in 2000 and Beyond

Two researchers from the Atlantic Data Centre publish a new study on low income in Canada.

17 November, 2011 |

RDC@Western Research Highlights

April 2011 Volume 5, Number 3

How continental Europe resembles North America: challenging the assumptions through a new approach to lifetime earnings inequality

Highlights from a study by Audra J. Bowlus and Jean-Marc Robin

30 April, 2011 |

RDC@Western Research Highlights

November 2010 Volume 5, Number 2
Location, location, location! Regional variations in social support in the Canadian Arctic

Highlights from a study by Chantelle A. M. Richmond

12 January, 2011 |

RDC@Western Research Highlights

October 2010 Volume 5, Number1
An ethnically diverse workforce plus good employee participation practices - a winning combination for organizational innovation

Highlights from a study by Yang Yang and Alison Konrad

RDC@Western Research Highlights is an online publication showcasing research at the University of Western Ontario's RDC.

2 November, 2010 |

RDC researchers at the forefront of Canadian public policy debates

Two-thirds of the articles in September's issue of Canada's well-reputed policy research journal Canadian Public Policy are based on studies by regular RDC users:

30 September, 2008 |

Caring for the care-givers

Men with dementia are in poorer health than women with dementia, yet their caregivers – usually their wives – get fewer home services than those who care for women with dementia, according to a recent analysis of CCHS data by Dorothy Forbes and colleagues at the University of Western Ontario's School of Nursing.

18 September, 2008 |

Computer use in schools: Bridging the gap or increasing the inequalities?

“Is there ever going to be a time when we stop and they catch up?” Just one of the questions raised by a Nova Scotian high school student in this thought-provoking 34-minute documentary on Technology Access and Use in High Schools: the Pitfalls and Promises. 

27 May, 2008 |

Clinical Depression in Canada

A Profile of Clinical Depression in Canada: A synthesis of research findings designed for policy makers and the public at large

2 April, 2008 |