Slatculescu, Andreea M.
Duguay, Claudia
Ogden, Nicholas H.
Sander, Beate
Desjardins, Marc
Cameron, D. William
Kulkarni, Manisha A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canada Research Chairs (CRC-950-232429)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (148714)
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation (ER-16-12-200)
Article History
Received: 9 November 2021
Accepted: 31 March 2022
First Online: 13 April 2022
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Ethics approval for this study was obtained from the Ottawa Public Health Research Ethics Board (no. 226–16) and the University of Ottawa Science and Health Sciences Research Ethics Board (H06-16–22). All methods were carried out in accordance with the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans – TCPS 2 (2018). Informed consent was not required for secondary use of data in accordance with TCPS 2 Article 5.5A. Access to Integrated Public Health Information System data was granted through data-sharing agreements with participating public health units. All data were aggregated to preserve anonymity.
: Not applicable. This article does not contain information from any individual person that would require consent.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.