Singh, Sarah S.
Zhong, Shiran
Rogers, Kem A.
Hachinski, Vladimir C.
Frisbee, Stephanie J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Weston Brain Institute (TR202092, TR202092, TR202092, TR202092, TR202092)
Article History
Received: 22 June 2023
Accepted: 8 August 2023
First Online: 24 August 2023
Declarations
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: The Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS2): Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans describes five exemption categories: publicly available information (TCPS2 Article 2.2), naturalistic observation (TCPS2 Article 2.3), secondary use of anonymous information (TCPS2 Article 2.4), quality assurance/quality improvement/program evaluation (TCPS2 Article 2.5), and creative practice (TCPS2 Article 2.6). The Canadian Community Health Survey data, accessed for this study through the Research Data Center at the University of Western Ontario, is an anonymized secondary data source and so qualifies as exempt from REB review by the University of Western Ontario Research Ethics Board in accordance with TCPS2 Article 2.4. All research conducted in reference to this study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.