Andrea S Gershon

Biographic Data

ID5408082
NAMEAndrea S Gershon
GIVEN NAMESAndrea S
FAMILY NAMEGershon
SIGNATUREGERSHON A S
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Toronto
ORCID0000-0002-0246-594X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Spiro

    Open AccessPat G Camp, Chris Carlsten1 et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2026

    Background: The purpose of SPIRO is to increase access to and use of spirometry (the gold standard to diagnose and manage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), with a specific focus on improving the health outcomes of people in remote, rural, and First Nations communities. Approach: We utilize an integrated, equity-focused, learning health system (LHS) approach to provide spirometry and associated respiratory care services to remote, rural, and…

  • Uptake and cardiac events of Covid-19 vaccinations among Canadian youth and young adults

    Open AccessKimball Zhang, Emilie Terebessy et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Few studies have examined population-level data of the COVID-19 original and bivalent vaccine on its uptake and potential side effects. We used population-based health administrative data from Jan 2021–Feb 2023 to identify Ontario residents aged 12–35 years old to calculate their rates of COVID-19 vaccine uptake and vaccine-related cardiac events (myocarditis and pericarditis). Multivariable Cox, logistic, and negative binomial regression analyse…

  • Trends in outpatient and inpatient visits for separate ambulatory-care-sensitive conditions during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessTetyana Kendzerska, David T Zhu et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Background: The COVID-19 pandemic led to global disruptions in non-urgent health services, affecting health outcomes of individuals with ambulatory-care-sensitive conditions (ACSCs). Methods: We conducted a province-based study using Ontario health administrative data (Canada) to determine trends in outpatient visits and hospitalization rates (per 100,000 people) in the general adult population for seven ACSCs during the first pandemic year (Marc…

  • Canadian healthcare workers’ mental health and health behaviours during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessVincent Gosselin Boucher, Brook L Haight et al.ARTICLECanadian Journal of Public Health2023Cited by: 1References: 38

    Results demonstrate that the impacts of COVID-19 on HCWs' mental health and health behaviours were significant, and varied by sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., sex, age, income)

  • Is asthma a vanishing disease? A study to forecast the burden of asthma in 2022

    Open Accessthe RESPONSE Team, Ted To et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    These projections will help inform health care planners and decision-makers regarding resource allocation to optimize asthma outcomes

  • Global asthma prevalence in adults

    Open AccessTed To, Teresa To et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2012

    This study provides a global estimate of the burden of asthma in adults, and suggests that asthma continues to be a major public health concern worldwide. The high prevalence of smoking remains a major barrier to combating the global burden of asthma. While the highest prevalence rates were observed in resource-rich countries, resource-poor nations were also significantly affected, posing a barrier to development as it stretches further the deman…

  • A Spatial Analysis of Asthma Prevalence in Ontario

    Open AccessEric Crighton, Eric J Crighton et al.ARTICLECanadian Journal of Public Health2012Cited by: 1References: 21