Jeanne V A Williams

Biographic Data

ID5409645
NAMEJeanne V A Williams
GIVEN NAMESJeanne V A
FAMILY NAMEWilliams
SIGNATUREWILLIAMS J V A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Calgary
ORCID0000-0003-0051-9868
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR13
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Longitudinal effects of neighbourhoods’ material and social deprivation on psychological distress of adults in Canada

    Open AccessVandad Sharifi, Gina Dimitropoulos et al.ARTICLECanadian Journal of Public Health2025References: 27

  • Outdoor Air Pollution and Depression in Canada

    Open AccessAshley K Dores, Gordon H Fick et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    To assess whether exposure to increased levels of outdoor air pollution is associated with psychological depression, six annual iterations of the Canadian Community Health Survey ( n ≈ 127,050) were used to estimate the prevalence of a major depressive episode (2011-2014) or severity of depressive symptoms (2015-2016). Survey data were linked with outdoor air pollution data obtained from the Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium…

  • A growing need for youth mental health services in Canada

    Open AccessKathryn Wiens, Asmita Bhattarai et al.ARTICLEEpidemiology and Psychiatric…2020

    Aims The mental health of youth is continually changing and requires reliable monitoring to ensure that adequate social and economic resources are allocated. This study assessed trends in mental health among Canadian youth, 12–24 years old. Specifically, we examined the prevalence of poor/fair perceived mental health, diagnosis of mood and anxiety disorders, suicidality, perceived stress and sleep problems, substance use, and mental health consul…

  • The Association of Active Living Environments and Mental Health

    Open AccessAysha Lukmanji, Jeanne V A Williams et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    Environments that promote use of active transport (walking, biking, and public transport use) are known as "active living environments" (ALE). Using a Canadian national sample, our aim was to determine if ALEs were associated with mental health outcomes, including depressive symptoms, and mood and anxiety disorders. Data from the Canadian Community Health Survey from 2015-2016 was used for demographic characteristics and mental health outcomes ( …

  • Depression and suicide ideation in late adolescence and early adulthood are an outcome of child hunger

    Open AccessLee Mcintyre, Lynn Mcintyre et al.ARTICLEJournal of Affective Disorders2013

  • Recreational Physical Activity Ameliorates Some of the Negative Impact of Major Depression on Health-Related Quality of Life

    Open AccessScott B Patten, Jeanne V A Williams et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2013

    Recreational physical activity appears to ameliorate some of the decline in HRQoL seen in association with MDE. Physical activity may be an effective tertiary preventive strategy for this condition

  • Depression and painful conditions

    Open AccessScott B Patten, Jeanne V A Williams et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2013

  • P2-84 Chronic conditions and major depression in community-dwelling older adults

    Kirsten M Fiest, K Fiest et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2011

    Objectives To estimate (1) the prevalence of long-term medical conditions and of comorbid major depression, and (2) the associations between major depression and various chronic medical conditions in a general population of older adults (over 50 years of age) and in persons who are traditionally classified as seniors (65 years and older). Methods Data from the Canadian Community Health Survey- Mental Health and Wellbeing (CCHS-1.2) were analysed.…

  • Allergies and major depression

    Open AccessScott B Patten, Jeanne V A Williams et al.ARTICLEBioPsychoSocial Medicine2009

    BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional studies have reported associations between allergies and major depression but in the absence of longitudinal data, the implications of this association remain unclear. Our goal was to examine this association from a longitudinal perspective. METHODS: The data source was the Canadian National Population Health Survey (NPHS). This study included a short form version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CI…

  • Major Depression as a Risk Factor for High Blood Pressure

    Scott B Patten, Jeanne V A Williams et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2009

    Objective: To determine whether major depression (MD) leads to an increased risk of new-onset high blood pressure diagnoses. Methods: The data source was the Canadian National Population Health Survey (NPHS). The NPHS included a short-form version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI-SF) to assess MD and collected self-report data about professionally diagnosed high blood pressure and the use of antihypertensive medications. …

  • The effect of major depression on participation in preventive health care activities

    Open AccessScott B Patten, Jeanne V A Williams et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2009

    Whereas MDE might be expected to reduce the frequency of participation in screening activities, no evidence for this was found in the current analysis. Since people with MDE may contact the health system more frequently, this may offset any tendency of the illness itself to reduce participation in screening

  • The usefulness of the EQ-5D in differentiating among persons with major depressive episode and anxiety

    Open AccessAlison L Supina, Jeffrey Johnson et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2007

  • Epidemiological Associations between Gambling Behavior, Substance Use & Mood and Anxiety Disorders

    Open AccessNady el‐Guebaly, Nady el-Guebaly et al.ARTICLEJournal of Gambling Studies2006