Jonathan Dushoff

Biographic Data

ID6231794
NAMEJonathan Dushoff
GIVEN NAMESJonathan
FAMILY NAMEDushoff
SIGNATUREDUSHOFF J
AFFILIATIONSMcMaster University
ORCID0000-0003-0506-4794
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • A century of weekly notifiable disease incidence data by province in Canada

    Open AccessDavid J D Earn, Gabrielle MacKinnon et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Canadian notifiable disease surveillance programmes have recorded communicable disease incidence data, dating back to the late 19th century. A Public Health Agency of Canada web-portal provides summaries of these data from 1924–2023, but lacks details on how incidence varies seasonally and geographically among provinces. The sub-annual (weekly, monthly, quarterly) and sub-national (provincial, territorial) data required to study such patterns app…

  • From science to politics

    Open AccessChyun-Fung Shi, Matthew So et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Our study suggests that a transition of focus from science to politics on social media intensified the COVID-19 infodemic and may have weakened mitigation measures during the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is recommended that authorities should consider co-operating with reputable social media influencers to promote health campaigns and improve health literacy. In addition, given high levels of globalization of social platforms and pola…

  • Age-dependence of healthcare interventions for Covid-19 in Ontario, Canada

    Open AccessIrena Papst, Michael J Li et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    Our study demonstrates a significant need for hospitalization in middle-aged individuals and young seniors. This need is not captured by the distribution of deaths, which is heavily concentrated in very old ages. The probability of survival given hospitalization for COVID-19 is lower than is generally perceived for patients over 40. If acute care capacity is exceeded due to an increase in COVID-19 prevalence, the distribution of deaths could expa…

  • Patterns of seasonal and pandemic influenza-associated health care and mortality in Ontario, Canada

    Open AccessMichael J Li, Michael Li et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    Our empirical delay distributions and conditional probabilities should help facilitate more accurate forecasts in the future, including improved predictions of hospital bed demands during influenza outbreaks, and the expected effects of hospitalizations on epidemic dynamics

  • Traditional Male Circumcision is Associated with Sexual Risk Behaviors in Sub-Saharan Countries Prioritized for Male Circumcision

    Open AccessChyun-Fung Shi, Michael J Li et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2019

  • Partner age differences and associated sexual risk behaviours among adolescent girls and young women in a cash transfer programme for schooling in Malawi

    Open AccessRoxanne Beauclair, Jonathan Dushoff et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    Cash-transfer programmes may prevent HIV transmission in part by encouraging young women to form age-similar relationships, which are characterised by increased condom use and reduced sex frequency. The benefits of these programmes may extend to those who are not directly receiving the cash

  • Intimate partner violence is associated with HIV infection in women in Kenya

    Open AccessChyun-Fung Shi, Fiona G Kouyoumdjian et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    This study provides further evidence that IPV and HIV are associated. In addition, we found that this association remains even when we controlled for several HIV risk factors. This implies that IPV can be used as a marker of potential HIV risk, and may be causally associated with HIV risk. Further, these results suggest that IPV monitoring and prevention may have a useful role in HIV prevention in Kenya. Further research, ideally based on longitu…