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Mathieu J. P. Poirier

Researcher at York University

Publications -  18
Citations -  299

Mathieu J. P. Poirier is an academic researcher from York University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 12 publications receiving 160 citations. Previous affiliations of Mathieu J. P. Poirier include University of South Florida & McMaster University.

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Approaches and Alternatives to the Wealth Index to Measure Socioeconomic Status Using Survey Data: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis

TL;DR: A critical interpretive synthesis analyzes the appropriateness of wealth indices for measuring social health inequalities and provides an overview of alternative methods to calculate wealth indices using data captured in standardized household surveys.
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Impact of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on global cigarette consumption: quasi-experimental evaluations using interrupted time series analysis and in-sample forecast event modelling.

TL;DR: This study finds no evidence to indicate that global progress in reducing cigarette consumption has been accelerated by the FCTC treaty mechanism, which should caution against complacency in the global tobacco control community.
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Haiti National Program for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis—A Model of Success in the Face of Adversity

TL;DR: The LF program in Haiti has faced many challenges, including political crises, hurricanes, a devastating earthquake, and a deadly cholera outbreak in the earthquake's aftermath, but the program is integrated with soil-transmitted helminth (STH) control, is national in scope, and provides appropriate supportive care for persons suffering from LF morbidity.
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Measuring Haitian children's exposure to chikungunya, dengue and malaria.

TL;DR: Serological evidence indicates that there had been a rapid and intense dissemination of chikungunya virus in Haiti and the multiplex bead assay appears to be an appropriate serological platform to monitor the seroprevalence of multiple pathogens simultaneously.