User profiles for Natasha Ruth Saunders

Natasha Saunders

The Hospital for Sick Children
Verified email at sickkids.ca
Cited by 2012

Utilization of physician-based mental health care services among children and adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada

NR Saunders, P Kurdyak, TA Stukel, R Strauss… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Public health measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 have heightened
distress among children and adolescents and contributed to a shift in delivery of mental health …

Use of the emergency department as a first point of contact for mental health care by immigrant youth in Canada: a population-based study

NR Saunders, PJ Gill, L Holder, S Vigod, P Kurdyak… - Cmaj, 2018 - Can Med Assoc
BACKGROUND: Emergency department visits as a first point of contact for people with
mental illness may reflect poor access to timely outpatient mental health care. We sought to …

Health care use and costs of children, adolescents, and young adults with somatic symptom and related disorders

NR Saunders, S Gandhi, S Chen, S Vigod… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Somatic symptom and related disorders are highly prevalent mental health
disorders among young people. Presentation can be varied, and patients often face long delays …

Changes in hospital-based care seeking for acute mental health concerns among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada …

NR Saunders, TA Stukel, R Strauss, L Fu… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
The extent of the mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and adolescents
is controversial. Freestanding pediatric hospitals and others have reported increasing …

Suicide and self-harm in recent immigrants in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study

NR Saunders, M Chiu, M Lebenbaum… - The Canadian …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To estimate the rates of suicide and self-harm among recent immigrants and to
determine which immigrant-specific risk factors are associated with these outcomes. Methods: …

Emergency department revisits by urban immigrant children in Canada: a population-based cohort study

NR Saunders, T To, PC Parkin, A Guttmann - The Journal of pediatrics, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives To examine the relationship between family immigrant status and unscheduled 7-day
revisits to the emergency department (ED) and to test this relationship within subgroups …

Trends in mental health service utilisation in immigrant youth in Ontario, Canada, 1996–2012: a population-based longitudinal cohort study

NR Saunders, M Lebenbaum, H Lu, TA Stukel… - BMJ open, 2018 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To describe trends in mental health service use of youth by immigration status and
characteristics. Design Population-based longitudinal cohort study from 1996 to 2012 using …

Suicide and self-harm trends in recent immigrant youth in Ontario, 1996-2012: a population-based longitudinal cohort study

NR Saunders, M Lebenbaum, TA Stukel, H Lu… - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To describe the trends in suicide and emergency department (ED) visits for self-harm
in youth by immigration status and immigrant characteristics. Design Population-based …

Implementation of a physician incentive program for 18-month developmental screening in Ontario, Canada

A Guttmann, NR Saunders, M Kumar, S Gandhi… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To evaluate factors associated with uptake of a financial incentive for developmental
screening at an enhanced 18-month well-child visit (EWCV) in Ontario, Canada. Study …

Unintentional injuries among refugee and immigrant children and youth in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cross-sectional study

NR Saunders, A Macpherson, J Guan… - Injury …, 2018 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Background Unintentional injuries are a leading reason for seeking emergency care. Refugees
face vulnerabilities that may contribute to injury risk. We aimed to compare the rates of …