Victor, Janice
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- ItemSociodemographic factors in older adults’ gait speed decline: a gender disaggregate growth curve analysis of the Ibadan Longitudinal Study of Ageing(Sage, 2025) Onyeso, Ogochukwu K.; Alumona, Chiedozie J.; Ojagbemi, Akin; Onyeso, Kelechi M.; Odole, Adesola C.; Victor, Janice; Doan, Jon; Bello, Toyin; Gureje, Oye; Awosoga, Olu A.Background Gait speed is an important predictor of older adults’ well-being. We estimated the influence of sociodemographic factors on the gait speed decline of community-dwelling older Nigerians. Methods Using the Ibadan Study of Ageing (2007, 2008, and 2009 cycles), we completed a gender disaggregate analysis of sociodemographic influences on participants’ gait speed trajectory using mixed-design ANOVA and growth curve analysis. Results At baseline, 53.2% of participants were female, 61.9% were married, with an average age of 75.5 ± 6.8 years and gait speed of 0.96 ± 0.32 m/s. Gender-specific models showed slower gait speed decline in men (β = −0.05, p < .001) compared to women (β = −0.09, p < .001). Widowhood (β = −0.07, p = .001) for women, high socioeconomic status (β = −0.01, p = .009) for men, and chronic disease burden for women (β = −0.02, p = .010) and men (β = −0.03, p = .008) were significant predictors of gait speed decline. Conclusion Addressing culture-related widowhood and women’s vulnerabilities, improving health coverage, and promoting lifestyle modifications may mitigate mobility decline among older Nigerians.
- ItemI’taamohkanoohsin (everyone comes together): (re)connecting Indigenous people experiencing homelessness and addiction to their Blackfoot ways of knowing(Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health, 2019) Victor, Janice; Shouting, Melissa; DeGroot, Chelsey; Vonkeman, Les; Brave Rock, Mark; Hunt, RogerAddiction and homelessness are closely related outcomes for many Indigenous Canadians who live with extensive intergenerational trauma caused by residential school and the 60s Scoop. In recent years, the rise of opioid addiction along with related overdoses and mortalities in many parts of Canada has led to what is being called an opioid crisis. (Re)connection to Indigenous ways of knowing and practices are frequently seen as a path to healing; therefore, an innovative grassroots program was developed recently in a southern Alberta city to address addictions and homelessness within a largely Blackfoot population. The program increased access to traditional cultural resources and activities in a visible, downtown location to a population who are among the most marginalized in society. A Two-Eyed Seeing framework was used perform a program evaluation and analyze participant and key informant interviews. The results indicated that attendance connected people with their spirits, inspiring strength and hope for the future, and ameliorated spiritual homelessness. The program formed a safe space where relationships were strengthened, people felt respected, and meaningful activity away from substances was available
- ItemI’taamohkanoohsin (everyone comes together): a Blackfoot cultural program supporting people with concurrent mental health challenges and other complex needs(Canadian Periodical for Community Studies Inc., 2018) Victor, Janice; DeGroot, Chelsey; Vonkeman, LesTrauma, addiction, and homelessness for Indigenous people are interwoven with colonialism and the loss of culture. I’taamohkanoohsin is a grassroots program that was developed to support healing and recovery for a highly marginalized Indigenous population with concurrent mental health challenges and other complex needs in a downtown core neighbourhood.
- ItemCare providers of Indigenous children and youth in the child welfare system: a scoping review(Wiley, 2025) Ervin, Amanda R.; Dirk, Anika J.; Odekina, Hannah I.; Shahrabi, Fatemeh S.; Luck, Chloe E.; Greenshields, Mary C.; Victor, Janice M.Indigenous children continue to be significantly over-represented in child welfare systems in Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. This scoping review represents a subset of a larger review, the objective of which was to consolidate the extant literature on Indigenous child welfare. The results from the broader review were categorized into 10 different subtopics, of which care provider experiences, the topic of this article, is just one. This review summarizes research pertaining to foster parents and kinship caregivers of Indigenous children within the child welfare system. Key findings included caregivers' financial challenges, rewards of fostering, barriers to providing Indigenous cultural and relational connections, barriers to recruiting Indigenous foster parents and mistrust of the child welfare system. Recommendations emphasized Indigenous-run programmes, education and training for service workers and recruiting foster families willing to maintain youth connections to family and culture. This review further identifies a small but growing collection of Indigenous-led or co-authored scholarship that is bringing more balance and knowledge to a topic still dominated by Western research models and biases.
- ItemSociodemographic determinants of mobility decline among community-dwelling older adults: findings from the Canadian longitudinal study on ageing(SpringerNature, 2025) Onyeso, Ogochukwu K.; Alumona, Chiedozie J.; Odole, Adesola C.; Victor, Janice; Doan, Jon; Awosoga, Olu A.Background Mobility is fundamental to healthy ageing and quality of life. Mobility decline has been associated with functional impairment, falls, disability, dependency, and death among older adults. We explored the sociodemographic determinants of mobility decline among community-dwelling older Canadians. Methods This study was a secondary analysis of a six-year follow-up of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Ageing (CLSA). Our analysis was based on 3882 community-dwelling older adults 65 years or older whose mobility was measured using timed-up and go (TUG) and 4-meter walk (4MWT) tests at baseline and follow-ups 1 and 2 after three- and six-year intervals, respectively. We analysed the cross-sectional and longitudinal association, main and interaction effects of the participants’ sociodemographic characteristics on mobility decline using chi-square, Pearson’s correlation, mixed-design repeated measures ANOVA, and bivariate and multivariate linear regression tests. Results At baseline, 52% of the participants were female, 70.4% were married, and the average age was 68.82 ± 2.78 years. Mean TUG and 4MWT scores were 9.59 ± 1.98 s and 4.29 ± 0.95 s, respectively. There was a strong positive longitudinal correlation between TUG and 4MWT (r = 0.65 to 0.75, p < 0.001), indicating concurrent validity of 4MWT. The multivariate linear regression (for TUG) showed that older age (β = 0.088, p < 0.001), being a female (β=-0.035, p < 0.001), retired (β=-0.058, p < 0.001), Canadian born (β=-0.046, p < 0.001), non-Caucasian (β=-0.063, p < 0.001), tenant (β = 0.050, p < 0.001), having no spouse/partner (β=-0.057, p < 0.001), household income of $50,000-$99,999 (β = 0.039, p < 0.001), wealth/investment lower than $50,000 (β=-0.089, p < 0.001), lower social status (β=-0.018,p = 0.025), secondary education and below (β = 0.043, p < 0.001), and living in certain provinces compared to others, were significant predictors of a six-year mobility decline. Conclusion Our study underscored the impact of modifiable and non-modifiable sociodemographic determinants of mobility trajectory. There is a need for nuanced ageing policies that support mobility in older adults, considering sociodemographic inequalities through equitable resource distribution, including people of lower socioeconomic backgrounds.