‘You adapt, and you try not to resent it’: a qualitative study exploring impacts of living with ticks and barriers to adopting preventive measures in Canada
Adaptations to TBDs are not always easy, consistent, or positive. This study is the first to describe the barriers to adopting preventive behaviours and impacts of living with ticks across multiple Canadian provinces. The themes and impacts identified in this study should provide insight for a variety of initiatives to be developed, implemented, and evaluated to improve quality of life and health outcomes related to TBDs in Canada.
Authors
- Patrick A. Leighton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5137-8909)
- Hélène Carabin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2822-4730)
- Valérie Hongoh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8498-6214)
- Natasha Bowser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0630-9880)
- Madison Robertson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5984-8098)
- Cécile Aenishaenslin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8594-4945)
- Lucie Richard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5969-4252)
- Catherine Bouchard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2606-3603)
Institutions
- Providence Health Care (CA)
- Public Health Agency of Canada (CA)
- Queen's University (CA)
- Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-08-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24042-y
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.12
Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research