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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is having a profound effect on all aspects of society, including mental health and physical health. We explore the psychological, social, and neuroscientific effects of COVID-19 and set out the immediate ...
Emily A. Holmes +25 more
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Health and Health Determinants
This chapter aims at providing the student with a general overview of the Health and Health Determinantsbasic concepts. More precisely, this chapter provides a definition and explanation of health and health determinants and presents an overview of measures in epidemiology.
Diomidous, M., Magdalinou, A.
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Scale development and validation are critical to much of the work in the health, social, and behavioral sciences. However, the constellation of techniques required for scale development and evaluation can be onerous, jargon-filled, unfamiliar, and ...
Godfred O. Boateng +4 more
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Mental Health and the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Mental Health and the Covid-19 Pandemic Many aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the public health response to it will undoubtedly contribute to widespread emotional distress and increased risk fo...
B. Pfefferbaum, C. North
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Dissecting racial bias in an algorithm used to manage the health of populations
Racial bias in health algorithms The U.S. health care system uses commercial algorithms to guide health decisions. Obermeyer et al. find evidence of racial bias in one widely used algorithm, such that Black patients assigned the same level of risk by the
Z. Obermeyer +3 more
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This chapter reviews differences with respect to health outcomes within and between countries, and the role of the ‘social determinants of health’—family, household, community, and societal conditions—in shaping these outcomes.
P. Ocampo
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