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The Health Equity Framework: A Science- and Justice-Based Model for Public Health Researchers and Practitioners

open access: yesHealth Promotion Practice, 2020
In this article, we describe a science- and justice-based framework for promoting health equity designed for researchers and practitioners working across public health and social science fields.
A. Peterson   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Confinement by Liquid‐Liquid Interface Replicates In Vivo Neutrophil Deformations and Elicits Bleb‐Based Migration

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Leukocytes sense mechanical cues provided by surrounding cells to regulate motility. Replicating the confining pressures applied by soft, elastic tissues in vitro is challenging. Here, the use of liquid‐liquid interfaces is introduced to model forces exerted by surrounding cells. Confining pressures are tunable by controlling interfacial curvature, and
Jonathan H. Schrope   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Equity in mental health

open access: yesEpidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 2006
SummaryAim– The aim of this paper is to discuss the study of equity in mental health contexts.Methods– We review major principles and theories of distributive justice, covering various disciplines such as ethics, philosophy, economics, medicine and sociology.
Martin Knapp, Roshni Mangalore
openaire   +3 more sources

Breaking the Barriers to Specialty Care: Practical Ideas to Improve Health Equity and Reduce Cost - Call to Action for a System-wide Focus on Equity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Tremendous health outcome inequities remain in the U.S. across race and ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation, socio-economic status, and geography—particularly for those with serious conditions such as lung or skin cancer, HIV/AIDS, or cardiovascular
Chris Carlson   +5 more
core  

State of Health Equity Movement, 2011 Update Part C: Compendium of Recommendations DRA Project Report No. 11-03 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
State of Health Equity Movement, 2011 Update Part C: Compendium of Recommendations DRA Project Report No.
Birnbaum, Nathan   +2 more
core   +1 more source

What matters for agricultural trade? Assessing the role of trade deal provisions using machine learning

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper employs machine learning to determine which preferential trade agreement (PTA) provisions are relevant to agricultural trade patterns and the factors that may influence their adoption. Utilizing the three‐way gravity model, we apply plug‐in Lasso regularized regression to pinpoint predictive PTA provisions for agricultural trade ...
Stepan Gordeev   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hospital admissions due to alcohol related disorders among young adult refugees who arrived in Sweden as teenagers – a national cohort study

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2017
Background Psychological distress and lack of family support may explain the mental health problems that are consistently found in young unaccompanied refugees in Western countries.
Hélio Manhica   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Detailed Comprehensive Role of Digital Technologies in Green Finance Initiative for Net‐Zero Energy Transition

open access: yesAdvanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
This study aims to provide actionable recommendations for leveraging digital innovation for the achievement of scalable, equitable, and transparent Net Zero Energy Transition by offering actionable recommendations. As a result of this comprehensive analysis, the review highlights the critical interplay between digital technologies and GF as vital ...
Furkan Ahmad   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Distributional Considerations in the Overregulation of Health Professionals, Health Facilities, and Health Plans [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Conover addresses the equity issue in health care spending. Conover concludes that the marginal impact of health regulation is to make the US health system more, rather than less ...
Conover, Christopher J.
core   +1 more source

Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in stunting prevalence in Latin America and the Caribbean countries: differences between quintiles and deciles

open access: yesInternational Journal for Equity in Health, 2019
Background With the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there is a renewed commitment of tackling the varied challenges of undernutrition, particularly stunting (SDG 2.2).
Maria del Pilar Flores-Quispe   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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