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Making Communities More Visible: Equity‐Centered Data to Achieve Health Equity

Milbank Quarterly, 2023
Policy Points Despite decades of research exposing health disparities between populations and communities in the US, health equity goals remain largely unfulfilled.
N. Ponce, R. Shimkhada, Paris B. ADKINS‐JACKSON   +2 more
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Why and how a university in Rwanda is training its medical students in one health

Communications Medicine, 2022
Bayisenge et al. describe teaching One Health approaches to medical students at the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda. Wider implementation of this approach should enable a better response to the health challenges of our changing planet.
Ursin Bayisenge, Kelsey Ripp, Abebe Bekele, Phaedra Henley   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Implementation science should give higher priority to health equity

Implementation Science, 2021
Background There is growing urgency to tackle issues of equity and justice in the USA and worldwide. Health equity, a framing that moves away from a deficit mindset of what society is doing poorly (disparities) to one that is positive about what society ...
R. Brownson, S. Kumanyika, M. Kreuter, D. Haire-Joshu   +3 more
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A multisectoral approach to advance health equity in rural northern Arizona: county-level leaders’ perspectives on health equity

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Multisectoral and public–private partnerships are critical in building the necessary infrastructure, policy, and political will to ameliorate health inequity.
Dulce J. Jiménez, Samantha Sabo, Mark Remiker, Melinda Smith, Alexandra E. Samarron Longorio, Heather J. Williamson, Carmenlita Chief, Nicolette I. Teufel-Shone   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health equity in England: the Marmot review 10 years on

British medical journal, 2020
Ten years after the landmark review on health inequalities in England, coauthor Michael Marmot says the situation has become ...
M. Marmot
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A qualitative study to explore the healthcare-seeking experiences of men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW) in Rwanda

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Globally, men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW) encounter many challenging experiences when accessing health services compared to the general population.
Sandra Isano, Tsion Yohannes, Gloria Igihozo, Grace Iliza Ndatinya, Rex Wong   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Podoconiosis instruction at nursing schools in Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2022
Background Podoconiosis is a preventable, progressive, and non-infectious form of elephantiasis that can contribute to significant disability and economic burden when not treated early. Nurses play a critical role in early detection and response in rural
Lilian Nantume Wampande, Lamek Mageto Nyabuga, Kelly Fowler, Grace Chinelo Okengwu, Ursin Bayisenge, Janna M. Schurer   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Challenges and recommendations for wearable devices in digital health: Data quality, interoperability, health equity, fairness

PLOS Digital Health, 2022
Wearable devices are increasingly present in the health context, as tools for biomedical research and clinical care. In this context, wearables are considered key tools for a more digital, personalised, preventive medicine.
S. Canali, V. Schiaffonati, A. Aliverti
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Towards digital health equity - a qualitative study of the challenges experienced by vulnerable groups in using digital health services in the COVID-19 era

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has given an unprecedented boost to already increased digital health services, which can place many vulnerable groups at risk of digital exclusion.
A. Kaihlanen, L. Virtanen, Ulla Buchert, Nuriiar Safarov, Paula Valkonen, L. Hietapakka, I. Hörhammer, Sari Kujala, A. Kouvonen, T. Heponiemi   +9 more
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GRADE equity guidelines 3: considering health equity in GRADE guideline development: rating the certainty of synthesized evidence [PDF]

, 2017
Objectives: The aim of this paper is to describe a conceptual framework for how to consider health equity in the Grading Recommendations Assessment and Development Evidence (GRADE) guideline development process. Study Design and Setting: Consensus-
Akl, Elie A., Ansari, Mohammed T., Briel, Matthias, Christensen, Robin, Dans, Antonio, Dans, Leonila, Eslava-Schmalbach, J, Guyatt, Gordon, Hultcrantz, Monica, Jull, Janet, Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal, Lang, Eddy, Matovinovic, Elizabeth, Meerpohl, Joerg J., Morton, Rachael L., Mosdol, Annhild, Murad, M.Hassan, Petkovic, Jennifer, Pottie, Kevin, Schünemann, Holger, Sharaf, Ravi, Shea, Bev, Singh, Jasvinder A., Solà, Ivan, Stanev, Roger, Stein, Airton, Thabaneii, Lehana, Tonia, Thomy, Tristan, Mario, Tugwell, Peter, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Vitols, Sigurd, Watine, Joseph, Welch, Vivian A.   +33 more
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