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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
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Risk Equity: A New Proposal [PDF]

, 2007
What does distributive justice require of risk regulators? Various executive orders enjoin health and safety regulators to take account of “distributive impacts,” “equity,” or “environmental justice,” and many scholars endorse these requirements.
Adler, Matthew D.
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Defining Health Equity

HealthcarePapers, 2014
Most people, if asked, would say that they are in favour of health equity. The term connotes fairness, and justice, which many Canadians would see as consistent with our values. And yet, when we push further to define the actions necessary to drive improved health equity, it is apparent that substantive differences regarding how health equity is ...
Rachel, Solomon, Camille, Orridge
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Health Equity

JACC: Advances
This seminar will introduce our cross-journal Special Collection on Health Equity, held across our portfolio of open access public health and nursing journals. Featuring some of our expert Guest Editors from the series, we will discuss the key current topics and future directions in health equity by addressing the pressing questions facing this ...
K. Bryant Smalley, Jacob C. Warren, María Isabel Fernández   +2 more
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“The Health Equity Curse”: Ethical Tensions in Promoting Health Equity [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2020
Abstract Background: Public health (PH) practitioners have a strong moral commitment to health equity and social justice. However, PH values often do not align with health systems values, making it challenging for PH practitioners to promote health equity.
Bernie Pauly, Tina Revai, Lenora Marcellus, Wanda Martin, Kathy Easton, Marjorie MacDonald   +5 more
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Eliminating the White Supremacy Mindset from Global Health Education

Annals of Global Health, 2022
The term “decolonization” has been increasingly used to refer to the elimination of the colonial experience and its legacy. However, the use of this overarching term masks the real root of the problem.
Agnes Binagwaho, Brianna Ngarambe, Kedest Mathewos   +2 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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Restrictive ID policies: implications for health equity [PDF]

, 2018
We wish to thank Synod Community Services for their critical work to develop, support, and implement a local government-issued ID in Washtenaw County, MI.
AB Cox, AB Wilson, Alana M. W. LeBrón, AMW LeBrón, Brennan Center for Justice, E Graauw De, F Gany, J Bauer, J Hagan, Jorge Delva, K Hacker, Keta Cowan, L Mann, LJ Hardy, MA Barreto, Maria Ibarra-Frayre, N LaVigne, Nicole L. Novak, O Martinez, Olivia Temrowski, RB Toomey, RK Ditlmann, S Mathema, SD Rhodes, T Miller, TM Golash-Boza, TM Golash-Boza, William D. Lopez   +27 more
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Evaluation of a low-cost undergraduate digital medical curriculum platform in Rwanda: a mixed methods study

The Lancet Global Health, 2020
Background: The University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) is a new medical school in Rwanda that aims to train new physicians with competencies in global health delivery for Africa.
O Clarke, MSc, M Thomas, PhD, J Owolabi, PhD, D Seifu, PhD, T Le, MD, A Bekele, MD, R Ojiambo, PhD   +6 more
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Ethnic inequalities in child stunting and feeding practices: results from surveys in thirteen countries from Latin America

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020
Background Although the prevalence of child stunting is falling in Latin America, socioeconomic inequalities persist. However, there is limited evidence on ethnic disparities.
Giovanna Gatica-Domínguez, Marilia Arndt Mesenburg, Aluisio J. D. Barros, Cesar G. Victora   +3 more
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