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Pandemic inequalities: emerging infectious diseases and health equity

open access: yesInternational Journal for Equity in Health, 2022
The frequency and scale of Emerging Infectious Diseases (EIDs) with pandemic potential has been increasing over the last two decades and, as COVID-19 has shown, such zoonotic spill-over events are an increasing threat to public health globally. There has
C. Bambra
semanticscholar   +1 more source

GRADE equity guidelines 3: considering health equity in GRADE guideline development: rating the certainty of synthesized evidence [PDF]

open access: yes, 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.   +33 more
core   +3 more sources

Intersectionality, health equity, and EDI: What’s the difference for health researchers?

open access: yesInternational Journal for Equity in Health, 2022
Many countries adopted comprehensive national initiatives to promote equity in higher education with the goal of transforming the culture of research. Major health research funders are supporting this work through calls for projects that focus on equity,
C. Kelly   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

GRADE equity guidelines 4: guidance on how to assess and address health equity within the evidence to decision process [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Objective: The aim of this paper is to provide detailed guidance on how to incorporate health equity within the GRADE (Grading Recommendations Assessment and Development Evidence) evidence to decision process.
Akl, Elie A   +19 more
core   +1 more source

How Do You Build a "Culture of Health"? A Critical Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities from Medical Anthropology. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Culture of Health Action Framework aims to "make health a shared value" and improve population health equity through widespread culture change.
Castañeda, Heide   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Ethnic inequalities in child stunting and feeding practices: results from surveys in thirteen countries from Latin America

open access: yesInternational 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Critical Role of Racial/Ethnic Data Disaggregation for Health Equity

open access: yesPopulation: Research and Policy Review, 2021
Population-level health outcomes and measures of well-being are often described relative to broad racial/ethnic categories such as White or Caucasian; Black or African American; Latino or Hispanic; Asian American; Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander; or
Tina J. Kauh   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Health equity and COVID-19: global perspectives

open access: yesInternational Journal for Equity in Health, 2020
The COVID-19 is disproportionally affecting the poor, minorities and a broad range of vulnerable populations, due to its inequitable spread in areas of dense population and limited mitigation capacity due to high prevalence of chronic conditions or poor ...
E. Shadmi   +17 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Grounding implementation science in health equity for cancer prevention and control

open access: yesImplementation Science Communications, 2022
The past decade of research has seen theoretical and methodological advances in both implementation science and health equity research, opening a window of opportunity for facilitating and accelerating cross-disciplinary exchanges across these fields ...
P. Adsul   +15 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Community health workers and health equity in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review and recommendations for policy and practice

open access: yesInternational Journal for Equity in Health, 2022
Background The deployment of Community Health Workers (CHWs) is widely promoted as a strategy for reducing health inequities in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Yet there is limited evidence on whether and how CHW programmes achieve this.
Sonia Ahmed   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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