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American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2021 Vidya, Krishnan, Marianna, Sockrider
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Equity in health systems [PDF]
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2013 The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has experienced remarkable progress in terms of economic development and health outcomes, enjoying a relatively good position in the developing world context. Unfortunately, this apparent privileged position in terms of accomplishments is based on regional averages that hide troubling and persistent ...
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Strategic Directions in Preventive Intervention Research to Advance Health Equity
Prevention Science, 2022 As commissioned by the Society for Prevention Research, this paper describes and illustrates strategic approaches for reducing health inequities and advancing health equity when adopting an equity-focused approach for applying prevention science evidence-
Rhonda C. Boyd +13 more
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Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, 2016 In national and international journals, dedication to the subject of social medicine and interrelated issues, such as health equity, social and cultural determinants in health and access to health care, is still rather simplistic. In a scenario of global crisis, Europe and Latin America are facing a time where they must rethink their respective health ...
Zélia Maria de Sousa Araújo Santos +2 more
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From lab to life: how wearable devices can improve health equity
Nature CommunicationsWearable devices can provide personalised medicine at the point of need, potentially increasing access to health services and therefore improving health equity. Here the authors discuss their experiences developing wearable devices for vulnerable patient
Jessica R. Walter +2 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic exposes and amplifies pre-existing inequalities even in places with relatively well-controlled outbreaks such as Hong Kong. This study aimed to explore whether the socioeconomically disadvantaged fare worse via various types of ...
Roger Yat-Nork Chung +8 more
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Achieving Greater Health Equity: An Opportunity for Anesthesiology
Anesthesia and Analgesia, 2022 Anesthesiology and anesthesiologists have a tremendous opportunity and responsibility to eliminate health disparities and to achieve health equity. We thus examine health disparity and health equity through the lens of anesthesiology and the perspective ...
Mofya S. Diallo +3 more
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Health Equity Talk: Understandings of Health Equity among Health Leaders
AIMS Public Health, 2017 Reducing health inequities is a stated goal of health systems worldwide. There is widespread commitment to health equity among public health leaders and calls for reorientation of health systems towards health equity. As part of the Equity Lens in Public Health (ELPH) program of research, public health decision makers and researchers in British ...
Phuc T H Dang +4 more
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International Journal of Integrated Care, 2019 Introduction: In Australia there has been a sharp increase in the proportion of older people who live alone. Living alone increases the risk of being socially isolated or experiencing loneliness.
Lou-Anne Blunden +9 more
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Centering Health Equity in Telemedicine
Annals of Family Medicine, 2022 In the wake of the racial injustices laid bare in 2020, on top of centuries of systemic racism, it is clear we need actionable strategies to fundamentally restructure health care systems to achieve racial/ethnic health equity.
C. Lyles +5 more
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