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Developing a Database of Structural Racism–Related State Laws for Health Equity Research and Practice in the United States

Public health reports (1974), 2021
Objectives Although US state laws shape population health and health equity, few studies have examined how state laws affect the health of marginalized racial/ethnic groups (eg, Black, Indigenous, and Latinx populations) and racial/ethnic health ...
Madina Agénor, Carly Perkins, C. Stamoulis, R. D. Hall, M. Samnaliev, Stephanie Berland, S. Bryn Austin   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
openaire   +4 more sources

Perceived safety in community and service settings among young adults experiencing homelessness: Differences by sexual and gender identity

American Journal of Community Psychology, Volume 70, Issue 3-4, Page 340-351, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Homelessness poses risks to the health and safety of young adults; particularly among sexual and gender minority (SGM) young adults. The current study sought to better understand service use and perceived safety in community and service settings among SGM and cisgender heterosexual (cis‐hetero) young adults experiencing homelessness. Data come
Graham DiGuiseppi, Sara Semborski, Harmony Rhoades, Jeremy Goldbach, Benjamin F. Henwood   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the experiences of traditional practitioners while managing hypertension in Rwanda

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
Background Hypertension (HTN) is a major global health concern, affecting approximately 1.28 billion adults worldwide. In Rwanda, hypertension contribute to 2.81 of the disability adjusted life years (DALYs) and 1.87% of hypertensive heart disease ...
Liberee Kubwimana, Marie Immaculee Dusingize, Delphine Mizero, Gislaine Mutatsineza, Fred Nkurunziza, Peace Ingabire, Arsene Hobabagabo, Rex Wong   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

An intersectional analysis of the composite index of anthropometric failures in India

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2021
Background Nutritional inequality in India has been estimated typically using stunting, wasting and underweight separately which hide the overall magnitude and severity of undernutrition.
Sabu Ulahannan Kochupurackal, Yogish Channa Basappa, Sangeetha Joice Vazhamplackal, Prashanth N Srinivas   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Novel CHMP2B Splicing Variant in Atypical Presentation of Familial Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT C‐truncating variants in the charged multivesicular body protein 2B (CHMP2B) gene are a rare cause of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), previously identified only in Denmark, Belgium, and China. We report a novel CHMP2B splice‐site variant (c.35‐1G>A) associated with familial FTLD in Spain. The cases were two monozygotic male twins who
Sara Rubio‐Guerra, Sara Bernal, David Almenta, Josefina Pérez‐Blanco, Valle Camacho, Isabel Sala, Mª Belén Sánchez‐Saudinós, Jesús García Castro, Judit Selma‐González, Miguel Ángel Santos‐Santos, Álvaro Carbayo, Janina Turon‐Sans, Ricard Rojas‐Garcia, Daniel Alcolea, Juan Fortea, Alberto Lleó, Oriol Dols‐Icardo, Ignacio Illán‐Gala   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implementation beyond the clinic: Community‐driven utilization of research evidence from PC CARES, a suicide prevention program

American Journal of Community Psychology, Volume 70, Issue 3-4, Page 365-378, December 2022., 2022
Abstract While implementation and dissemination of research is a rapidly growing area, critical questions remain about how, why, and under what conditions everyday people integrate and utilize research evidence. This mixed‐methods study investigates how participants of Promoting Community Conversations About Research to End Suicide (PC CARES) make ...
Lauren A. White, Lisa Wexler, Addie Weaver, Roberta Moto, Tanya Kirk, Suzanne Rataj, Lucas Trout, Diane McEachern   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding rapid implementation from discovery to scale: Rwanda’s implementation of rotavirus vaccines and PMTCT in the quest to reduce under-5 mortality

BMC Pediatrics
Background Over the last eight decades, many evidence-based interventions (EBIs) have been developed to reduce amenable under-5 mortality (U5M). Implementation research can help reduce the lag between discovery and delivery, including as new EBIs emerge,
Felix Sayinzoga, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Jovial Thomas Ntawukuriryayo, Caroline Beyer, Kateri B. Donahoe, Agnes Binagwaho   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experience of South and Southeast Asian minority women in Hong Kong during COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023
Background Hong Kong has a relatively low incidence rate of COVID-19 across the globe. Nevertheless, ethnic minorities in Hong Kong, especially South Asians (SAs) and Southeast Asians (SEAs), face numerous physical, mental, social, economic, cultural and
Roger Yat-Nork Chung, Tobey Tsz-Yan Lee, Siu-Ming Chan, Gary Ka-Ki Chung, Yat-Hang Chan, Samuel Yeung-Shan Wong, Eric Lai, Hung Wong, Eng Kiong Yeoh, Michael Marmot, Jean Woo   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Two-stage Bayesian Model for Assessing the Geography of Racialized Economic Segregation and Premature Mortality Across US Counties [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
Racialized economic segregation, a key metric that simultaneously accounts for spatial, social and income polarization, has been linked to adverse health outcomes, including morbidity and mortality; however, statistical methods for measuring the association between racialized economic segregation and health outcomes are not well-developed and are ...
arxiv