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Using Health Literacy as a Tool for Equity and Engagement in Health Systems

Journal of Health Research
Background: Health literacy (HL) is among the evidence-based strategies to promote health equity and communities/individuals’ engagement to attain higher health outcomes. Method: Invited commentary.
Catina O'Leary, Stephanie Gonzalez, Mark Valenti   +2 more
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Donning the ‘Slow Professor’: A Feminist Action Research Project

Radical Teacher, 2020
  Corporatization of Higher Education has introduced new performance measurements as well as an acceleration of academic tasks creating working environments characterised by speed, pressure and stress.
Sara Ashencaen Crabtree, Ann Hemingway, Sue Sudbury, Anne Quinney, Maggie Hutchings, Luciana Esteves, Shelley Thompson, Helen Jacey, Anita Diaz, Peri Bradley, Jenny Hall, Michele Board, Anna Feigenbaum, Lorraine Brown, Vanessa Heaslip, Liz Norton   +15 more
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COVID-19 disinformation and political engagement among communities of color: The role of media literacy

Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, 2021
Communities of color, suffering equity gaps and disproportionate COVID-19 effects, also must resist ongoing disinformation campaigns designed to impede their political influence.
Erica Weintraub Austin, Porismita Borah, Shawn Domgaard   +2 more
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Comparative Evaluation of Hemodiafiltration, Hemoperfusion, and Standard Hemodialysis on Efficacy, Inflammatory Control, Dialysis Adequacy, and Safety in End‐Stage Renal Disease: A Prospective Observational Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Chronic micro‐inflammation in patients with end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) is a significant driver of cardiovascular complications and diminished quality of life. While standard hemodialysis (SHD) effectively manages small‐molecule clearance, its ability to remove medium‐to‐large uremic toxins—the primary catalysts of systemic ...
Hongwei Zuo, Weisi Dai, Jie Mao, Mei Ye, Xingshan Lu, Xiaocui Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diabetic Retinopathy–An Underdiagnosed and Undertreated Inflammatory, Neuro-Vascular Complication of Diabetes

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2019
Diabetes mellitus is a world-wide epidemic and diabetic retinopathy, a devastating, vision-threatening condition, is one of the most common diabetes-specific complications.
Stephen H. Sinclair, Stephen H. Sinclair, Stanley S. Schwartz   +2 more
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Enteropathogenic E. coli shows delayed attachment and host response in human jejunum organoid‐derived monolayers compared to HeLa cells

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) infects the human intestinal epithelium, resulting in severe illness and diarrhoea. In this study, we compared the infection of cancer‐derived cell lines with human organoid‐derived models of the small intestine. We observed a delayed in attachment, inflammation and cell death on primary cells, indicating that host ...
Mastura Neyazi, Pilar Samperio Ventayol, Natalie Burkard, Nicolas Schlegel, Carmen Aguilar, Sina Bartfeld   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adapting WHO's Step‐By‐Step Digital Intervention for Anxiety and Depression for Delivery Via Radio: Development, Piloting and Mixed‐Methods Evaluation of the Lumuno Radio Campaign In Zambia

Mental Health Science
Introduction Digital self‐help interventions for mental health can improve symptoms of common mental disorders such as depression and anxiety. However, such online interventions remain inaccessible to the majority of people in LMICs due to a lack of ...
Abbie Clare, Rina Mukumba, Megan Mclaren, Naeem Dalal, Joanna Murray, Sonali Wayal, Jennifer Hollowell   +6 more
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Testing delivery of components of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia to breast cancer survivors by smart speaker: a study protocol

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2022
Background Insomnia is common in breast cancer survivors (BCS), affecting an estimated 30–50% of the 3.8 million BCS in the US. Insomnia is associated with health consequences for cardiometabolic and immune systems, neurobehavioral function, depression ...
Claire M. Starling, Daniel Greenberg, Eric Zhou, Daniel Lewin, Allison S. Morrow, Daniel Lieberman, Callen Shaw, Hannah Arem   +7 more
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Organoids in pediatric cancer research

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Organoid technology has revolutionized cancer research, yet its application in pediatric oncology remains limited. Recent advances have enabled the development of pediatric tumor organoids, offering new insights into disease biology, treatment response, and interactions with the tumor microenvironment.
Carla Ríos Arceo, Jarno Drost
wiley   +1 more source

`Human clones talk about their lives': Media representations of assisted reproductive and biogenetic technologies

, 2007
This article examines New Zealand print media representations of assisted reproductive and related biogenetic technologies, conceptualized as the products of a concordance of interest between media workers and reproductive specialists, biogenetic ...
Michelle, Carolyn
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