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Mapping the Social Network Structure and Composition of Black Individuals With Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Conditions

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Our objective was to describe the social networks of Black individuals with rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions and understand the clustering of health‐related behaviors to inform future community‐based, peer‐led interventions. Methods We used an adapted Personal Network Survey for Clinical Research (PERSNET) to map the personal social ...
Taussia Boadi, Amar Dhand, Leah Santacroce, Neil Pillai, Komel Safdar, Mia T. Chandler, Ariel Childs, Monica Crespo‐Bosque, Gina Curry, Mary Dollear, Alice Eggleston, Daniel Erickson, Dieufort Fleurissaint, Denice Garrett, Gail Granville, Tyler Green, Magdalena Hamielec, Elena Losina, Karen Mancera‐Cuevas, Mary Ann Nelson, Chisa Nosamiefan, Bisola Ojikutu, Tonya S. Roberson, Mary Beth Son, Marie Jacques Toussaint, Michael York, Rosalind Ramsey‐Goldman, Candace H. Feldman   +27 more
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Impact Lessons: Engaging Marginalised Communities in National Policy Formation

, 2021
Explores six key benefits of involving marginalised groups in national policy formation which emerged from the Impact Initiative's ‘Engaging Marginalised Communities in National Policy Formation’ virtual event in June 2020.
Andy West (4578919), Kelly Shephard (19281442), Vicky Johnson (4711314)   +2 more
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We have a Plan: Voices from the Peripheral to Address Poor Academic Performance in the Vhembe East District of South Africa [PDF]

Journal of Education and Learning Technology
This empirical paper engages voices from the periphery to address poor academic performance in Vhembe East district, Limpopo province, South Africa.
Nephalama Avhatakali Amon
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Disparities and intersectionality in social support networks: addressing social inequalities during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought social injustice and inequalities to the forefront of global public health. Members of marginalised communities, such as racial/ethnic and sexual minorities, and persons with disabilities, have been shown to be more ...
Yusen Zhai, Xue Du
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Are current aid strategies marginalising the already marginalised? Cases from Tanzania

, 2009
Engaging with and assisting marginalised communities remains a major challenge for governments of developing countries, as many national development strategies tend in practice to further marginalise chronically poor communities.
Kinsella, Jim, Brehony, Eamonn
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Is an Apple an Orange? A Large Language Model Benchmark for Candidate Term Extraction and Subclass Decisions Against Upper Ontologies in Engineering and Materials Science

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Building machine‐readable vocabularies for materials science is slow, expert‐driven work. This study benchmarks 13 large language models on two of its first steps: finding candidate terms in engineering articles and deciding where they belong in a class hierarchy.
Thomas Bjarsch, Maximilian Holland, Klaus Drechsler, Johannes Schilp   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptive Foam 3D Printing of Ultralight and Multifunctional Materials

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Adaptive foam 3D printing, enabled by expandable microspheres, imparts cellular structures to thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers, manufactured through a variety of processes including fused filament fabrication, direct ink writing, digital light processing, and inkjet printing.
Nariman Rajabifar, Amir Ameli
wiley   +1 more source

Access to comprehensive primary care: A case study of Rohingya refugees and asylum seekers in Sydney, Australia

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2019
Can Get Health in Canterbury (CGHiC) is a locality-based project that aims to improve health and reduce inequities for marginalised culturally and linguistically diverse groups by increasing access to comprehensive primary health care services and ...
Gisselle Gallego, Barbara Hawkshaw, Jane Lloyd, Elizabeth Harris   +3 more
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Achieving equity in UHC interventions: who is left behind by neglected tropical disease programmes in Cameroon?

Global Health Action, 2021
Background: The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which pledge to leave no one behind for Universal health coverage (UHC) raise the importance of ensuring equitable health outcomes and healthcare delivery.
Makia Christine Masong, Kim Ozano, Marlene Siping Tagne, Marlene Ntchinda Tchoffo, Sharon Ngang, Rachael Thomson, Sally Theobald, Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuenté, Estelle Kouokam   +8 more
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Pilgrimage of Presence: Endledleni Diaconia in Marginalised Communities

The New Perspective in Theology and Religious Studies, 2023
This article explores the concept of Pilgrimage of Presence as an expression of diaconia in marginalised communities in Cape Town, South Africa. Traditionally the diaconal chain is from church to community or from Institution/ Organisation to the recipients of care. This article proposes that diaconia happens in the encounter between the church and the
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