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Gender in Climate Change: Safeguarding LGBTQ+ Mental Health in the Philippine Climate Change Response From a Minority Stress Perspective [PDF]

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2023
Climate-related events unevenly affect society, worsening mental health disparities among vulnerable populations. This paper highlights that lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender, queers, and other individuals identifying as sexual and gender minorities
Rowalt Alibudbud
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Digital phenotyping: An equal opportunity approach to reducing disparities in Alzheimer's disease and related dementia research

Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 2023
A rapidly aging world population is fueling a concomitant increase in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementias (ADRD). Scientific inquiry, however, has largely focused on White populations in Australia, the European Union, and North America.
Gabrielle B. Britton, Li‐Kai Huang, Alcibiades E. Villarreal, Allan Levey, Anthony Philippakis, Chaur‐Jong Hu, Cheng Chang Yang, Declare Mushi, Diana C. Oviedo, Giselle Rangel, Jor Sam Ho, Louisa Thompson, Mahdi Khemakhem, Makayla Ross, María B. Carreira, Nicole Kim, Philip Joung, Omar Albastaki, Po Chih Kuo, Spencer Low, Stella‐Maria Paddick, Yi‐Chun Kuan, Rhoda Au   +22 more
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Resolving ethical challenges when researching with minority and vulnerable populations: LGBTIQ victims of violence, harassment and bullying [PDF]

Research Ethics, 2016
This article provides an analysis of the issues and ethical challenges faced in a study with LGBTIQ student participants concerning their experiences of violence, harassment and bullying in tertiary settings. The authors detail the ethical challenges behind the development of the project, and around conducting research with a minority and vulnerable ...
Roffee, James A., Waling, Andrea
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Historically Black Medical Schools: Addressing the Minority Health Professional Pipeline and the Public Mission of Care For Vulnerable Populations [PDF]

Journal of the National Medical Association, 2009
Substantial changes in not only access to care, cost, and quality of care, but also health professions education are needed to ensure effective national healthcare reform. Since the actionable determinants of health such as personal beliefs and behaviors, socioeconomic factors, and the environment disproportionately affect the poor (and often racial ...
Keith C, Norris, Richard S, Baker, Robert, Taylor, Valerie, Montgomery-Rice, Eve J, Higginbotham, Wayne J, Riley, John, Maupin, Sylvia, Drew-Ivie, Joan Y, Reede, Gary, Gibbons   +9 more
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A participatory practice study for the improvement of sub-regional health vulnerabilities: a qualitative study

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background This study aimed to explore the experiences of the residents of Samho-dong with the health environment in the local community, and their in-depth opinions on health promotion using a photovoice methodology. Alternatives to improve health among
Jeehee Pyo, Haneul Lee, Yangwha Kang, Jaewook Oh, Minsu Ock   +4 more
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Demographics, clinical interests, and ophthalmology skills confidence of medical student volunteers and non-volunteers in an extracurricular community vision screening service-learning program

BMC Medical Education, 2022
Background Medical school curricular hours dedicated to ophthalmology are low and declining. Extracurricular ophthalmology activities, such as participation in community vision screenings, may serve an important adjunctive role in medical school ...
Eleanor Burton, Lama Assi, Hursuong Vongsachang, Bonnielin K. Swenor, Divya Srikumaran, Fasika A. Woreta, Thomas V. Johnson   +6 more
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The Study on Stress, Spirituality, and Health (SSSH): Psychometric Evaluation and Initial Validation of the SSSH Baseline Spirituality Survey

Religions, 2021
This paper describes the development and initial psychometric testing of the baseline Spirituality Survey (SS-1) from the Study on Stress, Spirituality, and Health (SSSH).
Erica T. Warner, Blake Victor Kent, Ying Zhang, M. Austin Argentieri, Wade C. Rowatt, Kenneth Pargament, Harold G. Koenig, Lynn Underwood, Shelley A. Cole, Martha L. Daviglus, Alka M. Kanaya, Julie R. Palmer, Tianyi Huang, Mark A. Blais, Alexandra E. Shields   +14 more
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Immigration status as a determinant of health information-seeking behavior among undergraduates of color at an urban commuter college [PDF]

Health Promotion Perspectives, 2022
Background: Health information-seeking behavior (HISB) of college students is of importance due to health information inconsistencies at a time when personal independence and concurrent personal health decision making may be increased.
Vincent Jones II, Sungwoo Kim, Apeksha H. Mewani, Erin T. Jacques, Mary-Andrée Ardouin-Guerrier, Shyanne Huggins, Corey H. Basch   +6 more
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Health insurance coverage and poverty status of postpartum women in the United States in 2019: an ACS-PUMS population-based cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background A quarter of United States (US) postpartum women still report unmet health care needs and health care unaffordability. We aimed to study associations between receipt of health insurance coverage and poverty status/receipt of government ...
Bojung Seo, Jack Edward Turman, Hongmei Nan   +2 more
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Factors Associated with Pre-Dental Students’ Intention and Willingness to Serve in the Underserved Community and Vulnerable Population

Dentistry Journal, 2022
A potential solution to the problem of how to increase access to dental care for the underserved and vulnerable populations is to establish an early pipeline of underrepresented and minority college students for a career in dentistry.
Brent Lin, Jungsoo Kim, Michael Lin, Jyu-Lin Chen   +3 more
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