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A framework of NGO inside and outside strategies in the commercial determinants of health: findings from a narrative review

Globalization and Health, 2023
Background Public health scholarship has uncovered a wide range of strategies used by industry actors to promote their products and influence government regulation.
Belinda Townsend, Timothy D. Johnson, Rob Ralston, Katherine Cullerton, Jane Martin, Jeff Collin, Fran Baum, Liz Arnanz, Rodney Holmes, Sharon Friel   +9 more
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The significant places of African American adults and their perceived influence on cardiovascular disease risk behaviors

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background AA living in rural areas of the southeastern U.S. experience a disproportionate burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality.
Michelle J. White, Katelyn M. Holliday, Stephanie Hoover, Nicole Robinson-Ezekwe, Giselle Corbie-Smith, Anissa Williams, Kiana Bess, Leah Frerichs   +7 more
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Health monitoring among asylum seekers and refugees: a state-wide, cross-sectional, population-based study in Germany

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology, 2019
Background Health monitoring in Germany falls short on generating timely, reliable and representative data among migrants, especially transient and marginalized groups such as asylum seekers and refugees (ASR). We aim to advance current health monitoring
Louise Biddle, Natalja Menold, Martina Bentner, Stefan Nöst, Rosa Jahn, Sandra Ziegler, Kayvan Bozorgmehr   +6 more
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Priorities for research on equity and health : towards an equity-focused health research agenda [PDF]

, 2011
Based on extensive review of global evidence, the recommendations of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health highlight the need for strengthening research on health equity with a focus on social determinants of health.
Ronald Labonté, Michael P Kelly, Lundberg, Olle,, Hertzman, Clive, Bonnefoy, Josiane, Östlin Piroska, Muntaner Carles, Sadana, Ritu,, Hertzman, Clyde,, Tord Kjellstrom, Lundberg Olle, Schrecker, Ted,, Clyde Hertzman, Popay, Jennie,, Kjellstrom, Tord,, Gilson, Lucy, Sen Gita, Lundberg, Olle, Kelly Michael P., Bonnefoy, Josiane,, Kelly, Mike, Ziba Vaghri, Sadana, Ritu, Gita Sen, Muntaner, Carles, Sen, Gita,, Gibson, Lucy, Piroska Östlin, Gilson, Lucy,, Östlin, Piroska, Vaghri, Ziba, Schrecker, Ted, Kelly, Michael P., Lundberg, Ollie, Kelly, Michael P,, Kjellstrom Tord, Labonté, Ronald,, Lucy Gilson, Labonté, Ronald, Gilson Lucy, Schrecker Ted, Olle Lundberg, Ritu Sadana, Hertzman Clyde, Vaghri Ziba, Carles Muntaner, Popay, Jennie, Josiane Bonnefoy, Labonté Ronald, Hertzman, Clyde, Michael P. Kelly, Sen, Gita, Jennie Popay, Muntaner, Carles,, Vaghri, Ziba,, Kelly, Michael P, Bonnefoy Josiane, Popay Jennie, Labonte, Ron, Ted Schrecker, Sadana Ritu, Ostlin, Piroska,, Kjellstrom, Tord   +62 more
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Equity in Vaccination: A Plan to Work with Communities of Color Toward COVID-19 Recovery and Beyond [PDF]

, 2021
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had tragic and disproportionate adverse effects on Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities across the United States.
Schoch-Spana, Monica
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Health Risk Behaviours by Immigrants’ Duration of Residence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

International Journal of Public Health, 2022
Objectives: The aim was to systematically review and synthesise international evidence on changes in health risk behaviours by immigrants’ duration of residence.Methods: We searched literature databases for peer-reviewed quantitative studies published ...
Sol P. Juárez, Sol P. Juárez, Helena Honkaniemi, Helena Honkaniemi, Nina-Katri Gustafsson, Nina-Katri Gustafsson, Mikael Rostila, Mikael Rostila, Lisa Berg, Lisa Berg   +9 more
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Understanding factors associated with rural‐urban disparities of stunting among under‐five children in Rwanda: A decomposition analysis approach

Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2023
Childhood stunting in its moderate and severe forms is a major global problem and an important indicator of child health. Rwanda has made progress in reducing the prevalence of stunting.
Chester Kalinda, Million Phiri, Simona J. Simona, Andrew Banda, Rex Wong, Maria Albin Qambayot, Sage Marie Consolatrice Ishimwe, Alemayehu Amberbir, Bekele Abebe, Alemayehu Gebremariam, Julius Odhiambo Nyerere   +10 more
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Social Determinants of Health Equity

American Journal of Public Health, 2014
Language is important. The call for papers in this supplement was entitled health equity. Yet the call asked for papers that address disparities in health. In the United States, disparities, most often, has been used to refer to racial/ethnic differences in health, or more commonly health care. We note that the call in this supplement expands the focus
Michael, Marmot, Jessica J, Allen
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Prioritizing precision: guidelines for the better use of population descriptors in human microbiome research

mSystems
Microbiome science is a celebration of the connections between humans, our environment, and microbial organisms. We are continually learning more about our microbial fingerprint, how each microbiome may respond to identical stimuli differently, and how ...
Nicole M. Farmer, Amber Benezra, Katherine A. Maki, Suzanne L. Ishaq, Ariangela J. Kozik   +4 more
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Pursuing Equity, Vocational Education and Training and Social Justice

, 2023
Context: The paper seeks to problematise conceptualisations of VET and its relationship to social justice. VET occupies a liminal space between postsecondary and higher education.
Avis, R.
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