North America

This Article supports SDG 3 by characterizing unmet needs and experiences of caregivers of patients with Erdheim-Chester disease and other histiocytic neoplasms and identifies factors associated with finding benefit and meaning-making in providing care for patients with rare cancers.
This Article supports SDGs 3, 5 and 10, summarizing a discussion on workplace flexibility held by the AAWR at the RSNA 2021 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, and highlighting the positive impact various aspects of flexible work arrangements have on women.
The criminalization of women’s healthcare in many USA states has created uncertainty about women’s access to evidence-based medical care and will affect the physical, mental, and emotional health and well-being of women. This article is intended to start a discussion on this complex topic in the immunology community.
Elsevier,

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, Volume 77, November 2022

This article highlights how urban forest management in the US helps achieve environmental justice, showing the contribution of urban forests to SDG10: reduced inequalities.
This article ties to SDG 3 & 4. This study tests whether intolerance of uncertainty changes with participation in improvisational theater class, and whether that change can explain changes in social anxiety.
This Viewpoint supports SDGs 3 and 16, focusing on the underlying causes of racial disparities in SARS-CoV-2 infections and outcomes.
This Viewpoint supports SDGs 3 and 16 by presenting a call to action to collect race-based performance data for medical professionals, focusing particularly on the Canadian context.
The purpose of this article is to describe the principle of health literacy and its central role in enhancing health, and how its absence can result in poorer health outcomes.
Elsevier,

Ophthalmology, Volume 129, October 2022

This article considers the current and future state of diversity in the ophthalmology workforce, including recommendations on how to achieve this. Diversification is considered an essential step for reducing health disparities in ophthalmology.
Elsevier,

Ophthalmology, Volume 129, October 2022

The purpose of this article is to outline the existing disparities in vision health and eye care, explore the possible reasons for these disparities, offer potential solutions, and ultimately stimulate the ophthalmology, eye care, and vision sciences community to move forward toward achieving equity in eye and vision health. 

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