Articles

Enhancing Diversity in the Ophthalmology Workforce

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.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Diversity and inclusion, North America, Global

Disparities in Vision Health and Eye Care

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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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Diversity and inclusion, Global, North America

Data Sources for Evaluating Health Disparities in Ophthalmology: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go

Elsevier,

Ophthalmology, Volume 129, October 2022

This article provides data collection recommendations that may help provide a framework for understanding how data could be leveraged to close the gap in health care disparities and elevate the standard of care.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Diversity and inclusion, Global, North America

Racial disparities in COVID-19 outcomes: Unwarranted statistical adjustments and the perpetuation of stereotypes

Elsevier,

Lancet Regional Health - Americas, Volume 14, October 2022

This Viewpoint supports SDGs 3 and 16, focusing on the underlying causes of racial disparities in SARS-CoV-2 infections and outcomes.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions

Tags:

Health and population; Diversity and inclusion, North America

It's high time Canada started collecting race-based performance data on medical training and careers

Elsevier,

The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, Volume 14, October 2022

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.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions

Tags:

Data & Analytics; Diversity and inclusion, North America

One hundred years of solitude—underrepresentation of Indigenous and minority groups in diabetes trials

Elsevier, The Lancet Global Health, Volume 10, October 2022
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Diversity and inclusion; Health and wellbeing, Global

Improving Access to Eye Care: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Elsevier,

Ophthalmology, Volume 129, October 2022

Developing a working and inclusive definition of access to eye care.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Diversity and inclusion; Access to Health Care, Global, North America

Ocean conservation boosts climate change mitigation and adaptation

Elsevier,

One Earth, Volume 5, 21 October 2022

This article reports the significant climate mitigation and adaptation efforts via marine conservation activities.
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SDG:

Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 14: Life below water; Goal 15: Life on land

Tags:

Biodiversity and ecosystems; Oceans & Seas; Ocean Conservation; Climate Change, Global

(In)justice in modelled climate futures: A review of integrated assessment modelling critiques through a justice lens

Elsevier,

Energy Research and Social Science, Volume 92, October 2022

A review of climate futures. This review helps substantiate how disciplinary and geographical assumptions and norms shape policy choices.
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SDG:

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 13: Climate action

Tags:

Energy, Global

Navigating fundamental tensions towards a decolonial relational vision of planetary health

Elsevier,

The Lancet Planetary Health, Volume 6, October 2022

This Personal View supports SDGs 3 and 16, focusing on Indigenous epistemologies in planetary health and suggesting ways to work progressively towards a decolonial vision of planetary health.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions

Tags:

Health and population; Diversity and inclusion

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