Articles

The relationship between employment and health for people from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds: A systematic review of quantitative studies

Elsevier, SSM - Population Health, Volume 18, June 2022
This article ties to SDG 3. This review aimed to systematically summarise the quantitative literature on the relationship between employment and health and wellbeing for refugees and asylum seekers.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and wellbeing, Global

Indigenous mental health and climate change: A systematic literature review

Elsevier,

The Journal of Climate Change and Health,
Volume 6,
2022,
100121

The present study conducted a systematic literature review on the related effects, mechanisms of vulnerability, and adaptive responses and coping strategies to climate change related mental health impacts specific to global Indigenous Peoples.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities; Goal 13: Climate action

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Health and population; Health and wellbeing; Sustainable cities and human settlements, Global

Safety, tolerability, and anti-fibrotic efficacy of the CBP/β-catenin inhibitor PRI-724 in patients with hepatitis C and B virus-induced liver cirrhosis: An investigator-initiated, open-label, non-randomised, multicentre, phase 1/2a study

Elsevier,

eBioMedicine, Volume 80, June 2022

This Article supports SDG 3 by assessing the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and anti-fibrotic effects of PRI-724 in patients with cirrhosis due to hepatitis B virus and hepatitis B virus, for which there is currently no anti-fibrotic drug therapy available; PRI-724 was well tolerated but further evaluation of its anti-fibrotic effects is warranted.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and wellbeing, Asia

Unconventional food plants: Nutritional aspects and perspectives for industrial applications

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Elsevier,

Future Foods, Volume 5, June 2022

Innovative food products containing new ingredients have been designed to meet nutritional needs and new consumption trends. In this way, different vegetable species, named unconventional food plants (UFPs), are being studied in the literature and are emerging as candidates to provide foods containing a better composition, providing greater healthiness. Furthermore, specific vegetable tissues discarded in post-harvest and/or industrial pre-processing operations can be considered UFPs adequate for human consumption.

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SDG:

Goal 2: Zero hunger; Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 13: Climate action

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Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Economic Aspect, South America

Systematic review of reviews on Activities of Daily Living measures for children with developmental disabilities

Elsevier,

Heliyon, Volume 8, June 2022

This systematic review aims to identify articles that systematically reviewed measures of ADL for children and adolescents aged 7–18 years with DD to evaluate the quality of included articles, and describe the measures and domains identified.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Europe

Assessment of compost maturity-stability indices and recent development of composting bin

Elsevier,

Energy Nexus, Volume 6, 100062

 The knowledge about various indices related to the composting process has become an important and wider area of research in the current time. The review therefore focuses on the various stability and maturity indices of composting process and lays emphasis on the advantages and uses of the matured compost. 
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SDG:

Goal 2: Zero hunger; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture, Global

Climate Change and COVID-19: Assessing the Vulnerability and Resilience of U.S. Indigenous Communities to Syndemic Crises

Elsevier,

The Journal of Climate Change and Health,
2022,
100148

The Authors explore the compounding burden of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change on Indigenous Peoples’ health, and present several case studies which outline novel Indigenous approaches and perspectives that address climate change, COVID-19 and future health threats.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities; Goal 13: Climate action

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Health and wellbeing; Diversity and inclusion, North America

Climate change adaptation in Bangladesh: Current practices, challenges and the way forward

Elsevier,

The Journal of Climate Change and Health,
Volume 6,
2022,
100108

Geographical location and socioeconomic dynamics have increased the vulnerabilities of the people of Bangladesh to the impacts of climate change.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities; Goal 13: Climate action

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Disaster risk reduction; Health and population, Asia

Ghanaian Female Adolescents Perceived Changes in Nutritional Behaviors and Social Environment After Creating Participatory Videos: A Most Significant Change Evaluation

Elsevier,

Current Developments in Nutrition, Volume 6, Issue 8, August 2022, nzac103

This study presents evidence that PV (Participatory Video) nutrition education promotes a transformative change and is the first study to evaluate: 1) the influence of a PV nutrition education intervention on adolescent participants’ critical nutrition literacy and behavior, and 2) the perceived impact of the intervention on participants and local stakeholders. It is also the first study of a PV nutrition intervention with adolescent creators.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Health and wellbeing; Rural development, Africa

Understanding the relationship between income inequality and pollution: A fresh perspective with cross-country evidence

Elsevier, World Development Perspectives, Volume 26, June 2022
This paper uses a novel approach to re-examine the relationship between income inequality and pollution and shows that protecting the environment can have an added advantage of creating a just and inclusive society. Pollution threatens health and livelihoods of vulnerable groups, in turn making them even more vulnerable, creating a vicious cycle. We investigate if sustainable environmental policies can mitigate the impact of pollution on these vulnerable groups, while addressing inclusion.
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SDG:

Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth

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Employment decent work for all and social protection, Global

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