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Prenatal and Postnatal Household Air Pollution Exposures and Pneumonia Risk: Evidence From the Ghana Randomized Air Pollution and Health Study

Elsevier,

Chest, Volume 160, November 2021

Background: Nearly 40% of the world's population is exposed daily to household air pollution. The relative impact of prenatal and postnatal household air pollution exposure on early childhood pneumonia, a leading cause of mortality, is unknown. Research Question: Are prenatal or postnatal household air pollution, or both, associated with pneumonia risk in the first year of life? Study Design and Methods: The Ghana Randomized Air Pollution and Health Study enrolled 1,414 nonsmoking, pregnant women before 24 weeks’ gestation with prospective follow-up to the child's age of 1 year.

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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and population; Health and wellbeing; Clean Air, Global

Incorporating health co-benefits into technology pathways to achieve China's 2060 carbon neutrality goal: a modelling study

Elsevier,

The Lancet Planetary Health, Volume 5, November 2021

Background: The announcement of China's 2060 carbon neutrality goal has drawn the world's attention to the specific technology pathway needed to achieve this pledge. We aimed to evaluate the health co-benefits of carbon neutrality under different technology pathways, which could help China to achieve the carbon neutrality goal, air quality goal, and Healthy China goal in a synergetic manner that includes health in the decision-making process.

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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy

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Energy; Health and population; Technology; Carbon Neutrality, Asia

The association between intimate partner violence and recent self-managed abortion in India

Elsevier, AJOG Global Reports, Volume 1, November 2021
Women who experience physical IPV are a vulnerable population who disproportionately use abortion services, both within and outside the legal system. The specific needs of this population should be considered when increasing the availability of reproductive care in India.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Gender equality and women's empowerment; Health and wellbeing, Asia

Attitudes towards climate change and energy sources in oil exporters

Elsevier,

Energy Strategy Reviews, Volume 38, November 2021

Climate change mitigation requires energy transition supported by public to maximize policy acceptance. We examine if transiency of residence and life satisfaction affect climate change perceptions and opinions on energy sources. We find that transiency of residence and life satisfaction have significant effect in shaping views towards climate change. Results indicate that individuals concerned about local impact of climate change are supportive of renewable energy sources.
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SDG:

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

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Energy, Middle East

Senegalese artisanal fishers in the apprehension of changes of the marine environment: A universal knowledge?

In the context of climate change, which accentuates the growing scarcity of fishery resources, the traditional knowledge of West African fishermen was examined in this research.
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SDG:

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation

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Water and sanitation, Africa

Water Security and Nutrition: Current Knowledge and Research Opportunities

Elsevier,

Advances in Nutrition, Volume 12, 1 November 2021

In concluding, the authors of this paper suggest the introduction of a policy and research agenda that addresses the multiple water–nutrition linkages (the reliable availability, accessibility, and quality of water for all household uses) that will advance our ability to ensure equitable access to healthy foods and safe water for all.
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SDG:

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

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Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture, Global

A professional virtues–based ethical framework for medical missions

Elsevier,

AJOG Global Reports, Volume 1, November 2021

Five professional virtues (compassion, integrity, humility, self-effacement, and self-sacrifice) can be used to provide a practical framework for the professionally responsible design and implementation of medical missions.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being
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The Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended in 2007) reform – How proposed changes potentially impact personality disorder services

Elsevier, Forensic Science International: Mind and Law, Volume 2, November 2021
At the beginning of this year, the UK government released a White Paper on Reforms of the 1983 Mental Health Act (MHA) aiming to achieve higher quality, accessible mental health care, as well as empowering people detained under MHA during the process and continuation of detention. In this piece, we focus on the potential impact of the proposal around appropriate care, management and detention of people with Personality Disorder (PD) within the criminal justice system (CJS), psychiatric service provision and community routes.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 4: Quality education

Tags:

Indicators; Information for integrated Decision-Making & Participation, Global

COVID-19 pandemic: Is teenagers’ health in crisis? An investigation into the effects of COVID-19 on self-reported mental and physical health of teenagers in secondary education

Elsevier, Public Health in Practice, Volume 2, November 2021
Objectives: To evaluate the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on the self-reported perception of physical and mental health, in a cohort of teenagers. To assess the extent to which these effects are perceived as detrimental. Non-directional Hypothesis - the perception of physical and mental health will change over the duration of the eight weeks, due to the effects of the lockdown, as a result of COVID-19.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 4: Quality education

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Education; Institutional Frameworks and international cooperation for Sustainable Development; Health and population, Global

Forensic mental health in Africa: An update

Elsevier, Forensic Science International: Mind and Law, Volume 2, November 2021
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SDG:

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

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Rule of Law

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