Elsevier,
The Lancet Planetary Health, Volume 6, October 2022
This Personal View supports SDGs 3 and 13 by reviewing the ways that climate risks affect all aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including transmission, perception, and response. The authors highlight the importance of considering climate risks in relation to COVID-19 response measures.
Elsevier, Heliyon, Volume 8, October 2022
Negative attitudes toward mental illness and treatment are attributed to a lack of or inaccurate mental health knowledge. We aimed to assess the current mental health knowledge and awareness among Bangladeshi university students and identified socio-demographic factors that affect them. Between February and April of 2021, a cross-sectional study of 2036 university students in Bangladesh was conducted. Two different questionnaires (i.e., knowledge and awareness) were developed to assess mental health knowledge and awareness.
Elsevier, The Lancet Healthy Longevity, Volume 3, October 2022
Background: There is an urgent need to reduce the burden of depression among older adults in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a task-shared, collaborative care psychosocial intervention for improving recovery from depression in older adults in Brazil. Methods: PROACTIVE was a pragmatic, two-arm, parallel-group, cluster-randomised controlled trial conducted in Guarulhos, Brazil.
Elsevier,
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -Part A : Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Volume 272, October 2022
This article advances SDG # 14 by looking at the impact that environmental changes and anthropogenic threats are having on marine mammals through the assessment of different stress biomarkers in certain body tissues of chronically affected and bycaught striped dolphins.
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.
