Diversity and inclusion

The New Public Health (Fourth Edition): Chapter 16- Global Health

The New Public Health (Fourth Edition), 2023, Pages 1097-1158
This chapter advances the UN SDG Goal 3: Good Health and Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities. It examines the globalization of health as there is increase focus on the international transfer of diseases and the imperative of cooperating to combat inequity under societal conditions that create the spread of diseases and their effects on individual nations and the global community.
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International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

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International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 21 March 2023
The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on the day the police in Sharpeville, South Africa, opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration against apartheid "pass laws" in 1960. The UN General assembly created this day to signify the struggle to end the policy of apartheid in South Africa and call on the the international community to end all forms of racial discrimination.
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Diversity and inclusion; Education; Health and wellbeing; Human rights, Global

International Women's Day 2023

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Under the theme "DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality", the United Nations Observance of International Women's Day 2023 will highlight the need for inclusive and transformative technology and digital education. Photo: UN Trust Fund/Phil

Celebrated annually on 8 March, International Women's Day is a global day to recognize the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The theme for this International Women’s Day 2023 (IWD 2023) is “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality." Elsevier is proud to support IWD 2023 through this thoughtfully curated, freely accessible collection of journal articles and book chapters highlighting the strides being made towards embracing equity and the barriers that stand in the way of achieving gender equality.  

 

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Diversity and inclusion; Education; Employment decent work for all and social protection; Gender equality and women's empowerment; Health and population; Health and wellbeing; Science, Global

Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition (Fourth Edition) - Health Inequities

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Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition, Fourth Edition, 2023, pages 327-335
This content aligns with Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by examining the social determinants of health, food, and nutritional inequities.
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Are disparities in emergency department imaging exacerbated during high-volume periods?

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Clinical Imaging, Volume 96, April 2023, Pages 9-14
This Study explores the racial disparities that exist in the emergency departments of 4 hospitals, when they are most prevalent, and how patients' sociodemographic characteristics impact image acquisition time, raising awareness for SDGs 3, 9 and 10.
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Diversity and inclusion; Employment decent work for all and social protection; Institutional Frameworks and international cooperation for Sustainable Development, Global

Colorectal Cancer Screening Disparities Among Race: A Zip Code Level Analysis

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Clinical Colorectal Cancer, Available online 31 January 2023
This Study highlights the existing racial disparities in colorectal cancer screening, relative to SDGs 3 and 10, and dives deeper into how social determinants related to zip code tabulation have a further impact.
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Ethnic differences in hypertension management, medication use and blood pressure control in UK primary care, 2006–2019: a retrospective cohort study

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The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, Sophie V. Eastwood a, Alun D. Hughes a, Laurie Tomlinson b, Rohini Mathur b, Liam Smeeth b, Krishnan Bhaskaran b, Nishi Chaturvedi aVolume 25, February 2023, 100557
This Article supports SDGs 3 and 16 by showing that although antihypertensive initiation did not vary by ethnicity, subsequent blood pressure control was lower among people of African and African Caribbean ethnicity.
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Decolonising medical knowledge – The case of breast cancer and ethnicity in the UK

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Journal of Cancer Policy,
Volume 36,
2023,
100365
The article speaks to action points to improving the diagnosis of breast cancer in black women within the UK to achieve greater equity.
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The Thinking Healthcare System: Artificial Intelligence and Human Equity - Chapter 4: AI + public health: effective and fair collaboration

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The Thinking Healthcare System: Artificial Intelligence and Human Equity, 2023, Pages 99-129
This chapter advances the UN SDG Goal 3: Good Health and Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by introducing the AI transformation of public health (PubHealth) uniting healthcare systems with the central terms, concepts, and history of PubHealth from ancient quarantines to modern vaccines including milestone developments as successful responses to chronic and infectious diseases, sanitation, workplace safety, poverty, and wars.
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Clinical Decision Support and Beyond (Third Edition): Progress and Opportunities in Knowledge-Enhanced Health and Healthcare - Chapter 26: Population health management

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Clinical Decision Support and Beyond (Third Edition): Progress and Opportunities in Knowledge-Enhanced Health and Healthcare, 2023, Pages 715-725
This chapter advances the UN SDG Goal 3: Good Health and Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by discussing the components of a technical infrastructure to support PHM, including data sources (registries, electronic health records), data analytics tools, patient outreach and engagement tools, and patient tracking dashboards along with real-world examples of PHM programs focused on chronic disease management, genetic testing for hereditary cancers, colorectal cancer screening, COVID-19 testing and vaccination, and tobacco cessation.
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