COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy odds increased with experiences of racial discrimination. Social processes in the Increasing Vaccination Model should include racism.
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.
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.
Rare Disease Day is the globally-coordinated movement working towards equity in social opportunity, healthcare and access to diagnosis and therapies for those living with a rare disease.
This Health Policy paper supports SDG 3 and 10 by discussing the situation of Indigenous peoples of Canada in the context of "opt out" organ donation in Novia Scotia, the first area in North America to pass such legislation. The paper explores the potential impacts and issues of such legislation on Indigenous peoples, and makes a series of recommendations which would help to respect the rights and interests of these communities.
This article estimates the coverage of Tackling Indigenous Smoking (TIS) teams in Australia and highlights that expanding the programme to a higher proportion of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population is an important step towards ensuring equitable access to tobacco control.
This Personal View supports SDG 3 and 10 by discussing the ethical issues surrounding the use of psychedelic pharmacotherapies in Western medicine; as some of these agents are used in traditional medicines by Indigenous people. The authors make a series of recommendations on how these issues can be addressed.
According to this review, life expectancy is reduced for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in comparison to other residents of Australia. This paper calls for indigenous researchers to be involved in implementing relevant health design with local communities in order to bridge the gap.
This article focuses on listening to new mothers and family to create the right space for the new born with a focus on changes needing to be made to current western type policies.
The article speaks to action points to improving the diagnosis of breast cancer in black women within the UK to achieve greater equity.
