Contributing to SDGs 3, 5 and 16, this paper examines the demographic profile of female victims with intellectual disablities who were sexually assaulted and the characteristics of sexual assault.
In this brief perspective piece, a rural sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) program is described in the hopes that dissemination will lead to increased numbers of rural SANEs, increased reporting of sexual assaults in rural and underserved communities, increased prosecution rates of sexual assault perpetrators, and program sustainability through the provision of a nurse-centered approach to training and support. This article contributes SDGs 3, 5, 9, and 16.
This chapter aligns with the SDG goal 3 of good health and wellbeing by examining the properties of the enzyme, hepatitis C NS2/3 protease, with special emphasis on the catalytic components of its active site, and the mechanism by which it hydrolyzes peptide bonds.
Elsevier,
How Sex and Gender Impact Clinical Practice, An Evidence-Based Guide to Patient Care, 2021, Pages 277-287
This book chapter advances SDGs 3 and 16 by examining three issues that are considered important public health issues as well as common patient problems—intimate partner violence, access to healthcare, and immunization—with a focus on sex and gender based medicine.
Elsevier,
Food Fraud, A Global Threat With Public Health and Economic Consequences, 2021, Pages 23-43
This book chapter addresses SDGs 3 and 10 by explaining US and EU regulatory requirements, Global Food Safety Initiative requirements, and reviews food fraud vulnerabiility.
Background: Research has revealed that survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) have elevated sexual dysfunction and distress.
This book chapter advances SDGs 3 and 17 by providing an overview of the characteristic features of neurodegenerative diseases, including AD and how to assess them to validate or to reject the suspected diagnosis.
Background: Various retrospective studies have reported on the increase of mortality risk due to higher diurnal temperature range (DTR).
Elsevier,
Influence of Nutrients, Bioactive Compounds, and Plant Extracts in Liver Diseases, 2021, Pages 41-55
This chapter aligns with the SDG goal 3 of good health and wellbeing by examining all possible hepatoprotective activities of natural products and plant extracts that lessen hepatitis C.
Background: Coronovirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) first broke out in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in 2019, and now it spreads in more than 100 countries around the world.
