Understanding Female Offenders - Chapter 2 - Understanding Bias in Diagnosing, Assessing, and Treating Female Offenders

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Understanding Female Offenders, Psychopathy, Criminal Behavior, Assessment, and Treatment, 2021, Pages 33-112
This chapter advances goals 3 and 5 by examining the range of common misconceptions and misinformation that permeates the female offender literature. Finally, we conclude with ten myths about female offenders and offer guidelines for identifying bias and how to avoid it.
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Economic Effects of Natural Disasters, Chapter 6 - Women and Economic Dimensions of Climate Change

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Economic Effects of Natural Disasters, Theoretical Foundations, Methods, and Tools, 2021, Pages 77-95
This book chapter advances SDG 5 and 13 by unpacking the gendered nature of economic dimensions of climate change and identifing that climate change needs to be seen as a pervasive economic issue impacting men and women differently.
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Sex and Gender Differences in Alzheimer's Disease - Chapter 12: Gender and socioeconomic differences in modifiable risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia throughout the life course

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Sex and Gender Differences in Alzheimer’s Disease, Volume , 1 January 2021
This book chapter advances SDG #3 and #10 by stressing that a population health approach and a focus on promoting equity in health and access to care are critical to reducing the risk of AD and other dementias.
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Chapter 4 - Sexual behaviors

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Human Sexuality, Function, Dysfunction, Paraphilias, and Relationships, 2021, Pages 63-105
Includes factors contributing to a fulfilling sexual relationship, gender differences in sexual behavior, sexuality and culture, affect, sexual toys and masturbation and their relation to sexual enjoyment, and sexuality in the 21st century. Supports the goal of SDG target 3.7: By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes
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Sex differences in Cardiac Diseases, Chapter 23 - CardioRheumatology

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Sex Differences in Cardiac Diseases, Elsevier, 2021, Pages 481-503
This book chapter advances SDG 3 and 5 by explaining how women have an increased risk of certain chronic autoimmune inflammatory disorders (CIDs). All aspects of the heart’s structure and function may be affected by the autoimmune disease.
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Sex differences in Cardiac Diseases, Chapter 29 - Women’s Heart Programs

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Sex Differences in Cardiac Diseases, Elsevier, 2021, Pages 671-687
This book chapter addresses SDG 3 and 5 by describing specialized cardiovascular care for women, delivered in “women’s heart programs” (WHPs) focus on the cardiovascular needs of women. This chapter reviews the historical background leading to their development, their structure and specialized areas of focus including referral criteria for unique cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in women, and CVD disorders resulting in acute coronary syndromes (ACS) with pathophysiologies seen exclusively, and/or more commonly in women.
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Sex Differences in Cardiac Diseases - Chapter 1: Introduction: Past, Present, and Future of Heart Disease in Men and Women

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Sex Differences in Cardiac Diseases, Pathophysiology, Presentation, Diagnosis and Management, 2021, Pages 3-6
This chapter advances goals 3 and 5 by outlining the history and progress of women’s inclusion in cardiovascular clinical trials.
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How Sex and Gender Impact Clinical Practice - Chapter 1 - Application of Sex and Gender Health

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Jenkins et Al. Application of sex and gender health: A practical framework. In: Jenkins et al, How Sex and Gender Impact Clinical Practice, Academic Press, 2021, Pages 3-8.
This book chapter advances SDGs 3 and 5 by explaining that the use of a sex- and gender-based framework in the clinical practice of medicine will improve the care of both women and men, and likely have a positive impact on health outcomes.
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How Sex and Gender Impact Clinical Practice, Chapter 15 - Practice improvement through a sex and gender high-value healthcare model

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Oliver et al., Practice improvement through a sex and gender high-value healthcare model, In: Jenkins et al, How Sex and Gender Impact Clinical Practice, Academic Press, 2021, Pages 309-323.
This book chapter advances SDGs 3 and 5 by explaining that there is evidence that healthcare cost distress affects women disproportionately, and that one way clinicians can help combat the epidemic of financial toxicity is through the practice of high-value care, an approach that aims to improve patient health and well-being by reducing the costs of care and/or by improving patient outcomes.
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Ross-Kerr and Woods Canadian Nursing Issues & Perspectives, Sixth Edition - Chapter 14: Decolonizing and Anti-Oppressive Nursing Practice: Awareness, Allyship, and Action

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This chapter sets out to identify key dimensions of oppression and allyship in nursing, where nurses coming from dominant or privileged groups take action to reject and dismantle conditions of oppression.
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