Earth Day is celebrated annually on April 22nd every year to demonstrate support for environmental protection. The theme for Earth day 2023 is Invest In Our Planet. Elsevier is proud to highlight these freely accessible book chapters and journal articles in honour of this event.
Nutrition research benefits from broad and intensive participation by stakeholders. The articles in this special issue demonstrate that understanding participation is complex because it incorporates the dimensions of stakeholders, activity, time, and intensity. Early involvement in research can help prioritize the problems to be addressed, refine the specific research question, and determine acceptable community-based approaches to be used in an intervention. The included papers provide insight into how to define and measure participation, how to explore approaches to encourage participation of direct and indirect beneficiaries, and how participation at different time points and by different stakeholders can validate and support interventions and enhance effectiveness.
This study showed that agricultural intensification reduced fungal Shannon diversity and weakened soil multifunctionality, where fungal diversity was the major driver of soil multifunctionality. The Authors suggested that sustaining microbial diversity, especially fungal diversity can reduce the effect of agricultural intensification on soil multifunctionality.
This article advances SDG # 13, 1 and 11 by identifying ways to meet the dual objectives of poverty eradication and staying within the biophysical safe operating space of the climate via integrated policy packages supporting strong economic development, ambitious educational attendance, sustainable dietary choices, low fossil fuel consumption and energy demand, and lower fertilizer consumption.
This mixed methods study evaluated the experiences and perceptions of adult patients before, during, and after allogeneic HSCT as a cure for SCD. SCD patients generally experience improvement of physical, mental, and social health and are able to pursue life goals after HSCT. However, the new post-transplantation reality also confronts patients with challenges that potentially can influence their HRQOL.
This Comment article supports SDGs 3 and 13 by highlighting the need for more global-level studies across different climate zones to determine the true nature of the association between temperature and Shigella infection, particularly in the context of extreme heat and heat waves induced by climate change.
This Personal View supports SDGs 3 and 13 by developing a framework to maximise the influence of the health community on decarbonisation and identifying practical approaches by which to implement this framework.
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Food Safety Management: A Practical Guide for the Food Industry, Second Edition, 2023, pp 1041-1052
This chapter aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and Goal 13: Climate Action by acknowledging the complexities and compounding effects of climate change on food safety.
This podcast, relating to SDG 3, Health and Wellbeing, is part of the Elsevier celebration of the World Health Organization’s World Health Day whose aim is to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable – so everyone, everywhere can attain the highest level of health and well-being. April 7th 2023 marks the WHO’s 75th anniversary of World Health Day, with a focus of improving public health for all.
