North America

This article ties to SDG 3, Good Health and Well-being. A survey conducted by Proagrica, shows food provenance, organic diets and ethics inform dietary choices. Two-fifths of US consumers have considered going vegetarian or vegan since the pandemic began, 20% of consumers identified health concerns as the primary driver for these choices, nearly three-quarters say they have paid more attention than ever to food provenance, and two-thirds suggest that they are now eating more organic food.
This piece highlights the importance of a culturally-sensitive approach to the management of infectious diseases and wellness for Indigenous people that take into account the rich and specific cultural milieu of the different populations to make decisions together.
This article ties to SDG 3. This study aimed to identify assessment and referral practices of emergency departments at rural community hospitals related to care for suicidal veterans and explore the feasibility and acceptability of identifying veterans in need of postdischarge aftercare.
Elsevier,

Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, Volume 32, January 2023

This article advances SDG goals 5 and 10 by examining barriers that deter Black patients from enrolling in clinical trails and how those can be overcome for the sake of improving diverse patient outcomes.
Abortion access is of utmost importance to community health. It is important to elicit data to support medical education in this topic.
This article supports SDGs 11, 6, and 13 by analyzing the impact of Denver Water's annual energy use and water use alongside local precipitation over a 20-year period from 1995 to 2014 and highlighting the implications for altered energy footprints as water utilities respond to new precipitation patterns in a changing climate.
This Article supports SDGs 3, 5, 10 and 16 by assessing changes in stillbirth rates overall and for Black and White women, finding that there was a substantial racial disparity and suggesting that targeted health and social policies are needed to address this issue.
This is a really interesting paper of the risks that Northwest Atlantic poses on the leatherback turtle, such as plastic bags and rope.
Chen and Holtzman review the emerging roles of both innate and adaptive immunity, their alterations, their interplay, and their contributions to the development and progression of Alzheimer’s disease. They proposed that targeting dysregulated innate and adaptive immune responses in both brain parenchyma and border structures could lead to important therapeutics for preventing and treating the disease.
Elsevier,

The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, Volume 17, January 2023, 100408

This viewpoint supports SDGs 3, 5, 10 and 16, focusing on the drivers of Black maternal mortality and advocating the collection of disaggregated data to support improvements in Black maternal health.

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