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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Mark L. Wieland, Jane W. Njeru, Jennifer A. Weis, Abby Lohr, Julie A. Nigon, Miriam Goodson, Ahmed Osman, Luz Molina, Yahye Ahmed, Graciela Porraz Capetillo, Omar Nur, Irene G. Sia
Summary: Community-engaged research partnerships promote health equity by incorporating regional contexts and community voices, but face challenges in sustaining long-term partnerships due to funding and research infrastructure needs. The Rochester Healthy Community Partnership (RHCP) provides insights on sustainability through its focus on CBPR principles, partnership dynamics, and governance.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Joanne Goldman, Lisha Lo, Leahora Rotteau, Brian M. Wong, Ayelet Kuper, Maitreya Coffey, Shail Rawal, Myrtede Alfred, Saleem Razack, Marie Pinard, Michael Palomo, Patricia Trbovich
Summary: This study will use critical interpretive synthesis to examine how equity is integrated into hospital safety monitoring systems. The researchers will conduct a structured search and use interpretive processes to develop themes and critique of the literature, with the aim of developing a theoretical understanding of equity in hospital monitoring systems.
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Thiago Junqueira Avelino-Silva, Natalia Trujillo, Chinedu Udeh-Momoh
Summary: This article discusses the relationship between fairness and brain health equity, highlighting the multidimensional aspects of fairness such as equity, justice, empathy, opportunity, non-discrimination, and the Golden Rule. By exploring the evolutionary origins and neurobiological foundations of fairness, its deep-rooted presence in both human and animal behaviors is verified. The article also emphasizes the interconnection between fairness and healthcare equity and its impact on brain health outcomes. In the current social landscape, interventions that enhance perspective-taking, reasoning, and empathy are urgently needed to maintain fairness and prosocial behaviors.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Zeynab Foroughi, Parvin Ebrahimi, Aidin Aryankhesal, Mohammadreza Maleki, Shahram Yazdani
Summary: This study creates a comprehensive framework for analyzing health system resilience using the Critical Interpretive Synthesis method. The framework includes phases, attributes, tools, strategies, building blocks, and goals of health system resilience. It allows for the detection of the completeness of resilience phases and provides policy solutions to achieve health system resilience.
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Michelle M. Haby, Evelina Chapman, Jorge Otavio Maia Barretod, Oscar J. Mujica, Ana Riviere Cinnamonde, Roberta Caixeta, Sebastian Garcia-Saiso, Ludovic Reveiz
Summary: This study synthesized existing knowledge on the features of and approaches to health intelligence, including definitions, key concepts, frameworks, methods and tools, types of evidence used, and research gaps. The review found that there is no clear definition of health intelligence in the literature, with different records using it in various contexts such as public health surveillance, artificial intelligence, military or security sense, or as a synthesis of research evidence for informed decision-making.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Dialechti Tsimpida, Evangelos Kontopantelis, Darren M. Ashcroft, Maria Panagioti
Summary: The literature presents four key themes: a potential vicious cycle between hearing loss, socioeconomic inequalities, and lifestyle factors; the interaction between socioeconomic status and unhealthy lifestyles harmful to hearing ability; increasing health literacy could improve the diagnosis and prognosis of hearing loss; people with hearing loss might be vulnerable to receiving low-quality and less safe health care.
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Hannah Forde, Yanaina Chavez-Ugalde, Rebecca A. Jones, Kate Garrott, Prasanti Alekhya Kotta, Felix Greaves, Victoria Targett, Martin White, Jean Adams
Summary: This study reviewed public health research on food marketing and found inconsistencies in the conceptualization and operationalization of marketing, which may impact the effectiveness of policies regulating food marketing. To improve future research, in-depth case studies should be conducted to understand the integrated operation and effects of multi-component marketing strategies.
Article
Immunology
Jacinda C. Abdul-Mutakabbir, Cristie Granillo, Bridgette Peteet, Alex Dubov, Susanne B. Montgomery, Jasmine Hutchinson, Samuel Casey, Kelvin Simmons, Alex Fajardo, Juan Carlos Belliard
Summary: COVID-19 has exposed the inequalities in mortality and associated illnesses among non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic/Latino individuals. Vaccine hesitancy and institutional mistrust in these minorities have led to low vaccination rates. Establishing trustworthy relationships with healthcare professionals and community leaders is crucial in increasing the uptake of vaccines. Researchers collaborated with local organizations to implement a three-tiered approach to increase vaccination rates in targeted minority communities.
Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Lynaea Filbey, Jie Wei Zhu, Francesca D'Angelo, Lehana Thabane, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, Eldrin Lewis, Manesh R. Patel, Tiffany Powell-Wiley, J. Jaime Miranda, Liesl Zuhlke, Javed Butler, Faiez Zannad, Harriette G. C. Van Spall
Summary: Participants in cardiovascular disease randomized controlled trials often do not represent the diverse population living with the disease. This review discusses the barriers and facilitators of trial enrollment, temporal trends, and the need for representativeness. It proposes strategies to increase representativeness, such as inclusive recruitment practices, diverse trial leadership, and research capacity-building in under-represented regions. Implementing these strategies can generate better and more generalizable evidence to address healthcare inequalities.
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL
(2023)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Delivette Castor, Luisa N. Borrell
Summary: The paper discusses the evolution of terminology from colonial medicine to global health, focusing on the definition and language of global health. By studying the websites of various organizations involved in global health, the researchers reveal the disconnection between the rhetoric of equity and the organizational structure and processes. This dissonance perpetuates inequity and hinders decolonization efforts within the global health system.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Biology
Janina Steinert, Henrike Sternberg, Giuseppe A. Veltri, Tim Buthe
Summary: A study in six European countries found that respondents prioritize vaccinating individuals with higher mortality and infection risks, regardless of their nationality. Respondents in Italy, France, Spain, and Sweden were more likely to prioritize candidates from low-income countries, while German respondents showed a preference for candidates from their own country. Women, younger individuals, and those with higher education were more supportive of equitable vaccine distribution.
Review
Substance Abuse
Cameron Schwartz, Len Tooley, Rod Knight, Malcolm Steinberg
Summary: This study conducted a critical interpretive synthesis to analyze health literature on poppers, revealing a bias that tends to exaggerate the necessity for poppers cessation and devalue the benefits and perspectives of users. The emphasis on individual behavior change in the literature appears to be influenced by harmful stereotypes that position gay men and people who use drugs as inherently irresponsible. The findings have important implications for the review of current policy on poppers sales in Canada, and suggest areas for future research.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rochelle Tobin, Gemma Crawford, Jonathan Hallett, Bruce Richard Maycock, Roanna Lobo
Summary: This study examines the internal functioning of the Western Australian Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Applied Research and Evaluation Network (SiREN) and identifies adaptability, knowledge flow, and team expertise as crucial factors for achieving the network's goals. The study also highlights the importance of credibility and capability in supporting partnership development and enhancing sustainability.
Review
Surgery
Zachary Fowler, Rohini Dutta, John L. Kilgallon, Adili Wobenjo, Soham Bandyopadhyay, Priyansh Shah, Samarvir Jain, Nakul P. Raykar, Nobhojit Roy
Summary: This study analyzed the characteristics of literature on "global surgery" and its relation to LCoGS. It found a lack of consensus on the definition of global surgery, limited research in the economics and financing domain, and under-representation of obstetrics and trauma. The study suggests focusing on research capacity-building and encouraging contributions from local partners in academic global surgery.
WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Heather L. Bullock, John N. Lavis, Michael G. Wilson, Gillian Mulvale, Ashleigh Miatello
Summary: The study developed an integrated theoretical framework of the implementation process from a policy perspective by combining findings from implementation science, knowledge translation, and policy implementation research. The analysis identified policy as context, focusing lens, innovation, lever of influence, enabler/barrier, or outcome in implementation theory and processes, highlighting the importance of policy actors in implementation.
IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE
(2021)