Facilitating Informed Decision-Making and Communicating Equity Issues
As predictive models proliferate, providers and decision makers require accessible information to guide their use. Preventing and combating bias must also be priorities in model development and in communication with…
Restoring Trust in Public Health Among Underrepresented Populations
Last summer, as SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant cases rose significantly in Florida, I stopped at a barber shop not far from campus. The barber is a friend of mine who had…
Testing ways to encourage exercise
January 11, 2022 At a Glance A large nationwide study identified inexpensive interventions that boosted weekly gym visits by up to 27%. The results point to affordable strategies to help…
What should happen when a resident physician gets belittled
With data suggesting that bullying among physicians is prevalent throughout the continuum of training and into practice, the issue has drawn recent action from the AMA House of Delegates. “Bullying…
Protection against discrimination in national dementia guideline recommendations: A systematic review
Abstract Background National dementia guidelines provide recommendations about the most effective approaches to diagnosis and interventions. Guidelines can improve care, but some groups such as people with minority characteristics may…
Taliban Make Travel Rules for Women: Must be with Mahram and Wear Hijab
The Taliban again issued special rules for Afghan women on Sunday (26/12). This time, what was arranged was long-distance travel for women. Quoted from AFP, in the guidelines released by…
Center dedicated to improving worker health a
Public health experts at the University of Illinois Chicago will continue efforts to improve the health of low-wage workers, thanks to a five-year, $7 million grant from the National Institute for Occupational…
Brock University offering fitness program for seniors
NEWS RELEASE BROCK UNIVERSITY ************************* For older adults, going to the gym is about more than just physical exercise. As one of the populations most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Disruptions in maternal health service use during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: experiences from 37 health facilities in low-income and middle-income countries – Haiti
Zeus Aranda, Thierry Binde, Katherine Tashman, Ananya Tadikonda, Bill Mawindo, Daniel Maweu, Emma Jean Boley, Isaac Mphande, Isata Dumbuya, Mariana Montaño, Mary Clisbee, Mc Geofrey Mvula, Melino Ndayizigiye, Meredith Casella…
Symptomatic Ottawa hospital workers with COVID-19 may be asked to work in staffing crisis
Ottawa’s largest hospitals say they may call in symptomatic health-care workers with COVID-19 to work should their staffing crisis become dire — a policy move that hospitals across the continent are making amid the…
New left-wing Vancouver party raises prospect of defunding, detasking, and disarming the Vancouver Police Department
It looks like the Coalition of Progressive Electors and OneCity Vancouver will face a new rival on the left in the 2022 Vancouver election. The Democratic Socialists of Vancouver website…