Articles

United States Doula Programs and Their Outcomes: A Scoping Review to Inform State-Level Policies

Elsevier,

Women's Health Issues, Volume 34, 1 July 2024

The article provides a scoping review of the literature on United States doula programs and their outcomes to inform state-level policies.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being
North America

Gendered effects of climate change and health inequities among forcibly displaced populations: Displaced Rohingya women foster resilience through technology

Elsevier,

Journal of Climate Change and Health, Volume 18, 1 July 2024

Rohingya women displaced in Bangladesh demonstrate tremendous resilience in the face of severe gender restrictions and risks to personal safety exacerbated by climate change. They have employed information and communication technologies to share health information and resources, resist restrictions on their mobility, and forge new opportunities for themselves; efforts that contributed to controlling the risk of COVID-19 transmission within the camp in early 2020 and generating an innovative early-warning system to combat disasters exacerbated by climate change.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities; Goal 13: Climate action

Tags:

Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting intellectual disability in children with cerebral palsy

Elsevier,

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, Volume 24, 1 July 2024

This study developed a predictive model for intellectual disability (ID) in children with cerebral palsy (CP) using clinical features such as CP subtypes, Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Classification System (MRICS), and comorbid epilepsy. The model highlights the significant association between motor impairment severity and ID risk, emphasizing the importance of early identification and intervention for high-risk children.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and wellbeing, Asia

Exploring interconnections: A comprehensive multi-country analysis of climate change, energy demand, long-term care, and health of older adults

Elsevier,

Maturitas, Volume 184, June 2024

Interconnections between challenges due to climate change.
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SDG:

Goal 13: Climate action

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Climate Change, Global

Demographic silencing, ableism, and racialization in dual language bilingual education: A call for intersectional and program-level data reporting to assess gentrification

Elsevier,

Linguistics and Education, 2024, 101330

This study used a critical discourse analysis to examine how 12 major US school districts present student demographics for their dual language bilingual education (DLBE) programs, focusing on race, socioeconomics, ability, and English-learner status.

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SDG:

Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Educational inequality, North America

The one-eyed Elder woman stitches an ornament: Needles, needle cases, and women from the Iamal-Nenets region of Arctic Siberia

Elsevier,

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, Volume 74, June 2024

This archaeological anthropology paper discusses women's profound contributions to Arctic society. It looks at how needles are, and were, important women’s tools in the Iamal region of Siberia. How women’s sewing skills are crucial for the well-being of Arctic. families. How they form part of the women's cultural identities.
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities; Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
Antarctica

Māori and Pacific families’ experiences and perspectives of cardiovascular care; A qualitative study

Elsevier,

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Volume 48, June 2024

Māori and Pacific people want to take charge of their heart health but face challenges. Participants described important obligations to family, community and tikanga (the culturally correct way of doing things). Participants described times when health care undermined existing responsibilities, their dignity and/or their mana, and they felt excluded from treatment as a result.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities; Goal 1: No poverty
Oceania

Federal Food Assistance Accessibility and Acceptability Among Indigenous Peoples in the United States: A Scoping Review

Elsevier,

Journal of Nutrition, Volume 154, June 2024

The purpose of this scoping review was to determine the extent to which accessibility and acceptability of federal food assistance programs in the United States have been evaluated among indigenous peoples and to summarize what is currently known. Overall, it was found that little attention has been paid to the accessibility and acceptability of federal food assistance programs among indigenous peoples and more research is needed to understand and improve the participation experiences and health trajectories of these priority populations.
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SDG:

Goal 2: Zero hunger

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Poverty eradication, Global

Chronic respiratory disease in Indigenous peoples: a framework to address inequity and strengthen respiratory health and health care globally

Elsevier,

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, Volume 12, Issue 7p556-574July 2024

Review evidence on the burden of chronic respiratory diseases in Indigenous peoples globally, summarise factors that underlie health disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, propose a framework of approaches to improve the respiratory health of Indigenous peoples, and outline future directions for clinical care and research

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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being
Global

Analysis of chemical exposures in racial populations in Canada: An investigation based on the Canadian health measures survey

Elsevier,

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, Volume 260, July 2024, 114406

The paper assesses the feasibility of using the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) data to analyze chemical exposures in racial and Indigenous populations in Canada, and discusses the opportunities and constraints of this analysis, while noting the limited representativeness of Indigenous identity groups in the CHMS sample.

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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Health and wellbeing, North America

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