The article introduces a novel approach called PTM-SFFS that effectively combines pre-trained transformer models (PTMs) with traditional statistical classifiers and linguistic features for the task of gender screening on community question-answering (cQA) platforms.

Shaquita Bell, who is both Black and Indigenous, recently became the 33rd Native-identifying full professor of medicine in the USA. Bell's work questions the idea of race as a driver of health outcomes, and aims to improve understanding of race as a social rather than a biological construct.

This study seeks to describe the prevalence and sociodemographic characteristics of community-dwelling older adults experiencing difficulties with understanding others or being understand when communicating in their usual language.

This Article supports SDG 3 by examining inequities of care between disabled and non-disabled children in Africa, focusing on common childhood illnesses. Absolute differences were small, although higher odds of some illnesses were observed in disabled children. Children with disabilities should be considered in efforts to address social determinants of health.

This study shows the communicative practices that facilitate peer socialization processes in an oral classroom for deaf or hard-of-hearing preschoolers.

The extensive history of abuse and ongoing mistreatment of Black Americans continues to foster apprehension and distrust of healthcare providers. This has resulted in substantial barriers for modern healthcare to appropriately address the needs of Black patients. These concerns have been visibly manifested during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article supports WHO SDG 3 Good Health and Wellbeing and SDG10 Reduced Inequalities.

This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 11 and 10 by contextualizing how the integration of indigenous practice and scientific knowledge of DRR can support development organizations and policymakers in planning effective and practical activities to mitigate and manage disaster risk in indigenous communities. This conceptual article argues that indigenous knowledge can assist in becoming more aware of disaster risks, implementing a successful local disaster management plan, and conducting scientific research and training.

This chapter advances the UN SDG goals 11 and 10 by developing a practical philosophy that elaborates elements from the Indigenous knowledge system for hybrid epistemologies from which actions can be developed for disaster risk reduction.

The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on the day the police in Sharpeville, South Africa, opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration against apartheid "pass laws" in 1960. The UN General assembly created this day to signify the struggle to end the policy of apartheid in South Africa and call on the the international community to end all forms of racial discrimination.

This Article supports SDGs 3 and 10 by evaluating home telemonitoring of women with complicated pregnancies, finding that it might be a safe alternative to hospital admission. If implemented, it is possible that this alternative could reduce costs and increase patient access to care and monitoring