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Factors that influence the implementation of e-health: a systematic review of systematic reviews (an update) Open
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Choosing implementation strategies to address contextual barriers: diversity in recommendations and future directions Open
The wide heterogeneity of endorsements obtained in this study's task suggests that there are relatively few consistent relationships between CFIR-based barriers and ERIC implementation strategies. Despite this heterogeneity, a tool aggrega…
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Understanding and Responding to Health Literacy as a Social Determinant of Health Open
Evidence of a social gradient in health literacy has been found in all reported national population surveys. Health literacy is a midstream determinant of health but not a panacea for addressing health inequities created by the maldistribu…
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Advancing social connection as a public health priority in the United States. Open
A robust body of scientific evidence has indicated that being embedded in high-quality close relationships and feeling socially connected to the people in one's life is associated with decreased risk for all-cause mortality as well as a ra…
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The influence of education on health: an empirical assessment of OECD countries for the period 1995–2015 Open
Background A clear understanding of the macro-level contexts in which education impacts health is integral to improving national health administration and policy. In this research, we use a visual analytic approach to explore the associati…
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Prioritizing the Mental Health and Well-Being of Healthcare Workers: An Urgent Global Public Health Priority Open
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on health systems in most countries, and in particular, on the mental health and well-being of health workers on the frontlines of pandemic response efforts. The purpose of this article…
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Social and Structural Determinants of Health Inequities in Maternal Health Open
Since the World Health Organization launched its commission on the social determinants of health (SDOH) over a decade ago, a large body of research has proven that social determinants-defined as the conditions in which people are born, gro…
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Health equity and COVID-19: global perspectives Open
The COVID-19 is disproportionally affecting the poor, minorities and a broad range of vulnerable populations, due to its inequitable spread in areas of dense population and limited mitigation capacity due to high prevalence of chronic cond…
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The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Framework Open
We introduce the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) research framework, a product that emerged from the NIMHD science visioning process. The NIMHD research framework is a multilevel, multidomain model that…
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The global health workforce stock and distribution in 2020 and 2030: a threat to equity and ‘universal’ health coverage? Open
Objective The 2016 Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health: Workforce 2030 projected a global shortage of 18 million health workers by 2030. This article provides an assessment of the health workforce stock in 2020 and presents a rev…
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Tracking Universal Health Coverage: 2017 Global Monitoring Report Open
A number the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015 have targets that relate to health. However, one goal – SDG3- focuses specifically on ensuring healthy lives and promotin…
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United States Health Care Reform Open
Policy makers should build on progress made by the Affordable Care Act by continuing to implement the Health Insurance Marketplaces and delivery system reform, increasing federal financial assistance for Marketplace enrollees, introducing …
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Health information seeking in the digital age: An analysis of health information seeking behavior among US adults Open
We live in a digital age and this has changed the landscape of health information. With the changing US demographic, otherwise acute diseases morphing into chronic diseases as a result of treatment advancements, and evolving health needs o…
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Spatial analysis and GIS in the study of COVID-19. A review Open
This study entailed a review of 63 scientific articles on geospatial and spatial-statistical analysis of the geographical dimension of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The diversity of themes identified in this paper can b…
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Health Care Pollution And Public Health Damage In The United States: An Update Open
An up-to-date assessment of environmental emissions in the US health care sector is essential to help policy makers hold the health care industry accountable to protect public health. We update national-level US health-sector emissions. We…
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Digital Health Equity and COVID-19: The Innovation Curve Cannot Reinforce the Social Gradient of Health Open
Digital health innovations have been rapidly implemented and scaled to provide solutions to health delivery challenges posed by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. This has provided people with ongoing access to vital health servi…
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Evaluating Strategies For Reducing Health Disparities By Addressing The Social Determinants Of Health Open
The opportunities for healthy choices in homes, neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces can have decisive impacts on health. We review scientific evidence from promising interventions focused on the social determinants of health and discuss…
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Implementation science should give higher priority to health equity Open
Background There is growing urgency to tackle issues of equity and justice in the USA and worldwide. Health equity, a framing that moves away from a deficit mindset of what society is doing poorly (disparities) to one that is positive abou…
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The Brazilian health system at crossroads: progress, crisis and resilience Open
The Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS)) has enabled substantial progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Brazil. However, structural weakness, economic and political crises and austerity policies that have cappe…
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Leveraging media and health communication strategies to overcome the COVID-19 infodemic Open
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a complementary infodemic, whereby various outlets and digital media portals shared false information and unsourced recommendations on health. In addition, journals and authors published a mass of academic …
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Global Health Workforce Labor Market Projections for 2030 Open
In many low-income countries, demand may stay below projected supply, leading to the paradoxical phenomenon of unemployed ("surplus") health workers in those countries facing acute "needs-based" shortages. Opportunities exist to bend the t…
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Antibiotic Resistance: One Health One World Outlook Open
Antibiotic resistance (ABR) is a growing public health concern worldwide, and it is now regarded as a critical One Health issue. One Health’s interconnected domains contribute to the emergence, evolution, and spread of antibiotic-resistant…
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Document analysis in health policy research: the READ approach Open
Document analysis is one of the most commonly used and powerful methods in health policy research. While existing qualitative research manuals offer direction for conducting document analysis, there has been little specific discussion abou…
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Open
Background: This paper examines the short-term health effects of air pollution on daily hospital admissions in Australian cities (those considered comprise more than 50% of the Australian population) for the period 1996-99. Methods: The st…
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Public Health 3.0: A Call to Action for Public Health to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century Open
Public health is what we do together as a society to ensure the conditions in which everyone can be healthy. Although many sectors play key roles, governmental public health is an essential component. Recent stressors on public health are …
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Evidence-based policymaking is not like evidence-based medicine, so how far should you go to bridge the divide between evidence and policy? Open
There is extensive health and public health literature on the 'evidence-policy gap', exploring the frustrating experiences of scientists trying to secure a response to the problems and solutions they raise and identifying the need for bett…
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Meanings and Misunderstandings: A Social Determinants of Health Lexicon for Health Care Systems Open
Policy Points Health care systems and policymakers in the United States increasingly use language related to social determinants of health in their strategies to improve health and control costs, but the terms used are often misunderstood,…
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Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries: a scattered picture Open
Data on comprehensive population-based surveillance of antimicrobial resistance is lacking. In low- and middle-income countries, the challenges are high due to weak laboratory capacity, poor health systems governance, lack of health inform…
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COVID-19 and cancer Open
With the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), countries and states have instituted lockdowns. These decisions have been difficult and are sometimes described as benefiting the public health at the expense of the economy. Fear of …
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Structural Racism In Historical And Modern US Health Care Policy Open
The COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated and amplified the harsh reality of health inequities experienced by racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States. Members of these groups have disproportionately been infected and died from C…