Big data in context : addressing the twin perils of data absenteeism and chauvinism in the context of health disparities research by Lee, Edmund Wei Jian, Viswanath, Kasisomayajula

“…However, present discussions often do not thoroughly consider the implications of big data or health informatics in the context of continuing health disparities. The 2 key objectives of this paper were as follows: first, it introduced 2 main problems of health big data in the context of health disparities-data absenteeism (lack of representation from underprivileged groups) and data chauvinism (faith in the size of data without considerations for quality and contexts). …”
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI+) healthcare in Singapore: perspectives of non-governmental organisations and clinical year medical students by O'Hara, Caitlin A., Foon, Xiang Lin, Ng, Jared C. K., Wong, Chen Seong, Wang, Francine Y. C., Tan, Clara Y. R., Cheah, Yi Ting, Griva, Konstadina, Yoong, Joanne S. Y., Tan, Rayner K. J.

“…Purpose: International studies document that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI+) patients face significant health disparities. Studies exploring the attitudes, knowledge, preparedness and comfort levels of healthcare students towards LGBTQI+ health have been conducted in the United States, United Kingdom and Malaysia. …”
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Designing effective eHealth interventions for underserved groups: five lessons from a decade of eHealth intervention design and deployment by Lee, Edmund Wei Jian, McCloud, Rachel F., Viswanath, Kasisomayajula

“…The objective of this paper is to draw lessons from a decade of experience in designing different user-centered eHealth interventions (eg, web portals and health apps) to inform future work in leveraging technology to address health disparities. We draw these lessons from a series of interventions from the work we have done over 15 years in the Viswanath laboratory at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, focusing on three projects that used web portals and health apps targeted toward underserved groups. …”
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Endogenous adenine mediates kidney injury in diabetic models and predicts diabetic kidney disease in patients by Sharma, Kumar, Zhang, Guanshi, Hansen, Jens, Bjornstad, Petter, Lee, Hak Joo, Menon, Rajasree, Hejazi, Leila, Liu, Jian-Jun, Franzone, Anthony, Looker, Helen C., Choi, Byeong Yeob, Fernandez, Roman, Venkatachalam, Manjeri A., Kugathasan, Luxcia, Sridhar, Vikas S., Natarajan, Loki, Zhang, Jing, Sharma, Varun S., Kwan, Brian, Waikar, Sushrut S., Himmelfarb, Jonathan, Tuttle, Katherine R., Kestenbaum, Bryan, Fuhrer, Tobias, Feldman, Harold I., de Boer, Ian H., Tucci, Fabio C., Sedor, John, Heerspink, Hiddo Lambers, Schaub, Jennifer, Otto, Edgar A., Hodgin, Jeffrey B., Kretzler, Matthias, Anderton, Christopher R., Alexandrov, Theodore, Cherney, David, Lim, Su Chi, Nelson, Robert G., Gelfond, Jonathan, Iyengar, Ravi

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