Association Between Educational Status and Mortality According to Diabetes Status Among US Adults by Toshiaki Komura, BA, Naoki Kondo, MD, PhD, Karan Bhatt, BS, Kosuke Inoue, MD, PhD

“…Our findings indicate that prevention of diabetes itself is critical to mitigate health disparities by socioeconomic status such as education status.…”
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The 29-nucleotide deletion in SARS-CoV: truncated versions of ORF8 are under purifying selection by Anastassia Bykova, Andreu Saura, Galina V. Glazko, Abiel Roche-Lima, Vyacheslav Yurchenko, Igor B. Rogozin

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The health of rural Black communities during COVID: Some affirmations, some surprises by Sharlene D. Newman, Sharlene D. Newman, Kimberly Moss, Melonie Pichon, Deborah Scott, Kileema Rogers, Angela Orr, Chuong Bui, Pamela Payne-Foster, Pamela Payne-Foster

“…Background and objectiveThere are overwhelming health disparities in the Deep South. It is important to include the voice of communities affected by these disparities when developing interventions. …”
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275 Cultural Adaptation and Implementation of Cognitive Behavior Therapy in a Rural Mental Health Clinic of Puerto Rico by Humberto A. Cruz Esparra, Abiel Roche-Lima, Claudia Amaya-Ardila, Carmen J Buxó-Martínez, Roberto Lewis Fernández, Karen Martínez-González

“…These results will support the feasibility of implementing this approach, addressing mental health disparities, and enhancing treatment engagement and outcomes in underserved populations. …”
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Time to act: A rubric-based approach for institutionalizing justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion by Marie K. Norman, Thomas R. Radomski, Chelsea N. Proulx, Doris M. Rubio, Tasha L. Alston, Colleen A. Mayowski

“…Attacks on minoritized communities and increasing awareness of the societal causes of health disparities have combined to highlight deep systemic inequities. …”
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Returning to Our Roots: Tribal Health and Wellness through Land-Based Healing by Michelle Johnson-Jennings, Shanondora Billiot, Karina Walters

“…(1) Background: Settler colonialism has severely disrupted Indigenous ancestral ways of healing and being, contributing to an onslaught of health disparities. In particular, the United Houma Nation (UHN) has faced large land loss and trauma, dispossession, and marginalization. …”
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Language-Related Disparities in Pain Management in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit for Children Undergoing Laparoscopic Appendectomy by Anjali A. Dixit, Holly Elser, Catherine L. Chen, Marla Ferschl, Solmaz P. Manuel

“…While low English language proficiency is correlated with minority race/ethnicity in the United States, it is less frequently explored in the study of health disparities. We therefore investigated whether English language proficiency influenced pain management in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) in a cohort of children who underwent laparoscopic appendectomy at our pediatric hospital in San Francisco. …”
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Toxicological Risk Analysis in Data-Poor Countries: A Narrative Approach to Feed an “Awareness Raising—Community Empowerment” Vortex by Chiara Frazzoli

“…<i>Background and objectives</i>: With globalization of culture and products, choices and behaviors associated with the unawareness of toxicological risk factors result in human and environmental toxic exposures along with health disparities. Toxic exposures are risk factors for malnutrition and diseases, impairing the chances of being healthy and having a healthy adulthood for current and next generation(s). …”
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Nucleotide Weight Matrices Reveal Ubiquitous Mutational Footprints of AID/APOBEC Deaminases in Human Cancer Genomes by Igor B. Rogozin, Abiel Roche-Lima, Artem G. Lada, Frida Belinky, Ivan A. Sidorenko, Galina V. Glazko, Vladimir N. Babenko, David N. Cooper, Youri I. Pavlov

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Genomic Screening Identifies Individuals at High Risk for Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis by Emily R. Soper, Sabrina A. Suckiel, Giovanna T. Braganza, Amy R. Kontorovich, Eimear E. Kenny, Noura S. Abul-Husn

“…Delayed and missed diagnoses could potentiate health disparities in these populations. We evaluated whether population-based genomic screening could effectively identify individuals at risk for hATTR and prompt initiation of risk management. …”
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Developing a clinical research infrastructure embedded in an academic medicine center that equitably supports future clinician scientists by Maija Holsti, Heather T. Keenan, Howard A. Kadish, Heather K. Sapiro, Angelo P. Giardino, Katharine A. Osborn, Kristen L. Cline, Carrie L. Byington

“…Students under‐represented in medicine (URiM) are also under‐represented in academic leadership positions and as physician‐scientists but are critical to help solve health disparities. Barriers in pursuing medicine as a career may be high for URiM students, therefore it is important to create pre‐medicine opportunities accessible to all students interested in healthcare careers. …”
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Psychological Impacts of Teaching Models on Ibero-American Educators during COVID-19 by Simone Nomie Sato, Emilia Condes Moreno, Adriana Rico Villanueva, Paulo Orquera Miranda, Pascual Chiarella, Gloria Bermudez, Jose Francisco Tornero Aguilera, Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez

“…While these phases were universally apparent, cultural, socio-economic, and health disparities across regions subtly influenced the quality and experiential aspects of teaching and learning within these models. …”
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Pharmacy Deserts and Pharmacies’ Roles Post-Extreme Weather and Climate Events in the United States: A Scoping Review by Harpreet Sahota, Samantha Guzman, Lissette Tordera, Michelle Chan, Jennifer Cocohoba, Parya Saberi

“…Additionally, to tackle health disparities that arise due to pharmacy deserts, the populations most affected by a decreased access to pharmacies should be identified. …”
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160 Biopsychosocial Well-being and Identity: Variation in the Experience of Allostatic Load and Depression by Identity Status Using NHANES 2017-2020 Data by Rachael E. Bishop

“…Pathophysiological dysregulation, as evidenced by allostatic load, is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Health disparities exist in both the incidence and outcomes of chronic stress. …”
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Beyond Health Co-Benefits: Air Quality-Related Equity Implications of US Decarbonization Policy by Picciano, Paul

“…However, uncertainty remains about how different U.S. decarbonization strategies might affect air pollution-related health disparities. This thesis explores the extent to which near-term federal carbon pricing can reduce racial/ethnic disparities in air pollution exposure, as well as pathways to reduce these disparities more generally. …”
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Street science : the fusing of local and professional knowledge in environmental policy by Coburn, Jason

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Linking international clinical research with stateless populations to justice in global health. by Pratt, B, Zion, D, Lwin, K, Cheah, P, Nosten, F, Loff, B

“…BACKGROUND: In response to calls to expand the scope of research ethics to address justice in global health, recent scholarship has sought to clarify how external research actors from high-income countries might discharge their obligation to reduce health disparities between and within countries. An ethical framework-'research for health justice'-was derived from a theory of justice (the health capability paradigm) and specifies how international clinical research might contribute to improved health and research capacity in host communities. …”

Exploring barriers to and facilitators of malaria prevention practices: a photovoice study with rural communities at risk to Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in Sabah, Malaysia by Naserrudin, NA, Lin, PYP, Monroe, A, Culleton, R, Baumann, SE, Sato, S, Adhikari, B, Fornace, KM, Hod, R, Jeffree, MS, Ahmed, K, Hassan, MR

“…These findings may be used to improve strategies for zoonotic malaria control, which is critical for advancing social change and minimizing health disparities in malaria prevention.</p>…”

Language barrier and its relationship to diabetes and diabetic retinopathy by Zheng, Yingfeng, Lamoureux, Ecosse L., Chiang, Pei-Chia Peggy, Anuar, Ainur Rahman, Ding, Jie, Wang, Jie Jin, Mitchell, Paul, Tai, E-Shyong, Wong, Tien Y.

“…Social policies and health interventions that address language-related health disparities may help reduce the public health impact of T2DM in societies with heterogeneous populations. © 2012 Zheng et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.…”

Temporal trends of severity and outcomes of critically ill patients with COVID-19 after the emergence of variants of concern: A comparison of two waves. by Daniela Helena Machado Freitas, Eduardo Leite Vieira Costa, Natalia Alcantara Zimmermann, Larissa Santos Oliveira Gois, Mirella Vittig Alves Anjos, Felipe Gallego Lima, Pâmela Santos Andrade, Daniel Joelsons, Yeh-Li Ho, Flávia Cristina Silva Sales, Ester Cerdeira Sabino, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro Carvalho, Juliana Carvalho Ferreira

“…Our findings suggest that the combination of the burden of severe cases and factors such as resource allocation and health disparities may have had an impact in the excess mortality found in many countries in the second wave.…”
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