For the first time, research has put a dollar figure on the medical and economic toll of these relatively common conditions in New Zealand.
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Medical sociology examines how social, cultural, political and economic factors shape health in ways that medicine alone cannot treat.
More teenagers are now smoking regularly than if pre-vaping smoking trends had continued, widening inequities for Māori and Pacific youth.
Many studies show public funding of private health care can be more expensive and less equitable. A truly evidence-based health system would acknowledge this.
Campaigns designed to help us cut back on alcohol don’t always reach those most at risk of harm. Here’s what we should be doing instead.
USAID has a decades-long history of fighting smallpox, polio, malaria, tuberculosis and HIV.
It’s not the same as pain tolerance, which measures how much pain someone can endure before they require relief.
We can’t rely on rich countries to donate mpox vaccines. Here’s what we need to do instead.
One thing we can do to reduce this transport inequity is make it easier for First Nations people to get their driver’s licence. This also brings individuals and communities many other benefits.
The WHO’s International Health Regulations are the world’s only existing international legal agreement focused exclusively on preventing and addressing infectious disease outbreaks across borders.
De-centring medical expertise means fostering skillsets that reduce disparities in health outcomes. Medical expertise alone is great for those with social privilege, but not enough for the rest.
Influenza accounts for more than half of all potentially vaccine-preventable hospitalisations of children under 14. But those living in poverty are three times more likely to require hospital care.
New research highlights common threads in cancer survivors’ stories, including the effort it takes to navigate the health system, even for a diagnosis, and the struggle to fund unsubsidised treatments.
Many Black patients experience stark differences in how they’re treated during medical interactions compared to white patients.
Research partnerships with the people and communities affected help to challenge health inequities, and support person-centred care in health systems.
Anti-Black racism has health, social and economic consequences for Black populations in Canada. Partnering with Black communities is a crucial component in effective efforts to mitigate inequities.
While medical school may teach students about how the body works, it often neglects the social, political and cultural factors that determine health and disease. The humanities can help.
The work environment is a social determinant of health. However, work has been underused as a lever to address health inequalities.
Cancer screening and other routine primary care can help address inequities if we choose to leave the unfair status quo behind.
Many people with sickle cell disease don’t receive adequate treatment to ease their pain and are subjected to racial discrimination and stigmatization.
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Assistant Professor of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Associate professor, Department of Health Sciences, Carleton University
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Associate professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto; York University, Canada; University of Sydney
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Professor of Public Health, La Trobe University
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PhD candidate (health), Dalhousie University
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Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, University of British Columbia
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Senior Lecturer in Bioethics, University of Otago
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Adjunct Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Social and Health Psychology, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Associate Professor of Community and Public Health; Lead, Graduate Certificate in Rural Health, Idaho State University, Idaho State University
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MSc Candidate, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University
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Director Rural Health Advocacy Project, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Psychology, Saint Mary’s University
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia
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Senior Research Fellow, Public Health, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau