Governance structures that provide opportunities for people to contribute to decision-making would also enhance people’s abilities to control important factors in their life.
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Addressing racial and ethnic health gaps is becoming even more important as the US population continues its shift toward a minority-majority nation.
Vaccines and medical treatments can only go so far in an unequal society. Facing the ongoing history of racial discrimination and bias in the US would help end the pandemic.
Black American women have disproportionate HIV infection rates – in part because of systemic and structural racism in the health care system.
Canada’s largely private dental care system exacerbates inequalities and is a barrier to integrating oral health with general health.
Lockdowns can exacerbate existing mental illness, but people without a history of mental illness can also find themselves feeling low, unmotivated and lacking a sense of purpose.
After the CDC changed course in late July, recommending universal masking indoors, Nevada became the first state to adopt a flexible masking policy that can quickly adjust to changing COVID-19 rates.
Socio-economic factors are major barriers to physical activity. New research suggests this is one more reason why disadvantaged people were at increased risk for COVID-19.
People who haven’t gotten vaccinated for COVID-19 often have complex reasons for their relunctance or may face other barriers. Lumping them all together undercuts the vaccination campaign.
Patients shouldn’t be treated better simply because they can afford to pay more.
Medical innovations paired with innovative programs to get them to Black, Indigenous and Hispanic Americans can help close the health inequality gap.
Age and education level are the main factors associated with vaccine hesitancy. While this affects Māori and Pacific communities, basic access to health care and information is more important.
Electric cars are being touted as the best way to reduce emissions from transport. But a climate policy that relies on individuals paying for new technology runs the risk of aggravating inequities.
While the pandemic has focused the world’s attention on how to prevent infectious disease, many of the lessons learned from COVID-19 prevention can also be applied to chronic disease prevention.
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only increased risk factors for violence, but also simultaneously decreased resiliency for individuals as well as communities.
Many researchers may lack resources to guide them in conducting research that is equitable, inclusive and respectful of diverse Indigenous knowledge, ethics, practice and research sovereignty.
Black patients were 30% and Asian patients 49% more likely to die within 30 days of hospital admission compared to patients from white backgrounds of a similar age and baseline health.
Mistrust of the medical establishment, based on experience, is behind hesitancy.
As the country’s first ever African MP, and only the second refugee to win a seat, Ibrahim Omer is ideally placed to tackle the big problems facing immigrant communities.
While the focus has been on containing ‘hot spots’ of COVID-19 outbreaks, understanding why some areas have few or no cases could point the way to a staged reopening that starts with these areas.
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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