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AI-powered chatbots can be used in health-care education to help providers practice encounters with patients who have vaccine questions.
Insurers in many ways are the face of US health care, which may help explain the public reaction to the murder of an insurance executive.
Integrating affordable housing with accessible health and social services is a proven, highly cost-effective way to tackle homelessness and vastly improve people’s lives.
Research on both sides of the globe shows that unmanageable workloads is the main reason why many ambulance service staff are considering quitting the profession.
Autism health passports are a tool designed to help autistic people access healthcare more easily.
A focus on the lower end of mental health issues has meant those in crisis are still not getting the level of support they need.
Rural patients’ self-reliance means they often wait until it’s too late to visit hospital, while the closing of state borders has restricted the movement of some fly-in fly-out health workers.
The Global Gag Rule transcends abortion and exacerbates weaknesses and vulnerabilities of the Kenyan health system.
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global problem and solutions must also be found for the most vulnerable populations.
Past upgrades to the state’s medical record system have cost tremendous amounts of money, and on at least one occasion, forced clinicians to revert to paper-based methods.
Female-centred health services are good, but they may detract from gender equality and men’s health.
Muslim women in the UK don’t feel able to discuss their healthcare needs because of fears of islamaphobia.
Dancing, drumming, visiting galleries and so on are one of the best ways of enhancing public health.
If you’re unsure whether you need an ambulance, it’s OK to call 000 for advice.
In many parts of sub-Saharan Africa men who have sex with men encounter stigma and prejudice when accessing health services.
Private companies are building new inpatient units – the state has been trying to reduce them for the last five years.
More than 788 health facilities have been destroyed in parts of North-Eastern Nigeria captured by Boko Haram insurgents, crippling health services in the area.
Most of the country’s 1,717 primary healthcare centres have no running water or electricity and the hospitals are ill-equipped and under-staffed.
Online support forums provide emotional help to domestic violence survivors in ways often missed by traditional public services.
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Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Exeter
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Professor of Computing Science, Director of the Digital Institute, Newcastle University
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Research Fellow/Research Uptake Officer of the Health Policy Research Group, University of Nigeria
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Professor of Health Humanities, University of Nottingham
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Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
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Professor of Practice, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Professor of Speech Pathology, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in the Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado Denver
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Associate Professor for Responsible Business, Middlesex University
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Professor of Psychology, Health and Social Care, Lancaster University
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Professor of Cognitive Psychology, School of Education, La Trobe University
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Public Health Physician/ Implementation Scientist, Dalhousie University
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Research Associate & Surgeon, University of Sheffield
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Karen Willis is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Public Health, Victoria University, Victoria University