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- Public Health, Scope: Public health encompasses a broad range of activities aimed at improving the health of populations as a whole. This includes policies, research, disease prevention, health education, and health promotion on a national or global scale. Focus Areas: It deals with issues like epidemics, health policies, environmental health, and global health initiatives. Public health professionals work on reducing health disparities, improving healthcare systems, and conducting health research.
- Community Health, Scope: Community health focuses more narrowly on the health and well-being of specific communities or populations within a larger society. It involves localized efforts to address health needs and issues unique to that community. Focus Areas: This includes activities like community health education, local health programs, access to healthcare services, and addressing specific health issues prevalent in the community. Community health practitioners often work directly with individuals and groups to improve health outcomes at the local level.
Dear Colleagues,
As many of you may well acknowledge, movement of the human body is intimately connected to a broader individual sense of autonomy and a pursuit of happiness. The promotion of physical activity for the “benefit” and “wellbeing” of individuals across their lifespan has been a preeminent feature of a broader public health initiative in the United States. However, many public health initiatives—enacted for the benefit of all citizens—and the broader praxis of practitioners—e.g., emboldened individual acts as saviorism for the greater good—have nearly universally maintained the historical inequalities experienced by those from marginalized communities.
Indeed, one’s physical health is rooted to one’s larger sense of being well. Yet, overly simplistic messages such as “eat less, exercise more” or “try walking more” neglect the documented systemic barriers such as cost, proximity, safety, etc., that limit historically and perpetually marginalized individuals from receiving such benefits. Presenting individualistic strategies to improve one’s health has served only to exacerbate entrenched issues and has often caused persons to engage in fewer and less enjoyable modes of physical activity; this has left only those with the affordances, such as those with more affluence, of the racial (i.e., white) or sexual (i.e., heterosexual) majority, or whose accommodation needs fit within those readily available.
To combat historical inequity and prepare for the ever-diversifying populace of the US, we are soliciting contributions for a Special Issue of Societies, titled “Interwoven Nuance: An Exploration of Youth Physical Activity Promotion and the Connection to Family Wellbeing”. This collection will consist of critical inquiries into wellbeing, physical activity, and family dynamics and their relationship to persistent, pervasive health disparities among perpetually marginalized communities. Such manuscripts may consider one or multiple forms of marginalization as related to racism, sexism, homo/transphobia, ableism, anti-immigrant, antisemitic, etc., and their influence on individual or collective wellbeing—defined as an individual’s perception of doing or being “well”—as part of, connected to, (un)related to, or otherwise linked with physical activity—defined as the intentional act of moving one’s entire body in a coordinated manner.
We, for this Special Issue, request submission of original empirical research studies or reviews. Manuscripts may be descriptive, exploratory, experimental, or theoretical; data of all forms (e.g., qualitative, or quantitative) will be considered. We will not consider manuscripts that are purely methodological; theoretical manuscripts may be considered but empirical articles will be prioritized.
We are hopefully awaiting submissions that are highly critical of the status quo or established traditions; this may include—but is not limited to—the following:
- The gendered design of sport in American culture;
- The imperialistic origins of physical education in schools;
- Sport within the “School-to-Prison” pipeline;
- Impact of trans sport bans on the wellbeing of children and families;
- (Re)constructing assumptions of physical activity, family dynamics, and equity;
- Transformative community-driven solutions to community issues possibly pertaining to community safety, educational affordances, or accessibility;
- Offering a more holistically aligned description for wellbeing or physical activity itself;
- Offering insight, deeply and authentically, on any topics connected to the intention of this request.
We will accept submissions from individuals of any affiliation and with all forms of credentials and expertise. All manuscripts will be expected to be transparent with their methodology and uphold the ethical standards for research as prescribed in the Belmont Report, the Declaration of Helsinki, and the Nuremberg Code.
We look forward to receiving your contributions; submissions can be made at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/societies/special_issues/GCFZ2B127T.
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Your guest editors,
Dr. Andrew Colombo-Dougovito
Dr. Yolanda Mitchell
I am interested in understanding the most effective public health interventions that have successfully addressed health inequalities across diverse global settings. In your experience or from your research, which interventions have shown the greatest impact in reducing health disparities and improving overall population health? Additionally, what are the key factors that contribute to the success of these interventions, and how can they be adapted for use in different contexts? I am eager to hear your insights and engage in a fruitful discussion that can help inform future public health strategies.
Dear Colleagues,
How many people in the USA who speak two or more languages represent ethnic minorities? I am looking for numbers and sources to cite.
Thank you!
Monika
As a part of my PhD, I conducted a study to assess health inequities in Amaravati capital region of Andhra Pradesh using two composite indices made from health determinants indicators and health outcome indicators.
Health outcome indicators data was available at the sub-district level. The data were interpolated to create a heatmap of the health outcome index. Whereas health determinants data was available at the village level. Thus I created a choropleth map using the health determinants index.
Later interpolated health outcome index map was overlayered on the choropleth map of health outcomes. It highlighted some interesting findings, i.e. areas of concern (Villages). The colour combinations created because of overlaying two layers revealed the areas with poor health outcomes and poor health determinants and areas with poor health outcomes with better determinants.
Kindly check these files and give your valuable opinions. Whether this type of analysis can be used to highlight the areas with health inequities or not? Please comment on the method used and the results obtained in the overlayered map.
I am conducting research for a Health Psychology MSc. My chosen topic is to explore racial healthcare experience disparities, and healthcare inequalities, in the maternal/perinatal period. I am trying to find an appropriate health psychological theories that can be applied to these to help underpin my research and interview schedule.
Thank you.
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) seeks to support research that examines how health information technology adoption impacts minority health and health disparity populations in access to care, quality of care, patient engagement, and health outcomes.
Hi Learned friends,
Are you working on a project and need a co-author? please feel free to reach out to me.
What can you do to effect positive change in Healthcare by years end?
There is a tremendous amount of discussion related to healthcare quality, population health and “disparities”. Lots of questions but few actionable answers. Let’s identify the low hanging fruit it our daily practice that can lead to positive outcomes!
Let’s be part of the solution and not part of the problem. Let’s be change agents.
Please join the movement!
Empowering patients through their personal health record: scoping review for NHS England
Can anyone help me with papers that sum up old and new health disparity or inequality theories or conceptual frameworks?
thank you
Does anyone have data on lead paint and learning disability?
Just sharing a cooking based analogy about research that dawned on me this morning.- Any comments?
Most people think of affluence as a one sided blessing. One need not worry about food or clothing or shelter. But there are problems, very real problems, associated with affluence that are quite daunting, and in need of attention. Control, secrecy, theft, are only a few of these problems.
Specific groups of workers are at greater risk of exposure to dangerous substances at work in the woodworking and furniture enterprises. According to some recent studies, these are the newly appointed workers, young workers, migrant workers and workers with certain medical problems, etc. How to properly and thoroughly identify these groups?
women living in the rural communities in Africa within the above age range wants to be given the opportunity to be educated from primary to university level because they where denied such because they are full time farmers producing food for the public that where busy going to school.
The current trial debit card bill provides cashless welfare benefits to recipients. The rational and purpose of the bill aims at reducing the amount of money spent on alcohol , drugs and gambling. Originally , the bill targeted to address the issues that arose within the Aboriginal Torres Islander communities.
Are there any underlying disadvantages , this bill has towards the recipients and the general community as a whole?
What maybe the social justice issues that needs to be addressed from the bill?
If i was to submit a reform proposal to the commission, what recommendations could I come up with?
I am interested in researching this topic and want to know what has been done alr any,
Community forest management is a popular concept that can be used to empowering local community while contributing forest management, yet in practice gathering community as a group not easy work. What do you think about Theory of Community Empowerment'? Is it useful for above work?
those who did study on Empowerment of geriatrics
Is there anybody who has worked to estimate the unmet need of particular services? I am thinking specifically of our aboriginal people who live in remote areas where dialysis is not readily available. Renal failure is common in this collective and obviously given the remoteness, diabetes as well as renal failure are vastly underdiagnosed, but also the treatment for renal failure (if culturally appropriate at all) in native patients of any country is not always given. I wonder if people have experience quantifying the 'unmet need'. i am aware of studies where investigators have looked at death certificates issued after patients in remote areas have died, but also these are non-specific as they often crudely list some known morbidites. How do we measure 'unmet need'?
The use of CHW is a growing in some states (CA, MA, NY) that have a large racial and ethnic populations as they have been proven to be effective in reducing readmission rates and healthcare disparities. However, each states' training curriculum varies and programs are not regulated.
We asked this question and posed these concerns in the commentary below.
i intend to research of whether there are specific provisions for the poor and the vulnerable in the Nigerian National Health Bill 2014. They key questions include, are the provisions rights or privileges; who is eligible and who is to advocate for the poor? I would like read about other researchers critique of Health Bill in relation to equity and inequity in the Nigerian health system.
We are conducting a surveillance study looking at various socio-demographic factors and birth outcomes such as LBW and prematurity using birth certificate data. Given the limited info on the birth certificate, which would be a better predictor of adequate prenatal care, the Kotelchuck or the Kessner index.
I'm task to do a research on any particular disease that is either common or uncommon in the cultural perspective that when people are affected by it, beliefs may arises from it such as to why, how and when this disease is affecting a particular group or an individual. The beliefs may be in the form of spirits, nature etc, and the practices that are used to combat this particular disease.
Placing it in a cultural perspective when modern technologies were not yet available to either identify and point out it's origin.
I work in a rural town in Kenya and my heart bleeds each time there's a delay to patient care, either due to patient delays or because the hospital is not well equipped.
Traditional approaches have focused on improving communication by clinicians so that it can be better understood by patients with low health literacy. We are interested in specific approaches to improving health literacy especially is disadvantaged population groups.
How can I find health care barriers among pregnant women in Saudi Arabia?
I'm looking some strategies for expand the coverage and quality of dental services in marginalized communities.
I am now conducting research on gender in mental health in order to discover differences of care, treatment, rehabilitation between male and female having mental disorders/mental illness.
I am looking to explore the use of systems sciece/ecology methods to health disparities research
In instances of natural disaster, persons with disability are the most affected and may required specialized attention to cater to their needs. Also, wars, natural disasters and other circumstances impact individuals, families and communities requiring them to need some form of mental health services
Health Care systems based on compulsory social insurance alone tend to regulate access to care through control and rationing of human and material resources. As a consequence, motivation for developping and improving therapeutic concepts and procedures is often low. Economic growth and major disposability of financial resources for individual citizens enlarge the field of choice for treatment. Insurance companies and the medical profession are tempted to offer a broad spectrum of treatment options that tends to increase demand and might undermine the quality of indication, thereby causing an increase in complications and in cost for secondary repair which results in spoiling of resources. Measuring and managing quality under these conditions becomes a major concern, especially in mixed economies with both social and private health insurances schemes.
I am just starting research focused on the decolonization of tribal healthcare as a means to improve tribal health disparities. This article will be helpful since there is a dearth of information on the topic in the primary care realm. Integrated (biopsychosocial) care is always the ideal. If anyone out there has information on any pilot programs or individuals who are doing work in this area, please let me know!
We see that the health of the black/african american population have the worst health as a whole in comparison to the white population, in the United States of America. I am hearing more and more that the circumstances that blacks faced during slavery have had a toll in the health of the population today. Examples being that black babies less than 1 years of age have a higher death rate than white babies and this is being linked to the stress black women endured during life and it effecting the child before birth. Stress that have been inheritated from generations and generations and a lifetime of discrimination, rooted from slavery. I am simply curious if there are any more articles or research being done on this topic and the thoughts of others.
I'll be looking more at social and historical determinants of health disparities, but I am even more specifically interested in looking at "upstream" issues (to coin John Snow!) that are perhaps more rooted in history and culture, resulting in what is today an abysmal situation for Native Americans.
The jury is still out on HIT and Im curious as to your experience with it.
Has anyone compared the important factors towards quality of life in these populations and their relationship with healthcare?
