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J Prof Nurs
December 2024
Office of Undergraduate Studies, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America.
The lack of diversity in professional nursing education curricula, practices, and policies is reflective of its colonialist history. Despite increasing calls for action and organizational position statements affirming the importance of advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, this deeply rooted history has led to embedded structural racism and other forms of bias that have remained rife in the discipline. The desire to maintain a status quo that ignores the institutional and structural effects of bias has even led some states to defund and disempower institutions historically charged with advancing knowledge and fostering inclusive education.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLanguage is more than the use of words for pragmatic purposes, and language and thought are intertwined in complex ways. In medical contexts, the relational and dynamic nature of language requires that individuals pay close attention not only to the information communicated but also to how its delivery and reception impact inclusion. Adopting inclusive language principles can play a key role in those in academic medicine living up to the values of equity and inclusion, as they manifest in each of the 5 missions of academic medicine: scientific discovery, education, clinical care, collaboration with communities and partners, and standards of equity, professionalism, and ethics.
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October 2024
University of California San Diego, Center for Community Health, Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute La Jolla California USA.
Introduction: In the face of evolving public health challenges, including emerging diseases, pervasive health disparities, and escalating environmental threats, the integration of learning health system (LHS) principles emerges as a vital strategy for enhancing the adaptability and efficacy of public health initiatives. Traditional approaches within these systems often overlook the potential to deeply involve community-based organizations (CBO) that are led and staffed by the communities they serve as equal and essential partners in the public health discourse.
Methods: This commentary proposes a suite of nine community-led transformation (CLT) principles aimed at reimagining LHS frameworks to authentically incorporate CBOs at their core.
Am J Epidemiol
August 2024
Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
This commentary responds to the article by Qureishi et al. (Am J Epidemol. XXXX;XXX(XX):XXXX-XXXX)) that criticizes a new proposal for "positive epidemiology.
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