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On Merit and Equity in Admission to US Physical Therapist Education Programs: A Qualitative Analysis of Faculty Habitus.
J Phys Ther Educ
December 2024
Matthew A. Nuciforo is the associate professor, chair, and program director in the Department of Physical Therapy and is the associate dean for Admissions and Enrollment in the College of Health Professions at the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science 3333 N Green Bay Rd, North Chicago, IL 60064 Please address all correspondence to Matthew A. Nuciforo.
Introduction: In contrast to the increased diversity of the US population, historically excluded racial and ethnic groups remain underrepresented in the physical therapist profession. As decision-makers, faculty exert direct influence on enrollment through evaluating applications and determining which applicants are deserving of admission to physical therapist programs.
Review Of Literature: Faculty decision-making in admissions is a cultural process which can reproduce inequities and perpetuate underrepresentation if faculty fail to recognize systemic disparities in legitimized forms of merit.
The potential impact of climate change on medication access and quality deserves far more attention.
One Health
June 2025
Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America.
Notwithstanding the obvious interconnection between humans and the world that they share with non-human inhabitants, the impact of our changing climate on certain aspects of the public health ecosystem has been under-investigated. We briefly describe some of the possible climate-induced changes in the procurement, distribution, access and use of medications, including those for animals generally and livestock specifically. A fuller understanding of the effect of climate change on medicine supply, access, use and quality, including how these affect antimicrobial resistance, would contribute to the further development of the "One Health" and "One Health Systems" concepts.
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Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Background: Equity-deserving groups are communities marginalized from institutional power by oppressive forces (e.g., racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHow many reptile and amphibian species are in Uganda, and why it matters for global biodiversity conservation.
PeerJ
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NICE Planet Uganda Limited, Kampala, Uganda.
Biodiversity is unevenly distributed across the globe. Regional differences in biodiversity impact conservation through the allocation of financial resources, development of infrastructure, and public attention. Such resources are often prioritized to areas that are in more need than others.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChallenges and lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for Health Surveillance in Brazil: reflections on technologies, models, and system organization.
Rev Bras Epidemiol
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Center for Epidemiology and Health Surveillance - Brasília (DF), Brazil.
The term "health surveillance" encompasses a wide range of activities, including the monitoring and observation of harms and diseases. We will investigate the most well-known aspect of health surveillance, namely the monitoring of communicable diseases. To illustrate our discussion, we will use the pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus as a case study.
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