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HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Diversity and Accessibility in Healthcare

Diversity and Accessibility in Healthcare current awareness bulletin

Frequency: Bi-monthly

Links to articles in the current and previous 2 issues of this bulletin are displayed below.

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April 2025

Addressing systemic exclusion and gender norms to improve nutritional outcomes for adolescent girls in South Asia

Antiracism in medicine: what is it? (BMJ feature article)

Are there differences in low-acuity emergency department visits between culturally and linguistically diverse migrants and people with English-speaking background: a population-based linkage study of adults over 45

Associations between obesity class and ambulatory blood pressure curves in African American women

Communication barriers to optimal access to emergency rooms according to deaf and hard-of-hearing patients and health care workers: a mixed-methods study

The criticality of reasonable accommodations: a scoping review revealing gaps in care for patients with blindness and low vision

Disparities in pain management among transgender patients presenting to the emergency department for abdominal pain

Disparities in timely surgery among Asian American women with breast cancer

Experiences of Australian transgender, gender-diverse and non-binary patients accessing and receiving gender-affirming care

Home, school, and retail food environments driving obesity among adolescent girls in South Asia

How can I be antiracist? (BMJ careers article)

The impact of a low-carbohydrate (vs. low-fat) diet on fat mass loss in African American women is modulated by insulin sensitivity

Influences on decision-making for gender-affirming surgery in adolescents: a scoping review of family, religion, and healthcare provider factors

Low body mass index poses greater risk of primary open-angle glaucoma in African ancestry individuals

NET guidelines for white patients may not fit Asian patients

Obstacles and opportunities for nourishing South Asia’s adolescent girls

Performance of polygenic risk scores for primary open-angle glaucoma in populations of African descent

Racial and ethnic disparities in clinical trials for pediatric obesity

Racial and ethnic disparities in use of helicopter transport after severe trauma in the US

Racial disparities in gestational weight gain and adverse pregnancy outcomes among Black and White pregnant people with obesity

Racial disparities in microinvasive glaucoma surgery for management of primary open-angle glaucoma: a propensity-matched cohort study

Racial disparities in thyroid cancer outcomes: a systematic review

Recent developments in women’s health research at the US National Institutes of Health

Strengthening legal measures to support access to nutritious foods and healthy food environments for adolescent girls in South Asia

Supporting policy action to reduce adolescent anaemia in South Asia

War exposure and DNA methylation in Syrian refugee children and adolescents

Sources

Academic Emergency Medicine (Feb-Mar); American Journal of Ophthalmology (Mar); American Journal of Surgery (Feb-Apr); Australian Journal of General Practice (Mar); BMJ, The (Mar); Emergency Medicine Journal (Feb); JAMA (Mar); JAMA Ophthalmology (Jan); JAMA Psychiatry (Feb); JAMA Surgery (Mar); Obesity (Feb-Mar)

February 2025

Adding nativity, citizenship, and immigration status to health monitoring and survey data

Contraceptive intention, religious attitudes and sources of spirituality in married Muslim women

Impact of gender identity field in the Veterans Health Administration health record, 2016-2023

Has racism in medicine improved since 2020?

Health care stereotype threat during the COVID-19 pandemic among sexual and gender minority individuals

HPV vaccination stages and associated factors among children of immigrant women

Inclusion of cross-cultural care training in humanitarian aid: a scoping review

‘The lights are on, and the doors are always open’: a qualitative study to understand challenges underlying the need for emergency care in people experiencing homelessness in rural and coastal North East England

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward breast cancer and breast cancer screening among Arab females in the Middle East: a literature review

Legacy of racism and firearm violence during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

A mixed-methods analysis of coercive control and COVID-19 stress among black women experiencing intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 pandemic

Nursing and social justice: a scoping review

Research funded by National Institutes of Health concerning sexual and gender minoritized populations: a tracking update for 2012 to 2022

Training refugee and asylum seeking healthcare professionals: an ethical approach to UK workforce challenges

Trends in contacts made by immigrants to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, before, after and during the COVID-19 pandemic

The use of prednisolone 2.5 mg daily during Ramadan fasting in patients with adrenal insufficiency

What all physicians should know about women’s health: a Delphi study

Whiteness: a fundamental determinant of the health of rural white Americans

Why are black women still more likely to die in childbirth?

Yarning about vaccinations: empowering individuals to have supportive conversations with Aboriginal peoples about vaccinations, using a community-engaged approach

Sources

American Journal of Public Health (Jan-Mar); Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health (Feb); BMJ, The (Feb); BMJ Public Health (Jan); Clinical Endocrinology (Feb); Public Health (Jan-Feb); Public Health Nursing (Jan/Feb); Public Health Reports (Jan-Feb)

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