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A new essay by Ceporah Mearns Nunavut NEIHR and Gwen Healey Akearok has been published in the InfoNorth section of the Arctic journal. Titled "Enriching Canada’s Health Research Landscape with Inuit Knowledge, Methods, and Transformative Spaces: Ten Policy and Practice Recommendations from Nunavut", this insightful piece offers essential guidance on integrating Inuit knowledge and science into health research and policy. https://lnkd.in/gGzt48HY

IARC's mission is to coordinate and conduct research on the causes of human cancer, the mechanisms of carcinogenesis and to develop scientific strategies for cancer prevention and control. #onehealth #R&D #IARC #publichealth #planetaryhealth #aspartame #methyleugenol #isoeugenol

🤝We just signed a MoU with @SedBehaviourRN! SBRN is an organization for researchers & health professionals focusing on the health impact of #SedentaryBehaviour, and work to disseminate evidence to the academic community & to the public. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/dhY6nCtp

📢Are you/your team conducting prevention, treatment, or recovery research that tests culturally appropriate solutions or strategies to overcome barriers to the adoption, integration, and scale-up of effective interventions? Does your work have the potential to improve health in Native communities. If so, then this funding opportunity may be for you! NIH ICO partners are looking to support intervention research seeking to promote health and reduce morbidity and mortality in Native American populations. This opportunity has a specific emphasis on intervention designs considering sustainability contexts and the flexibility of adaption and dissemination to other communities, where culturally appropriate. For more information and to apply see below. #NativeHealthMatters #IndigenousKnowledge #HealthEquitySolutions #CulturalInnovation

Excited to finally share papers from our Medical Journal of Australia supplement on virtual care! A big thank you to everyone on Sydney Health Partners Virtual Care Clinical Academic Group and the Virtual Rural Generalist Scheme 👏 Key takeaways: 📏 Robust AND standardised evaluation and monitoring tools are urgently needed for virtual care. 🤹♀️ Virtual care is a complementary NOT a supplementary skill. Clinicians should rotate between in-person and online care. Access the full supplement here: https://lnkd.in/gwJJXnGc

My college classmate, Arline Geronimus, created the term “weathering” in 1992 to describe (to paraphrase) the devastating physical effects of racism over time, resulting in poorer health outcomes. Her book, Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society, is a must read for all in healthcare. This is a profile of her and her beliefs: https://lnkd.in/e5GZSNMe

Research can help us shape a future where there is better public health for all 🌍 When local authorities and public health researchers collaborate and connect, this becomes even more possible. Our Local Authority Public Health Research Network, co-chaired by Leonora Weil and Jessica Sheringham, was founded to do just that. And at our inaugural conference last month, local authorities, universities, NHS, Voluntary/Community sector, and national and regional policymakers came together to share. Here are 5 take-aways from the day: 1. Create more inclusive research  ⭕ 2. Harness the power of communities 💪 3. Share research more widely 🚀 4. Look to the future 💫 5. Build collaboration and partnership 👥 Explore and share these 5 take-aways: https://lnkd.in/eW353fXq Read the full conference summary: https://lnkd.in/eHxwYh7r

JPH is running a new joint call for papers with Public Health Reviews: "Disaster Health Convergence: Better Integration of Public Health and Disaster Medicine". The call editors are Raquel Lucas (University of Porto, Portugal) and Paul Barach (Sigmund Freud University, Austria & Thomas Jefferson University, USA). Read the full call description for more information! https://lnkd.in/eeGDMc5W

Sharing a newly published paper titled "Heart Failure Care Facilitators and Barriers in Rural Haiti: A Qualitative Study" on which I was a co-author. Excited to contribute to research shedding light on healthcare challenges in Haiti. #HealthcareResearch #Publication #Collaboration Kwan GF, Basow E, Isaac BD, Fenelon DL, Toussaint E, Calixte D, Ibrahim M, Hirschhorn LR, Drainoni M, Adler A, Clisbee MA, Bukhman G. Heart Failure Care Facilitators and Barriers in Rural Haiti: A Qualitative Study. Annals of Global Health. 2024;90(1): 60, 1–14. DOI: https://lnkd.in/gzZVd8FV

Join us at #HSR2024 to discuss the political economy of #phc reforms across 9 #healthsystems