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Sep 2025 DOI 10.14302/issn.2768-0207.jbr-25-5706
Yusuke NakamuraCorresponding author
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is emerging as a transformative force across many sectors, with healthcare representing both one of the most promising and most challenging areas of application. This review summarizes current and future applications of AI in healthcare, focusing on its potential to impr…
Nov 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-22-4354
Ray MarksCorresponding author
Background Osteoarthritis, the most common joint disease and one affecting a large number of older adults is not always amenable to the use of passive interventions such as surgery or pharmacologic interventions, but even then, to maximize any desirable intervention approaches, a trustworthy and sup…
Aug 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-21-3927
Nitasha NagarajCorresponding author
While Guatemala has made great strides towards gender equality, it remains a country with vast disparities. Gender sensitization and empowerment programs during adolescence when gender attitudes are formed have the potential to diminish gender inequities. The Girl Rising Pilot Program (GR) is a 24-w…
Dec 2025 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-25-5886
Patricia Y. TalbertCorresponding author
Objective Diabetes poses significant public health challenges, with many individuals remaining undiagnosed and at risk of complications. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of decision tree ensemble methods for predicting diabetes onset using the Framingham Heart Study Teaching Dataset and…
Dec 2025 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-25-5852
Ranjani AnirudhanCorresponding author
South Asian female college students in the United States face mental health challenges shaped by intersecting experiences of discrimination and violence. This study examined how discrimination and violence contribute to depression in this population. An anonymous, cross-sectional, web-based survey (…
Aug 2025 DOI 10.14302/issn.2693-1176.ijgh-25-5609
Priscillie KankindiCorresponding author
Economic masculinity support is paramount in promoting women’s well-being through numerous ways, including enhancing access to healthcare, education, and financial freedom, hence fostering equitable distribution of household responsibilities. However, studies examining the relationship between econo…
Feb 2023 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-23-4441
Mrudula PhadkeCorresponding author
A practical review compares growth chart standards and references for pediatric monitoring after the COVID era. It advises on selection, interpretation, and equity considerations in diverse populations.
Jun 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3404
Andrea Martins da SilvaCorresponding author
A commentary on remote education challenges during COVID‑19 in Brazil. It covers equity, infrastructure, teacher training, and student engagement, proposing pragmatic steps to support learning continuity.
Sep 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-19-2995
Nitasha Chaudhary NagarajCorresponding author
Despite the gains India has made in recent decades, it remains a country with vast gender inequities. Gender sensitization and empowerment programs aimed at young people, precisely at the time when they are forming their gender attitudes, has the potential to diminish gender inequity in the long-ter…
Sep 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-3585.jpmc-16-1106
Mathieu RoyCorresponding author
Health and social services organizations discriminate too much between core public health functions. Health protection actions, services, and programs are often separate from those concerned with disease prevention and health promotion. In this comment, we advocate for more partnerships between all…
Jan 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2381-862X.jwrh-15-801
Xing Lin FengCorresponding author
Objectives: To measure the horizontal inequity in the uptake of hospital delivery and quantify the contribution of various social determinants of health (SDH) to such inequity in China from 1993-2008 Methods: With four national representative surveys in China conducted in 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008,…