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In recent years, we’ve witnessed a major shift in the medical field, with artificial intelligence (AI) leading the charge. These “machine eyes” can now interpret medical images such as X-rays and retinal scans, often spotting features that might go unnoticed by human experts. Moreover, these AI systems are expanding beyond image analysis to handle text […]
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The quest for health equity is critical in global health, and health inequality monitoring is essential in achieving this goal. An insightful article published in the International Journal for Equity in Health by Hosseinpoor et al. outlines important strategies for enhancing health inequality monitoring to promote health equity worldwide. In this blog post, we summarize […]
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In the ongoing battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of a robust public health workforce has become undeniably clear. As the frontline defenders of our communities’ health, the public health workforce in the United States faces unique challenges that must be addressed to ensure a healthier and more equitable future for all. Personnel Shortages […]
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Community Health Workers (CHWs) play a vital role in global health initiatives. Their significant contribution to tackling public health issues, especially in underserved communities, is invaluable. As they continue to evolve and expand their role in the healthcare sector, CHWs have become indispensable agents in fostering holistic well-being across diverse sociocultural contexts. A recent systematic […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented challenges to how we work and live, especially for those in the mental health sector. Peer Support Workers (PSWs), who provide essential support to individuals with mental health challenges, faced unique struggles as their roles shifted to remote work. A recent study sheds light on the work-life boundary challenges PSWs […]
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Well, hey. This is more or less a pre-post letting you know that we’ll be relaunching in the coming weeks focusing on the needs and concerns of public health. Our team has a bunch of GREAT stuff and features planned, all to get scientific information into the hands of public health professionals and practitioners. And […]
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Hi all, The are going to be some gigantic changes to PubTrawlr in the coming months. We have a number of technical and architectural improvements that will be rolling out. But most importantly, we are interested in hearing from you about what it will take to make science accessible. It is critically important that we […]
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Usually, when I do a conference recap, I wait a few days for the data to settle. However, we’ve got an earlier flight on Friday, and with a wedding and Mother’s Day this weekend, the data would be stale by the time I could reasonably get to it. So what we do here is use […]
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Let’s hit the talking points once again. Science is a public good. You, yes you, our reader, have a right to the information that is produced by researchers (nearly always funded with public funds). There is a moral imperative for us to do the best we can for people by using the best possible strategies. […]
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PubTrawlr is in New Orleans for the Medical Librarians’ Association 2022 conference. I mean, really. Two things that are right up our alley are medical research and the people who curate it. We were super stoked to share our story with a whole new group of people. And yeah, there were some bumps in the […]
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I was lucky enough to be asked to join Drs. Julia and Gill Strait to talk about community psychology, but also the ways in which implementation can be improved. And, hey!, that’s what we are trying to do here about PubTrawlr. Oh, but we covered so much more ground, including: Evolution of substance abuse treatment […]
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