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Policy Recommendations for Information Prescribing to Heart Failure Patients to Reduce Readmissions, Mortality, and Costs

Mina Mahami-Oskouei, Vahideh Zarea Gavgani, Faranak Kazemi Majd • Journal of Caring Sciences (2026)

Introduction: Heart failure is a leading cause of hospitalization and mortality, with frequent readmissions mainly due to poor self-care knowledge and low medication adherence. These readmissions increase healthcare costs and reduce patient...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.34172/jcs.026.36567

Social Justice Mathematics and Public Health Equity: A Systematic Review of Quantitative Literacy in Health Decision-Making

Terungwa James Age • GHMJ (Global Health Management Journal) (2026)

Background: Public health decision-making increasingly requires individuals to interpret numerical information such as risks, probabilities, treatment benefits, and epidemiological trends. However, disparities in quantitative literacy may c...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.35898/ghmj-931337

Evaluating Urban–Rural Disparity of Public Facilities Provision in Chengdu–Chongqing: An Equity Index Approach with Multi-Source Data

Xuan Liu, Youxin Qian, Guohui Zhou, Guangyu Xu et al. • Systems (2026)

Urban–rural public facility disparity is a systemic challenge that reflects dysfunctional feedback loops within and across social and technical subsystems. Traditional administrative-unit-based analyses cannot capture such systemic alignmen...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/systems14080903

Introducing Public Administration

Jay M. Shafritz, E.W. Russell, Christopher P. Borick, Albert C. Hyde • Routledge eBooks (2016)

Now in an extensively revised 9th edition, Introducing Public Administration provides students with the conceptual foundation they need, while introducing them to important trends in the discipline. Known for its lively and witty writing st...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315619439

A Systematic Review of Literature and Comprehensive Bibliometric Analysis of Capital Structure Issue

Dominika GAJDOSIKOVA, Katarina VALASKOVA • Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy (2022)

Economists have been dealing with the issue of using sources of financing in business activities for more than half a century. The search for a suitable combination of equity and debt financing has led to a number of studies and later theor...

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Rethinking avian influenza control: a systems-oriented One Health perspective for family poultry

Robyn Alders, Robyn Alders, Brigitte Bagnol, Md. Ahasanul Hoque • Frontiers in Veterinary Science (2026)

Early detection and control of high- and low-pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI, LPAI) in family poultry flocks remain challenging in settings where mortality from enzootic diseases such as Newcastle disease (ND) and infectious bursal dise...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2026.1814751

Quantum-Enhanced Algorithmic Fairness and the Advancement of AI Integrity and Responsibility

Akhil Chintalapati, Khashbat Enkhbat, Ramanathan Annamalai, Geraldine Bessie Amali et al. • Quantum Reports (2025)

In the evolving digital landscape, the pervasive influence of artificial intelligence (AI) on social media platforms reveals a compelling paradox: the capability to provide personalized experiences juxtaposed with inherent biases reminiscen...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/quantum7030036

Data resource profile: a nationally representative linked pregnancy cohort in Canada integrating clinical, social, and environmental data

Sabrina Chiodo, Sonia M. Grandi, Jessica Gronsbell, Laura C. Rosella • International Journal of Population Data Science (2026)

Introduction Perinatal outcomes are shaped by clinical, social, and environmental factors, yet Canada lacks a nationally representative pregnancy cohort capturing these influences at the individual-level. This gap has limited the ability to...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.23889/ijpds.v8i6.3358

The effect of universal health coverage on pollution induced mortality across 91 countries

Hana Sarsar, Hicham Ouakil, Jihad Ait Soussane • Discover Environment (2026)

Abstract This study investigates the mitigating role of universal healthcare coverage (UHC) in reducing mortality from air pollution, focusing on deaths caused by particulate matter pollution (PMP) and ambient ozone pollution (AOP) across 9...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1007/s44274-026-01107-2

Protocol to evaluate sequential electronic health record-based strategies to increase genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer risk across diverse patient populations in gynecology practices

Heather Symecko, Robert Schnoll, Rinad S. Beidas, Justin E. Bekelman et al. • Implementation Science (2023)

Abstract Background Germline genetic testing is recommended by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) for individuals including, but not limited to, those with a personal history of ovarian cancer, young-onset (...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13012-023-01308-w

Zoning, equity, and public health

Juliana Astrud Maantay • American Journal of Public Health (2001)

Zoning, the most prevalent land use planning tool in the United States, has substantial implications for equity and public health. Zoning determines where various categories of land use may go, thereby influencing the location of resulting ...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.91.7.1033 PMC: 1446712

Artificial intelligence in public health: promises, challenges, and an agenda for policy makers and public health institutions

Димитра Пантели, Keyrellous Adib, Stefan Buttigieg, Francisco Goiana-da-Silva et al. • The Lancet Public Health (2025)

Artificial intelligence (AI) can rapidly analyse large and complex datasets, extract tailored recommendations, support decision making, and improve the efficiency of many tasks that involve the processing of data, text, or images. As such, ...

OPENALEX cc-by-nc-nd DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00036-2 PMC: 12040707

Equity and efficiency of public hospitals’ health resource allocation in Guangdong Province, China

Wanmin Su, Liulin Du, Yujun Fan, Peixi Wang • International Journal for Equity in Health (2022)

Abstract Background To better meet people’s growing demand for medical and health services, 21 cities in Guangdong Province were involved in the reform of public hospitals in 2017. This paper evaluates the equity and efficiency of public ho...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12939-022-01741-1

Urban Sprawl and Public Health

Howard Frumkin, Lawrence Frank, Richard Jackson • Public Health Reports (2002)

This article discusses the relationship between sprawl and health based on eight considerations: air pollution, heat, physical activity patterns, motor vehicle crashes, pedestrian injuries and deaths, water quality and quantity, mental heal...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0033-3549(04)50155-3 PMC: 1497432

Family and community resilience: a Photovoice study

Yvonne Tan, Danielle Pinder, Imaan Bayoumi, Rifaa Carter et al. • International Journal for Equity in Health (2024)

Abstract Background Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), in combination with adverse community environments, can result in traumatic stress reactions, increasing a person’s risk for chronic physical and mental health conditions. Family res...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12939-024-02142-2

Assessing perception and equity of cultural ecosystem services in urban parks using social media data

Yu Zhang, Lin Zhao, Shiyuan Hu • Scientific Reports (2025)

Abstract Scientific assessment of cultural ecosystem services (CESs) levels in urban parks and refined analysis of their spatial equity are essential for residents’ social well-being. However, traditional assessment methods often fail to ca...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-18288-0