News at a glance: Diphtheria treatment shortage, prisoner release, and iNaturalist ’s growth
CONSERVATION
Popular biodiversity app to expand
The nonprofit that runs iNaturalist, a popular app and website for identifying species, has received a $10 million grant to expand. The funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, announced last week, will allow iNaturalist—whose website is one of the largest generators of crowd-sourced species-occurrence data—to add users, technology, and observations to inform conservation. iNaturalist hopes to grow in nature-rich parts of the world, such as Asia and South America, which have fewer users uploading data. Since iNaturalist’s founding in 20...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 21, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
'Will my life be deemed worth saving?': Advocates rally behind bill to protect people with disabilities
At a Joint Committee of Healthcare Financing on Wednesday, advocates supported a bill that would change the standards for how people with disabilities are treated in healthcare settings. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 21, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Cassie McGrath Source Type: news
Ghana: Poverty and the Aged - the Reality of a 62-Year-Old Disabled Palm Wine Seller
[Ghanaian Times] Old age may come with some health-related issues however if a person becomes old, poor, and physically challenged at the same time, the situation could be extremely challenging and heart rending. Sadly, that is the story of some aged persons in the country. A typical example is 62-year-old Samuel Appawh, a palm wine seller at Asene Manso Akroso in the Eastern Region of Ghana. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Ghana Health and Medicine Sustainable Development West Africa Source Type: news
Cost-of-living payments: Who is getting them and when?
What cost-of-living payments are available? Who is eligible for the £900 payment? What help are disabled people getting? What help are pensioners getting? What cost-of-living payments have people already received? What other support have people had? What is the inquiry by MPs all about? What else… (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Date set for next £300 cost-of-living payment
Eight million people on means-tested benefits, such as Universal Credit, will receive £300 directly, without the need to make a claim. Separate payments have been made to some people with disabilities, and will be paid to pensioners in the winter. More than six million people with disabilities…#universalcredit #melstride #hmrevenue #customs #pensioncredit (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Road traffic injury-related disabilities in geriatric population - Y ıldırım M, Cavlak M, Tastekin B, Akçan R, Tumer AR, Balseven-Odabaşi A.
Background
The geriatric population, which constitutes ten percent of the world's population as of 2021, has been increasingly involved in traumatic conditions including road traffic injuries. In this article, geriatric cases transferred to a forensic med... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Childhood acute poisoning at Haiphong Children's Hospital: a 10-year retrospective study - Nguyen SN, Vu LT, Nguyen HT, Nguyen LMT.
INTRODUCTION: Children are most often harmed by acute poisoning, which may cause disability or even death. This demonstrates the critical necessity for epidemiologic studies specific to each nation and area since they aid in developing plans for the preven... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
The regulatory effects of the apelin/APJ system on depression: a prospective therapeutic target - Tian Y, Wang R, Liu L, Zhang W, Liu H, Jiang L, Jiang Y.
Depression is a debilitating neuropsychological disorder characterized by high incidence, high recurrence, high suicide, and high disability rates, which poses serious threats to human health and imposes heavy psychological and economic burdens on family a... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Reliability and validity of the Fullerton Advanced Balance Scale in people with multiple sclerosis - Özbaş E, Balkan AF, Salcı Y, Tuncer A.
This study was conducted to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Fullerton Advanced Balance Scale (FAB) in people with Multiple Sclerosis (PwMS). METHODS: A total of 65 people with multiple sclerosis, Expanded Disability Status Sca... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Qualitative assessment of usability and accessibility of housing design elements for disabled people - Yakob H, Mazlan SA, Abdullah YA, Nasrudin N.
Accessibility has become a challenge in today's societies where everyone has equal rights to live in a barrier-free and accessible environment. A previous study indicated that those living in high-rise residences have limited access to facilities for the d... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news
Carenomics: unlocking the economic power of care
This report from a cross party coalition including former health and care ministers, employers and unions, makes the economic case for investing in social care, setting out the benefits this investment would have to the wider economy. Drawing on a wide range of evidence, this report emphasises the substantial return on investment that social care could deliver. Potential benefits include improving employment chances for disabled people, reducing pressure on the NHS, reducing costs for employers, levelling up for poorer areas, and building a more purposeful economy.ReportFSSC website (Source: The Kings Fund - Health ...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - September 19, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Social care Source Type: news
Federal commission resolves disability discrimination lawsuit with one of Arizona's largest health systems
After filing a disability discrimination lawsuit against one of the state's largest health systems in 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the nonprofit health system have resolved the issue. Here's how much the health system agreed to pay. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 19, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Angela Gonzales Source Type: news
Blog: In the campaign for equal pay, UNISON stands firmly on the frontline
The pursuit of equal pay is part of UNISON’s daily battle against deeply entrenched biases and systemic inequalities. We’re driven by our commitment to break free of stereotypes that undervalue workers. And we are unrivalled in our successes.
You only have to look at the Glasgow equal pay victory to understand our strength.
We’ve won the most equal pay cases, we’ve won the most money for members, and we don’t take a cut from the payouts.
It’s a fundamental issue of fairness that every worker deserves equal pay for work of equal value. However, despite years of progress, many workers – and particularl...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - September 19, 2023 Category: Food Science Authors: Christina McAnea Tags: General Secretary's blog Christina McAnea equal pay Source Type: news
Disability weights and years lived with disability of depression with and without suicidality - Pranji ć N, Karabasic A.
BACKGROUND: Globally, depression is a silent epidemic, and more than 350 million people suffer from depression. For a long time, the belief prevailed that children and young people cannot suffer from depressive disorders, and depression is slowly becoming ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Accessibility and inclusivity of playgrounds for children with disabilities in Malaysia - Wahab LA, Ismail K, Lop NS, Hanid M.
Playing is one of the most crucial physical activities for children's development worldwide. Due to the unsuitability of the playground's design and the available play equipment, children with disabilities (CwDs) frequently experience difficulties when pla... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
