Health disparities
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Health disparities or health inequalities are preventable differences in health outcomes in groups or populations as a result of social structure, access to services and infrastructure, disease burden, and lifestyle and habit. The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted how such disparities had adverse effects on disease outcomes calling for clinical research to take these kinds of considerations when advocating for treatment of diseases. In support of bringing such research to the forefront, Scientific Reports welcomes submissions to a Collection on Health disparities. The collection welcomes primary research on health inequity including disparities accentuated by gender, race and ethnicity, health in LMICs, healthcare inequity and bias and finally combating health disparities towards health equity. The collection welcomes epidemiology studies, systematic reviews, interventional and clinical studies addressing topics of health disparities including studies on health disparities itself.
Editors
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Amrita Daftary
York University, School of Global Health, Canada
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Joseph L. Graves Jr
Department of Biology, North Carolina A&T State University, USA
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Olanrewaju Oladimeji
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, South Africa
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Aleksandra M. Rogowska
Institute of Psychology, University of Opole, Poland
Amrita Daftary is an Associate Professor at York University at the School of Global Health. She is a social and behavioural researcher, and uses qualitative, mixed and implementation science methods to study and intervene on the social determinants of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. Her research in infectious diseases covers social inequity, stigma, people-centered care, and community empowerment. She works in sub-Saharan Africa, South East Asia, and Eastern Europe, among other global settings. Professor Daftary has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2017.
Olanrewaju Oladimeji is a public health physician and implementation researcher. He coordinates research at the Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University. His research focuses on initiatives to improve Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS treatment outcomes. Dr. Olanrewaju Oladimeji has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2022.
Joseph L. Graves, Jr. works on the evolutionary genomics of adaptation as relevant to biological ageing, bacterial responses to metals (ionic and nanomaterials), evolutionary medicine, and biological and social conceptions of race. Dr Graves has been an Editorial Board member for Scientific Reports since 2022.
Aleksandra M. Rogowska is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Psychology, the University of Opole in Poland. Her research focuses on individual differences in adults, especially among university students, in the perspective of such areas as mental and physical health, health-related behaviours (addictive behaviour, orthorexia, physical and sport activity), or synaesthesia. Prof. Rogowska has been Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2022.
