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Clinical exercise professionals (CEPs) play a key role in supporting people with mental and physical health challenges. Yet access to services is inequitable, especially for ‘hard to reach’ or underserved populations...

Abstract Ghana’s Free Senior High School (FSHS) policy, introduced in 2017, represents one of Africa’s most ambitious efforts to democratize secondary education. By abolishing tuition and related costs for all studen...

In this paper we argue that the equity-efficiency framework usually used by economists to analyse taxation, based on the rational individual carefully calculating costs and benefits, is incomplete because it pays little ...

Background: Total joint arthroplasty (TJA) of the hip and knee are widely used surgical treatments for advanced cases of osteoarthritis. Despite its effectiveness, disparities in outcomes based on socioeconomic and geogr...

Coastal environments are integral to metropolitan regions, operating as strategic civic and socio-economic interfaces that underpin tourism, everyday wellbeing, and local economies. Despite their significance, ensuring e...

IntroductionGender equity remains a central issue in contemporary research and public policy, shaped by structural, cultural, and institutional inequalities. Despite increased academic attention, the field continues to e...

IntroductionThis study examines how decentralized social media platforms are reshaping participatory communication and platform governance in contemporary digital environments. Drawing on a socio-technical perspective, t...

Eleanor M Richardson,1 Lorraine M Provencher2 1School of Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USA; 2Vance Thompson Vision, Omaha, NE, USACorrespondence: Lorraine M Provencher, Vance Thompson Vision, 4909 S. 118th S...

The three pillars of the energy trilemma (ET) framework are frequently at odds when fossil fuel subsidies (FFSs) remain intact in emerging economies. Although intended to enhance energy availability, these subsidies can ...

The Sentinel Municipality Project, which has been coordinated for the Health Ministry through the Municipality System of Health Program and has been financed with credit resources from the Interamerican Development Bank,...

The green economy spans interrelated domains—climate change and social equity, sectoral decarbonization, markets and ESG investment, and environmental health. Understanding how these dimensions interact is critical for...

The pandemic caused a sudden and rapid transition to online of health profession education programs, in an attempt to maintain the critical supply of new graduates during a pandemic. A gap existed pre-pandemic between te...

Objectives Social prescribing has provided a lifeline to people, capturing the importance of quality support offered via community connections. It has not been exempt from difficulties, resulting in low-quality evidence ...

What is new? In the current evolving research landscape, the implementation of academic research has expanded into a complex and active paradigm. Research and its output are expected not only to be robust and innovat...

Context and background Community Land Protection in Kenya gained traction with the enactment of the Community Land Act in 2016. The stakeholders, comprising state and non-state actors, have since made significant progr...

Abstract Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of premature death in Europe and disproportionately affect persons experiencing disadvantages (i.e., low-income populations, migrants and ethnic ...

Aging with quality of life does not occur equally among the racial groups of Brazilian elderly, and few studies have analyzed this issue in the states of the Brazilian Legal Amazon. The objective of this study was to inv...

Kidney disease is a global public health problem, affecting over 750 million persons worldwide. The burden of kidney disease varies substantially across the world, as does its detection and treatment. In many settings, r...

Amidst Canada’s productivity crisis and widening social inequities, Humber Polytechnic’s Building Brilliance vision proposes that economic and social development must be treated as mutually reinforcing priorities rat...

This paper examines the cooperative movement as a key component of the social economy. Defined by democratic control and mutual aid, cooperatives provide inclusive solutions for both economic and social challenges. B...

Abstract Background Social participation, a principle that has guided health reform processes globally, presents diverse barriers according to the political and social context, obstructing its effective exercise. This st...

Introduction Six years later, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children in Latin America remains profound. Even though they were considered less susceptible to the disease, infants have emerged as one of the most a...

School food programs (SFPs), which may include breakfast, lunch, and snacks, with or without curriculum integration, have tremendous potential to enhance the health and well-being of Canadian children, youth and communit...

The editorial introduction to Volume 27, Issue 2 of Current Issues in Education offers a tribute to Dr. David C. Berliner and provides an overview of the issue’s eleven articles. In Part I, “Always in Our Corner: Hon...