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2020
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Felicity T. Enders, Elizabeth H. Golembiewski, Laura M. Pacheco-Spann , Megan Allyse , Michelle M. Mielke and Joyce E. Balls-Berry
Building a framework for inclusion in health services research: Development of and pre-implementation faculty and staff attitudes toward the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) plan at Mayo Clinic
Objective: To mitigate the impact of racism, sexism, and other systemic biases, it is essential for organizations to develop strategies to address their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) climates. The objective of this formative evaluation was to assess Mayo Clinic...
2026
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Lauren C. Conley
Bridging Analog and Digital: A Case Study on Pandemic Accelerated Digital Disruption in Healthcare Retail
This case study examines SafeHarbor Medical Supplies’ challenges around digital transformation within the small-to-medium enterprise healthcare retail sector. Despite growing competition and advances in digital omnichannel services, SafeHarbor’s evolution has been hindered by resistance to change, limited existing technology infrastructures,...
2021
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Kathomi Gatwiri, Darlene Rotumah and Elizabeth Rix
BlackLivesMatter in Healthcare: Racism and Implications for Health Inequity among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in Australia
Despite decades of evidence showing that institutional and interpersonal racism serve as significant barriers to accessible healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, attempts to address this systemic problem still fall short. The social determinants of health are particularly...
2021
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Maura Kelly & JaDee Carathers & Tristen Kade
Beyond Tolerance: Policies, Practices, and Ideologies of Queer-Friendly Workplaces
Introduction In the United States, workplace protections for queer and trans workers have expanded; however, previous research has indicated that policy change alone is not sufficient to create supportive workplace cultures. The inequality regimes theoretical framework suggests examining policies, practices,...
2024
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Aklilu Endalamaw, Resham B. Khatri, Daniel Erku, Anteneh Zewdie, Eskinder Wolka, Frehiwot Nigatu, Yibeltal Assefa
Barriers and strategies for primary health care workforce development: synthesis of evidence
BACKGROUND: Having a sufficient and well-functioning health workforce is crucial for reducing the burden of disease and premature death. Health workforce development, focusing on availability, recruitment, retention, and education, is inseparable from acceptability, motivation, burnout, role and responsibility, and performance....
2024
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Aklilu Endalamaw, Resham B. Khatri, Daniel Erku, Anteneh Zewdie, Eskinder Wolka, Frehiwot Nigatu, Yibeltal Assefa
Barriers and strategies for primary health care workforce development: synthesis of evidence
BACKGROUND: Having a sufficient and well-functioning health workforce is crucial for reducing the burden of disease and premature death. Health workforce development, focusing on availability, recruitment, retention, and education, is inseparable from acceptability, motivation, burnout, role and responsibility, and performance....
2026
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Mohammad S. Abu-Mahfouz, Sarah AlFehaid, Hala M. Burqan, Rabie Adel El Arab
Artificial intelligence in mental health care: a scoping review of reviews
Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly entering mental health care, but most models remain proof-of-concept, with limited external validation and substantial risk of overfitting. Methods: This scoping review of reviews adhered to the PRISMA-ScR checklist and Joanna Briggs Institute guidance....
2025
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Yosri A. Fahim, Ibrahim W. Hasani, Samer Kabba, Waleed Mahmoud Ragab
Artificial intelligence in healthcare and medicine: clinical applications, therapeutic advances, and future perspectives
Healthcare systems worldwide face growing challenges, including rising costs, workforce shortages, and disparities in access and quality, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative tool capable of addressing these issues by enhancing diagnostics,...
2025
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Yosri A. Fahim, Ibrahim W. Hasani, Samer Kabba, Waleed Mahmoud Ragab
Artificial intelligence in healthcare and medicine: clinical applications, therapeutic advances, and future perspectives
Healthcare systems worldwide face growing challenges, including rising costs, workforce shortages, and disparities in access and quality, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative tool capable of addressing these issues by enhancing diagnostics,...
2024
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Ngozi F. Anachebe, Leila Amiri, Kristen Goodell, Demondes Haynes, Remo Panaccione, Aaron Saguil, Carol A. Terregino, Mike Woodson, Kenneth D. Royal
Approaches to ensure an equitable and fair admissions process for medical training
There has been considerable discussion of how best to address racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes, both globally and specifically in the United States. Increasing diversity among future clinicians and physician-scientists has been identified as a key strategy for...
2026
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Andrea Seberíni, Alena Kascakova, Miroslava Tokovská, Jana Solcova
Age management implementation in the workplace: Trends, contributing factors, and implications for organizational performance
This study investigates age management implementation and its impact on employment patterns in Slovak organizations between 2021–2024. The research examines organizational responses to workforce aging challenges in a post-transition economy through a mixed-methods approach. Quantitative workforce analysis of Statistical Office...
2021
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Jeremy W. Bohonos, Stephanie Sisco
Advocating for social justice, equity, and inclusion in the workplace: An agenda for anti-racist learning organizations
Amidst ongoing racist violence in the United States, this article will recognize workplace-based efforts to act against racially motivated discrimination targeted at the Black community. More specifically, this article will examine anti-racist initiatives in the workplace by connecting these efforts...
2021
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Murray, Teri A. ; Loyd, Vanessa
Advancing Racial Justice and Diversity Through Equity and Inclusion
What better time than now for academic nursing to look critically and intentionally at how the profession addresses racism? The National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing (American Nurses Association [ANA], 2021) announced a call for immediate action earlier this...
2021
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Michelle T. Violanti
Addressing Workplace Bullying Behaviors Through Responsible Leadership Theory: Essential Skills for Strategic Communicators
The purpose of this chapter is to argue why a responsible leadership (RL) approach advances the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts of organizations and their members in ways that reduce or eradicate bullying behaviors that can thwart DEI authenticity....
2016
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Bettina J. Casad and William J. Bryant
Addressing Stereotype Threat is Critical to Diversity and Inclusion in Organizational Psychology
Recently researchers have debated the relevance of stereotype threat to the work place. Critics have argued that stereotype threat is not relevant in high stakes testing such as inpersonnel selection. We and others argue that stereotype threat is highly relevant...
2017
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Bronwyn Ewing, Grace Sarra, Robin Price, Grace O’Brien and Chelsey Priddle
Access to sustainable employment and productive training: workplace participation strategies for Indigenous employees
Access to sustainable and viable employment is crucial to an individual’s potential to achieve a reasonable quality of life. Policies introduced to promote Indigenous employment in Australia, such as Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP), have had minimal impact on long-term...
2024
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Doreen Mucheru, Éilish McAuliffe, Anosisye Mwandulusya Kesale, Brynne Gilmore
A rapid realist review on leadership and career advancement interventions for women in healthcare
Women represent 70% of the global health workforce but only occupy 25% of health and social care leadership positions. Gender-based stereotypes, discrimination, family responsibilities, and self-perceived deficiencies in efficacy and confidence inhibit the seniority and leadership of women. The leadership...
2018
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McCord, Mallory A. ; Joseph, Dana L. ; Dhanani, Lindsay Y. ; Beus, Jeremy M.
A Meta-Analysis of Sex and Race Differences in Perceived Workplace Mistreatment
Despite the growing number of meta-analyses published on the subject of workplace mistreatment and the expectation that women and racial minorities are mistreated more frequently than men and Whites, the degree of subgroup differences in perceived workplace mistreatment is unknown....
2012
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Doris Ruth Eikhof
A double-edged sword: twenty-first century workplace trends and gender equality
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to uncover the hidden gender consequences of three current trends in the workplace, the increase in knowledge work, information and communication technology (ICT) and work-life balance policies. Design/methodology/approach – The paper synthesizes...
2026
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Folayan Mo, Ahmed Bhayat, Maha El Tantawi
A call for a paradigm shift to community-embedded, home-based primary preventive oral health care in Africa
Oral diseases constitute a global public health crisis, affecting nearly 3.5 billion people worldwide [1]. They cause pain, disability, and economic loss, with their highest burden falling on vulnerable and marginalized populations [1,2]. This crisis is exacerbated by a widespread...