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Public Health Research & Practice

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2204-2091

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A rapid review of initiatives to address financial strain and wellbeing in high-income contexts

Ana Paula Belon, Patrick Harris, Evelyne de Leeuw, Candace Nykiforuk
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated financial strain among populations worldwide. This is concerning, given the link between financial strain and health. However, there is little evidence to guide action in this area, particularly from a public health perspective. To address this gap, researchers conducted a rapid review and analysis with an equity-focused lens.
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Acting locally, thinking nationally: layering Indigenous ontology within wellbeing frameworks

This perspective indicates how philosophies such as Yawuru’s mabu liyan can support relational, place-based, self-determined wellbeing initiatives while strengthening national policy efforts to capture the human and other-than-human interlinkages of wellbeing.
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Creating ‘wellbeing societies’: moving from rhetoric to action

Ruediger Krech
This article examines the concept of wellbeing societies and how the World Health Organization is advancing this global agenda.
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Lung cancer screening: the hidden public health emergency

Billie Bonevski, Nicole Rankin
Lung cancer screening (LCS) in high-risk populations using low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) could potentially save thousands of lives per year by shifting the stage at diagnosis to early curable disease.
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Improving health literacy: how to succeed

In this editorial, Professor Don Nutbeam argues that health literacy isn't 'failing' people. Rather, government inaction, poor quality health communication and complexity in our health services and information environments make it very difficult for the majority of people to find, understand, appraise and use the health information they need to protect their health.
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