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Business & Economics

4-Aug-2022

UBC Okanagan researcher points to gap in Indigenous health equalities

University of British Columbia Okanagan campus

A UBC Okanagan researcher is calling attention to the looming gap in health equality when it comes to Indigenous populations living off-reserve in Canada. Specifically, Indigenous women. New research by Assistant Professor Dr. Min Hu confirms that a particular population group has the worst health outcomes of any resident in Canada.

Journal: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

4-Aug-2022

Estimated 98 million Americans skipped treatments, cut back on food, gas or utilities to pay for healthcare

West Health Institute
Reports and Proceedings

Higher healthcare prices drove 38% of American adults – representing an estimated 98 million people – to either delay or skip treatment, cut back on driving, utilities, and food, or borrow money to pay medical bills in the last six months, according to a new survey conducted by West Health and Gallup. The survey was conducted in June 2022, the same month inflation reached 9.1%, a new 40-year high.

4-Aug-2022

Plant-based ‘beef’ reduces CO2 emissions but threatens 1.5M ag jobs

Cornell University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Plant-based alternatives to beef have the potential to help reduce carbon dioxide emissions, but new economic models show their growth in popularity could disrupt the agricultural workforce, threatening more than 1.5 million industry jobs.

Journal: The Lancet Planetary Health

4-Aug-2022

Child deaths by gun violence during pandemic

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: A comparison of gun-related deaths with U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-reported COVID-19-related deaths suggests that the direct mortality effects of SARS-CoV-2 on children may be similar in magnitude to indirect outcomes mediated by gun violence. Factors that may have caused the observed increase in gun-related deaths among children are unknown and may include psychological and economic strain due to the pandemic as well as greater time spent at home due to school closures. These findings highlight the potential importance of indirect health outcomes in children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Study limitations include analysis of a large gun violence database and confounding due to the study’s observational design.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

4-Aug-2022

Research by Rotman School professor honored by the American Accounting Association

University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management
Grant and Award Announcement

A study co-authored by Prof. Partha Mohanram of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management has received the 2022 Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award from the American Accounting Association (AAA).

Meeting: Annual Meeting

4-Aug-2022

Research by Rotman School professor honored by the American Accounting Association

University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management
Grant and Award Announcement

Meeting: Annual Meeting

4-Aug-2022

Journal of Food Protection is moving to Elsevier and will convert to full open access

Elsevier
Business Announcement

The International Association for Food Protection (IAFP), a leading organization of food scientists and food safety professionals, and Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, are delighted to announce a new partnership to publish the Journal of Food Protection (JFP), the flagship journal of IAFP. The journal will transition from a hybrid subscription model to a gold open access publication, making articles immediately and permanently available for everyone to read, download, copy, and distribute. It will be hosted on Elsevier’s industry-leading online platform, ScienceDirect, beginning January 2023.