Prioritizing indigenous health equity in health registers:an environmental scan of strategies for equitable ascertainment and quality data

Background:Cerebral palsy(CP)registers serve as instrumental tools to support development of care pathways,preventative strategies,and health gains.Such health gains,however,are not always universal,with Indigenous health inequities common.To support Indigenous health,health registers need complete,consistent,and high-quality data.The aim of this study was to identify perceived barriers to the ascertainment of Indigenous peoples on health registers and to collate strategies supporting comprehensive ascertainment and achievement of high-quality Indigenous data.Methods:Environmental scanning methods were utilized within a Kaupapa Māori theoretical framework,which aims to produce research that is transformational and supportive of Indigenous health gain.Knowledge and insights were obtained from CP registers in countries with Indigenous populations and complemented by information from health registers in Aotearoa New Zealand(NZ).Data collection methods included an online survey and scan of organizational websites.Data extraction focused on general information about the register,barriers to ascertainment,and strategies to support ascertainment and high data quality.Results:52 registers were identified,20 completed the survey and 19 included in the study(CP registers,n=10,NZ health registers,n=9).Web scan data were included for the other 32 registers(CP registers,n=21,NZ health registers,n=11).Indigenous health equity was identified in the visions and aims of only two health registers.Ethnicity data collection was identified in nearly three quarters of survey respondents and a limited number of organizational websites.Over half of survey respondents described system,health provider/service,or workforce barriers to ascertainment.Strategies were categorized into collaboration,health provider/service,workforce,and systems-levels.Indigenous-specific strategies were limited and focused on personal behaviour and access to registration.Conclusions:CP and other health registers can have a significant role in identifying and addressing Indigenous health inequities.However,this is not currently an overt priority for many registers in this study and few registers describe ascertainment and data quality strategies specific to Indigenous peoples.Significant opportunity exists for health registers to be accountable and to implement approaches to support Indigenous health equity,address structural determinants of inequities,and achieve health gain for all.

Effects of Probability of Accurately Predicting and Ascertaining Defection on Cooperation and its Application to Simulated Internet Dealing

Without cooperative behaviors, our society or organization falls into social dilemma situations where every member selects uncooperative （defective） behaviors, and the situation gets worse and worse. Such a situation in a society or an organization leads to violation of social or organizational rules, and at the worst case it suffers from serious accidents or scandals. Therefore, it is important for us to make efforts and take measures to elicit cooperative behaviors. It was demonstrated theoretically that altruism strategy and adaptive prediction and ascertainment strategy are in some cases better than rational strategy under the situation of social dilemma. We built up a mathematical model in order to examine how the probability of correctly predicting and ascertaining the behavior （cooperation or defection） of opponents and the mixture of （a） altruism （all cooperation） strategy, （b） individualism （all defection） strategy, and （c） adaptive prediction and ascertainment strategy affected the expected profit. Simulation results showed that the tit-for-tat strategy was better than the rational （individualism） strategy when the probability of correctly predicting and ascertaining defection of the opponent was considerably higher. As an application of the basic study above, it was explored, using a simulation method, how such a system as opening reputation or peer review in public could work satisfactorily to prevent defective behaviors in auction dealing. The result showed that the information on the handle name and the reputation effectively worked to prevent defective behaviors.

“原”考及其他

案,近年在数文中频用与“原”字共缀之术语数辞,此作小考并及其他以求再用。 “原”[Yuan]一义为“最初”、“本来”、“未加工之天然”;另义为“推本溯源”、“穷原竟委”,此见《周易正义》“系辞上”第七: 原始反终。 《周易正义》“系辞下”第八: 原始要终。又,《管子》卷八“小匡”第二十:原本穷末。与前者相应的英文字型为[original]、[arche]、[natural],均为形容词性并作用;与后者相应的英文句型为[trace the origin],[ascertain the cause],[get to the bottom of the matter]、[mace a thoroughinquiry into something],均为动词谓语性并作用(后加名词宾语的句型结构)。

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE TREATMENT OF CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS BY MASSAGE THERAPY

During 1991 and 1993, more than 3000cases of cervical spondylosis (CS) weretreated by the massage therapy. In thisseries, there were more female cases thanmale ones. All cases were adults except 3aged about ten years. Ten cases were over70. The majority of the female cases wereabout 30 years old, while the majority of

FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECT OF MAGNETS AND MAGNETIZED WATER AGAINST ASCARIASIS IN CHILDREN——ANALYSIS OF 114 CASES

Basing on the theory of collaterals,or JingLuo,the author further attempted to applymagneto-therapy in the treatment of ascariasis asa substitute for ascaricides to expel the parasitesby changing the living environment of round-worms in the human body.Following the re-

CHANGE IN PROTEIN PATTERN ON TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS GEL AFTER EXPOSURE OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER TO MAGNETIC FIELDS.

To ascertain whether the gene expression is altered byexposure of living organisms to strong magnetic field,4-7 days old males of fruit fly Drosophila melanogasterwere exposed to 10,000 G static magnetic field

COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE ACCUMULATION AND INDUCTION OF MUTAGENIC EFFECT BY RARE EARTHS NUCLIDES WITH DIFFERENT IONIC RADIUS IN FISSION FRAGMENTS

The purpose of the present study is to ascertainthe correlation between the different ionic radiusof rare earths nuclides such as Tm、Eu、Pmand its retention peculiarity as well as inductionof mutagenic effect on bone marrow cells.Our studyshowed that the accumulation peculiarity of rareearths nuclides will vary according to the

PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INTO THE IDIOMS AND PHRASES FREQUENTLY USED IN ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

This paper presents the findings of our sustained effort to ascertain the idioms and phrases most frequently encountered in English for Academic Purposes or English for Science and Technology (EST for short). They take the form of a list of Five-Hundred Core Idioms and Phrases in Science English, a result of frequency counts made over the last thirty years

英语习语讲与练(10)

1.to make sure:确信,证实(也可以说 tomakecertain,意思是 to be sure,to ascertain)。如:Please make sure that you tum off the radio beforeyou go out.Could you make certain of the time?I don’t wantto miss that.2.now and then:偶尔,不时,有时(也可以说 now and again,at times,from time to time,off andon,once in a while)。now and then 和 once in a

The Exploration of Reform of Four-year and Three-year Higher Engineering Education

"The Explortation of Reform of Four-year and Three-year Higher Engineering Education" is the key study project during the period of Q(?) W(?) plan (the seventh Five-year Plan). The project posed here is mainly to analyes and comPare their similarities and differences macroscoscopicly and try to find a correct approach to it and discuss some relevant special subjects as well.

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ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Purpose: To ascertain the ranges ofintervertebral motion of normal anddegenerative cervical vertebrae and evaluatethe relationship between the abnormality of thenormal cervical curvature and the pathogenesisof cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM).Methods: Flexion-extension latera view of thecervical spine was performed in 39 normalchildren of 13 and 14 year-old, 27 cases ofCSM, and 29 cases of normal adults to be usedas controls. The range of motion of

On testing for infections during epidemics, with application to Covid-19 in Ontario, Canada

During an epidemic,accurate estimation of the numbers of viral infections in different regions and groups is important for understanding transmission and guiding public health actions.This depends on effective testing strategies that identify a high proportion of infections(that is,provide high ascertainment rates).For the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2,ascertainment rates do not appear to be high in most jurisdictions,but quantitative analysis of testing has been limited.We provide statistical models for studying testing and ascertainment rates,and illustrate them on public data on testing and case counts in Ontario,Canada.

Dementia in Taiwan Region

Objective:Taiwan has an increasing aging population like other developed areas.The aging population will lead to an increased prevalence of dementia.Methods:This article will reflect the status of dementia in Taiwan,including updated epidemiology,diagnosis,subtypes,and optimal treatment of dementia.Results:The article also describes and interprets the Taiwan Dementia Policy to establish a clear,large view of the current state of management of dementia in Taiwan and future policy implementation.Conclusion:A comprehensive policy to dementia,from the basic researches to clinical care and treatment,is necessary to the increased aged population in Taiwan.

^(13)C NMR STUDIES ON BASE-PAIRING BETWEEN GUANOSINE, COORDINATED GUANOSINE AND CYTIDINE

The study on the interaction of cisplatin with guanosine in neutral solution by 13C NMR spectroscopy has shown that besides the formation of [Pt（NH3）2（N7-Guo）2]2+, a new 1:1 complex [Pt（NH3）2(N7.N1-GuoH-1)]nn+, in which deprotonated guanosine was bonded to platium by N1 and N7 atoms, was also formed. Recently we have succeed-

STUDIES ON THE NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION OF A FLIGHTLESS MUTANT 6184 IN Drosophila melanogastir

A general approach to behavior genetics is to use a chemical mutagen, ethyl methanesulphonate (EMS), for mutagenesising point mutations, to devise a tester for screening a behavior mutant, to map the mutant sites in chromosomes and then to ascertain where the defective neuronal circuit (including sensory receptors,

CYTOKININ-BINDING PROTEINS IN CHLOROPLAST FRACTIONS OF WHEAT LEAVES

In the study of mechanism of hormone action, the identification and localization of hormone receptors were important research fields. Cytokinin(CTK)-binding proteins, have been found from some cell fractions of several kinds of plants since they were first found in ribosomes of Chinese-cabbage leaves in 1970.

A KINEMATICAL STUDY ON TERMINUS OF THE BATURA GLACIER

The Batura Glaeier lies on the northern slope of the Hunza Karakoram, northwest of the Karakoram Mountain System. It is a huge longitudinal valley glacier, with a length of 59.2 km and covering a total area of 285 km^2. The Karakoram Highway, built jointly by the People’s Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, passes not far away below the terminus of this glacier at the mileage between 115 and 119 km on the right bank of the Hunza River. To ascertain the changing features of the Ba-

Deprotection chemistry-mediated protein activation in living cells

a research team led by Prof.Chen Peng at the College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering(CCME),Peking University reported a chemical rescue strategy for restoring a specific protein’s function inside live cells.This work was published in Nature Chemistry(2014,6:352—361).Employing small molecules or chemical reagents to modulate the function of an intracellular protein,