Words Matter: The Languages of Public Health
In the current climate- characterized by partisan politics, misinformation, skepticism, and heightened disparities, all intensified by the COVID-19 crisis-these tasks are particularly daunting. [...]the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) has precipitated changes in the public health vocabul...
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Published in | American journal of public health (1971) Vol. 114; no. 2; pp. 140 - 141 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
American Public Health Association
01.02.2024
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Summary: | In the current climate- characterized by partisan politics, misinformation, skepticism, and heightened disparities, all intensified by the COVID-19 crisis-these tasks are particularly daunting. [...]the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) has precipitated changes in the public health vocabular/ with growing concerns of algorithmic bias and data quality limitations. Black, indigenous, and People of Color; members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning community; and people with disabilities are impacted by persistent systemic inequities and injustices that contribute to feelings of mistrust in health care systems. From AJPH, December 2013, p. 2174 13 YEARS AGO Community-Based Participatory Research to Improve Health Equity [T]he third challenge [for translational research] is language, which includes incompatible discourse between the academy and the community, and the power of naming, which encompasses such commonly used terms as "institutionalization" or "collaborators." |
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Bibliography: | SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 content type line 23 ObjectType-Editorial-2 ObjectType-Commentary-1 |
ISSN: | 0090-0036 1541-0048 1541-0048 |
DOI: | 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307540 |