Contemporary, racialised conflicts over LGBT-inclusive education: more strategic secularisms than secular/religious oppositions?

Conflicts of interest in dermatology: more than skin deep?

Nutritional Diabetes Education: More than Just Nutrients

In early 1920s, Joslin emphasized the importance of diabetes education and in the 1970s Miller demonstrated with evidence a link between reduced hospital admissions for ketoacidosis and hypoglycemia and diabetes education [2]. Actually researches suggest knowledge is important, in general, low level of knowledge is associated with unfavorable nutritional behaviors [3]; however, knowledge alone ...

All inclusive Public Health--what about LGBT populations?

After attending an excellent and well-organized 5th European Public Health Conference with the main theme All inclusive Public Health, it felt appropriate to reflect on what factors are considered when talking about inclusion and exclusion regarding health concerns. During the last day of the conference, we heard some inspiring presentations highlighting the importance of awareness of inequalit...

Promoting LGBT health and wellbeing through inclusive policy development

In this paper we argue the importance of including gender and sexually diverse populations in policy development towards a more inclusive form of health promotion. We emphasize the need to address the broad health and wellbeing issues and needs of LGBT people, rather than exclusively using an illness-based focus such as HIV/AIDS. We critically examine the limitations of population health, the s...

Links between inclusive education and inclusive research

In recent years, particularly since the Salamanca Statement (UNESCO, 1994), considerable attention has been given to inclusive education. The concept of inclusive research has also emerged (Walmsley and Johnson, 2003). Initially this was associated with people with learning disabilities but now has a wider application. The two concepts have some shared values and the links between inclusive edu...