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Sharon Friel
Researcher at Australian National University
Publications - 303
Citations - 23549
Sharon Friel is an academic researcher from Australian National University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social determinants of health & Health equity. The author has an hindex of 59, co-authored 274 publications receiving 19734 citations. Previous affiliations of Sharon Friel include University of Warwick & University of Western Sydney.
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Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on the social determinants of health
TL;DR: The Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) as mentioned in this paper was created to marshal the evidence on what can be done to promote health equity and to foster a global movement to achieve it.
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Managing the health effects of climate change
Anthony Costello,Mustafa Abbas,Adriana Allen,Sarah C. Ball,Sarah Bell,Richard Bellamy,Sharon Friel,Nora Groce,Anne M Johnson,Maria Kett,Maria Lee,C Levy,Mark A. Maslin,David McCoy,Bill McGuire,Hugh Montgomery,David Napier,Christina Pagel,Jinesh Patel,Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira,Nanneke Redclift,Hannah Rees,Daniel Rogger,Joanne Scott,Judith Stephenson,John Twigg,Jonathan Wolff,Craig Patterson +27 more
TL;DR: Although vector-borne diseases will expand their reach and death tolls, especially among elderly people, will increase because of heatwaves, the indirect effects of climate change on water, food security, and extreme climatic events are likely to have the biggest effect on global health.
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The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Climate Change: The Lancet Commission report
Boyd Swinburn,Boyd Swinburn,Vivica I. Kraak,Steven Allender,Vincent J Atkins,Phillip Baker,Jessica R. Bogard,Hannah Brinsden,Alejandro Calvillo,Olivier De Schutter,Raji Devarajan,Majid Ezzati,Sharon Friel,Shifalika Goenka,Ross A. Hammond,Ross A. Hammond,Gerard Hastings,Corinna Hawkes,Mario Herrero,Peter S. Hovmand,Mark Howden,Lindsay M. Jaacks,Ariadne Beatrice Kapetanaki,Matt Kasman,Harriet V. Kuhnlein,Shiriki K. Kumanyika,Bagher Larijani,Tim Lobstein,Michael W. Long,Victor K R Matsudo,Susanna Mills,Gareth J. Morgan,Alexandra B. Morshed,Patricia M. Nece,An Pan,David Patterson,Gary Sacks,Meera Shekar,Geoff L Simmons,Warren Smit,Ali Tootee,Stefanie Vandevijvere,Wilma Waterlander,Luke Wolfenden,William H. Dietz +44 more
TL;DR: This work aims to demonstrate the efforts towards in-situ applicability of EMMARM, which aims to provide real-time information about concrete mechanical properties such as E-modulus and compressive strength.
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Shaping cities for health: complexity and the planning of urban environments in the 21st century
Yvonne Rydin,Ana Bleahu,Michael Davies,Julio D. Dávila,Sharon Friel,Sharon Friel,Giovanni De Grandis,Nora Groce,Pedro C. Hallal,Ian Hamilton,Philippa Howden-Chapman,Ka Man Lai,CJ Lim,Juliana Martins,David Osrin,Ian Ridley,Ian Scott,Myfanwy Taylor,Paul Wilkinson,James F. Wilson +19 more
TL;DR: The UCL Lancet Commission met from November, 2009, to June, 2011, bringing together an interdisciplinary team of experts to under stand how better health outcomes can be delivered through interventions in the urban environment in cities across the world, and to generate policy recommendations.
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Smart food policies for obesity prevention
Corinna Hawkes,Trenton G. Smith,Jo Jewell,Jane Wardle,Ross A. Hammond,Sharon Friel,Anne Marie Thow,Juliana Kain +7 more
TL;DR: A new way to understand how food policies could be made to work more effectively for obesity prevention is proposed, drawing on evidence from a range of disciplines to develop a theory of change to understandHow food policies work.