Edwin Jit Leung Kwong
Biographic Data
| ID | 7560219 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edwin Jit Leung Kwong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edwin Jit Leung |
| FAMILY NAME | Kwong |
| SIGNATURE | KWONG E J L |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6225-9841 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Israeli necropolitics and the pursuit of health justice in Palestine
We abhor the continuation and acceleration of the Israeli state's systemic violence against the Palestinian people. We reassert that resolution of the settler colonial root causes of violence in Palestine is central to the pursuit of justice and peace. The moral foundations of global health and medical practice require us to prioritise and foreground oppressed realities, and to practise epistemic resistance. Framing Palestinian violence on Octobe…
Violence in Palestine demands immediate resolution of its settler colonial root causes
Inclusion of Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Covid-19 Public Health Research
Participation of people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in public health research is often limited by challenges with recruitment, retention and second-language data collection. Consequently, people from CALD communities are at risk of their needs being marginalised in public health interventions. This paper presents intrinsic case analyses of two studies which were adapted to increase the cultural competence of rese…
Population-level salt intake in the WHO European Region in 2022
Objective: The WHO recommends that adults consume less than 5 g of salt per day to reduce the risk of CVD. This study aims to examine the average population daily salt intake in the fifty-three Member States of the WHO European Region. Design: A systematic review was conducted to examine the most up-to-date salt intake data for adults published between 2000 and 2022. Data were obtained from peer-reviewed and grey literature, WHO surveys and studi…
Universities and multiple disaster scenarios
Recent years have provided stark insights into the challenges of dealing with multiple, overlapping disasters in many parts of the world. Climate change reports indicate that these severe and complex disaster scenarios are likely to become more frequent. This paper provides a reflective oversight of the changing roles of universities in the context of these new disaster risk scenarios. A transformative approach is encouraged as part of an array o…
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Universities and multiple disaster scenarios
Recent years have provided stark insights into the challenges of dealing with multiple, overlapping disasters in many parts of the world. Climate change reports indicate that these severe and complex disaster scenarios are likely to become more frequent. This paper provides a reflective oversight of the changing roles of universities in the context of these new disaster risk scenarios. A transformative approach is encouraged as part of an array o…
Violence in Palestine demands immediate resolution of its settler colonial root causes
Inclusion of Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Covid-19 Public Health Research
Participation of people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in public health research is often limited by challenges with recruitment, retention and second-language data collection. Consequently, people from CALD communities are at risk of their needs being marginalised in public health interventions. This paper presents intrinsic case analyses of two studies which were adapted to increase the cultural competence of rese…
Population-level salt intake in the WHO European Region in 2022
Objective: The WHO recommends that adults consume less than 5 g of salt per day to reduce the risk of CVD. This study aims to examine the average population daily salt intake in the fifty-three Member States of the WHO European Region. Design: A systematic review was conducted to examine the most up-to-date salt intake data for adults published between 2000 and 2022. Data were obtained from peer-reviewed and grey literature, WHO surveys and studi…
Israeli necropolitics and the pursuit of health justice in Palestine
We abhor the continuation and acceleration of the Israeli state's systemic violence against the Palestinian people. We reassert that resolution of the settler colonial root causes of violence in Palestine is central to the pursuit of justice and peace. The moral foundations of global health and medical practice require us to prioritise and foreground oppressed realities, and to practise epistemic resistance. Framing Palestinian violence on Octobe…
Political science (4 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Palestine (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Public relations (2 works)