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    Global Water Futures Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Field Research Protocol
    (Global Water Futures, 2023) Rowe, Andrea ; Schuster Wallace, Corinne
    The core objective of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in field research is to ensure that all participants are safe and respected. Fieldwork is an integral part of water research that takes on many forms, such as, multiple consecutive days, multiple site visits, regular or sporadic days, domestic and international travel, urban and community based or rural and remote settings. As such, interpretation is required to adapt wise practices from this protocol to your unique field circumstances. Using an EDI lens will catalyze critical conversations and help to facilitate positive experiences for students, faculty, staff, and communities. EDI requires both immediate short-term action and long-term commitment to ensure that field research is open to a diverse range of participants, is accessible, and advances inclusion in water research.
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    Improving Aboriginal health data capture: evidence from a health registry evaluation
    (Cambridge University Press, 2010-12-07) Harper, Sherilee; Edge, Victoria L.; Schuster-Wallace, Corinne; AR-RUSHDI, M.; McEwen, Scott A.
    The lack of high-quality health information for accurately estimating burdens of disease in some Aboriginal populations is a challenge for developing effective and relevant public health programmes and for health research. We evaluated data from a health registry system that captured patient consultations, provided by Labrador Grenfell Health (Labrador, Canada). The goal was to evaluate the registry's utility and attributes using modified CDC guidelines for evaluating surveillance systems. Infectious gastrointestinal illness data were used as a reference syndrome to determine various aspects of data collection and quality. Key-informant interviews were conducted to provide information about system utility. The study uncovered limitations in data quality and accessibility, resulting in region-specific recommendations including conversion to an electronic system. More generally, this study emphasized how a systematic and standardized evaluation of health registry systems can help address challenges to obtaining quality health data in often remote areas where many Aboriginal communities are found.
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    Women, WaSH, and the Water for Life Decade: An emerging framework for success post-2015
    (United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health and the Women for Water Partnership, 2015) Schuster-Wallace, Corinne; Cave, Kate; Bouman-Dentener, Alice; Holle, Frederique
    Where women are given a voice, they are very strong advocates for the sustainable use, equitable provision and the importance of good quality water associated with sanitation and hygiene practices. Evidence shows that meaningful involvement of women in water resources development, management and use can lead to the design of effective new solutions to water problems, help governments avoid poor investments and expensive mistakes, make projects more sustainable, ensure that infrastructure development yields the maximum social and economic returns, and further development goals. Furthermore, being rooted in society, women’s civil society organisations, when properly empowered and facilitated, have the potential to engage their communities and create the commitment and local ownership that is needed to develop and upscale successful community interventions.