Being Bold: How HFES Can Encourage Responsible, Timely and Participative Ergonomics to Address Societal Issues

Nurturing Societal Values in and Through Health Innovations; Comment on “What Health System Challenges Should Responsible Innovation in Health Address?”

Aligning innovation processes in healthcare with health system demands is a societal objective, not always achieved. In line with earlier contributions, Lehoux et al outline priorities for research, public communication, and policy action to achieve this objective. We endorse setting these priorities, while also highlighting a ‘commitment gap’ in collectively addressing system-level challenges....

How Should STFM Respond to Political and Societal Issues?

The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine has always been an organization with a deep sense of social responsibility that has valued diversity of people, ideas, and opinions and discussion of important political and societal issues. With the diversity and passions of its members, the STFM Board is commonly asked to take stands on controversial political or social issues. This has led to some i...

how can a novel molecular diagnostic assay instill confidence in researchers and encourage its future use?

Science and Societal Partnerships to Address Cumulative Impacts

1 National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2 Institute of Marine Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 3 School of Environment, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 4 Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand, 5 Landcare Research, Auckland, New Zealand, 6 School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics

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