Sentences with phrase «although public awareness»

Although public awareness for farming activities in cities is slowly increasing, agriculture is still in many cases not yet included in the urban planning.

Although public awareness of PPD is increasing and the condition is losing some of its taboo status, many women are still reluctant to seek help for their symptoms and PPD often goes undiagnosed.

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Consider: the arsenal of effective (and less risky) HIV medicines has ballooned, the stigma associated with the disease has declined (although, as activists note, much work remains to be done on that front), and awareness campaigns centered on HIV / AIDS have gone from what was a fringe movement just 30 years ago to a cause championed by top public figures and companies around the world.

August is National Breastfeeding Awareness Month and, although mothers (and the public in general) have taken huge strides in the right direction to normalize breastfeeding, there is still a lot of work to be done.

Although awareness has increased about sports concussions, little research has been done on middle school athletes, especially girls, noted study co-author Dr. Melissa Schiff, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington School of Public Health in Seattle.

Around 300,000 people, mostly of immigrant background, already live with Chagas disease in the U.S., although awareness of the disease is still rudimentary among the public and physicians.

Although five other dinosaurs were already known at the time, Foulke's skeleton was the most complete one ever discovered, and it was mounted and displayed at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia (along with many other museums in America), bringing dinosaurs to the public awareness.

Her lack of awareness of American public schools is embarrassing, although apparently not to her.

Although the states that adopted Common Core's standards did so legally (usually by a vote of their state boards of education), many state policymakers deliberately minimized public awareness and discussion of the standards» academic deficits in order to ensure their passage and continue their use.

Fortunately, the conversations that took place during the process led to a mutual trust and understanding between the ISD and the local community; although there is still work ahead to raise awareness with the broader public about the ISD and what it will mean to the schools and communities with whom we will partner.

Although digital adopting is fairly low and 75 % of the general public has never even heard of an e-reader or read a digital book, these companies have their work cut out for them on building awareness.

Ivermectin is the drug most commonly associated with toxicosis, although many other drugs may also cause adverse reactions (BOX 3).5 Because of the public's awareness of ivermectin - associated problems, many breeders and websites recommend avoiding all products containing this drug, including heartworm preventive agents.

Although it is barely on the radar of most news media and public awareness, this may be bigger than the gulf oil spill, health care, or even global climate change.

Previous studies have documented the association between bullying and both health behaviors and symptoms.21, 43,44 These studies indicate that while being bullied is associated with difficulty making friends and lower use of alcohol, 21 perpetration of bullying is associated with more time spent with friends44 and increased use of alcohol and cigarettes.21 This suggests that although adolescents who are bullied may be at less risk for adverse health outcomes associated with substance use, they may be at increased risk for somatic complaints associated with poor peer relationships.3, 18 New initiatives such as the US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration's Stop Bullying Now campaign45 should be evaluated for their efficacy in raising public awareness and reducing the prevalence of bullying.

Although cyberthefts involving home settlements have been occurring for several years, the number of attacks and the dollar amounts stolen during the past year are stunning realty industry experts, who expected that greater public awareness of the problem — and efforts by title and realty firms to better secure their systems — would thwart the hackers.