Sentences with phrase «health access initiative»

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Barry Callebaut has its Cocoa Horizons Foundation which «funds farmer training, farmer support, innovative finance, initiatives to protect children, access to education, woman's empowerment and basic health services.»

Access to human milk is an important public health initiative and future policies and programs should reflect this.

Previously, Karen worked at the intersection of urban planning and public health on local food access initiatives.

Mr. Thompson said the City should focus on fighting obesity through other initiatives including improved health education, increasing access to healthy foods and improving recreation opportunities rather than by banning unhealthy options.

Critically, this budget provides funding support for affordable housing, preserves access to quality health services for millions of low - income New Yorkers, and makes important investments in anti-poverty initiatives throughout the state.

WSU also had a variety of minority science undergraduate initiatives — such as the MARC (Minority Access to Careers) fellowship, which is administered by the National Institutes of Health.

Zoeckler also says that initiatives will be taken to better inform low - wage workers of local resources that are available to them to help them access health care and to also help them meet their basic living needs.

Although the initiative reached a limited geographic population, the HER Salt Lake team hopes to take this study further to increase access for women through provider training and stocking at community health centers and rural clinics.

The faster rate of improvement in lung function and nutrition in the United States, the researchers suggested, may be due to earlier implementation of newborn screening or quality improvement initiatives for the disease and improved access to medical care under the Medicaid Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in the United States.

Prior to joining IDRI, Erik was Associate General Counsel at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where he was the second attorney on staff and worked for over seven years exclusively within the Foundation's Global Health Program, where he led the development and implementation of the foundation's Global Access policy through the review of grant proposals and assistance in structuring strategic initiatives.

Julayne has also cultivated resources for community and school - based health centers with Access Community Health Network, and managed campaigns focused on advancing critical social change initiatives in education, health, and public safety for national non-profit and federal agency clients of The Advertising Council in New Yorkhealth centers with Access Community Health Network, and managed campaigns focused on advancing critical social change initiatives in education, health, and public safety for national non-profit and federal agency clients of The Advertising Council in New YorkHealth Network, and managed campaigns focused on advancing critical social change initiatives in education, health, and public safety for national non-profit and federal agency clients of The Advertising Council in New Yorkhealth, and public safety for national non-profit and federal agency clients of The Advertising Council in New York City.

The briefing focused on the importance of comprehensive school safety that includes: access to school psychologists and other school - employed mental health professionals; availability of comprehensive school mental and behavioral health services; effective discipline; positive relationships between students and staff; and the importance of building and district leadership in these initiatives.

Actions under the plan highlighted Secretarial Initiatives, research projects, FAST Act implementation, and capacity - building efforts related to planning, performance measures, and health / wellness through access to transportation services and active transportation, such as walking and biking.

The campaign is also supporting the work of Child Health BC, an initiative of BC Children's Hospital aimed at ensuring all children in BC have access to a consistent standard of specialized care no matter where in the province they live

To regulate access, a wide range of assistance programs, ranging from housing initiatives to jobs and health care programs, rely on methods that determine a person or family's income status.

Fostering Creativity and Culture by promoting the arts, advancing education, supporting cultural institutions and innovative projects with cutting edge talent; Promoting Wellbeing, supporting initiatives on women's empowerment, access to health and education and assisting the advancement and development of young people and communities; and Conserving Natural Resources through water sustainability and environmental projects to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment.

By Kim Johnson, Director of Arts Access — The Tennessee Department of Health, the Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability and the Tennessee Arts Commission have partnered in an initiative called Creative Aging Tennessee.

With over 580 projects completed, sustainability in schools is gaining greater traction, from the support of health and wellness initiatives to access to environmental literacy programs.

As we urgently address the fundamentals of people's well - being through initiatives focused on health, energy access, jobs, food, and cities, we are also looking toward a future that will grow from the rapidly evolving trends we observe today.

In addition to providing information and training, the ministry has launched several recent initiatives that aim to increase the access to and efficiency of the justice system and to make changes that allow it to better deal with social outliers like the homeless and people dealing with mental health and / or substance abuse problems.

Jordan's Principle — an initiative to ensure that First Nations children can access the same public services as other children (including not only health care but also education, childcare and similar services)-- passed unanimously in the House of Commons in December 2007.

The data also shows how important it is that, when someone opens up about poor mental health, they feel supported and that any wellbeing initiatives are available, promoted and easy to access.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Director of IT — Pacific Partners Management Services, Inc., Foster City, CA 2002 - Present Direct and initiative all aspects of PPMI / Health Access Solutions infrastructure service and support for 150 servers in a VMware / SAN environment, Cisco network, and MAN connectivity between two locations.

Pharmacists are knowledgeable health care professionals who are readily accessible by patients, and these population - based data suggest that the BC public health initiative authorizing pharmacists to provide ECs was indeed associated with an overall increase in emergency contraception access among women in the province.

He has led many initiatives for CID including successful campaigning for improved access to Medicare, coordination of the 1st National Roundtable on the Mental Health of people with intellectual disability and publishing the resources «Healthier Lives» Health Fact Sheets.

Bright Futures, the AAP health promotion initiative, provides resources for pediatricians to detect both ACEs and adverse developmental outcomes.36 Programs like Reach Out and Read, in which pediatricians distribute books and model reading, simultaneously promote emergent literacy and parent — child relationships through shared reading.37, 38 However, ACEs can not be addressed in isolation and require collaborative efforts with partners in the education, home visitation, and other social service sectors in synergistic efforts to strengthen families.29 In this way, programs like Help Me Grow39 that create streamlined access to early childhood services for at - risk children can play a critical role in building an integrated system that connects families to needed resources to enhance the development of vulnerable children.

Although existing and new health initiatives stated in this years» budget will indirectly benefit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, it remains to be seen how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples will access these mainstream services, and how relevant they will be to the unique needs and experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

The initiative aimed to offer a flexible and collaborative approach to service delivery, and to assist families with accessing available rebates via Medicare, ATAPS and private health funding.

As part of this exciting new initiative, Planned Parenthood Global, the international division of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, will provide technical support to local organizations advocating for expanded access to reproductive health care in Nicaragua, Burkina Faso, Senegal and Uganda.

This new 20 - year fellowship initiative in Southeast Asia seeks to dramatically reduce disparities in health access and quality of care through leadership development.

People affected by forced adoptions with a diagnosed mental disorder can access mental health services through PHNs or Medicare subsidised services under the Better Access initiaccess mental health services through PHNs or Medicare subsidised services under the Better Access initiAccess initiative.

Hempstead, NY — Planned Parenthood of Nassau County (PPNC) has been awarded a $ 7,500 grant from the Long Island Fund for Women and Girls to fund the Trust Women Campaign, an outreach and advocacy initiative to empower African American women to speak out in support of women's rights, as well as access reproductive health care.

Eligible clients can claim a rebate through a GP referral as part of Medicare's Better Access initiative, or through private health insurance with psychology extras.

Clients can claim a rebate for this service with a GP - referred mental health treatment plan through Medicare's Better Access initiative, or through private health insurance with relevant extras.

Rebates can be claimed for this service under a GP - referred mental health plan through Medicare's Better Access initiative or through private health insurance with relevant extras.

The Better Access initiative is an Australian Government initiative that aims to improve outcomes for people with mental health disorders by providing Medicare rebates through the Medicare Benefits Scheme (MBS).

This includes identifying and addressing the impacts of racism on children and young in other national initiatives and inquiries such as those focused on suicidal behaviour and self - harm, bullying, and access to mental health prevention and care services..

The Pennsylvania Mental Health Consumers Association has undertaken an initiative to improve access to behavioral health services for individuals in the LGBTQ commHealth Consumers Association has undertaken an initiative to improve access to behavioral health services for individuals in the LGBTQ commhealth services for individuals in the LGBTQ community.

The initiative seeks to give low - income families access to over 150 healthcare programs, including mental health services.

Under the Exceed initiative, funded through the federal Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge grant, RIDE and partner agencies - the Departments of Health, Human Services, and Children, Youth and Families; the Office of Health and Human Services; and Rhode Island KIDS COUNT - are involved in an on - going initiative to increase access to early - learning programs and to improve program quality in public preschools, child - care centers, and family home - care centers.

The Affordable Care Act is expanding mental health coverage for millions of Americans, we're working to improve access to mental health services for veterans, and we're supporting initiatives to help educators recognize and refer students who show signs of mental illness.

Access to well - resourced and professional primary health care service, including Social Health Teams linked to community initiatives and to mainstream servicehealth care service, including Social Health Teams linked to community initiatives and to mainstream serviceHealth Teams linked to community initiatives and to mainstream services; and

Some results of the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health will be seen in the shorter term, such as the provision of enhanced primary care services under the Primary Health Care Access Program, outcomes of environmental health surveys, and outcomes of existing workforce capacity building initiaHealth will be seen in the shorter term, such as the provision of enhanced primary care services under the Primary Health Care Access Program, outcomes of environmental health surveys, and outcomes of existing workforce capacity building initiaHealth Care Access Program, outcomes of environmental health surveys, and outcomes of existing workforce capacity building initiahealth surveys, and outcomes of existing workforce capacity building initiatives.

Land and Homelands: Gaining increased access to country and homelands to improve social lifestyles, health and well being and recognising the Indigenous relationship with the land through legislative or other initiatives such as traditional owner joint management schemes and for the Native Title Representative Body to become accountable to the constituents through transparency of its operations and governance.

For example, quantifying the Medicare Benefit Scheme spending shortfall on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples has provided a basis for quantifying the primary health care shortfall and stimulated initiatives to ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander enjoy greater access to Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

However, significant work has been completed over the past three years to reinvigorate the commitments of governments to address Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequality through the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and related initiatives such as the Primary Health Care Access Prhealth inequality through the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and related initiatives such as the Primary Health Care Access PrHealth and related initiatives such as the Primary Health Care Access PrHealth Care Access Program.