Sentences with phrase «health initiatives program»

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He is also chairman of The Dangote Foundation, which focuses on education and health initiatives, including a $ 12,000 - per - day feeding program.

Initiatives include an MBA major in Health Sector Management, Executive Programs for health - care professionals, and events and speaker sHealth Sector Management, Executive Programs for health - care professionals, and events and speaker shealth - care professionals, and events and speaker series.

While many companies have adopted health and wellness programs to combat employee obesity and other harmful behaviors, those initiatives are often a reaction to a pre-existing problem.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

Funding for mental health care initiatives is an issue specifically identified in our pre-budget letter to government and our 2017 Provincial Election Platform, given that there is strong evidence that effective programs can reduce both the economic and health impacts of these illnesses.

The survey also reveals that more than two - thirds (67 percent) of companies plan to expand their well - being initiatives over the next 3 - 5 years to include programs not specifically focused on physical health.

They include our flagship initiative, the National Disability Forum, as well as Customer Engagement Tools, Data Exchanges, Analytics Center of Excellence, Work Incentives Planning and Assistance Programs, and Health Information Technology.

Jeremy is a seasoned health tech executive having led multiple large - scale initiatives in the $ 100m - $ 1b range, particularly complex change programs.

Williams is responsible for facilitating the establishment of numerous statewide and community change initiatives the areas of budget and tax policy, after school programs, older youth transitioning from foster care, poverty alleviation, mental and behavioral health, and neighborhood revitalization.

It put millions of dollars toward school safety and mental health initiatives, though it included a controversial, voluntary program to arm some school employees.

In Bolivia, I saw how sponsorship money has funded everything from guinea pig farms, to after - school programs, to hearing aids, to irrigation systems, to marriage counseling, to maternal health initiatives, to alcoholism support groups, to dams.

In 2010, Eat»n Park Hospitality Group launched its «LifeSmiles» program and through this initiative it has strengthened and expanded its commitment to the health and well - being of children.

Lisa Yates is an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian and Program Manager of Nuts for Life, a health education initiative of the Australia Tree Nut Industry and Horticulture Australia.

Available free of charge on MomsTEAM's new SmartTeams concussion website, the #TeamUp4ConcussionSafetyTM program, developed by MomsTEAM Institute as part of its SmartTeams Play SafeTM initiative with a Mind Matters Educational Challenge Grant from the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Department of Defense, is designed to do just that: to increase reporting by athletes of concussion symptoms by engaging coaches, athletes, parents, and health care providers in a season - long, indeed career - long program which emphasizes that immediate reporting of concussion symptoms - not just by athletes themselves but by their teammate «buddies» - not only reduces the risk the athlete will suffer a more serious brain injury - or, in rare cases, even death - but is actually helps the team's chances of winning, not just in that game, but, by giving athletes the best chance to return as quickly as possible from concussion, the rest of the season, and by teaching that honest reporting is a valued team behavior and a hallmark of a good teammate.

School - Based Medicaid Programs — June 27, 2016 We signed a letter to CMS urging improvements to school - based Medicaid programs and better school health initPrograms — June 27, 2016 We signed a letter to CMS urging improvements to school - based Medicaid programs and better school health initprograms and better school health initiatives.

Framing community breastfeeding education as a public health strategy can allow us to look for opportunities in childhood initiatives, mental health programs, social interventions, and more!

In her article, Ragalie stressed the whole - child approach to health that is reinforced by the values of the learning connection: «With American children spending more than 2,000 hours in school each year, it's clear that in - school wellness initiatives (e.g., Fuel Up to Play 60) and alternate school breakfast programs, can be an engine for positive change to help achieve wellness goals, including being a part of the solution to overcome food insecurity.»

To promote the prevention of, recognition of, and appropriate responses to TBI, CDC has developed the Heads Up initiative, a program that provides concussion and mild TBI education to specific audiences such as health - care providers, coaches, athletic trainers, school nurses, teachers, counselors, parents, and student athletes.

How It Works: Grassroots Student - led Initiatives Daye is on a student school health advisory committee whose members are from schools participating in the Healthy Schools Program.

The program offers monthly initiatives and challenges, online resources, educational seminars, confidential health risk assessments and discounted services from community wellness partners.

Unlike many costly health and wellness initiatives, the HUMAN Healthy Vending program is free to YMCAs and adds no additional costs to existing program budgets.

She has helped with a number of health and nutrition programs in the school, including a student group to create a healthy snack program, the Smarter Lunchrooms initiative and the school's Wellness, Allergy, Safety, and Health committee (WASH), taking her contributions beyond the kitchen to the wider school commhealth and nutrition programs in the school, including a student group to create a healthy snack program, the Smarter Lunchrooms initiative and the school's Wellness, Allergy, Safety, and Health committee (WASH), taking her contributions beyond the kitchen to the wider school commHealth committee (WASH), taking her contributions beyond the kitchen to the wider school community.

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

In the US, the Obama administration has funded a range of initiatives that require the use of evidence - based strategies in areas such as teen pregnancy prevention, home visiting, education and workforce innovation.2, 3 In the field of home visiting, an increasing number of programs have been rigorously evaluated and have demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in outcome domains such as parenting, maternal and child health, child development and school readiness, reductions in child maltreatment, and family economic self - sufficiency.4, 5,6

Additionally, they are working to ensure that the Wisconsin endorsement process complements other professional development initiatives in the state, such as the post-graduate University of Wisconsin Infant, Early Childhood and Family Mental Health Certificate Program that launched in June 2010.

Ms. Ahmad - Baker is program initiatives director in the division's Bureau of Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health.

The Texas 10 Step Program is a Department of State Health Services (DSHS) initiative, in collaboration with the Texas Hospital Association, to improve maternity care services in birthing facilities.

New York is midway through a monumental initiative begun in 2011 to redesign the costly Medicaid program, the largest purchaser of health services in the state for its 6.2 million beneficiaries.

De Blasio and McCray announced that Confer, 35, will head the 54 - program initiative, launched in 2015 to tackle mental health as a public health challenge and to fight the stigma associated with it.

In less than a year we have implemented many of the action items in our health and human services plan, «Initiatives for a Strong Community,» as varied as bringing fresh foods and vegetables to inner city neighborhoods labeled «food deserts,» to completing a chronic neglect study and incorporating its findings into our child welfare response programs, to increasing participation in the SNAP program to reduce hunger.

Money from the fund supports some of the state's most important safety net programs --» the State's Medicaid program, Family Health Plus, workforce recruitment and retention, the Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) program, Child Health Plus (CHP), Graduate Medical Education, AIDS programs, disproportionate share payments to hospitals and other various public health initiatives,» according to the state's financialHealth Plus, workforce recruitment and retention, the Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) program, Child Health Plus (CHP), Graduate Medical Education, AIDS programs, disproportionate share payments to hospitals and other various public health initiatives,» according to the state's financialHealth Plus (CHP), Graduate Medical Education, AIDS programs, disproportionate share payments to hospitals and other various public health initiatives,» according to the state's financialhealth initiatives,» according to the state's financial plan.

Governor Cuomo launched the NYS Community Schools initiative in 2013, a statewide program that is transforming schools in distressed communities into hubs for a wide range of support services for children and their families, including health care, counseling, nutrition, and job preparation services.

The governor and state attorney general announced separate initiatives to tackle the opioid - heroin epidemic, while another health insurer took action against Western New York Dr. Eugene J. Gosy, and a group of experts is arranging a program to provide free training on how to serve those suffering from addiction.

In addition to awareness initiatives the County Health Department's Cancer Services Program, covering Oneida, Madison and Herkimer counties, holds Cancer Screening Week, beginning on October 17th.

Here is Mayor de Blasio's full Q&A, featuring snow prep and the de Blasio family shoveling arrangements, the mayor's pre - K / middle school program initiative and the governor's competing proposal, Health & Hospitals Corporation challenges, the Rockaway ferry and boardwalk and more.

The budget, which includes the elimination of 70 positions and cuts to public health programs such as mosquito control and the county's breastfeeding initiative for new mothers, was presented in late October and has been going through detailed review in the legislature.

«It is government's role to provide the services that the private sector either can't or won't do, and I am proud to say that my administration has worked to strengthen public health though the Health Mall and other related initiatives and has also been instrumental in keeping residents connected to needed services through programs such as the Rural Transit Sehealth though the Health Mall and other related initiatives and has also been instrumental in keeping residents connected to needed services through programs such as the Rural Transit SeHealth Mall and other related initiatives and has also been instrumental in keeping residents connected to needed services through programs such as the Rural Transit Service.

«Public Awareness Initiatives Include Open House» Oneida County's Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program, in conjunction with Cornell Cooperative Extension's Eat Smart New York (ESNY), has planned a variety of initiatives designed to raise public awareness of the role of proper nutrition in maintaining good health, Dr. Gayle Jones, Director of Health annouInitiatives Include Open House» Oneida County's Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program, in conjunction with Cornell Cooperative Extension's Eat Smart New York (ESNY), has planned a variety of initiatives designed to raise public awareness of the role of proper nutrition in maintaining good health, Dr. Gayle Jones, Director of Health annouinitiatives designed to raise public awareness of the role of proper nutrition in maintaining good health, Dr. Gayle Jones, Director of Health announced health, Dr. Gayle Jones, Director of Health announced Health announced today.

The ONEIDA COUNTY LIVING HEALTHY NY Program workshops, are part of the Healthy Choices NY series of initiatives, bringing people with chronic diseases, family members, and care givers together in a community setting to learn healthier ways to live, gain confidence, and motivation to manage their health, and feel more positive about life.

Klein told them about a state initiative for elderly renters, about a prescription drug program, about help for seniors to avoid financial exploitation and about an upcoming health screening event.

The program has distributed nearly $ 100,000 in grants to support initiatives that help young people recover with the challenges of mental health.

Aliya has worked on initiatives related to public health, including managing programs to assist woman and children affected by HIV / AIDS in Kenya and developing communications materials for the World Health Organization's programs inhealth, including managing programs to assist woman and children affected by HIV / AIDS in Kenya and developing communications materials for the World Health Organization's programs inHealth Organization's programs in Iraq.

Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves (R - East Meadow) responded with the GOP's own campaign message: «The purpose of our mailing program is to inform our constituents of our initiatives that have allowed us to continue to hold the line on taxes, improve health and safety, reduce crime, create jobs, and generate economic growth in Nassau County.»

The preliminary budget, which would take effect July 1 and must first be approved by the City Council, also includes more than $ 740 million worth of new city agency spending, mostly on programs de Blasio has already announced in recent months, like new initiatives to help the homeless and an overhaul of the city's mental health system.

In an interview with Observer at Gracie Mansion, she noted her signature initiative, ThriveNYC — an $ 850 million, 54 - program mental health initiative — was all her doing and described herself as a «great asset to the administration.»

In recognition of March as Colorectal Health Awareness Month, TOPS Markets ® has partnered with the Cancer Services Program in the New York State Department of Health's Main Streets Go Blue initiative to promote Colon Cancer awareness throughout the state.

He said the state could finance a takeover through savings created from Cuomo's redesign of the Medicaid program and through other health care initiatives.

In September the department also launched a program focused on police encounters with people suffering mental health issues, an initiative done in partnership with Crisis Services of Erie County.

She oversees a portfolio of municipal programs, including her signature $ 850 million mental health initiative, in which other city officials report to her.

CROWN HEIGHTS — Funding for more than 3,000 units of housing, a new ambulatory care network and a slew of programs to fight poverty are in the works for Central Brooklyn, according to a health - focused initiative outlined by the governor Thursday.