Sentences with phrase «population health capacity»

The most successful NHMRC contribution to increasing the numbers of Indigenous people as researchers was support provided by its population health capacity - building grants.36 These grants were introduced in response to a review of Australian public health research and were designed to strengthen research workforce capacity.

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Population Health Improvement Partners (formerly known as the Center for Public Health Quality) helps health - focused organizations and coalitions build organizational and community capacity to improve and sustain population hHealth Improvement Partners (formerly known as the Center for Public Health Quality) helps health - focused organizations and coalitions build organizational and community capacity to improve and sustain population hHealth Quality) helps health - focused organizations and coalitions build organizational and community capacity to improve and sustain population hhealth - focused organizations and coalitions build organizational and community capacity to improve and sustain population healthhealth.

I don't know why the governor's not using that same logic in a mental health capacity to help our most vulnerable population,» Kearns said.

The MRC Centre for Genomics and Global Health (CGGH) is supporting the development of the P. falciparum Community Project by providing expertise and resources for population genetic analysis, web application development and research capacity building.

Determining which types of prevention to invest in (such as monitoring, early warning systems, and land - use changes that reduce the impact of heat and floods) depends on several factors, including health problems common to that particular area, vulnerable populations, the preventive health systems already in place, and the expected impacts of climate change.275 Local capacity to adapt is very important; unfortunately the most vulnerable populations also frequently have limited resources for managing climate - health risks.

Some of the objectives of the project are to identify spatial vulnerability of populations during extreme heat events in selected areas; identify the impacts of extreme heat events on the health, work productivity and livelihoods of vulnerable population, to select appropriate, innovative and affordable climate adaptation measures for improving health and livelihood resilience for the urban population with consideration of gender - based implications, to strengthen the capacity of key stakeholders through training opportunities and to facilitate active use of information and evidence for policy - makers to drive the implementation of the Heat Stress Action Plans into municipal disaster strategies.

• The readiness of the nation to predict and avoid public and occupational health problems caused by heat waves and severe storms • Characterization and quantification of relationships between climate variability, health outcomes, and the main determinants of vulnerability within and between populations • Development of reliable methods to connect climate - related changes in food systems and water supplies to health under different conditions • Prediction of future risks in response to climate change scenarios and of reductions in the baseline level of morbidity, mortality, or vulnerability • Identification of the available resources, limitations of, and potential actions by the current U.S. health care system to prevent, prepare for, and respond to climate - related health hazards and to build adaptive capacity among vulnerable segments of the U.S. population

f) «Global health security» refers to activities required, both proactive and reactive, to minimize vulnerability to acute public health events that endanger the collective health of populations living across geographical regions and international boundaries and includes the efforts of the Global Health Security Agenda to establish capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to disease threats, whether naturally occurring, deliberate, or accidhealth security» refers to activities required, both proactive and reactive, to minimize vulnerability to acute public health events that endanger the collective health of populations living across geographical regions and international boundaries and includes the efforts of the Global Health Security Agenda to establish capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to disease threats, whether naturally occurring, deliberate, or accidhealth events that endanger the collective health of populations living across geographical regions and international boundaries and includes the efforts of the Global Health Security Agenda to establish capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to disease threats, whether naturally occurring, deliberate, or accidhealth of populations living across geographical regions and international boundaries and includes the efforts of the Global Health Security Agenda to establish capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to disease threats, whether naturally occurring, deliberate, or accidHealth Security Agenda to establish capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to disease threats, whether naturally occurring, deliberate, or accidental.

To engage with such populations, it is critical that researchers work closely with the relevant community - based services being used by these young people to develop strategies that can improve their capacity to identify, refer and treat cannabis and related mental health issues.

This population of caregivers may deny that children living in their homes experience adverse effects of their behaviors, or they may have less capacity to empathize with the children and to assess child health.

Planned Parenthood volunteers serve in a wide range of capacities, including support for health care clients, administrative work, educational programs for women, men, and teens, and outreach to underserved populations.

In their workshop you will: Become informed about the Healthy Together program background, content and delivery; Identify principles and strategies to engage vulnerable populations around health promoting behaviours and; Build organizational or community capacity and readiness to integrate Healthy Together.

The NT's culturally diverse, widely dispersed and significantly disadvantaged population requires a policy approach with a basis in social, emotional and economic well being, an approach that addresses upstream social determinants of health, and builds on local strengths and capacities.