Sentences with phrase «access to health»

Researchers also found that the economic status of parents and access to health insurance are valuable predictors of wealth accumulation as well.
With Platinum status you get all benefits of the Gold status member, as well as free access to the club and executive levels at the hotel and free access to the health club.
Cities were rated based on home affordability, climate, prosperity, crime rates, access to health care and lifestyle, with subcategories in each area.
Began work on building a new hospital in Bamyan Province in Afghanistan that will add 86 beds for pediatric, obstetric and gynecologic care in a region where women have had little access to health care
And being in a large city all but guarantees excellent access to health care.
Some years I make more than her, some years less — these last few years less because I've been trying to get some big and potentially lucrative projects off the ground — but even when I made more I benefitted from access to health insurance via her work.
They are great enablers, helping people communicate across distances, facilitating trade and commerce, and providing better access to health care and education,» said UN Secretary General Ban Ki - moon.
For example, connect with community partners if the barrier is clothing, transportation, housing, access to health or mental health treatment; provide training to teachers and staff to address instructional barriers; review budgets to remedy shortages of staff and / or lack of materials and supplies needed to deliver effective classroom instruction or school - wide accommodations; and engage culturally - competent staff to break down communication barriers between schools and families.
In Cincinnati, Community Learning Centers provide access to health and social services, as well as enrichment, tutoring and adult education programs.
With repeal of Obamacare likely dead for now, we — parents, educators, clergy and community members — urge our elected leaders to fight forward for a budget that will preserve access to health care, adequately fund our nation's public schools and do what's right for the working poor and those that depend on America's social safety net.
He promoted the idea of meeting the needs of the whole child by expanding pre-kindergarten and after - school and summer programs, increasing access to health care and mental health services, and promoting nutritious food and regular exercise.
Whole - child reformers tend to focus on services and inputs: Do children have access to health care?
In addition, a core component of our work is increasing access to school health services for students and we have been leading efforts to promote collaborations between local health providers and schools to ensure students have access to the health care they need to be in school and ready to learn.
Additionally, they have better nutrition, improved access to health care services, higher rates of immunization and better health.
Outcome measures covered all four Head Start program goals: cognitive development, social - emotional development, health status and access to health care, and parenting practices.
Next up: a plan to expand access to health services for students.
But too many of those students arrive hungry and without access to health care or basic shelter.
Vision: Student access to health and learning.
They need good parenting, access to health care, and quality child care to nurture their development and ready them for school and life.
The SBHC at his school makes sure students and their families have access to health care, but it also provides valuable health education — beyond what many teachers are able to do in the classroom — so students and parents can make better decisions that positively impact physical health, behavior, and academic success.
Superintendents and union leaders looking for an alternative to a high - stakes, data - driven movement in education have showered the community schools model with praise, noting that it has expanded access to health care and social services, tackling problems thought to be causes of academic failure.
The challenges facing rural schools are staggering — concentrated poverty, inadequate access to health care services, early childhood education and after - school programs, ballooning class size, high transportation costs, teacher shortages, and lack of broadband access.
Students who live in communities with high levels of poverty are four times more likely to be chronically absent than others often for reasons beyond their control, such as unstable housing, unreliable transportation and a lack of access to health care.
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a bill to repeal a 2010 law designed to improve access to health care for millions of Americans.
We are hearing from our nonprofit partners on a daily basis about the overwhelming demand for services for the area's «at - risk» populations, including those benefiting from programs that support school success, financial empowerment and access to health support services.
The Gates Foundation makes monetary pledges «driven by the interests and passions of the Gates Family,» namely global access to health care, international poverty reduction and in the United States, increased access to quality education and information technology.
He said factors of poverty that affect achievement in lower socioeconomic rungs — such as violence, mental illness, housing, and access to health care — must also be addressed by the community as a whole.»
Poverty, unemployment, and a distinct lack of access to health care and other important resources create situations that require specific responses.
On measures like poverty, access to health care, homelessness, teenage pregnancy, and nutrition, the condition of America's children differs little from that of a third - world country.
BBA advocates providing universal access to health care for children, quality early - childhood education, and expanded access to extended learning opportunities, after school and during the summer.
This means early childhood education for all children, funding all schools so they can better serve those with special educational needs, access to health and well - being services for all children in all schools, and a national curriculum that insists that schools focus on the whole child rather than narrow academic achievement.
They said that it's possible that education is a marker of an individual's access to health information, capacity to assimilate health - related messages, and ability to retain knowledge - related assets, like nutrition knowledge.
Research shows us that students eligible Medicaid are more likely to graduate from high school and complete college than students without access to health care.
Campaigning for support for his 2000 presidential bid, Vice President Al Gore last week proposed dramatically expanding children's access to health insurance.
It will take a lot to make public schools more effective for all students: greater academic rigor, higher standards of conduct, more parental involvement, meaningful professional development for teachers, stronger incentives for the students themselves, and, of course, more access to health and social services for the many students who are in need of such.
Kraay with Doctors Without Borders says the Rohingya had very little access to health care.
That's probably because patients get access to health care quickly in the half a dozen clinics that have sprung up in the camps.
The internet is alive with discussions on everything from access to health care, to our class - based medical system, to the future of genomic - based individualized medicine.
Help improve insurance coverage, access to health care, or advocate for your rights in the workplace or schools.
Despite less education on average, a higher poverty rate, and more limited access to health care, U.S. Hispanics tend to live the longest.
If you are in an area where you don't have access to health food stores or local farmers who are raising healthy animals than I would suggest ordering products from US Wellness Meats or Slankers.
Food insecurity, lack of access to health care (including international food aid), and social, cultural, and economic class, all play a major role in explaining the prevalence of under - nutrition.
The main goals of «Healthy People 2020» are: to help individuals avoid preventable diseases, injuries and / or disabilities that can shorten and / or reduce the quality of their lives, help all individuals have access to health prevention exams and tests, eliminate health - related discrimination, improve the health of everyone, create a healthy environment that supports healthy eating, exercise and an overall healthy lifestyle and help individuals improve the quality of their lives through education, guidance and the willingness to embrace a healthier lifestyle through all of the various stages of life.
I'm also fully aware that some people in some areas of the country (or the world) may not have access to a health food store that has all of these ingredients.
Nutrisystem customers also have online access to health information, community support, weekly newsletters, smart phone applications, and tracking tools.
For more than 45 years, Planned Parenthood Global has been working overseas to ensure that women, men, and young people in some of the world's most neglected areas have access to the health care they need to control their bodies and their futures.
I have had symptoms for years, but now have access to health care after 10 years without access.
Hereditary factors, upbringing, early life experiences, the meanings given to certain situations, constitutional composition, and access to health care (including psychological support) all have a part in how vulnerable an individual is to the harmful effects of stress.
(Please NOTE: I'm linking to these on Amazon for reference but also for those without easy access to a health food store, but you can often find them at a better price at your local health food store or online at Thrive Market, which is where I buy them.)
People have been kept oppressed by reducing access to health care and basic needs like healthy food.
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