Sentences with phrase «access to primary health care for»

The campaign calls on governments to put in place firm targets, funding and timeframes to address health inequalities, including providing equal access to primary health care for Indigenous Australians within 10 years.
This is part of his broader interest in the public health concept of equity — fair access to primary health care for everyone.
This is part of his broader interest in the public health concept of equity — fair access to primary health care for everyone.
This is part of his broader interest in the public health concept of equity — fair access to primary health care for everyone.

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In «The Case of the Vanishing Quebec Physicians: How to Improve Access to Care,» author Claude E. Forget, former Quebec Minister of Health and Social Services, calls for primary care reforms that focus on providing more care in communities and clinics, rather than in hospitCare,» author Claude E. Forget, former Quebec Minister of Health and Social Services, calls for primary care reforms that focus on providing more care in communities and clinics, rather than in hospitcare reforms that focus on providing more care in communities and clinics, rather than in hospitcare in communities and clinics, rather than in hospitals.
These included distribution of health workers, specialist outreach clinics, lay health workers, and training of traditional birth attendants to reduce inequalities; lay health workers and training of traditional birth attendants to increase participation in health by consumers; contracting out of health services, integrating primary healthcare services, reminders and recall for immunisation; working with for - profit providers to increase the effectiveness of care; subcontracting the delivery of health services, integrating primary healthcare services, addressing the distribution of health workers, specialist outreach clinics, substitution of doctors by nurses, lay health workers, and training of traditional birth attendants to increase coverage or access; and outpatient referrals to improve the coordination of care.
This directive will build upon additional measures to expedite referrals and treatment, including expansion of Project TEACH to connect primary care providers with mental health specialists, enhanced screening and referrals at WIC clinics and increased access to telepsychiatry for those in rural communities.
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the Primary Health Care Centre for Universal Health Coverage in Nigeria at Kuchigoro with a promise to ensure access to quality basic healthcare.
«That this House opposes the Government's plans to impose a polyclinic, or GP - led health centre, in every primary care trust; regrets that this could result in the closure of up to 1,700 GP surgeries; is concerned that the imposition of polyclinics against the will of patients and GPs could be detrimental to standards of care, particularly for the elderly and vulnerable, by breaking the vital GP / patient link; further regrets that these plans are being imposed without consultation; is alarmed at the prospective loss of patient access to local GP services at a time when care closer to home should be strengthened; believes that the Government's plans would jeopardise the independence and commissioning capability of general practice in the future; supports the strengthening of access to diagnostic and therapeutic services without undermining the structure of GP services; and calls on the Government to reconsider its plans for polyclinics.
«Poor access to primary care results in poorer health for deaf people.»
In health care and energy, for example, the private sector holds the key technologies but the public sector is needed to finance research and development, to regulate sustainable practices (for example, for emissions reduction and primary health standards), and to ensure access for the poor.
Such an expansion would particularly benefit residents of medically underserved urban and rural communities who otherwise lack ready access to primary care services, especially adults with serious and chronic health conditions that can be cared for in primary care settings, women of childbearing age, children and the low - income elderly.
Our study, along with prior studies, supports the notion that «cognitive reserve» resulting from early - life and lifelong education and cognitive stimulation may be a potent strategy for the primary prevention of dementia in both high - and low - income countries around the world.21 However, it should be noted that the relationships among education, brain biology, and cognitive function are complex and likely multidirectional; for instance, a number of recent population - based studies have shown genetic links with level of educational attainment, 22,23 and with the risk for cognitive decline in later life.24 Higher levels of educational attainment are also associated with health behaviors (eg, physical activity, diet, and smoking), more cognitively - complex occupations, and better access to health care, all of which may play a role in decreasing lifetime dementia risk.
Over the past years, he has worked for the Doctors of British Columbia, teaching pain management to primary care MDs and specialists, developed a training program integrating pain science and yoga therapy, and created many open access resources to assist people in pain and health professionals.
CAAT's primary focus is on running Animal Health Care Projects in low - income communities with limited or no access to veterinary services for their animals.
«Because women still provide most of the primary care for children, when they can not access child care, their employment, health, safety, independence, and ability to parent is put at risk.
This trial aims to improve equity of access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and further demonstrate the fundamental role that community pharmacists play in primary health care, strengthening the future for all pharmacists and contributing to a sustainable health system.
Interviews with parents who have a lived experience of mental illness to explore their experiences in GP consultations, their journey through primary health care services and recommendations to support parenting and children's needs when a parent accesses support for a mental health issue.
$ 24.5 million in this financial year to health and ageing programs including Indigenous Health — Healthy for Life; Combating Petrol Sniffing; extending the eligibility for the Hearing Services Program; to increase capacity building in Indigenous communities through the National Illicit Drugs Strategy and additional funding to the Primary Heath Care Access prhealth and ageing programs including Indigenous Health — Healthy for Life; Combating Petrol Sniffing; extending the eligibility for the Hearing Services Program; to increase capacity building in Indigenous communities through the National Illicit Drugs Strategy and additional funding to the Primary Heath Care Access prHealth — Healthy for Life; Combating Petrol Sniffing; extending the eligibility for the Hearing Services Program; to increase capacity building in Indigenous communities through the National Illicit Drugs Strategy and additional funding to the Primary Heath Care Access program;
It has been argued that the best outcome for access to evidence based primary mental health care is the responsibility of the health profession, not necessarily dependent on government directives.
This poses serious problems for indigenous populations because of already poor access to primary health care.
With their model of comprehensive primary health care and community governance, ACCHSs have reduced unintentional racism, barriers to access to health care, and are progressively improving individual health outcomes for Aboriginal people.
«For NACCHO the acceptance that our Aboriginal controlled health services deliver the best model of integrated primary health care in Australia is a clear demonstration that every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person should have ready access to these services, no matter where they live.
AMSANT successfully campaigned for the Commonwealth Government to adopt a new Integrated Funding model as part of the new Primary Health Care Access Program or PHCAP.
Another model of a successful collaboration program between primary providers and child psychiatrists, the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project, promotes access to psychiatric consultation for primary care providers through a network of children's mental health collaboration Access Project, promotes access to psychiatric consultation for primary care providers through a network of children's mental health collaboration access to psychiatric consultation for primary care providers through a network of children's mental health collaboration teams.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for improving access to health care by strengthening the health care workforce, building healthy communities, and achieving health eHealth Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for improving access to health care by strengthening the health care workforce, building healthy communities, and achieving health eHealth and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for improving access to health care by strengthening the health care workforce, building healthy communities, and achieving health ehealth care by strengthening the health care workforce, building healthy communities, and achieving health ehealth care workforce, building healthy communities, and achieving health ehealth equity.
For those who live in poverty, having the ability to maintain independence and having access to quality mental and physical health care are of primary concern.
WASHINGTON, DC — Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), and Laurie Rubiner, PPFA vice-president for advocacy and public policy, participated in today's Women's Health Care stakeholder discussion hosted by the White House and highlighted the increasing need for access to affordable primary and preventive health care for Health Care stakeholder discussion hosted by the White House and highlighted the increasing need for access to affordable primary and preventive health care for woCare stakeholder discussion hosted by the White House and highlighted the increasing need for access to affordable primary and preventive health care for health care for wocare for women.
«The new law will expand access to health insurance for millions of women, and it also includes measures to make primary health care, including annual exams, preventive care, and reproductive care, more affordable.
The Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health is an award - winning Health Access Centre that provides holistic primary health care to First Nation, Métis and Inuit people living in Ottawa - one of the fastest growing and diverse urban Indigenous communities in CHealth is an award - winning Health Access Centre that provides holistic primary health care to First Nation, Métis and Inuit people living in Ottawa - one of the fastest growing and diverse urban Indigenous communities in CHealth Access Centre that provides holistic primary health care to First Nation, Métis and Inuit people living in Ottawa - one of the fastest growing and diverse urban Indigenous communities in Chealth care to First Nation, Métis and Inuit people living in Ottawa - one of the fastest growing and diverse urban Indigenous communities in Canada.
The quality improvement intervention included: expert leader teams at each site to implement and adapt intervention; care managers to support primary care clinicians with evaluation, education, medication, and psychosocial treatment, and linking with specialised mental health services; training care managers in manual cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for depression; and access to participant and clinician choice of treatment (CBT, medication, combined CBT and medication, care manager follow up, or referral).
It is for this reason the National Strategic Framework contains a commitment to «comprehensive» primary health care encompassing «clinical / medical care, illness prevention services, specific population health programs for health gain, access to secondary and tertiary health services and client / community support and advocacy.»
2) Governments of Australia commit to achieving equality of access to primary health care and to an equal standard of health infrastructure for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples within 10 years.
These are commitments to ensure equal access to primary health care services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and equal access to health infrastructure.
Similarly, the Primary Health Care Access Program (PHCAP), which is the main program for the delivery of primary health care services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander commuPrimary Health Care Access Program (PHCAP), which is the main program for the delivery of primary health care services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communHealth Care Access Program (PHCAP), which is the main program for the delivery of primary health care services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communitCare Access Program (PHCAP), which is the main program for the delivery of primary health care services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander commuprimary health care services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communhealth care services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communitcare services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities:
Governments should commit to achieving equal access to primary health care and health infrastructure (including safe drinking water, effective sewerage systems, rubbish collection services and healthy housing) within 10 years for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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 ScheFor 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 Schefor 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.
The available evidence of intermediate health outcomes achieved by effective Indigenous - specific health services gives grounds for governments to increase their investment in improving access to comprehensive primary health care.
Accordingly, governments should also commit to achieving equal access to primary health care and health infrastructure within 10 years for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
The Action Fund's primary purpose is educating voters about public policies that impact reproductive health care and rights — such as adequate funding for family planning services, access to safe and affordable abortion, the promotion of medically - accurate, age - appropriate sex education for our youth, increased access to emergency contraception and confidential health services for minors.
Health centers have had bipartisan Congressional support for their more than 50 - year history because the model has proven efficient and effective in improving access to affordable, quality primary healthHealth centers have had bipartisan Congressional support for their more than 50 - year history because the model has proven efficient and effective in improving access to affordable, quality primary healthhealth care.
Primary mental health services are most likely to be provided through the rolling out of comprehensive primary health care services through the Primary Health Care Access Program and through the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary mental health services are most likely to be provided through the rolling out of comprehensive primary health care services through the Primary Health Care Access Program and through the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Hhealth services are most likely to be provided through the rolling out of comprehensive primary health care services through the Primary Health Care Access Program and through the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care services through the Primary Health Care Access Program and through the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Hhealth care services through the Primary Health Care Access Program and through the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heacare services through the Primary Health Care Access Program and through the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Access Program and through the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HHealth Care Access Program and through the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HeaCare Access Program and through the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HealthHealth.
The key Budget measures within the Indigenous Affairs portfolio are Shared Responsibility Agreements; Healthy Indigenous Housing; Indigenous Health programs including Healthy for Life, Combating Petrol Sniffing, the Hearing Services Program and additional funding to the Primary Health Care Access Program.
For example, given that Indigenous peoples» poorer health status would indicate a greater need for primary health care services, it is disturbing that in 2004 it was estimated that Indigenous peoples enjoyed 40 % of the per capita access of the non-Indigenous population to primary health care provided by mainstream general practitioneFor example, given that Indigenous peoples» poorer health status would indicate a greater need for primary health care services, it is disturbing that in 2004 it was estimated that Indigenous peoples enjoyed 40 % of the per capita access of the non-Indigenous population to primary health care provided by mainstream general practitionefor primary health care services, it is disturbing that in 2004 it was estimated that Indigenous peoples enjoyed 40 % of the per capita access of the non-Indigenous population to primary health care provided by mainstream general practitioners.
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.
This highlighted poorer Indigenous health and the need for an address to Indigenous peoples» access to primary health care as a priority.
The governments of Australia to commit to achieving equality of access to primary health care and health infrastructure within 10 years for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples;
That accountability and responsibility for the achievement of Indigenous health equality by 2030 and the determinants of this (including, but not limited, to equity of access to primary health care and hospital services) be clearly defined and appropriately established among Australian governments.
Indigenous Australians die from preventable diseases such as rheumatic heart disease, eradicated among the rest of the Australian population and they have lower access to primary health care and health infrastructure that the rest of Australia takes for granted.
measures to ensure equal access for Indigenous peoples to primary health care and health infrastructure
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