Sentences with phrase «accessing health services»

Aboriginal people still encounter racism and bias across many aspects of life, including sometimes in accessing health services and other institutions.

Moreover, a recent study documents the racism reported by indigenous Australians living in a major Australian city when accessing health services, and the effect of this on their reports of poor health and wellbeing [7].

The Expert Parent Programme began in 2014, supported by research led by the Every Disabled Child Matters campaign which found that parents and carers of disabled children faced numerous barriers in accessing health services and struggled to navigate the health system.

One of my other great mentors is Margaret Colbung who herself is a fighter for Aboriginal Health injustices.I want equal rights for all our people when they are accessing health services provided by government agencies.

These included: fear of cancer and the belief that it is a terminal illness; fatalism and the belief that nothing can be done; stigma around sexual activity, fear to leave family to travel for healthcare, personal and community stories about negative experiences with the health system, and the costs and travel involved in accessing health services.

In particular, the experience of racism when accessing health services contributes to low levels of access to these services.

Areas with the worst health outcomes tend to have worse social and economic indicators and greatest difficulty accessing health services.

Post-release support can include everything from assisting a releasee with arranging Centrelink / welfare payments, gaining employment, finding suitable accommodation or accessing health services, through to counselling or reconnecting with their communities in a more general sense.

This increase was linked to a rising inability to afford care and the costs of travel to access health services, according to the authors.

Rapidly increasing unemployment since 2009 meant a growing number of people no longer had any form of health cover, with an estimated 800,000 without unemployment benefits or the ability to access health services.

Importantly, the World Health Organization confirmed in a statement its engagement to «support countries on the path towards universal health coverage, with the aim of ensuring that all people can access the health services they need, when and where they need them, without facing financial hardship.

RMA ® executive search recruiters also access health services, education, professional fields, high - tech research, textiles, and electrical and electronic equipment production as viable hubs containing L.A.'s premier executive talent.

As highlighted in the AIDA cultural safety fact sheet, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are more likely to experience and therefore continue to access health services and professionals who are respectful and safe.

«My family in Roebourne do not want to be confronted with racism when they access those health services — sadly too often our people continue to be treated poorly by mainstream health services often citing discrimination and racism as a part of that experience.

Jody talked about the IUIH's Deadly Choices campaign that encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to stop smoking, eat good food, exercise daily, and access their health service not just when they're sick but to prevent or better manage chronic disease.

And I'm sure as I've set out these elements of the right to health in relation to health services, you can see immediately how the right itself is of enormous assistance to Indigenous Australians; recognising the importance of culturally tailored services, for example, in ensuring that we are able to access health services.

Strategies: Available, adequate transport to access health services; continuos cultural training; increased numbers of Indigenous health workers; advocate palliative care education for those wanting to care for terminally ill at home.

looking for strategies and practical approaches to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men to look for help and access health services.

He sketched the story of so many children whose hearing worsens because they struggle to access health services for effective treatment.

Wenitong also told the conference about other research looking for strategies and practical approaches to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men to look for help and access health services.

Not exact matches

«A spouse can help keep doctor's appointments and provide transportation, making for easier access to health care services,» said Dr. Jeffrey Berger, another senior member of the project and a preventive cardiologist at NYU.

Levi's had provided them a «needs survey» to get started, but after circulating it in Nazareno, González Franch and Bello Garza realized it presumed a level of development (like access to financial services and health care) that didn't exist in the community.

A doctor showing up at your door in San Francisco is convenient but access to products and services in consumer health that you may not have been able to get before at an accessible price point is a new level of access.

I don't really see the conservative government advancing further the kind of spirit of the Canada Health Act in terms of expanding access to services and goods at a national level.

It reduces tariffs on a range of Australian agricultural products, eliminates tariffs on coal and enhances market access for service industries including financial services, professional services, education, health, hospitality and construction.

If you have access to free or reduced — cost advocacy services through an employer or health plan, make that your first stop, said Taylor.

Walsh says there are times when such a patient needs immediate access to service, but under the current health care system doctors aren't organized to deliver that care 24 hours a day.

Wichmann saw the company's five main focus areas — health care delivery, pharmaceutical services, consumer - centric benefits, digitizing health information and global access — as key drivers in the shift to more efficient health - care services.

«Access to affordable preventive services, including contraception, is a critical part of women's health care.»

More insurers are covering telemedicine services in 2016, which also allow consumers to access health care 24/7 from home, without the inconvenience of visiting a doctor and at a fraction of the price.

St. Vincent's Healthcare CEO Tom VanOsdol says, «That's really a big part of the long - term solution is making sure we have access to services and enough services in the right locations so individuals, who don't necessarily need to go to the emergency department, can get the care and the treatment they need for underlying mental health issues.»

Under Goal no. 3, which is about global health, I note a need to «achieve universal health coverage,» as well as to «ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health - care services.»

In their deliberations, they agreed to 20 specific actions to address global economic and social problems, ranging from building a corps of community health workers in poor regions of the world, to creating digital identities for the 2 billion people who lack access to financial services, to educating and training displaced, unemployed and underemployed workers.

Many companies provide health insurance that includes access to mental health services.

Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward - looking statements include, among others, the following: our ability to successfully and profitably market our products and services; the acceptance of our products and services by patients and healthcare providers; our ability to meet demand for our products and services; the willingness of health insurance companies and other payers to cover Cologuard and adequately reimburse us for our performance of the Cologuard test; the amount and nature of competition from other cancer screening and diagnostic products and services; the effects of the adoption, modification or repeal of any healthcare reform law, rule, order, interpretation or policy; the effects of changes in pricing, coverage and reimbursement for our products and services, including without limitation as a result of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Formservices; the acceptance of our products and services by patients and healthcare providers; our ability to meet demand for our products and services; the willingness of health insurance companies and other payers to cover Cologuard and adequately reimburse us for our performance of the Cologuard test; the amount and nature of competition from other cancer screening and diagnostic products and services; the effects of the adoption, modification or repeal of any healthcare reform law, rule, order, interpretation or policy; the effects of changes in pricing, coverage and reimbursement for our products and services, including without limitation as a result of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Formservices by patients and healthcare providers; our ability to meet demand for our products and services; the willingness of health insurance companies and other payers to cover Cologuard and adequately reimburse us for our performance of the Cologuard test; the amount and nature of competition from other cancer screening and diagnostic products and services; the effects of the adoption, modification or repeal of any healthcare reform law, rule, order, interpretation or policy; the effects of changes in pricing, coverage and reimbursement for our products and services, including without limitation as a result of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Formservices; the willingness of health insurance companies and other payers to cover Cologuard and adequately reimburse us for our performance of the Cologuard test; the amount and nature of competition from other cancer screening and diagnostic products and services; the effects of the adoption, modification or repeal of any healthcare reform law, rule, order, interpretation or policy; the effects of changes in pricing, coverage and reimbursement for our products and services, including without limitation as a result of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Formservices; the effects of the adoption, modification or repeal of any healthcare reform law, rule, order, interpretation or policy; the effects of changes in pricing, coverage and reimbursement for our products and services, including without limitation as a result of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Formservices, including without limitation as a result of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on FormServices Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Formservices; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Formservices; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10 - Q.

Meanwhile, there is $ 2.9 million more to be spent on mental health services, targeted at areas of the province «without quick access to out - patient clinics.»

The new measure is aimed at giving poor women in particular access to reproductive health services.

If Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gets his way, some millions of Filipino women could soon have access to free birth control and other reproductive health - related services.

Everyone has access to this service either through their insurance company or with telehealth providers like American Well, so why waste money and time on an in - person doctor visit when you can improve your health at a lower cost in the comfort of your own home?

CFSI is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to improve the financial health of Americans, especially the under - served, by shaping a robust and innovative financial services marketplace with increased access to higher quality products and practices.

In the next breath, however, Harper added: «It should not matter who delivers health care, whether it is private, profit, not - for - profit or public, as long as Canadians have access to those services through the public insurance system regardless of their financial needs.

Lyft provides API access to partners like Allscripts, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Ascension to integrate the ride - hailing service into its health platforms and electronic health records services.

Living Goods seeks to reinvent how the poor access vital goods and services, leading to significant gains in the health and wealth of families living in poverty.

Innovation and Activities Living Goods seeks to reinvent how the poor access vital goods and services, leading to significant gains in the health and wealth of families living in poverty.

Americares helps communities prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters, increase access to medicine and medical supplies, improve and expand clinical services, prevent disease and promote good health.

«Donald Trump's administration is handing out permission slips for hospitals and providers to deny individuals, including women and LGBT patients, access to a full range of health services including life saving emergency care.

CLEARWATER — Jennifer Rice, New Democrat spokesperson for northern Rand rural health, will visit Clearwater, Ashcroft and Quesnel to hear from parents, advocates and service providers about access to maternity care.

DAWSON CREEK — Jennifer Rice, New Democrat spokesperson for northern and rural health, will visit Dawson Creek on March 3 to hear from parents, advocates and service providers about access to maternity care.

* Funding certainty for CSRs: Cost - sharing reduction subsidies play a pivotal role in ensuring access to health care services for very low - income enrollees, helping these individuals better afford their co-pays, deductibles, and other out - of - pocket costs.

«Christy Clark has failed to adequately invest in child and youth mental health services since 2011, despite multiple reports showing that an inability to access services is putting lives at risk,» said Horgan.