Sentences with phrase «address public health problems»

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But we can't wait on Congress to act, so the White House called on private and non-profit leaders to explore creative ways they can address this widespread public health problem.

Public health and obstetric and maternity care interventions are needed to address what has become an alarmingly common problem among primiparas.

All over the world, groups and individuals are using technology in a variety of innovative ways to increase government transparency, fight corruption, open data, hack on civic problems, strengthen economic development, address environmental problems, improve public health and education, and advance the conditions of women and children.

Nonprofit organizations in fields ranging from public health to water management presented problems that might be addressed with technology.

Both local and international environmental and public health groups have tried to address this problem by bringing more efficient stoves into the countryside, which burn only half as much wood and are better at funneling the resulting smoke outside.

Peru's government declared a 60 - day public - health emergency on May 23 in an attempt to address the problem of mercury pollution caused by unregulated gold - mining along the Madre de Dios River.

Dr Sorichetta comments: «It's crucial we understand human mobility, so we can quantify the effect it has on our societies and the environment and provide strong evidence to support the development of policies to address issues, such as public health problems.»

If yoga has any effect on addressing mental health problems in prisons, it could save significant amounts of public money.»

The root cause of the looming energy problem — and the key to easing environmental, economic and religious tensions while improving public health — is to address the unending, and unequal, growth of the human population.

He added, «Equally important, state and local policy makers can use the online tool to better understand the nature of their air pollution problem so they can consider the best solutions for addressing their particular problem and improving the public's health.»

«The stigma around this disease makes it difficult to address obesity as a public health problem,» said George A. Bray, M.D., of Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La., who chaired the task force that developed the Scientific Statement.

This project is part of a coalition of NSF principal investigators to address the problems of big data for migration of public health emergencies.

«This was intended to be an exploratory study,» Allareddy said, «one that we hope will help alert the public, researchers, and policymakers of the need to fully define and address this important, emerging public health problem among children in the United States.»

Public address systems have become part of the escalating problem, which according to the World Health Organization, costs Europeans alone the equivalent of 654,000 years of healthy life annually.

Dr. Pope's research on the adverse effects of anabolic - androgenic steroids (AAS) and other performance - enhancing drugs addresses psychiatric effects of AAS use and ASS withdrawal, the cardiac toxicity of AAS (which is emerging as a serious public health problem), and cognitive deficits in AAS users.

While the general public is just now becoming aware of the problem, Medela Centers physicians have known about this health disaster, and have been helping their clients address it for decades.

But most educators and mental health practitioners strongly disagree, arguing that public schools are in a unique position to address the problem.

Hundreds of billions of dollars in public money are required each year to address societal problems associated with crime, substance abuse, and poor physical and mental health in general (e.g., Insel, 2008; McCollister, French, & Fang, 2010; Rehm et al., 2009).

Adequacy advocates seldom open the door to alternative public - policy solutions, such as income maintenance, housing subsidies, or health and nutrition improvement, for addressing the education problems of the disadvantaged.

Disease, health problems, public safety, and environmental concerns are all addressed successfully by eliminating the feral feline population.

Whatever ills one might associate (rightly or wrongly) with free roaming cats — whether public health concerns, wildlife predation, or anything else — it's clear that these problems can not be addressed in a comprehensive manner without the stabilization and eventual reduction in the level of the community cat population.

Through these areas, the College prepares the next generation of veterinarians and veterinarian scientists, conducts bench and clinical research to solve animal and human health problems, addresses critical ecosystem and public health issues, helps protect the U.S. food supply, and promotes a clearer understanding and appreciation of the human - animal bond that is at the center of these concerns.

In his presentation, Roger proposes a very different type of emissions trading program for China that has component parts that address near - term public health concerns; non-compliance problems; and an emissions market structure, designed with China's unique environmental needs in mind.

To your other point: I would agree that «black carbon» is a real pollution (and public health) problem (in addition to any climate impacts it might have) and, therefore needs addressing.

New video highlights impacts to aquatic life and public health, calls on clothing industry to solve problem FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 1, 2017 MEDIA CONTACT: Elisa Ringholm, [phone], [email protected] CALIFORNIA 3/1/17 — A new movie from a California - based nonprofit is putting pressure on the clothing industry to address a major emerging threat to aquatic life.

Interestingly they also address social network analysis — it reads as a serious early attempt to look at the tangles that occur when multiple problems interact that affect public health and there's no easy way to get hold of leverage that works.

«Fertility tourism» is the somewhat derisive term for cross-border travel to access artificial reproductive services that are restricted or unavailable in the traveler's home country.123 Such tourism can be a two - way street.124 Canada, for example, imposes severe penalties on anyone who provides compensation to a gestational surrogate.125 The risk of a serious fine and even jail time acts as a deterrent to Canadians who have no access to altruistic surrogates within Canada.126 The restrictions encourage Canadians to access ART services in the United States or other countries.127 On the other hand, Canada can be an attractive destination for intending parents who are not Canadian but who have access to an altruistic Canadian surrogate because the public health system greatly reduces the medical costs for the pregnancy and birth of the baby.128 India has a growing reputation for providing low - cost gestational surrogacy as it allows women to be compensated for providing such services.129 All of these scenarios present potential LRW problems addressing contract interpretation and enforceability.

It is a national project with buy - in from state and local governments and non-government organisations, and is featured in the first issue of the relaunched journal (formerly the NSW Public Health Bulletin), which has a focus on using systems approaches to address the problem of chronic disease.

Attempts during the past twenty years by public health authorities to address cholesterol - related health problems help to illustrate this distinction.

Despite the documented direct effects of physical abuse on the health of children, the recognition that early childhood trauma is a leading predictor of adult morbidity and early mortality, and the enormous indirect costs of funding the social and legal systems required to investigate abuse, protect children, hold perpetrators accountable and treat affected families, available public resources have not adequately addressed the problem.

Hundreds of billions of dollars in public money are required each year to address societal problems associated with crime, substance abuse, and poor physical and mental health in general (e.g., Insel, 2008; McCollister, French, & Fang, 2010; Rehm et al., 2009).

It includes a series of public seminars that provide general tips on everyday parenting issues; one - off discussion groups addressing the most common parenting problems; brief and short - term primary care consultations for specific problems; group or online courses for a comprehensive understanding of Triple P strategies; a one - on - one personal support program for tackling serious behavior problems; and two high intensity programs that deal with complex family and / or mental health issues, including the risk of child maltreatment.

These programs contribute to a number of public health problems the Healthy Youth Act would help address.

Parenting interventions that are delivered during this developmental period are necessary in order to capture the groups of youth and families (i) currently experiencing problems, but who did not receive an intervention during early childhood; (ii) those who received an intervention in early childhood, but who continue to experience problems and (iii) those who are not currently experiencing problems, but are at risk for developing problems later in adulthood.7 In Steinberg's 2001 presidential address to the Society for Research on Adolescence, a concluding remark was made for the need to develop a systematic, large - scale, multifaceted and ongoing public health campaign for parenting programmes for parents of adolescents.8 Despite the wealth of knowledge that has been generated over the past decade on the importance of parents in adolescent development, a substantial research gap still exists in the parenting literature in regards to interventions that support parents of adolescents.