Sentences with phrase «addresses public health needs»

The Preventive Health and Health Services (PHHS) block grant (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013b) addresses public health needs through prevention and health promotion programs.

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More citizens view what the Surgeon General has described as a «public health crisis» with alarm, recognizing that it needs to be addressed through regulatory standards in several arenas.

Further research is needed to better understand the root causes of breastfeeding disparities and how these can be addressed through public health interventions.

Her work connects postpartum support with public health by addressing unmet needs in the structure and delivery of perinatal support services.

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

Appropriates $ 40M to address a variety of capital needs including: the creation of new public access projects to connect hunters, anglers, bird watchers, and other outdoor enthusiasts to untapped State - owned lands; providing for air monitoring infrastructure and information technology investments; and health and safety repairs for dams, State lands, fish hatcheries, and other State infrastructure.

There are far more serious public health issues the administration needs to immediately address.

During her first - ever speech before the Association for a Better New York — a nearly 30 - minute speech which drew a mere 90 attendees — Malliotakis mainly rehashed her usual criticisms of de Blasio: an insufficient plan to address the homelessness crisis, a need to better tackle mental health issues, troubled schools, the city's overspending and public urination.

In a letter to the Welsh Assembly's Public Accounts Committee, the Chief Executive of NHS Wales Dr Andrew Goodall said that the health board needed support to ensure it was able to address the challenges it faces.

«It appears that Governor Cuomo has heard the public outcry about the need to fully assess and address public health impacts of fracking, but based on the administration's most recent statement, people remain in the dark about what is really happening.

When it comes to addressing a public health crisis killing Erie County residents at a rate of more than one a day, decision makers holding the purse strings have been torn between the need for speed and the need for thoughtful deliberation.

Public health addresses the needs of populations and seeks, through intervention and education, to prevent the spread of disease.

It's so clear that there are so many Californians being exposed,» she said, adding that «this is a significant public health issue that needs to be addressed not just in California, but nationally.»

A team of researchers from Yale School of Public Health and Yale Cancer Center recently published a study in the Journal of Cancer Survivorship that addresses the needs of cancer survivors who are at least nine years beyond an initial diagnosis.

The NIH program staff develop new programs that address congressionally identified public health needs, needs determined by the Department of Health and Human Services or NIH, or needs determined by peer scienhealth needs, needs determined by the Department of Health and Human Services or NIH, or needs determined by peer scienHealth and Human Services or NIH, or needs determined by peer scientists.

The authors argue not only for more resources, but for an integrated national health care system, built around a strong public primary care system with a clearly defined supportive role for the private and indigenous sectors, that (i) addresses acute as well as chronic health care needs; (ii) offers choice of care that is rational, accessible, and of good quality, (iii) is cashless at the point of service delivery, and (iv) is governed by a robust regulatory framework to ensure accountability.

«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.»

The report contained 18 recommendations designed to help ensure that, as synthetic biology advances, the risks and ethical concerns are proactively addressed, the public is continually engaged, and oversight mechanisms are assessed and adjusted as needed to protect public health and the environment.

Wendy Craig, PhD, a professor of psychology at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, says that bullying and obesity are both major public health concerns that teachers and schools — and not just parents — need to address.

According to J. Willis Hurst, MD, a cardiologist at Emory University, treatment delay is a public health issue that needs to be addressed.

We have come together in a first - of - its - kind coalition to raise public awareness and promote reforms designed to address the full range of students» needs, including their mental health and wellness.

A report out this week suggests Chicago Public Schools needs to change the way it thinks about addressing students» trauma and mental health needs.

Chairman Lamar Alexander and Ranking Member Patty Murray of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee have led the process to develop legislation that addresses both equity and excellence to help our school boards provide the high - quality public education that all our children deserve and need to be successful adults and citizens.»

Their reasons are as varied as the families who choose home schooling — from reinforcing religious and moral instruction to dissatisfaction with public school climate and academics to addressing special needs or mental health concerns.

We have come together to raise public awareness and promote reforms designed to address all of our students» needs, including their mental health and wellness.

When senior dogs look and feel their best, their health needs are addressed, and they can speak knowledgeably with the public about the dog, seniors are just as adoptable as any other dog.

While the veterinary community, health professionals and public officials have acknowledged the need to address animal cruelty and have developed general guidelines for identifying suspicious behavior, clinicians face many difficulties in identifying specific injuries caused by abuse.

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.

For example, heat wave early warning systems are much less expensive than treating heat - related illnesses.274 Existing adaptation programs have improved public health resilience.5, 244 One survey highlighted opportunities to address climate change preparedness activities and climate - health research275 before needs become more widespread.

There are public health programs in some locations that address climate - sensitive health issues, and integrating such programs into the mainstream public health toolkit as adaptation needs increase would improve public health resilience to climate change.195, 296,297,298 Given that these programs have demonstrated efficacy against current threats that are expected to worsen with climate change, it is prudent to invest in creating the strongest climate - health preparedness programs possible.244 One survey highlighted opportunities to address climate change preparedness activities and climate - health research275 before needs become more widespread.

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.

However, California remains convinced that greater fuel economy and more electric cars — not fewer — are needed to protect the public health, address climate change, and save consumers money at the pump, according to Stanley Young, the ARB spokesman.

JR Denson is an analyst focusing on public health, including programs that address people's health and energy needs.

At the same time, we know that this standard will not only address public health issues, but create good paying jobs in communities that need them, along with royalties that will fund schools and local services.»

The intervention is tailored to address the specific needs of each child and family and can be integrated into many service settings including public schools; the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program; home visiting; primary health care; and community mental health.

For the first time, these standards — which will be assessed in public and private hospitals and many other forms of health services from 1 January 2019 — will specifically address the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The current movement from the FCMH toward the medical neighborhood, which encompasses the FCMH combined with other clinical health services and community and social service organizations at the state and local public health levels, may also serve as a facilitator.35 Because families are more likely to use health services when they reflect the families» perceived needs, communication between home visitors and FCMH clinicians regarding specific needs is likely to result in more preventive care use and better retention in HV programs.36 Integration may also allow home visitors and medical home providers to better understand patients» and families» needs and preferences, and more directly address their concerns.

This preparation requires a public education infrastructure that empowers teachers to teach and prioritizes investments to ensure that schools effectively address the learning, behavioral, social — emotional, and mental health needs of students.

Age Scotland is committed to addressing the needs of kinship carers, and in its five - year public policy agenda identified the need to reduce carer poverty, increase breaks and leisure opportunities and improve carers» physical and mental health and well - being.

Similarly, the PHAA election priorities provide an Australian context on addressing our public's health needs and provides a template for governments to move towards a healthier Australia within a prevention, protection and promotion framework.

Home Visiting and the Biology of Toxic Stress: Opportunities to Address Early Childhood Adversity Garner (2013) Pediatrics, 132 (2) Offers a public health approach to building critical caregiver and community capacities to minimize the effects of childhood adversity with a focus on expanding collaboration between caregivers and communities to promote the safe, stable, and nurturing relationships that buffer toxic stress and strengthen the social - emotional, language, and cognitive skills needed to develop healthy, adaptive coping skills.

Using a public health frame, we will examine how three evidence - based home visiting models form a continuum of interventions directly addressing this challenge: (1) Family Connects provides nearly universal assessment of needs for families of newborns, with connection to community services (Karen O'Donnell, Duke University); (2) Healthy Families America focuses on prevention through facilitating nurturing relationships and connection to services (Kathleen Strader, Healthy Families America); and (3) Child First targets the most vulnerable young children and families, who have experienced high levels of trauma and adversity, through a team approach providing comprehensive care coordination and mental health intervention for both parent and child (Darcy Lowell, Child First).

We need a governor who will address this public health crisis head - on and defend our reproductive freedom at all costs.»

It recommends specific steps that early childhood program and public health administrators can take to address the unmet mental health needs of mothers ultimately promoting the social and emotional health, school readiness, and future functioning of very young children.

Recommended public health approaches to the treatment of children exposed to violence include specific training for professionals working with families experiencing trauma, developmentally appropriate interventions for children in programs addressing domestic violence, and programs that address the emotional needs of children living under circumstances where they are likely to experience violence (e.g., poverty, domestic violence, substance abuse, neighborhood violence).

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.