Sentences with phrase «based public health initiatives»

The authors include in their paper a set of recommended resources to assist healthcare providers, and examples of culturally tailored, community - based public health initiatives that have been effective in improving diabetes outcomes among African - Americans, who represent a critical population for effective and culturally appropriate diabetes healthcare because they are disproportionately burdened by type 2 diabetes in the United States.

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UNICEF has facilitated partnerships with all stakeholders including the State Government, State Nutrition Mission, the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Public Health Department, BPNI (Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India), NGOs, Community Based Organisations (CBOs) and several academic institutions, for this major initiative.

The evidence - based report looks at the health - led approach adopted in Portugal, which decriminalised drugs alongside public health initiatives.

Using scientific evidence as the basis for public guidelines is similar to existing public health initiatives for low - risk drinking, or safer sexual behaviours to avoid infection or unwanted pregnancy.

However, all too often initiatives are «small and homegrown or based in individual departments,» says Ingram, who is now a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland.

Julayne has also cultivated resources for community and school - based health centers with Access Community Health Network, and managed campaigns focused on advancing critical social change initiatives in education, health, and public safety for national non-profit and federal agency clients of The Advertising Council in New Yorkhealth centers with Access Community Health Network, and managed campaigns focused on advancing critical social change initiatives in education, health, and public safety for national non-profit and federal agency clients of The Advertising Council in New YorkHealth Network, and managed campaigns focused on advancing critical social change initiatives in education, health, and public safety for national non-profit and federal agency clients of The Advertising Council in New Yorkhealth, and public safety for national non-profit and federal agency clients of The Advertising Council in New York City.

Recommendations on advancing research and education for architects from two later AIA - led meetings of architects and public health experts received AIA board approval and formed the basis for AIA's current strategic initiative.

Engage in numerous additional initiatives to create public education and awareness to challenge current attitudes and behaviours; update health and physical education curriculum for students; develop tools and best practices to support compassionate response from law enforcement authorities; strengthen supports provided by hospitals; create a pilot program to provide free independent legal advice to sexual assault survivors whose cases are proceeding toward a criminal trial, and many other broad - based initiatives.

This report on the Legal Environment for the Elimination of Falsified and Substandard Medicines is the result of the pilot and preliminary phase of a larger initiative to build a knowledge base and collection of tools to support a whole - of - government approach to manage the public health problem of falsified and substandard medicines in any country.

Pharmacists are knowledgeable health care professionals who are readily accessible by patients, and these population - based data suggest that the BC public health initiative authorizing pharmacists to provide ECs was indeed associated with an overall increase in emergency contraception access among women in the province.

In addition to making a contribution to the existing knowledge base in this area, the project also intended to inform policy, practice, and future research directions, towards informing the development of future community public health initiatives targeted at reducing the rates of anxiety and depression for sex, gender and sexuality diverse people.

Because so many of the origins and consequences of childhood toxic stress lie beyond the boundaries of the clinical setting, pediatric providers are often called on to work collaboratively with parents, social workers, teachers, coaches, civic leaders, policy makers, and other invested stakeholders to influence services that fall outside the traditional realm of clinical practice.72 In many cases, these efforts extend even further afield, moving into the realm of ecologically based, public health initiatives that address the precipitants of toxic stress at the community, state, and national levels.

There are additional warning signs in these two papers, and in the wider evidence base used to show the effectiveness of parenting programmes, 8,9 that caution against a major public health initiative based on these programmes, at least until a more robust evidence base is established.

Before joining the DFSS, Dr. Axelrod worked for Chicago Public Schools, where she oversaw the implementation of centrally funded afterschool programming, and helped lead implementation of evidence - based behavioral health strategies and practices and other school improvement initiatives.

The Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI) is a national initiative based out of the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.