Sentences with phrase «community health barriers»

School Nurses combat school and community health barriers by partnering with health departments and school based healthcare providers to advocate for policies and systems that promote healthy communities.

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The problem arises when religious practices and doctrines that are intended to bring life and health to the spirit and community become barriers to reaching out to others with the love, justice and mercy of God — or when «human traditions» are substituted for «the commandment of God.»

By promoting health equity, which will aid in the reduction of barriers and inequality in maternal and child health for women of color in the D.C. Metro Area, we aim to foster healthy individuals, healthy families and healthy communities.

Co-author of the study Mary Renfrew, Professor of Mother and Infant Health at the University of Dundee, said: «This is the first large - scale study to show an increase in breastfeeding in communities where rates have been low for generations, and where it can be particularly difficult for women to breastfeed without strong family and community support, because of strong societal barriers.

• Assumptions about different cultural groups and how they impact breastfeeding support • Shoshone and Arapaho tribal breastfeeding traditions shared through oral folklore • Barriers to decreasing health disparities in infant mortality for African Americans • Effects of inflammation and trauma on health disparities that result in higher rates of infant mortality among minority populations • Barriers to breastfeeding experienced by Black mothers and how lactation consultants can support them more effectively • Social support and breastfeeding self - efficacy among Black mothers • Decreasing pregnancy, birth, and lactation health disparities in the urban core • Positive changes in breastfeeding rates within the African American community • Grassroots breastfeeding organizations serving African American mothers

Senate Resolution 170 recognizes the unique health, economic, and societal benefits that breastfeeding provides to babies, mothers, families and the community and resolves the state of Illinois to work to ensure that barriers to initiation and continuation of breastfeeding are removed and that a women's right to breastfeed is upheld.

Dr. Myron Glick, M.D. — Dr. Glick is the Chief Medical Officer of Jericho Road Community Health Center, which provides a culturally sensitive medical home, especially for refugee and low - income community members, facilitating wellness and self - sufficiency by addressing health, education, economic and spiritual Community Health Center, which provides a culturally sensitive medical home, especially for refugee and low - income community members, facilitating wellness and self - sufficiency by addressing health, education, economic and spiritual barHealth Center, which provides a culturally sensitive medical home, especially for refugee and low - income community members, facilitating wellness and self - sufficiency by addressing health, education, economic and spiritual community members, facilitating wellness and self - sufficiency by addressing health, education, economic and spiritual barhealth, education, economic and spiritual barriers.

Describing additional progress in the areas of health, gender equality, trade, investment and market access, he emphasized «we are ready to do business with the world» but stressed that regional and global markets must be free of distortions such as subsidies, tariffs and non-tariff barriers and that international community must live up to the aspirations of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Agenda.

«Oneida County Health Department has ample experience in working with diverse communities in emergency preparedness activities and has received national recognition for implementing strategies that meet the needs of those with limited English proficiency and language barriers» said Phyllis Ellis, Director of Health.

This is one of the first papers examining the integration of behavioral and medical care at community health centers, and this paper is the first to address policy barriers including same - day billing restrictions.

We must reduce the barriers to violence prevention and mental health treatment for all Americans and provide the community supports so that our citizens can build lives of meaning and purpose.»

«This study reinforces what previous studies and nutrition practice tells us: that time is commonly reported as a barrier to healthy eating,» said Lauri Wright, Ph.D., R.D.N., a registered dietician and nutritionist and assistant professor in the Department of Community and Family Health at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

I'd like to see our medical and health insurance communities address barriers and biases — how can we really beat the obesity epidemic until we start treating people for it?

The idea that saturated fat is bad for your heart has become so ingrained in the medical and health community that it's very difficult to break through that misinformation barrier.

She is involved with and an advocate for community partnerships aimed at overcoming the barriers of access to mental health services as a means of addressing social justice issues that are prominent in our society.

Bristol, England About Blog This Mum Runs is on a mission to prioritise accessibility and remove barriers to mums running; support mums in their right to nurture their own mental and physical health; create an empowered, mutually supportive worldwide community of running mums.

Bristol, England About Blog This Mum Runs is on a mission to prioritise accessibility and remove barriers to mums running; support mums in their right to nurture their own mental and physical health; create an empowered, mutually supportive worldwide community of running mums.

Community schools, like the Community Health Academy of the Heights (CHAH), help meet students» physical, emotional and social needs — needs that, left unmet, are barriers to learning.

Medical providers can help address health challenges; transit and housing agencies can resolve other barriers to attendance; volunteers from businesses and faith communities can mentor students and support families.

The grant program will fund successful strategies, such as community schools, which align support services including health and mental health providers to remove barriers to learning and address the underlying causes of chronic absence and trauma.

To reduce chronic absenteeism, the study recommends strengthening communities so that adults and peers encourage students to attend class as well as «addressing attendance barriers such as unreliable transportation, chronic health issues, unstable housing or the lack of safe paths to school.»

CSH is not a separate program; it is a comprehensive model for school / community collaborations in student health to reduce barriers to learning.

For example, connect with community partners if the barrier is clothing, transportation, housing, access to health or mental health treatment; provide training to teachers and staff to address instructional barriers; review budgets to remedy shortages of staff and / or lack of materials and supplies needed to deliver effective classroom instruction or school - wide accommodations; and engage culturally - competent staff to break down communication barriers between schools and families.

The goal of these programs is to provide educational loan repayments as an incentive for health professionals to practice in communities where significant shortages of health care providers and barriers to access have been identified.

We partner with communities to improve access to health care, nutritious food and clean water; eliminate barriers to education; create new sources of income; and empower local community groups to lead their own positive change.

Bristol, England About Blog This Mum Runs is on a mission to prioritise accessibility and remove barriers to mums running; support mums in their right to nurture their own mental and physical health; create an empowered, mutually supportive worldwide community of running mums.

Bristol, England About Blog This Mum Runs is on a mission to prioritise accessibility and remove barriers to mums running; support mums in their right to nurture their own mental and physical health; create an empowered, mutually supportive worldwide community of running mums.

However it is critical for the long term health of the Belize Barrier reef, and Placencia that younger generations are involved in the protection and realise the importance of this eco system to our communities.

Similarly, SALCO operates several satellite clinics, many of them housed in community health centers, in order to remove geographical barriers and be in spaces where clients are accessing other critical resources.

Bristol, England About Blog This Mum Runs is on a mission to prioritise accessibility and remove barriers to mums running; support mums in their right to nurture their own mental and physical health; create an empowered, mutually supportive worldwide community of running mums.

The billions in funding losses that would result from Congress's failure to renew the Community Health Center Fund would result in millions no longer able to access care, a loss of jobs for many others, and substantial barriers to community health centers» ability to continue these critical imprCommunity Health Center Fund would result in millions no longer able to access care, a loss of jobs for many others, and substantial barriers to community health centers» ability to continue these critical improveHealth Center Fund would result in millions no longer able to access care, a loss of jobs for many others, and substantial barriers to community health centers» ability to continue these critical imprcommunity health centers» ability to continue these critical improvehealth centers» ability to continue these critical improvements.

His leadership has helped to break down the barriers of stigma often associated with mental health concerns, bringing trusted resources and support communities to the Internet.

that the Budget would be a mess for Indigenous communities, given one of the main barriers to poor Indigenous health outcomes was lack of access to services.

Deputy Chair of the Government's Indigenous Advisory Council Dr Ngaire Brown told the Australian Financial Review that the Budget would be a mess for Indigenous communities, given one of the main barriers to poor Indigenous health outcomes was lack of access to services.

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.

Qualitative evidence indicated an increase in access related to ICDP activities such as the removal of cost barriers to medicines; removal of transport barriers to attend services; improved cultural safety in general practices; support and assistance from ICDP workforce for Indigenous people to access healthcare services; and more community programmes / resources to support healthy lifestyle choices and health - seeking behaviours.

What are the barriers to ensuring equitable access to primary health care in communities?

Central to efforts to build healthier communities is the Aboriginal community controlled health service (ACCHS) sector; its focus on prevention, early intervention and comprehensive care has reduced barriers to access and unintentional racism, progressively improving individual health outcomes for Aboriginal people.

Almost nowhere in any post-Budget announcements have we seen any reference to the most disadvantaged members of our community, and the impact that budget cuts will have on those who are already excluded from health services because of barriers such as poor access to primary health, lack of access to prevention programs, poor health literacy, and most of all, cost.

Bringing Families Together: Models of Hope and Recovery Center for Children and Family Futures & Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2012) Presents a video on how communities are strengthening linkages and overcoming barriers among child welfare, behavioral / mental health services, substance use treatment, and the court systems to improve outcomes for children and famHealth Services Administration (2012) Presents a video on how communities are strengthening linkages and overcoming barriers among child welfare, behavioral / mental health services, substance use treatment, and the court systems to improve outcomes for children and famhealth services, substance use treatment, and the court systems to improve outcomes for children and families.

People with low incomes and communities of color are two groups that have historically faced systemic barriers in accessing quality health care, are less likely to have health insurance, and who benefit most from these protections.

This often has a disproportionate impact on communities of color, who already face systemic barriers in accessing quality health care — as National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, In Our Own Voice, and other Reproductive Justice organizations have demonsthealth care — as National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, In Our Own Voice, and other Reproductive Justice organizations have demonstHealth, In Our Own Voice, and other Reproductive Justice organizations have demonstrated.

This includes communities of color and people with low incomes, two groups that historically face more barriers to care and are less likely to have health insurance.

These barriers to care especially hurt people who already face inequities and barriers in the health care system — including people of color, people who live in rural areas, people with low incomes, and immigrant communities.

What's more, blocking patients from care at health centers has a disproportionate impact on communities of color — who already face systemic barriers in accessing quality health care.

Planned Parenthood is committed to improving the way transgender Texans receive health care in our community, including eliminating barriers to that care.

As a Latina, I am acutely aware that cultural barriers exist in the Latino community that can pose an obstacle to accessing health care.

Racism deeply impacts the health and wellbeing of our communities, compounding existing disparities and creating intersectional barriers.

In his first week in office, President Trump signed an executive order to ramp up immigration enforcement activities that would make accessing health care riskier within many immigrant communities, especially for immigrant women and their families who already face disproportionate barriers to accessing sexual or reproductive health care.