Sentences with phrase «develop effective health»

Ninety - three percent of participants also agreed that working with a student coach helped them develop effective health and fitness goals, and 90 percent agreed that a combination of that coaching and a fitness tracker helped them sustain their health goals after coaching ended.

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Every health care company seeks to scale the best technology and develop profitable ways to cover the massive cost of research and development, investors are looking for actionable intelligence on who's breaking through, and patients are hungry for affordable and effective care.
Tim Ferriss, podcast host and author of «The 4 - Hour Workweek» and «Tools of Titans,» shares a few effective ways to develop new habits that could contribute to your health and success.
We work with partners to provide effective vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics and to develop innovative approaches to deliver health services to those who need it most.
Under this award PSI Myanmar asked Living Goods for help developing a cost effective network of community health entrepreneurs.
These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The second is to develop more effective ways of fostering positive mental health in all persons, to stimulate their growth and to help them release their unique potentialities for creative living and relating.
FiBL's research team works together with farmers to develop innovative and cost - effective solutions to boost agricultural productivity while never losing sight of environmental, health and socio - economic impacts.
By understanding the fundamental basis of individual health at the level of our DNA, we can develop targeted dietary strategies that are more effective in keeping people healthy.
Food Futures: Developing effective food systems interventions to improve public health nutrition.
Develop and maintain effective communications and collaboration with other health care providers to ensure optimal breastfeeding education, support, and counsel for mother and infant.
This has included conducting advocacy for human milk banking as a cost - effective strategy for improving health of vulnerable infants, establishing a global technical advisory group, leading rigorous evaluations to determine impact, and developing innovative human milk banking technologies for resource - limited settings.
Develop and maintain effective communication and coordination with other health care professionals to ensure optimal breastfeeding education, support, and counseling.
My ultimate aim is to use this information to develop more effective psychological treatments for women who develop mental health problems in pregnancy and after childbirth.
(1) in collaboration with FAO, and taking into account the work undertaken by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, to develop guidelines for clinicians and other health - care providers, community health workers and family, parents and other caregivers on the preparation, use, handling and storage of infant formula so as to minimize risk, and to address the particular needs of Member States in establishing effective measures to minimize risk in situations where infants can not be, or are not, fed breast milk;
Chapter 313 of the Acts of 2010, An Act Relative to Postpartum Depression, calls on the state's Department of Public Health (DPH) to develop standards for effective PPD screening, and regulations for providers and health plans to report on PPD screHealth (DPH) to develop standards for effective PPD screening, and regulations for providers and health plans to report on PPD screhealth plans to report on PPD screening.
«Action to help prevent children and young people from developing mental health problems and effective, timely care for those already experiencing these problems is vital.
Health officials don't know how long it would take to develop an effective vaccine, but say the best way to prevent it is by wearing long sleeves and insect repellent.
Dawn Howard concludes: «The UK animal medicines sector looks forward to its role in implementing the Report's recommendations by being part of the collaboration between UK government and industry, to develop practical proposals so that antibiotics remain effective to protect the health of people and animals into the future.»
After the hearing, Senator Serino issued a statement, saying that the health department efforts so far have fallen short and that «more is needed from our partners at the State and Federal levels» for research, prevention and to develop more effective testing and treatment options.
Care standards and protocols for effective integration of HIE in emergency department electronic health records (EHRs) should be developed, including workflow optimizations and pushing of important HIE information to the clinician through flags in the EHR; and
Following recent outbreaks of Zika virus and the potential health dangers of infection, especially during pregnancy, scientists are striving to rapidly develop effective antiviral drugs that can halt transmission.
Although there is no cure for SMA currently, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has listed SMA as the neurological disease closest to finding a cure, due in part to effective drugs like the one developed in Lorson's lab.
They found the three strategies were equally effective in improving cardiovascular health, and were expected to reduce a person's lifetime risk of developing cardiovascular disease 10 percent — from 46 percent to 36 percent.
«Addressing the capacity constraints may turn out to be as challenging as developing an effective treatment for Alzheimer's,» said Dr. Soeren Mattke, the study's senior author and managing director of RAND Health Advisory Services.
This study could help us develop more effective therapies for one of the most common problems in mental health.
The presidential administration should create a coordinating body within the U.S. government with the authority and budget to develop a proactive, cost - effective, and comprehensive approach to preparedness for and response to international public health emergencies.
Vermont Center on Behavior and Health Director Stephen Higgins, Ph.D., and colleagues, have developed an effective behavioral economic approach that offers women financial incentives for quitting.
Marc Wolfson, public affairs specialist on emergency preparedness for the Department of Health and Human Services, isn't so confident: «We can develop the best countermeasures in the world, but if they're not there in time to help treat the patient, then they're not effective
When implemented with other social and economic improvements, family planning is one of the most effective ways of managing increases in population growth and for delivering extensive health benefits, in both developed and poor countries.
UC Irvine Health researchers have developed a cost - effective one - step test that screens, detects and confirms hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections.
The research project — based on the WHO Health Promoting Schools concept — focused on increasing the awareness of the importance of oral health among children, families, and schoolteachers in order to develop a healthy school environment, a healthy diet, regular dental care habits in young children and the use of effective fluoridated toothHealth Promoting Schools concept — focused on increasing the awareness of the importance of oral health among children, families, and schoolteachers in order to develop a healthy school environment, a healthy diet, regular dental care habits in young children and the use of effective fluoridated toothhealth among children, families, and schoolteachers in order to develop a healthy school environment, a healthy diet, regular dental care habits in young children and the use of effective fluoridated toothpaste.
More than 200 million women in developing countries are sexually active without effective modern contraception even though they do not want to be pregnant anytime soon, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive health research group.
«In addition to developing a consistent and integrated system for identifying, triaging, and treating people, more evidence - based research is needed to determine which treatments are most effective,» said Dr. North, who is a member of the emergency medicine's section on homeland security at UT Southwestern and director of the Program in Trauma and Disaster at the VA North Texas Health Care System.
Kang's primary research focuses on designing and developing effective vaccines against viral diseases such as influenza virus and RSV, but he partnered with a university and research institutes in South Korea that wanted international collaborative projects to study if ginseng can be used to improve health and protect against disease because of the potential benefit in fighting these viruses.
As law enforcement agencies, community organizations, and public health officials work to develop effective crime - prevention strategies, new research from the University of Iowa finds that individuals who report being victims of crime to police are less likely to become future victims of crime than those who do not report their initial experiences.
Secondly, we need researchers and public health practitioners to develop effective solutions.
We must strengthen infection control measures, focus on households, health centres, and communities to prevent tuberculosis spreading from person to person, and develop more effective diagnostic tests to rapidly and accurately detect drug resistance.»
There is no easy answer in our ongoing battle against obesity, but identifying the link between the drop in physical activity and increased BMIs, as well as the groups particularly affected, can assist public health officials to develop targeted, effective interventions.
Developing Effective Public Health Programs Using Human Rights Based Approaches, University of Pennsylvania, Wendy Voet (2012)
The fundamental purpose of this work was to provide information critical to protect public health and to develop measures effective against future influenza pandemics.
The goal of streamlining useful but clunky bioelectronics actually drives the whole industry right now, says Ludwig, who has since left CVRx and is now the program director for neural engineering at the National Institutes of Health, where he allocates money to other bioelectronics researchers to develop smaller, more effective devices.
Also, there is a need to develop treatment methods that are effective at curing these persistent infections, which may be contributing to the long - term chronic health problems associated with some Ebola virus disease survivors.»
The researchers evaluated the return on investment (ROI) of the STAR intervention — «an innovative process for creating an effective and productive work culture,» developed by the federally funded Work, Family & Health Network.
This lead time can give public health officials more time to develop an effective response to the outbreak.
«Our findings support PfSEA - 1 as a potential vaccine candidate, and we are confident that by partnering with our colleagues at the National Institutes of Health and other researchers focused on vaccines to prevent the parasites from entering red blood cells, we can approach the parasite from all angles, which could help us develop a truly effective vaccine to prevent this infectious disease that kills millions of children every year.»
Understanding cattle movement patterns as well as the connectivity of the various sectors of the U.S. cattle industry and incorporating these in the models would allow USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services (VS) to develop more effective regulations and control strategies for various animal diseases, including bovine TB.
Dr. Eduardo Méndez has received a five - year, $ 2.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop the first targeted therapy that they hope will be effective for most patients with head and neck cancers.
By joining information about our genome with other clinical and diagnostic information, patterns can be identified and help to determine our individual risk of developing disease, detect illness earlier and determine the most effective interventions to improve our health.
But because of the threat that the parasite could develop resistance to medications or insecticides, global health experts consider a vaccine — even a partially effective one — to be a vital tool.
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