Sentences with phrase «economic case for»

Tables 3 and 4 summarize key findings on the economic case for investment in workplace mental health promotion from empirical and modelling - based studies.

Where these reviews identified evidence of the impact of an intervention on mental health and well - being, any studies that looked at the economic case for investment in those interventions, even if focused on non-health benefits, such as improved educational attainment, reduced crime and violence, were then eligible for inclusion.

Nonetheless this Washington State review included further evidence of an economic case for action.

Another issue is that despite the links between poor physical and poor mental health, little economic analysis has focused on the economic case for preventing co-morbidity, for instance on the prevention of depression to promote cardiovascular health.

There has been a considerable body of research into the effectiveness of interventions to promote / protect the mental health and well - being of children and their parents, both within and external to school settings (Adi et al., 2007a, b; Dretzke et al., 2009); there is also a small but growing number of studies looking at the economic case for taking action, albeit largely set in either a USA or UK context.

Further economic analysis, drawing on 15 - year outcome data (Olds et al., 1997) suggested that the economic case for home visiting for all women was much stronger, given the impacts it had in terms of reducing abuse, violence, the need for social welfare benefits and improved employment prospects (Karoly et al., 1998, 2005).

One study that did report mental health outcomes looked at the economic case for investing in multi-component workplace - based health promotion programme (personalized health and well - being information and advice; health - risk appraisal questionnaire, access to a tailored health improvement web portal, wellness literature, and seminars and workshops focused on identified wellness issues).

Find resources and information on sharing a message and educating the public, making an economic case for prevention, and creating community support and partnerships to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Alice Barnard, chief executive of the Edge Foundation, which promotes vocational education, said: «The report makes a persuasive economic case for taking up a higher apprenticeship and studying for a degree sponsored by the employer.»

R Street Associate Fellow Derek Khanna has an excellent new paper on the economic case for patent reform.

At an event on October 7, WRI will launch a new report, Climate Benefits, Tenure Costs: The Economic Case for Securing Indigenous Land Rights, which finds for the first time that relatively modest investments in secure land tenure for Indigenous Peoples can generate billions of dollars in returns — economically and environmentally.

Technological innovations will enable the economic case for adapting all waste streams into useful resources.

The IPCC's latest report sets the record straight on science (again), but could be stronger on the economic case for climate action.

2) I can't help wishing he had also responded to the economic case for moving beyond a myopic focus on specific ROI.

«The economic case for renewables as the backbone of our global energy system is increasingly clear and proven.

Yet even if Cuadrilla's bounty is smaller than it hopes, the earth is riddled with shale rock; its exploitation may check the upward pressure on prices, weakening the economic case for reducing dependence on hydrocarbons.

And the economic case for reducing emissions is sound: «many emission - reduction options are cost - effective, profitable and associated with multiple benefits,» the report notes.

88 % of respondents cited the compelling economic case for renewable electricity as a major driver — with 30 out of 74 reporting that renewable electricity was either cost competitive or delivered significant savings on energy bills;

Critically, the economic case for the energy transition has never been stronger.

Perspectives for the Energy Transition: The Role of Energy Efficiency demonstrates a compelling economic case for energy efficiency as being essential to make the energy transition affordable, faster and more beneficial to all.

Not only do I disagree with the content of this letter, but I also believe that you have severely distorted the IPCC «view» when you say that «the latest IPCC assessment makes a convincing economic case for immediate control of emissions.»

The economic case for selling coal assets and investing instead in the transition to a low - carbon economy is strong today, and likely to become more robust in the immediate future for three reasons.

Although the moral case for divesting from coal is a powerful one, the economic case for doing so is equally compelling.

The Rockefeller Foundation Economic Council on Planetary Health at the Oxford Martin School is focusing on the economic case for planetary health.

Dominion proposed its Virginia wind farms back before fracking caused natural gas prices to nosedive, undercutting the economic case for wind.

AS THE world faces up to the worst global financial crisis since the 1930s, the economic case for tackling the global climate crisis is more compelling than ever.

The objective of the project is to assess the economic case for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation in Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP).

The Economic Case for U.S. Climate Action: Views from Congress and the Private Sector Friday, November 10th 15:00 - 16:00 Fiji Dome Many leading U.S. companies, recognizing both the risks and the opportunities presented by climate change, see a strong business case for climate action and are investing in a low - carbon future.

This paper makes the environmental and economic case for diverting paper fiber from the landfill waste stream, to be used as a fuel in electric generation plants.

The economic case for coal no longer exists, and that remains true even if Trump and anti-regulation forces in Congress gut EPA rules protecting air and water.

The report, «Golden Rules for a Golden Age of Gas,» builds an economic case for adopting practices and technologies that limit chances of water or air pollution and produce adequate transparency to gain public confidence.

Al Gore and David Blood explain a strong economic case for coal divestment.

The economic case for being in the EU is very convincing and there is no real case for the leave scenario.

It meant that the new sensor would be sold alongside the console, creating a stronger economic case for Kinect exclusives.

One way in which ministers can make their government colleagues listen is to rethink the data used to make the economic case for tourism.

Yesterday, we showed you leaked Apple documents that showed the economic case for a large - screen iPhone 6: All the sales growth is in large - screen phones and phones priced under $ 300 with a carrier contract.

No doubt this will mean concentrating on older, out - of - print, and second - hand books, titles that appeal directly to the customer, and print - on - demand works (though I am less convinced of the economic case for this).

Booksellers can react by hand - selling to customers and making themselves relevant as Ravenbooks has (I am increasingly sure of finding a pile of relevant books there every time I walk in) and no doubt this will mean concentrating on older books, out - of - print books and second - hand books, books that appeal directly to the customer, and print - on - demand books printed directly on site (though I am less convinced of the economic case for this).

They grounded the economic case for educational improvement in manufacturing job losses in the early 1980s; the postindustrial economy would require a flexible, highly skilled workforce.

«India's INDC contains ambitious renewables plans, but the bigger challenge will be the economic case for a shift to green development.

The economic case for recruiting minorities into science and technology is clear.

With the cost of these new technologies coming down rapidly, the economic case for eliminating carbon - based electricity is very strong, but there are still difficult political issues to tackle.»

The forecasts are also the most important element in the economic case for the road — the cost - benefit analysis which the department constructs to persuade the Treasury to finance the road.

Policy - which has stemmed as with most agricultural matters from the EU - has historically balanced the objections against the economic case for intensive farming, but in recent years has been moving against factory farming.

A new report from the Institute of Alcohol Studies, Splitting the Bill: Alcohol's Impact on the UK Economy, argues that the economic benefits of the alcohol industry are overstated, undermining the economic case for cutting alcohol duty in next month's Budget.

The economic case for the union will also be bolstered by a letter from over 120 business leaders, including HSBC boss Douglas Flint, warning against independence.

«As if by magic, they expect us to believe that after three years that the economic case for HS2 has risen like a phoenix from the flames.

MPs said the economic case for HS2 was based on «fragile numbers, out - of - date data and assumptions which do not reflect real life».

There is a moral and economic case for cutting taxes, Mr Redwood argues in his pamphlet.

David Willetts» unfortunate comment last week about higher education being a «burden on the taxpayer» suggests that not only will Liberal Democrat ministers have to continue to remind their Conservative colleagues of the importance of social mobility, but they will have to make the economic case for building a learning economy as well.