Sentences with phrase «effective health interventions»

Vaccines are widely recognized as one of the world's most successful and cost - effective health interventions.

Breastfeeding promotion is one the most cost - effective health interventions, not only in the short - term of a baby's early years, but in the long - term as well.

Immunization is one of the most cost - effective health interventions ever known for lowering childhood deaths and disease.

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Omada Health's first product, called Prevent, is essentially an online version of the Diabetes Prevention Program, which grew out of an NIH study proving the most effective means of staving off diabetes is rigorous lifestyle intervention, overseen by health coHealth's first product, called Prevent, is essentially an online version of the Diabetes Prevention Program, which grew out of an NIH study proving the most effective means of staving off diabetes is rigorous lifestyle intervention, overseen by health cohealth coaches.

One analysis by Avalere Health found that effective intervention strategies could decrease federal spending on diabetes treatment by $ 1.3 billion in the first decade.

Medicare spent more than $ 15,700 per beneficiary with diabetes in 2014, but effective intervention strategies could decrease federal spending on diabetes treatment by $ 1.3 billion in the first decade, according to analysis by Avalere Health.

The government's new plan says local areas will be given guidance on effective steps including «targeted interventions» and close collaboration between sexual health services and other relevant groups.

When we first promoted this intervention, it was considered controversial but now has become recognized as one of the most vital, cost - effective public health interventions in the world.

Dietary sodium reduction is a cost - effective public health intervention to reduce chronic disease.

Food Futures: Developing effective food systems interventions to improve public health nutrition.

Optimal breastfeeding for the first 2 years of life is the single most effective intervention to prevent child deaths worldwide.1 Breastfeeding saves children's lives, supports their growth and development, preventsmalnutrition, ensures food security for infants, protects maternal and child health, reduces financial pressure on families, supports loving relationships and increases educational attainment.

Baby Friendly Hospital support at health system was the most effective intervention to improve rates of any breastfeeding.

To support achievement of the SDGs, the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents» Health recommends protecting and supporting exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months in all settings, including humanitarian and fragile — a cost - effective and easy intervention that contributes to a child's survival, health and optimal develoHealth recommends protecting and supporting exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months in all settings, including humanitarian and fragile — a cost - effective and easy intervention that contributes to a child's survival, health and optimal develohealth and optimal development.

Appropriate breastfeeding and complementary feeding are among the most effective interventions to promote child health, growth and development.

Packages of care, such as the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses, might improve coverage, delivery quality and utilisation of effective interventions and thereby improve health outcomes.

Although cost - benefit analyses have been conducted that evaluated breastfeeding (45), more work is needed in this area to allow the allocation of limited health care resources to the most effective interventions.

Breast feeding is one of the most cost effective interventions to improve health and prevent illness in early childhood.

Despite the evidence that investing in breastfeeding is one of the most cost effective public health interventions available, insufficient priority is being given to this, which put infants and children at risk of reaching their full potential...»

While antenatal education and counselling is helpful, 8 68 % of mothers said that early problems with breast feeding was the main reason they stopped nursing before two months postpartum.7 Other barriers were lack of knowledge about breast feeding and lack of support from health professionals.7 Women value being shown how to breast feed rather than being told how to.9 10 Evidence of effective interventions to improve exclusive breast feeding for the recommended duration of six months is sparse.

Therefore, in order to reduce rates of behavioural and mental health problems among children and youth, broad based community and family intervention strategies, that encourage breastfeeding amongst other strategies, are likely be the most effective approaches.

Policy - makers and planners can greatly assist the improved nutritional health of women and children by supporting the development of evidence - based dietary guidelines and effective prevention and intervention services, especially for socio - economically disadvantaged families.

As we work to achieve the ambitious goals of the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents» Health, we can start with one of the most effective, low - cost health interventions that benefit women and their newborns, with an impact that will last over their lifHealth, we can start with one of the most effective, low - cost health interventions that benefit women and their newborns, with an impact that will last over their lifhealth interventions that benefit women and their newborns, with an impact that will last over their lifetime.

«The additional funding I'm sure will allow the expansion of crisis intervention, residential treatment and medication - assisted treatment, all of which are evidence - based practices and effective treatments for addiction,» said Anne D. Constantino, president of Horizon Health Services, where Thursday's announcement was made.

Introducing smokefree public places is recognised as possibly the single most effective public health intervention for a generation.

The latter have long been on the public health agenda, but we are arguing that in order to make the most effective challenge to health inequalities, in addition a much wider range of intervention needs to be brought into play.

Published in BMC Medicine, the study underscores the need for effective substance use policies and public health interventions, and provides key principles to guide policy decisions.

«Our results indicate that this simple intervention could be an effective and scalable approach to use the design of electronic health records to increase the rate of flu vaccinations, which are estimated to prevent millions of flu cases and tens of thousands of related hospitalizations every year,» said study lead author Mitesh S. Patel, MD, MBA, MS, an assistant professor of Medicine and Health Care Management in Penn's Perelman School of Medicine and The Wharton School, a staff physician at the Crescenz VA Medical Center, and director of the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit, whose work is supported by the Penn Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Econhealth records to increase the rate of flu vaccinations, which are estimated to prevent millions of flu cases and tens of thousands of related hospitalizations every year,» said study lead author Mitesh S. Patel, MD, MBA, MS, an assistant professor of Medicine and Health Care Management in Penn's Perelman School of Medicine and The Wharton School, a staff physician at the Crescenz VA Medical Center, and director of the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit, whose work is supported by the Penn Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral EconHealth Care Management in Penn's Perelman School of Medicine and The Wharton School, a staff physician at the Crescenz VA Medical Center, and director of the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit, whose work is supported by the Penn Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral EconHealth Incentives and Behavioral Economics.

«It is often difficult to penetrate these age groups with effective public health interventions and policies to prevent drinking and driving,» says Carter.

«Findings from the current study indicate that mHealth interventions are a promising and potentially effective route for pediatric health care providers to use with patients and their family members,» he said.

The increase in longevity, especially in high - income countries (HICs), has been largely due to the decline in deaths from cardiovascular disease (stroke and ischaemic heart disease), mainly because of simple, cost - effective strategies to reduce tobacco use and high blood pressure, and improved coverage and effectiveness of health interventions.

The Trump administration has abruptly halted work on a highly regarded program to help physicians, families, and others separate effective «evidence - based» treatments for substance abuse and behavioral health problems from worthless interventions.

«A tool to support public health decisions on Zika virus predicts most planned interventions to be cost - effective.»

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.

«The high burden of early complications in youth with diabetes requires additional research to clarify the underlying causes and to identify effective intervention strategies,» said Dr. Dana Dabelea, lead author and co-chair of the national SEARCH Study and professor of epidemiology at the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

These estimates suggest that substantial health gains could be made, say the authors — a 40 % relative reduction in smoking prevalence and almost 13 million smoking attributable deaths averted and more than 154 million life years gained by 2050 — by extending effective public health and clinical interventions to reduce active smoking.

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.

«We have been using computer - delivered interventions for many years now in an effort to more efficiently deliver effective treatments,» said psychology Professor Brad Schmidt, director of the Anxiety and Behavioral Health Clinic.

The authors suggest that finding effective ways to help women lose weight between pregnancies will assist in maintaining their health and that of their children, though additional interventions will likely be required as multiple pregnancies appear to have an adverse effect on women that is independent of her fat mass.

First, some background: Based on recommendations outlined in the 2010 National Advisory Mental Health Council (NAMHC) report, «From Discovery to Cure,» and the need for cost - effective development of novel interventions, NIMH has shifted away from a traditional approach to clinical trials.

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.

«There are no clinical research trials to say whether it works or not and in pregnancy you don't want to do any interventions that have not shown to be safe and effective,» Donnica Moore, MD, ob - gyn and president of Sapphire Women's Health Group in New Jersey, tells Health.

Remember if you have a health problem in the future veganism is one of the most effective interventions.

While some health practitioners and coaches will say that treatment of UCS requires chiropractic intervention, myofascial release, trigger - point therapy and / or a wide range of exercises and mobility drills, I've found that a more straightforward approach that is largely based on postural awareness exercises and strengthening of the weakened musculature is also effective.

Excitingly, the research indicates that dietary and lifestyle interventions are effective strategies for optimizing glycemic control, promoting brain health, and preventing neurodegeneration.

Perry Renshaw, MD, PhD, director of the Brain Imaging Center at McLean Hospital and senior author stated, «The development of an inexpensive, widely available intervention such as yoga that has no side effects but is effective in alleviating the symptoms of disorders associated with low GABA levels has clear public health advantage.

It is a particularly powerful and effective intervention for both acute and chronic illness as well as for those seeking health optimization and preventive care.

Effective strategies exist for improving sleep; therefore sleep health may be a tractable target for early intervention to attenuate AD pathogenesis.

In 2011, Shonkoff launched Frontiers of Innovation, a multi-sectoral collaboration among researchers, practitioners, policymakers, investors, and experts in systems change who are committed to developing more effective intervention strategies to catalyze breakthrough impacts on the development and health of young children and families experiencing significant adversity.

This compelling knowledge base underscores three significant, unmet needs: (1) valid and reliable biological and bio-behavioral measures (or «biomarkers») of «toxic stress» to identify children who are at higher risk of chronic disease in adulthood; (2) more effective intervention strategies to prevent, reduce, or mitigate the long - term health consequences of significant adversity in early childhood; and (3) biomarkers that are sensitive to change and can thus be used to assess the short - term and medium - term effects of intervention strategies whose ultimate impacts on physical and mental health may not be apparent until decades later.

School psychologists are uniquely positioned in schools to facilitate the development, delivery, and monitoring of prompt, effective, and culturally responsive mental and behavioral health services of prevention and intervention.