Sentences with phrase «effective public health measures»

One re-analysis of the STAR data published in the American Journal of Public Health estimated that reducing class sizes is one of the most cost - effective public health measures society can take, with large savings in health care and almost two years of additional life for those students who were in smaller classes in the early grades.

West Africa needs doctors to run treatment and holding centers; virologists to do laboratory diagnostics; epidemiologists to dissect the major factors affecting the outbreak, which would lead to effective public health measures; public health workers to help implement these measures; and educators to work with the public and improve communications.

The tobacco industry makes grand gestures in the direction of its competition, and claims that effective public health measures will increase the illicit and counterfeit tobacco trade.

Not exact matches

Latest data obtained by DAILY POST from NCDC showed that the number of new confirmed and probable cases had been falling for five consecutive weeks, indicating that public health measures were effective, but more infections were expected until the end of the dry season.

According to the increasingly vocal advocates of male circumcision, slicing off the foreskin is one of the most effective public - health measures ever invented and should be done routinely, like vaccination.

Our system for financing the costly federal health care system subsidizes the overuse of advanced technologies while underfinancing highly effective and lower - cost public health measures.

The fundamental purpose of this work was to provide information critical to protect public health and to develop measures effective against future influenza pandemics.

Vaccines are amongst the safest and most cost - effective measures that we have to improve public health and protect from disease and it is vital that we achieve high vaccination rates to prevent the return of the many and terrible diseases that they prevent,» he said.

With Günther Fink from the Harvard [T.H. Chan] School of Public Health, I've developed a new measure for the 0 — 3 age range that uses caregivers» reports of children's motor, language, cognitive, social, and emotional skills to capture these complex processes in fast, cost - effective ways.

Strategic Direction for Child Maltreatment Prevention: Preventing Child Maltreatment Through the Promotion of Safe, Stable, and Nurturing Relationships Between Children and Caregivers (PDF - 280 KB) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2009) Describes a strategy for child maltreatment prevention organized around four areas of public health research and practice: measuring impact, creating and evaluating new approaches to prevention, applying and adapting effective practices, and building community readiness.