Sentences with phrase «faces public health crises»

Now, New Jersey faces public health crises: a 35 percent increase in cases of bacterial STDs since 2009, and an increase in breast and cervical cancer cases with a disproportionate impact on communities of color, including an alarming 25.1 percent increase in Latinas — but the Christie administration has busily found reasons to downplay these alarming statistics.

Eight years ago, when the partnership began, NKST faced a public health crisis: women were dying.

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«The shameful scale of the public health crisis London faces, with thousands of premature deaths caused by air pollution, must be addressed,» Khan said.

We're facing a dual public health crisis — on the one hand, the childhood obesity epidemic is threatening the health and security of our children and our nation.

Penny Woods, chief executive of the British Lung Foundation, said: «It's shocking that pollution limits in London have already been breached for 2017 — this shows the extent of the public health crisis we are facing.

«Given both the extreme and chronic stressors Yemenis are continuing to face, there is serious cause for concern of a nationwide mental health crisis,» said Dr. Lindsay Stark, associate professor of Population and Family Health at the Mailman School of Public Health and director of the CPC (Child Protection in Crisis) Learning Nehealth crisis,» said Dr. Lindsay Stark, associate professor of Population and Family Health at the Mailman School of Public Health and director of the CPC (Child Protection in Crisis) Learning NeHealth at the Mailman School of Public Health and director of the CPC (Child Protection in Crisis) Learning NeHealth and director of the CPC (Child Protection in Crisis) Learning Network.

Social Worker — Duties & Responsibilities Successfully serve as a psychiatric social worker and practice manager for multiple institutions Perform crisis intervention, adult, geriatric, child, and adolescent case management and therapy Counsel patients facing depression, substance abuse, bipolar disorder, dementia, and schizophrenia Serve survivors of domestic violence, rape, robbery, child abuse, suicide, and other traumatic events Responsible for 24 hour on call crisis intervention for multiple hospital emergency rooms Complete psychosocial assessments to ensure appropriate patient diagnosis and care Design and implement treatment plans including medication and individual / group / family therapy sessions Attend weekly team meetings to assess patient progress and document in the DAP system Review psychometric and psychological reports and provide feedback to patients and families Provide clients and family members with guidance and referrals to community resources Maintain contact with family members and encouraged their involvement in patient treatment Performed discharge planning including nursing home placement, home health, medication needs, transportation and Passport screening, extended in - patient and out - patient mental health services Serve as public speaker, referral development committee member, and marketing / financial advisor

In the face of a looming global public health crisis from the Zika virus, Congressional Republicans have not only failed to lead, they have proposed policies that would do more harm than good.