Sentences with phrase «health approach rather»

The program works with a broad, rather than a narrow focus by educating and encouraging a holistic health approach rather than emphasising weight, exercise or dietary concerns.

Not exact matches

Rather than taking a holistic approach to the economic health of the nation, the debate tends to focus on individual policies in isolation.

But that approach has largely fallen out of favor, with more states turning to red flag laws that focus not on a mental health diagnosis but rather on dangerous behavior.

Again, the point is not that the theology of hope adequately reconciles these disparate tendencies, but rather that it does not succumb to either approach, and offers the most promising prospect for avoiding the stalemate between Family Doctor and Public Health theologies.

Many incidents similar to this underscored for Dr. Latham the value of the preventive, public - health approach to medical problems, rather than the traditional curative approach.

Rather than approach our wellness holistically, we tend to fixate on only one area: our physical health.

Your mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical health are all linked and thus it is advantageous to use a combination of treatments rather than relying on a single approach.

It might be, if we had that more engaged discussion of the trade - off, that health would turn out to be the area where there is the strongest public sense that local variation should be rather limited, against national guaranteed minimum standards, and probably in areas like the approach taken to public health and preventive services.

A «harm reduction» approach to public health, rather than an abstinence or look - the - other - way policy, scored another win this month when the California state legislature gave the green light to a bill that would provide condoms for adult prison inmates.

People with chronic opioid use disorders are more likely to relapse and do so sooner if they are treated in a compulsory drug detention centre rather than a voluntary drug treatment centre using methadone maintenance therapy, according to the first study comparing the outcome of both approaches published in The Lancet Global Health.

It concludes that in order to reduce the risk of infection with a «superbug», health care institutions need to take an ecosystem - level approach, rather than one that aims at fighting just one antibiotic - resistant bacteria at a time.

In other words, the focus is on maintaining and supporting health, rather than a disease - based approach.

If you are allergic to gluten, it is much better to work on your gut health by buying and traditionally preparing Real Food rather than the band - aid approach of buying gluten free processed foods.

My holistic approach goes beyond nutrition to address the whole person, and we determine the underlying causes of your health conditions rather than simply addressing the symptoms.

In summary, the MAF Method is not a cookbook plan, but rather an individualized approach for health - conscious, active people to incorporate into their lifestyle in order to develop their natural talents for years to come.

This approach does not focus on illness alone; rather the goal is to create optimum health, and well - being and to prevent disease from developing.

We take a proactive approach to your health rather than a reactive (conventional medicine) approach.

In addition, naturopathic medicine recognizes that all individuals are unique and so treatments must be tailored to the individual rather than the disease (for example, treating anxiety in one person may require quite a different approach versus another person with the same health concern).

A holistic approach will enable you to take back responsibility for your health by supporting it rather than heading off for the quick fix drug.

Functional nutrition is a healthcare approach that focuses on identifying the causes of health issues rather than treating the symptoms of disease with medicine.

This new approach to health coaching uses a more cooperative «let me walk with you» style, rather than a top - down approach.

Rather than medicate your child's diseases, infections, and learning difficulties, Karen's unique and proven approach simply eliminates the causes of health and weight problems through the healthful raw food lifestyle.

Naturopathic medicine allows for the widest scope possible for a primary health care provider and is used to provide relief from disease using a natural approach rather than a drug - based approach.

«We believe that a more «food - focused» approach should be considered so that people consume the fatty - acid food sources that are beneficial — or not harmful to — cardiovascular health rather than pills,» Chowdhury said.

«Men notoriously pay less attention to their health and prefer to take a macho approach rather than go to the doctor to get things checked out,» says J. Leonard Lichtenfeld, MD, deputy chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society.

Rather than give the money to specific schools or districts, the Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority approached the city about leading the effort, said Bernard Parker who serves on the Authority board and is also the CEO of the Timbuktu Academy, a charter school on Detroit's east side.

Finally, even if you decide that this approach of combining an annuity with conventional investments makes sense, you would still want to consider such prudent steps as shopping around to make sure you're getting a competitive payment, annuitizing gradually rather than all at once, diversifying your annuity money among a few highly rated insurers and limiting the amount you invest with any single insurer to the maximum amount covered by your state's life and health insurance guaranty association.

The Missouri Legislature's bill to reform workplace health insurance provides a common - sense approach to health care reform, rather than more government intervention and bureaucracy.

• Rather than testing when a pet appears sick, wellness visits are a proactive approach to maintaining your pet's good health.

Because of the specter of antimicrobial resistance looming as a threat to the health of horses, people, and other animals, we are particularly interested in how we can develop approaches to treatment and prevention of infectious diseases that are based on improving effectiveness of host immune responses to control infection (rather than using antimicrobial drugs).

The core of the game is its rather unique approach to combat which see's you commanding your army in a to - down view, with the goal being to attack the opponent to reduce his health to zero.

What's unique about this renewable energy project is that it isn't advocating or looking for any one - size - fits - all answer to our energy needs, but rather takes a state - by - state approach and sets out a plan for each one, including the projected energy mix for 2050, the number of jobs created in the process, the health and economic benefits, and the projected energy cost savings that can result from it.

This research shows that they are a first port of call for many businesses, but a number of these consultants do not have any professional qualifications and may employ the goal of eliminating all risk from the workplace rather than setting a proportionate approach to dealing with the Health and Safety at Work Act and other legal requirements.

Ultimately, the Court concluded that the approach taken by the RCMP was focused on «the odds of an event such as the Moncton murders ever happening, rather than on their duty to ensure the health and safety of its members should it happen...».

On the other hand, Gorham anticipates that marijuana legalization might open up the dialogue on whether or not other illicit drugs should be treated with a «health - based» approach rather than an «enforcement» approach.

In § 164.526 of the final rule, we retain the general proposed approach, but establish an individual's right to have the covered entity amend, rather than amend or correct, protected health information.

Essentially, under this approach, «participation» is interpreted to refer to participation in health coverage, rather than participation in the specific coverage offered through the SHOP.

Meanwhile, the Consumers Health Forum of Australia has suggested the Government consider a staggered approach to the implementation, rather than delaying it altogether.

«My approach to mental health stems from positive psychology that focuses on your strengths and abilities; health rather than illness.

This also facilitates the identification of determinants of average mental health in the population (rather than focusing on the extreme ends of the distribution), which will provide important information to guide the development and implementation of universal mental health promotion programmes alongside targeted approaches for vulnerable children.34 Data were collected by self - report, providing access to the child's own perspective on their experiences, which may be particularly important for phenomena that are less readily judged by other informants.

These findings support a conclusion drawn on the basis of an earlier evaluation of the Early Start service, ie, this program seems to work by promoting «new learning» in areas related to child health, education, and parenting, rather than by changing longstanding family difficulties.12 What these findings may suggest is that home visitation programs are most effective when they focus on providing parents with new skills, insights, and approaches to the complex task of parenthood and are least effective when they attempt to change longstanding family problems and difficulties.

From Canada: More Islanders turning to collaborative approach for divorce 21 - Feb - 2016 A growing number of lawyers, mental health professionals and financial professionals on P.E.I. are working to find an alternative approach to divorce through something called collaborative practice: an out - of - court settlement process that helps couples negotiate the terms of separation with a focus on the needs of the family, rather than a win - lose model.

Intervention characteristics associated with more effective outcomes: promoting positive mental health rather than the prevention of mental illness; continuous and long term; whole school approach, focusing on school climate and environment rather than on individual change; opportunities for practice in range of contexts, addressed self - concept, self - esteem and coping skills; combining universal and targeted programmes

Touching on the efforts to repeal Obamacare, Summers noted that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was built on a conservative approach to providing universal health coverage rather than the more socialist models in effect in countries like Great Britain and Canada.