Sentences with phrase «health care policy makers»

Conclusion: This study showed that there was a high rate of psychiatric disorders among prison inmates in Nigeria, which should be a concern to health care policy makers in the country.

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This book is the best treatment we have of the historical dimensions of our current health care crisis and will prove to be an indispensable resource for historians and policy makers.»

Instead of committing to helping families and individuals improve their social and economic conditions (by pushing policy makers to strengthen access to affordable housing, health care, child care, public transportation, job training, etc.), we blame them.

The site is intended for use by Beverages Council members, the general public, scientists, policy makers, health care professionals, academics, and members of the media.

n international audience of health, education and social care professionals, policy makers, programme managers and designers, researchers and evaluators.

They, and the supporting research summaries, are intended for an international audience of health, education and social care professionals, policy makers, programme managers and designers, researchers and evaluators.

Breastfeeding Support www.breastfeedventura.org The Coalition is comprised of health care providers, community leaders, policy makers, and parents, as well as public and private organizations with the common goal of promoting and supporting breastfeeding as the culture norm in Ventura County.

Developed by a multidisciplinary group of academics, researchers, women and child health advocates, clinicians and policy - makers, the collaborative approach to this series has resulted in the creation of a framework for quality maternal and newborn care.

If policy makers and health care providers want to optimize maternity care, they must consider not only the outcomes of birth, but also the entire process of pregnancy and childbirth.

BFHI Section 2: Strengthening and sustaining the Baby - friendly Hospital Initiative (2009) Baby - friendly Hospital Initiative: Revised, Updated and Expanded for Integrated Care - World Health Organization, UNICEF This course is an adaptation from WHO course «Promoting breast - feeding in health facilities: A short course for administrators and policy - makers&rHealth Organization, UNICEF This course is an adaptation from WHO course «Promoting breast - feeding in health facilities: A short course for administrators and policy - makers&rhealth facilities: A short course for administrators and policy - makers».

Health care providers and groups with public influence — such as the media, policy makers, and health advocates — need accurate technical information on this issue to prevent the spread of misinformation and to maintain the strength and credibility of breastfeeding promotion activHealth care providers and groups with public influence — such as the media, policy makers, and health advocates — need accurate technical information on this issue to prevent the spread of misinformation and to maintain the strength and credibility of breastfeeding promotion activhealth advocates — need accurate technical information on this issue to prevent the spread of misinformation and to maintain the strength and credibility of breastfeeding promotion activities.

Participants from various IBFAN organizations, aid agencies, non-governmental organizations, social service organizations, health care workers, policy makers and representatives from WHO and UNICEF, discussed the protection of breastfeeding and the establishment of breastfeeding cultures as vital components in measures dealing with this topic.

State health departments can use mPINC data to work together with partner agencies, organizations, policy makers, and health professionals to improve evidence - based maternity care practices and policies at all of their hospitals statewide.

«Our goal was to design a dataset that could help to reliably inform health care providers, policy makers, and families about the outcomes of midwifery care in all birth settings, and the characteristics of normal physiologic birth,» said Geradine Simkins, CNM, MSN, Executive Director, Midwives Alliance of North America.

Therefore, the target audience includes national and local public health policy - makers, implementers and managers of maternal and child health programmes, health care facility managers, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), professional societies involved in the planning and management of maternal and child health services, health care professionals (including nurses, midwives, general medical practitioners and obstetricians) and academic staff involved in training health care professionals.

Hammond said it would present hard choices for policy makers, including tax increases or spending cuts in other areas, cutting payments to health care providers, or an end coverage for some New Yorkers.

This program offers a unique opportunity for outstanding, mid-career U.S. professionalsÑacademics, government officials, clinical leaders, decision makers in managed care and other private health care organizations, and journalistsÑto spend up to 10 months in Australia conducting research and working with Australian health policy experts on issues relevant to both countries.

Government and other health policy - makers should acknowledge the importance of providing postnatal care check - ups for mothers and babies, invest more and seek to increase access to postnatal care services, for example, by reducing user fees at point of care, Langlois said.

This new roadmap is meant to help guide researchers, funding agencies and policy makers in the health care sector.

«Our findings can help state health care decision makers and policy leaders to develop new Medicaid policies that aid low income individuals in receiving recommended cancer screenings.»

Health care providers, policy makers and people in general need to stand up for this.

In a related commentary, Paul B. Ginsburg, Ph.D., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, writes: «There is broad consensus among physicians, hospital and health insurance leaders, and policy makers to reform payment to health care providers so as to reduce the role of fee for service, which encourages high volume, and instead to use systems that reward better patient outcomes, such as bundled payments for a population or for an episode of care.»

Although Medicare and Medicaid are playing a role in health care payment and delivery reform innovation, it will be difficult to enact large - scale program changes because of the conflicting priorities of beneficiaries, health practitioners and organizations, and policy makers, according to an article in the July 28 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on Medicare and Medicaid at 50.

As temperatures rise due to global warming, she believes that study findings present health care professionals with an opportunity for targeted interventions and policy makers with the need to develop mitigation strategies to protect those most vulnerable to heat.

However, they nonetheless provide insights into people's preferences, fears, and priorities — information on which policy makers, industry leaders, and health - care professionals rely in their decision - making.

Policy Forum Policy Forum articles provide a platform for health policy makers from around the world to discuss the challenges and opportunities in improving health care to their constituePolicy Forum Policy Forum articles provide a platform for health policy makers from around the world to discuss the challenges and opportunities in improving health care to their constituePolicy Forum articles provide a platform for health policy makers from around the world to discuss the challenges and opportunities in improving health care to their constituepolicy makers from around the world to discuss the challenges and opportunities in improving health care to their constituencies.

We also inform the public and policy makers about how imaging and image - guided therapies translate into disease prevention, earlier and more accurate diagnoses, and improved quality of health care.

«The prospects for new drugs leads to the false notion among patients, health - care professionals, and policy makers that a «magic pill» that will solve the problem is just around the corner,» says Dr. Rao.

This only bolsters the importance of bringing this matter into the public sphere more readily, as well as facilitating a clearer dialogue between health care professionals and policy - makers.

These include educators, health care and public health officials, families, and other child - care providers, policy makers, youth organizations, and industry, among others.

Even if claims against individual health care providers were likely to be successful, it should be added that tort law challenges to individual decision - makers may not be ideal from the perspective of patients with rare diseases as a group, as the individualized outcome in tort cases does not necessarily lead to the larger, policy change desired by many patients.

Similar to health care, in the 1960s, access to justice policy in Canada developed along a particular path and this particular path has constrained how innovative policy makers can be in reforming the justice system.

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About Blog They are researchers in the social sciences, the natural sciences and the humanities, health care providers, policy makers, health activists, artists and students from a wide range of fields with interests in the role of menstrual and ovulatory health across the life span.

I thought that was really important because that kind of data can help you document what is going on... that's what you can bring to a policy maker and say «if you don't make some fundamental changes, to the lives of people who don't have access to fruit and vegies or are exposed heavily to tobacco or don't have access to good health care, how can we expect their lives to be better?»»

As discussed at Croakey yesterday, one key strategy for improving the health of Indigenous Australians is to increase the number of Indigenous people working as health care providers (as an aside, it's just as important that we have Indigenous people working elsewhere in the health system; for example, as managers, policy makers, academics and advocates etc).

This website shares personal experiences of depression and recovery, providing a valuable resource to support people living with depression, their families, friends, health professionals involved in their care and policy makers.

«We need to think about these things in more holistic way, not just thinking as policy makers in a health care area but policy makers who are committed to social justice and sustainability,» he said.

This event was part of an NHMRC funded research project «Evaluating the effectiveness of comprehensive primary health care in local communities» being conducted at the Southgate Institute for Health Society and Equity at Flinders University The aim of the symposium was to feed back some of the key emerging findings from the study, and to engage primary health care practitioners and policy makers in debate and discussion about the implications of these findings for primary health care policy and prahealth care in local communities» being conducted at the Southgate Institute for Health Society and Equity at Flinders University The aim of the symposium was to feed back some of the key emerging findings from the study, and to engage primary health care practitioners and policy makers in debate and discussion about the implications of these findings for primary health care policy and praHealth Society and Equity at Flinders University The aim of the symposium was to feed back some of the key emerging findings from the study, and to engage primary health care practitioners and policy makers in debate and discussion about the implications of these findings for primary health care policy and prahealth care practitioners and policy makers in debate and discussion about the implications of these findings for primary health care policy and prahealth care policy and practice.

One of the many ways that 2020 Mom carries out our mission is by hosting an annual forum to bring together clinicians, researchers, policy makers, insurance companies, hospital administrators, public health, and other stakeholders to discuss and discover emerging considerations in pregnancy - related mental health care.

Informing policy makers, funders and other key stakeholders across systems of care of infant mental health principles and best practices.

The law has support from a broad coalition including policy makers, state agency staff, advocates, home visiting providers, and leaders in the health care and business communities.

Family therapists in healthcare settings work hard to create and / or promote evidence - based models of integrated behavioral health care in collaboration with patients, families, healthcare team members, supervisees, administrators, community partners, researchers, and policy - makers.

Because of the link with social and pre-academic success, there is considerable interest in the topic of early childhood EC; its relevance to policy - makers and service - providers in child care, early childhood education and mental health is becoming clear.

In addition, patients, health care professionals and NHS policy makers value other outcomes including quality of life, depression free days and co-morbidities.

It is meant for all who are interested in this approach as professionals, as clients / patients and also as policy and decision makers in health care delivery and representatives of public and private health insurance schemes seeking to comprehend what this approach can offer.