Sentences with phrase «health disadvantages of»

To avoid the many health disadvantages of commercial mayonnaise, make your own with healthier oils and no sugar or artificial ingredients.
The fact that infant and child mortality rates - sensitive indicators of the effects of poverty on health - are low on a world scale might be thought to exonerate poverty as a cause of the health disadvantage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people.
The health disadvantage of widowed respondents over their married counterparts in small part arises due to differences in relationship quality between married and widowed respondents.
Because sample attrition is greater among individuals with bad health and respondents in age heterogamous unions have worse health than their counterparts in age homogamous unions, it is possible that we may be underestimating the health disadvantage of respondents in age heterogamous unions relative to those married to spouses who are similar in age.

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Combine this with the inefficiencies of a disjoint health - care delivery system (itself dominated by huge companies), and small businesses are kept at a perpetual disadvantage in keeping their workforce healthy and productive.
Climate change is an important issue to the long - term health of our community and the world, however policies in our relatively small jurisdiction which are not aligned with the realities in other Canadian provinces and the United States put us at a competitive disadvantage.
As a result of prior injustices, members of disadvantaged racial groups may differ from the more privileged ones in ways that are educationally significant — for example, in health, manners, and intellectual competence.
As such a center works its way into the lives and needs of disadvantaged peoples, however, more and more expert persons are brought into the picture in some capacity — health center personnel, social agency workers, persons who can find jobs, vocational training teachers, and many others.
Although they do not face the disadvantages of women in Third World countries, and although they have sophisticated facilities (access to the best medical help, committed husbands or partners, advanced educations, good health and economic comforts) they are unhappy, shell - shocked and angry.
The main new project for which we now need bread is Together We Rise, a new project to help people living with mental health issues, and some of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people facing social exclusion, to benefit from the therapeutic, social and employment opportunities offered by Real Bread making.
I was convinced that the benefits of breastfeeding (for Chris's health, for our bonding, and for the calming its oxytocin and prolactin hormones would bring me) would outweigh any chemical disadvantages.
In addition, the WHO Code states that it is the responsibility of health workers to advise mothers on infant feeding — first and foremost by encouraging and protecting breastfeeding, secondly to inform the mother about appropriate alternatives (advantages and disadvantages) which include instructions on how to prepare infant formula in a correct way.
Increasing breastfeeding rates by two percentage points per year with a focus on mothers from disadvantaged groups was a specific target in the Department of Health's Priorities and Planning Framework for England 2003 - 2006.
Several reviews have concluded that home visiting can be an effective strategy to improve the health and developmental outcomes of children from socially disadvantaged families.2 - 4 However, effects have not been found consistently and some studies have reported no impact.
Concern for the health and well - being of young children, particularly children from low ‑ income, socially disadvantaged families, has resulted in the exploration of alternative approaches to delivering services to young families.
Not mental health disadvantages, not long term sexual issues from extended breastfeeding, not long term dysfunctions from extended breastfeeding, long term mental health benefits of extended breastfeeding.
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.
The Court of Appeal upholds ruling that the process used to decide whether hundreds of thousands of people are eligible for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) disadvantages people with mental health problems, learning disabilities and autism.
Just one quick question for ol' Mike: I seem to remember that Huckabee is a born - again Christian and a full - fledged minister, and at least in my long - ago Sunday School lessons, we learned that Christ was big into helping the disadvantaged, a goal which providing health care to people who don't have it would seem to further (Matthew 25:40, «Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.»).
I'm carrying out my job without any disadvantage,» he said, adding»... we don't run on the health of our opponents».
The Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling which found that the process used to decide whether hundreds of thousands of people are eligible for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) disadvantages people with mental health problems, learning disabilities and autism.
The disadvantage of this is such companies often have to pay more for individual health expenses and they can require people to travel hours for some medical care.
We need effective action from the Government on education, health, housing and the economy to tackle the root causes of the disadvantage and poverty which are key inhibitors to educational progression.»
«Disadvantaged neighborhoods have relatively high burdens of health problems like asthma and emphysema, which are exacerbated by air pollution, so a given amount of pollution will cause more of a health impact,» a department spokesman said by email.
This time around, Arcuri is at an extra disadvantage as he is running without the benefit of the Working Families Party line, due to his «no» vote on health care reform.
The lack of broadband, she said, leads to a competitive disadvantage for residents, health care providers and businesses, and is just as important as roads and electricity.
WHEREAS, small businesses, without assistance, can not afford to purchase health insurance coverage for their workers, nearly 800,000 of whom have lost employer - sponsored coverage over the last decade, and thus face a major competitive disadvantage that inhibits their ability to grow, create jobs and otherwise support the State's economic development;
Education and health The «pupil premium» was one of the areas of agreement David Cameron flagged up in his initial speech offering talks with the Lib Dems last Friday, and under it schools will receive extra funding for teaching children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
But the impacts - on health, economics, and overall quality of life - are far more acute on society's disadvantaged, the researchers found.
Poor health literacy is a particular problem for elderly, ethnic minority, and socially disadvantaged people, all of whom are more likely to have chronic kidney disease.
Socio - economically disadvantaged individuals in childhood were found to be at greater risk of low muscle strength at an older age — a good indicator of their overall health status.
«We can predict this quite well, beginning at age 3 by assessing a child's history of disadvantage, and particularly their brain health,» Caspi said.
In the case of Hispanics in the U.S., low cigarette consumption seems powerful enough to counteract a slew of socioeconomic disadvantages that often result in poor health and early death.
«By improving the health and well - being of socially disadvantaged women you may help to improve the health and well - being of their children and therefore society overall.»
The report concludes with a series of recommendations, including calling for additional multidisciplinary research on the interrelationship of barriers to health experienced by disadvantaged individuals.
The National Institutes of Health's Recruitment and Retention Plan to Enhance Diversity includes people from economically, socially, culturally, or educationally disadvantaged backgrounds.
«Research has long suggested people with heart disease in rural areas are at a disadvantage when it comes to access to health care and longevity,» says Dr. Sacha Bhatia, lead author of the study and a cardiologist at Women's College Hospital.
Vast inequities within and between countries mean that the poorest, most disadvantaged women, children, and adolescents often miss out on life - saving health services and experience serious violations of their human rights.
«For years in public health we have been working on immunizations and other medical interventions to set the course for the health of disadvantaged children, and we have turned the tide,» says the study's lead author Allison Barlow, MPH, PhD, associate director of the Center for American Indian Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Hhealth we have been working on immunizations and other medical interventions to set the course for the health of disadvantaged children, and we have turned the tide,» says the study's lead author Allison Barlow, MPH, PhD, associate director of the Center for American Indian Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Hhealth of disadvantaged children, and we have turned the tide,» says the study's lead author Allison Barlow, MPH, PhD, associate director of the Center for American Indian Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HHealth at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthHealth.
«Poverty and the many stresses that come with social disadvantage have long been linked to cardiovascular disease, but how we live, work, and play has a great impact on heart health for people from a broad range of economic and cultural backgrounds,» explains David Siscovick, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President for Research at The New York Academy of Medicine and Chair of the American Heart Association's (AHA) Council on Epidemiology and Prevention.
«Given the limited accessibility of traditional mental health services for children — particularly for children from minority and economically disadvantaged backgrounds — school - based mental health services are a tremendous vehicle for overcoming barriers to mental health care and meaningfully expanding the reach of supports and services for so many children in need.
Dr Rebecca Lacey, Research Associate in the UCL Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and lead author of the study, said: «Our study suggests that it is not parental divorce or separation per se which increases the risk of later inflammation but that it is other social disadvantages, such as how well the child does in education, which are triggered by having experienced parental divorce which are important.»
«But if the insect larvae didn't take care of the waste, this would be a great disadvantage for the health of the nestlings.»
«The fact that economic disadvantage is so often a part of the experience of minorities in the U.S. has made it difficult to estimate the relative effects of race and socioeconomic status on behaviors that impact health,» says Thorpe.
Neither advantages nor disadvantages of brivaracetam were shown in the outcome categories «mortality» and «health - related quality of life» in comparison with lacosamide.
«Our study suggests that highly polygynous, predominantly Maasai, villages do poorly not because of polygyny, but because of vulnerability to drought, low service provision and broader socio - political disadvantages,» said David Lawson, a population health lecturer at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and lead author of the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
«Being raised by a single parent really puts kids at a disadvantage in terms of resources that would be available to them,» said Charles Rotimi, Ph.D., co-author and senior investigator in NHGRI's Inherited Disease Research Branch and director of the trans - NIH Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health (CRGGH).
The second step involves expansion of health coverage of high - priority services to everyone, and the third step is to eliminate out - of - pocket payments by increasing mandatory, progressive prepayment with pooling of funds to ensure that disadvantaged groups and vulnerable populations are not left behind.
Dr. Zota's work focuses on using innovative, multi-disciplinary methods to: 1) identify sources and consequences of human exposure to environmental contaminants; 2) illustrate how environmental hazards may interact with social disadvantage and psychosocial stressors to exacerbate health disparities; and 3) evaluate the impact of NGO and regulatory action on emerging environmental health problems.
To know the main difference between Paleo vs Atkins or low - fat diet, let's talk about the advantages and disadvantages of each diet on human health.
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