Sentences with phrase «health gap measured»

Mental health conditions, substance abuse and suicide have been estimated to account for as much as 22 per cent of the overall health gap measured in Disability Adjusted Life Years, yet this is not reflected in current policy.

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Republicans in the House of Representatives were told at a Monday night meeting that the stop - gap measure would extend funding through March 23, along with a year of defense funding and two years of funding for community health centers, lawmakers said.

Can we agree that we need to try everything possible before legislating stop - gap, cost - saving measures and prioritizing manufacturer's rights to fair markets when we're talking about the health of our country?

Using a current - law baseline measure, the state budget gap for fiscal 2018 - 19 alone was last projected by DOB at $ 4 billion, a figure the governor himself began citing recently (without further explanation) in his recent warnings about the implications of federal health care spending cuts.

These were the Social and Institutional Gender Index or SIGI (which measures discrimination against women), the Gender Inequality Index or GII (which measures health economic and power inequities), and the Gender Gap Index or GGI (a measure of economic, education, health and political power).

He developed an outreach program to educate the South Asian community about diabetes risk and preventive measures during a recent Bridging the Gaps Community Health Internship Program sponsored by the School of Public Health at the Shri Krishna Nidhi Foundation, an organization based in Hillsborough that promotes wellness among New Jersey's South Asian population.

Despite years of effort to help American seniors with high blood pressure, heart disease, or diabetes get their blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar under control, new research shows wide gaps between older people of different ethnic backgrounds in all three of these key health measures.

The report recommends various measures to help close the achievement gap, including: more investment in early years education; ensuring all schools have access to good examples of top quality teaching and leadership; good careers guidance for all pupils; extra support for teachers, such as a mortgage deposit scheme to help high - performing school staff get on the housing ladder; and promoting and measuring character development, wellbeing and mental health in schools.

For 2017, there were recommendations in the areas of ensuring equity, promoting excellence, and supporting educators (http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/siteASCD/policy/2017-ASCD-Policy-Recommendations.pdf) and positions related to standards development and implementation, educating students in a changing world, the whole child, health and learning, closing the achievement gap, and multiple measures of assessment.

The study also showed later deficits in learning associated with this gap.13 Given this reality, vocabulary attainment in the early years might be an important measure to collect for both health and early learning systems.

As a practice manager or managing partner, find ways to measure your real goals (profitability is not the same as billable hours) and help your teams manage the gaps between obvious and traditional measures and your long - term business health.

There is growing concern that harsh Federal Budget measures on health and other funding areas will put at risk efforts to close the gap for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.

In growing opposition to Federal Budget health measures, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health leaders met in Canberra today for crisis talks about the implications of last week's Federal Budget and have called for proposed GP and other co-payments to be scrapped, saying they risk widening the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous health.

Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC) data show good performance in risk factor monitoring and the management of hypertension and chronic disease.15 Box 2 shows improving performance in completion of health assessments — a first step in prevention activity — over the past 4 years.22 The Torpedo study, a randomised controlled trial of the use of an electronic decision - support system measuring absolute cardiovascular risk, shows ACCHSs outperforming general practices in managing risk.21 Data collected in late 2011 show that the ACCHSs sites had significantly more patients at high risk being prescribed best - practice medications than the general practice sites at baseline, and this gap was sustained through the intervention period (BoxHealth Council (QAIHC) data show good performance in risk factor monitoring and the management of hypertension and chronic disease.15 Box 2 shows improving performance in completion of health assessments — a first step in prevention activity — over the past 4 years.22 The Torpedo study, a randomised controlled trial of the use of an electronic decision - support system measuring absolute cardiovascular risk, shows ACCHSs outperforming general practices in managing risk.21 Data collected in late 2011 show that the ACCHSs sites had significantly more patients at high risk being prescribed best - practice medications than the general practice sites at baseline, and this gap was sustained through the intervention period (Boxhealth assessments — a first step in prevention activity — over the past 4 years.22 The Torpedo study, a randomised controlled trial of the use of an electronic decision - support system measuring absolute cardiovascular risk, shows ACCHSs outperforming general practices in managing risk.21 Data collected in late 2011 show that the ACCHSs sites had significantly more patients at high risk being prescribed best - practice medications than the general practice sites at baseline, and this gap was sustained through the intervention period (Box 3).23

It's clear that he hasn't taken the advice of his special Aboriginal Advisory Committee, because if he had, at least one of the members, Professor Ngiare Brown, a highly respected expert in Aboriginal child health with many years experience of working as a doctor in remote locations, would have most definitely advised him that these budgetary measures would increase the disadvantage gap well into the next generation and beyond.

It captures the objectives, outcomes, outputs, performance measures and benchmarks that all governments have committed to in order to close the gap in Indigenous health disadvantage.

The new Australian government and all Australian Governments, through the Council of Australian Governments (or COAG), have agreed to a series of targets to be achieved over the next five to ten years to start the process to close the gap in health status and ultimately in life expectancy, as well as across a range of other measures.

Hartman said beyondblue will be continuing its participation in the Close the Gap campaign steering committee, and advocating for mental health and suicide prevention measures that work to close the mental health gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous peopGap campaign steering committee, and advocating for mental health and suicide prevention measures that work to close the mental health gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous peopgap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous people.

Close the Gap campaign co-chairs Mick Gooda and Tom Calma say they welcome the $ 1.5 billion in new money for mental health, including $ 34.9 million allocated specifically to Indigenous mental health, but call for the Government to ensure Indigenous Australians were able to benefit fully from these measures.

[93] They provide a measure of the concrete results and positive health outcomes that flow from the presence of ACCHSs in communities and that can be attributed to the national effort to close the gap.

With these two foundation elements in place, concerted special measures programs to address specific health issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and eliminate the gap in health status with the non-Indigenous population are possible and sustainable.

The alliance also recommends making Aboriginal Community Controlled Services (ACCHS) the preferred providers for health services, a measure which would promote the self - determination essential to closing the gap in life outcomes for First Peoples.

You can't Close the Gap in life expectancy and other health measures without addressing the basics of life, such as acceptable housing and economic participation.

On 29 November 2008, COAG agreed to a significant package of measures to close the gap in Indigenous health and on related issues.

Some of the significant achievements include: the commitments by the Council of Australian Governments in 2007, the commitments to the Close the Gap Indigenous Health Equality Summit Statement of Intent; the development of accountability measures in the Close the Gap National Indigenous Health Equality Targets; and the formation of the National Indigenous Health Equality Council, among others.