Sentences with phrase «health impact on our society»

Modern habits of bottle - feeding and pacifier use are having a negative health impact on our society.

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It's been raised in an expert panel report on Environmental and Health Impacts of the Oil Sands Industry, commissioned by the Royal Society of Canada.

It honours chefs who have a positive impact on society as a whole, showing how gastronomy can be a driver for change in spheres such as innovation, education, the environment, social and economic development and health.

Being well aware that health is of vital importance, we are convinced that our products make a positive impact on society and for that we are proud.

This could be through culinary innovation, a commitment to social responsibility, sustainability or the economic development of their community; involvement in health or environmental campaigns, the promotion of pioneering cultural projects, or works that benefit society through their positive impact on the food industry.

The evaluation, by the Institute of Health & Society at the University of Worcester, examined the impact of a Fatherhood Institute training package on 134 health visitors and community practitioners, drawn from 12 sites across eight English NHS Trusts in 2012Health & Society at the University of Worcester, examined the impact of a Fatherhood Institute training package on 134 health visitors and community practitioners, drawn from 12 sites across eight English NHS Trusts in 2012health visitors and community practitioners, drawn from 12 sites across eight English NHS Trusts in 2012 - 14.

What impact do those decisions have on our health, on the lives of others, and on society in general?

Breastfeeding has a positive impact on the infant, mother, parents and the health - care system; it also reduces the costs to society of raising healthy children who reach their full potential.

But the impacts - on health, economics, and overall quality of life - are far more acute on society's disadvantaged, the researchers found.

«I think there is a real need to incorporate health impact assessments into the future decisions of multiple layers of our society, starting with the United States government on down,» says Richard Jackson of the University of California, Los Angeles, who chaired the NRC Committee on Health Impact Asseshealth impact assessments into the future decisions of multiple layers of our society, starting with the United States government on down,» says Richard Jackson of the University of California, Los Angeles, who chaired the NRC Committee on Health Impact Assesimpact assessments into the future decisions of multiple layers of our society, starting with the United States government on down,» says Richard Jackson of the University of California, Los Angeles, who chaired the NRC Committee on Health Impact AssesHealth Impact AssesImpact Assessment.

Sexual transmission of the Ebola virus could have a major impact on the dynamics of the disease, potentially reigniting an outbreak that has been contained by public health interventions, according to research by University of Georgia ecologists just published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.

International Complement Society (ICS) New Discoveries in Complement: Impact on Health and Disease Sunday, May 6, 12:30 PM — 2:30 PM, Room 19AB Chairs: Viviana P. Ferreira, Univ. of Toledo Col. of Med.

«There is strong evidence that ongoing climate change is having broad negative impacts on society, including the global economy, natural resources and human health,» the letter states.

Athens, Ga. — Sexual transmission of the Ebola virus could have a major impact on the dynamics of the disease, potentially reigniting an outbreak that has been contained by public health interventions, according to research by University of Georgia ecologists just published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.

As a mission - driven certifier, educator, researcher and representative of more than 75,000 health and fitness professionals, ACE believes that building and sustaining relationships with organizations who share our strategic objectives will result in a greater impact on society.

[276] This purpose, and the Head Start program itself is based upon decades of scientific research that documents the strong and lasting impact of children's experiences in their first five years of life on brain development, learning, and health, [277278279] and the significant economic impact of such benefits on children individually and on society as a whole.

Due to the various health concerns, ethical reasons, and the severe impact today's animal agriculture has on the environment; veganism is on the rise in our society.

The Ebola crisis has serious impacts on public health, economies, and societies, but crucially, it's not an isolated incident.

while in the context of the ongoing climate debate we continue — albeit with some embarrassment — to employ the scientifically meaningless phrase «climate change», we recognise that, in principle, a planetary warming to fend off otherwise imminent glacial inception, together with CO2 greening (the latter offsetting loss of vegetation footprint, the only real environmental concern) is having broad positive impacts on society, including the global economy, natural resources, and human health.

There is strong evidence that ongoing climate change is having broad negative impacts on society, including the global economy, natural resources, and human health.

In a consensus letter to U.S. policymakers, a partnership of 31 leading nonpartisan scientific societies today reaffirmed the reality of human - caused climate change, noting that greenhouse gas emissions «must be substantially reduced» to minimize negative impacts on the global economy, natural resources, and human health.

These changes and other climatic changes have affected and will continue to affect human health, water supply, agriculture, transportation, energy, coastal areas, and many other sectors of society, with increasingly adverse impacts on the American economy and quality of life.3

She also quantifies the energy, economic, environmental, and public health impacts that the policies would have on society.

The statement continues to pontificate on AGU's expertise on: public health, agricultural productivity (particularly in low - latitude developing countries), coastal infrastructure, greater risks to society and ecosystems, accelerating biodiversity loss, and impacts harmful to society.

[3] Thus, environmental policy focuses on problems arising from human impact on the environment, which retroacts onto human society by having a (negative) impact on human values such as good health or the «clean and green» environment.

The land, water, labor, energy and other inputs used in producing, processing, transporting, preparing, storing, and disposing of discarded food are pulled away from uses that may have been more beneficial to society — and generate impacts on the environment that may endanger the long - run health of the planet.

ESG factors focus on activities that have actual or potential impact on the environment, human health, and, more broadly, society.

As a result the trial record in this proceeding is incomplete and unbalanced on crucial issues including: (1) the widespread suicidal ideation initially experienced by persons with disabilities responding to their disabilities; [8](2) relevant exploitation and abuse to which people with disabilities and the elderly are subjected; [9](3) prejudice faced by persons with disabilities in society at large and in the medical community; [10](4) the impact the lack of palliative care and support services has on suicidal ideation; [11](5) the impaired agency of persons with disabilities in dependent circumstances; [12](6) evidence of clinicians about the impact resulting from a state sanctioned paradigm shift legalizing assisted suicide and euthanasia («AS / E»); [13] and (7) the impact on the judgment of doctors of functioning in an environment of increasing health costs and budget constraints.

Many of our coalition partners and allies, such as the Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver, West Coast LEAF, Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS), Inclusion BC, the Canadian Mental Health Association - BC Division, BC ACORN, Raise the Rates and the Single Mothers» Alliance BC, wrote to government and spoke up about the urgent need to rectify this policy and its negative impacts on child well - being.

The board of the California chapter declared, «there is a clear and present danger to the public health of the children of this State based on our society's failure to adequately address the impact of child custody proceedings upon children as a chronic, system - wide, statewide, public health crisis which impacts the previous, current and future generations of California's most precious resource — its children.»

The board of the California chapter declared, «There is a clear and present danger to the public health of the children of this State based on our society's failure to adequately address the impact of child custody proceedings upon children as a chronic, system - wide, statewide, public health crisis which impacts the previous, current and future generations of California's most precious resource — its children.»

Given the high prevalence of child maltreatment and the serious consequences in terms of its impact on the lives of the individuals concerned, their families, and society more generally, it is important that we identify effective methods of prevention and intervention, and there are some suggestions that a public health approach is now needed.27 Although there is limited research available in terms of what works to prevent child maltreatment, there have been significant gains over the past 20 years in terms of the development of new approaches.

Parenting a Child With a Disability: The Role of Social Support for African American Parents (PDF - 407 KB) Ha, Greenberg, & Seltzer (2011) Families in Society, 92 (4) Presents an article that examines the impact of having a child with a disability on parents» mental and physical health among urban - dwelling African - Americans.

This report includes an overview of home visiting, including scope and funding, and information on the impact of adverse childhood experiences on child health and development; identifies and describes seven evidence - based home - visiting programs; and it discusses the outcomes of home - visiting programs in Texas and the benefits of high - quality home - visiting programs to children, families, and society.

«Gavin was a health economist who saw beyond the dollars and cents to the real life impact of illness and disability on both individuals and our society as a whole.

Although the impact of these «new» morbidities on pediatrics, public health, and society in general is no longer in question, 3 — 5 the professional training and practice of pediatricians continues to focus primarily on the acute medical needs of individual children.

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