Sentences with phrase «health impacts in communities»

The current Dialogue has helped identify health impacts in communities exposed to environmental risks at abandoned mine sites.

Smith points to the threats the pipeline poses to British Columbia's tourism industry, rising floodwaters in Bangladesh and the Maldives, drought in sub-Saharan Africa and Mexico, the homes that will be lost in future forest fires, respiratory health impacts in communities from Vancouver to Kamloops and Quesnel, and future hurricanes in the Caribbean and Gulf states as climate impacts that are left out of the narrative about the project.

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In Michigan, the Michigan Pathways to Better Health (MPBH) program, implemented by the Michigan Public Health Institute and the Michigan Department of Community Health, is using tablet - based checklists to collect demographic information in communities with the greatest health needs and assess behavioral health, and social service factors impacting each patient to get a fuller picture of social determinants of healtIn Michigan, the Michigan Pathways to Better Health (MPBH) program, implemented by the Michigan Public Health Institute and the Michigan Department of Community Health, is using tablet - based checklists to collect demographic information in communities with the greatest health needs and assess behavioral health, and social service factors impacting each patient to get a fuller picture of social determinants of hHealth (MPBH) program, implemented by the Michigan Public Health Institute and the Michigan Department of Community Health, is using tablet - based checklists to collect demographic information in communities with the greatest health needs and assess behavioral health, and social service factors impacting each patient to get a fuller picture of social determinants of hHealth Institute and the Michigan Department of Community Health, is using tablet - based checklists to collect demographic information in communities with the greatest health needs and assess behavioral health, and social service factors impacting each patient to get a fuller picture of social determinants of hHealth, is using tablet - based checklists to collect demographic information in communities with the greatest health needs and assess behavioral health, and social service factors impacting each patient to get a fuller picture of social determinants of healtin communities with the greatest health needs and assess behavioral health, and social service factors impacting each patient to get a fuller picture of social determinants of hhealth needs and assess behavioral health, and social service factors impacting each patient to get a fuller picture of social determinants of hhealth, and social service factors impacting each patient to get a fuller picture of social determinants of healthhealth.

The provincial government filed a reference case Thursday in the B.C. Court of Appeal asking whether amendments it is proposing to the Environmental Management Act are valid and if they give the province the authority to control the shipment of heavy oils based on the impact spills could have on the environment, human health or communities.

These ministers, from across Canada, will be instrumental in guiding the direction of the Canadian economy and will make decisions that have a direct impact on the health and vitality of the Greater Vancouver business community.

The beverage industry has long been committed to the health and wellness of Americans, and this initiative provides a new opportunity for it to build upon previous industry initiatives that are already having a real and lasting impact in communities across our country:

With support from the Alliance, the companies will seek partnerships with local organizations and community leaders to increase the scope and impact of the initiative and drive change in the marketplace for the health and well - being of their communities.

«Thanks to our community investments in the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland, the Global Center for Health Innovation and now Hilton Cleveland Downtown, we are attracting major events to downtown Cleveland and visitors from across the globe, increasing the economic impact for our residents and region.»

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.

From a global perspective, the PLP report includes the Company's 2025 goals aimed at working to improve the health and well - being of all people, building resilience in communities around the world and positively impacting the environment.

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.

We impact the health of our communities by connecting those with items to share with those in need.

ACEs Connection is a social network that accelerates the global movement toward recognizing the impact of adverse childhood experiences in shaping adult behavior and health, and reforming all communities and institutions — from schools to prisons to hospitals and churches — to help heal and develop resilience rather than to continue to traumatize already traumatized people.

Articles explore: the idea that violence should be thought of as a public health problem analogous to infectious disease; examine from a scientific perspective the impacts on children's social, emotional, and cognitive development of growing up in a violent community; share first - hand insights from children and caregivers; and explore various interventions, from the favelas of Recife, Brazil, to the inner cities of Chicago, Illinois, United States (US), and Glasgow, Scotland, which are offering a tangible sense of hope.

If not addressed, this trend can drastically negatively impact the overall health and the economy in a community.

With our roots in community - based breastfeeding support and our expansion into the arena of public health, we've found that we best impact global health by engaging across a wide variety of fields and experiences.

Studies demonstrated the significant impact of peer support provided in either health facilities or in the community on both retention - in - care of mothers and also early testing for HIV status in young infants.

For example, recent studies in Bangladesh, Brazil and Mexico have demonstrated the impact of counselling, in communities and health services, to improve feeding practices, food intake and growth.

It was not clear from this review whether or not community efforts would lead to permanent changes in breastfeeding patterns; however, this analysis confirmed previous speculation regarding the presence of a supportive health system synergized with community efforts: those community interventions that were linked to positive health systems with breastfeeding support already in place appeared to have a greater impact on breastfeeding.

There have been several reviews of breastfeeding programs, child health programming in communities, and nutrition in communities, and we were able to re-analyze some of these new data to better understand the impact of breastfeeding support in the community.

• Assumptions about different cultural groups and how they impact breastfeeding support • Shoshone and Arapaho tribal breastfeeding traditions shared through oral folklore • Barriers to decreasing health disparities in infant mortality for African Americans • Effects of inflammation and trauma on health disparities that result in higher rates of infant mortality among minority populations • Barriers to breastfeeding experienced by Black mothers and how lactation consultants can support them more effectively • Social support and breastfeeding self - efficacy among Black mothers • Decreasing pregnancy, birth, and lactation health disparities in the urban core • Positive changes in breastfeeding rates within the African American community • Grassroots breastfeeding organizations serving African American mothers

This toolkit is designed to help school nurses communicate with impact, in order to better serve as educators and advocates for school and community health, and raise...

Come learn about the state of breastfeeding in the Black community, how it impacts health outcomes and infant mortality rates and what we can do as a COMMUNITY - LED COALITION to promote and protect breastfeeding in our ccommunity, how it impacts health outcomes and infant mortality rates and what we can do as a COMMUNITY - LED COALITION to promote and protect breastfeeding in our cCOMMUNITY - LED COALITION to promote and protect breastfeeding in our communitycommunity.

Investing in postpartum care using a holistic framework would have significant positive impacts on the health and social outcomes for new mums, babies, dads, families and communities.

Promotion of breastfeeding in the community: impact of health education programme in rural communities in Nigeria

«Baroness Smith of Basildon to move that this House regrets that Her Majesty's Government's plans for the introduction of the draft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment)(No. 2) Order 2014 do not include provisions for a 12 - month review of the impact of the reclassification of khat in view of the highly unusual community focus of its use, for putting a detailed policing strategy in place before a ban takes effect, or for a health strategy to prevent a transfer of addiction to other substances; and do not commit the Department for International Development to do more work with the government of Kenya to alleviate the effect of the reclassification on the Kenyan economy.»

New York must finish the job, by fully implementing DERA to protect public health — particularly children in highly - impacted communities — and advance the state's climate change agenda.

At 9 a.m. Friday, the Center for New York City Affairs will host «Getting Proactive in the Preserving & Strengthening of Human Services in NY,» discussing «the economic and social impact of human services CBOs, and the need to preserve and strengthen their critical role in building foundational supports that contribute to the health and well - being of individuals, families, and communities.»

She added «In real public health emergencies, PODs are set up to provide potentially lifesaving medications, vaccines, or medical supplies when there is an actual public health threat that could adversely impact the lives of a lot of people in the community.&raquIn real public health emergencies, PODs are set up to provide potentially lifesaving medications, vaccines, or medical supplies when there is an actual public health threat that could adversely impact the lives of a lot of people in the community.&raquin the community.»

The Joy of Missing Out: Finding Balance in a Wired World is a new book that considers the technologically focused life many of us live, with its impacts on our children, relationships, communities, health, work, and more, and suggests opportunities for those of us longing to cultivate a richer on - and off - line existence.

Brooklyn Councilman Robert Cornegy told Observer that universal pre-K, a drop in the use of stop - and - frisk policing and First Lady Chirlane McCray's focus on mental health issues have had a «real positive impact» on communities of color.

Poloncarz noted the impact poverty in the county has on the greater community along with several actions his administration has undertaken to address poverty and its myriad effects, including the imminent opening of the new Erie County Health Mall; a new partnership with Catholic Health, the Buffalo Public Schools and the Say Yes program to expand social work, mental health services, and clinics into Buffalo Public schools; and increased collaborations with partners to bolster workforce develoHealth Mall; a new partnership with Catholic Health, the Buffalo Public Schools and the Say Yes program to expand social work, mental health services, and clinics into Buffalo Public schools; and increased collaborations with partners to bolster workforce develoHealth, the Buffalo Public Schools and the Say Yes program to expand social work, mental health services, and clinics into Buffalo Public schools; and increased collaborations with partners to bolster workforce develohealth services, and clinics into Buffalo Public schools; and increased collaborations with partners to bolster workforce development.

The resolution adopted by lawmakers says the pipeline «threatens important surface water resources,» «potentially threatens the health, safety and welfare of the community, could decrease the values of homes located along its route and in surrounding neighborhoods and could negatively impact future development in Ulster County.»

«Lawmakers understand there's a moral and an economic impact when the state abandons people with mental health challenges and fails to reinvest in community care — it's an unfunded mandate when localities have to pick up the pieces of broken lives simply because the state has abandoned its responsibilities.»

«A tunnel is not feasible financially and would have detrimental impacts on the economic and social health of our community,» Miner said in a statement Monday.

«These developments, and others, have cast a pall of uncertainty and fear over the Hoosick Falls community, with wide ranging impacts from health and emotional well - being to the local economy,» he wrote in the letter.

«After St. John's and Mary Immaculate closed, the state didn't do any real assessment to determine the impact of these closings on health services in these communities,» he said.

«The obesity epidemic and its related diseases have negatively impacted the health and well - being of many Western New Yorkers, but through this partnership we are able to help adults who are pre-diabetic reduce the risk of becoming diabetic and in turn help to create a healthier community.»

Members interested in this area of work aim to expand the impact of the Coalition's work by growing the Coalition membership and building bridges with scientific, engineering, and health professionals as well as the human rights community.

«We can pull up the profile of any player for that game or practice and see every impact he took in any given practice or game,» says Steven Broglio, an assistant professor in the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign's Department of Kinesiology and Community Health.

The health department's full case for the ban is laid out in a report that summarizes existing information on HVHF - related oil and gas operations» impacts to water, air, soil, and communities.

A version of Corexit was widely used after the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill and, according to a literature review performed by the group the Alaska Community Action on Toxics, was later linked with health impacts in people including respiratory, nervous system, liver, kidney and blood disorders.

During phone calls and site visits, she analyzes data, evaluates program impact, and assesses existing impact - surveillance systems for community violence - prevention programs and departments of health in several states.

«Our findings draw attention to the insidious and pervasive nature of marketing and how it impacts children's health,» said Dina Borzekowski, Ed.D., research associate professor in the UMD Department of Behavioral and Community Health and principal investigator of the health,» said Dina Borzekowski, Ed.D., research associate professor in the UMD Department of Behavioral and Community Health and principal investigator of the Health and principal investigator of the study.

When Antero Resources announced plans in the spring of 2009 to drill 200 more wells in Battlement Mesa, a golf - course community almost within sight of Wallace - Babb's old home, about 400 residents petitioned the county to study the potential health impacts before they permitted the drilling.

Health officials still don't know the full impact to communities surrounding the World Trade Center, since the few air monitors in New York responsible for testing air quality became clogged during the time or lost power.

Next, the research team will study how the potential negative health impact of tobacco shops and liquor stores can be mitigated in South Los Angeles through community action and policy change.

The study, «Assessing the Potential Impact of State Policies on Community Health Centers» Outreach and Enrollment Activities,» is the first to examine efforts on the front lines to find and enroll uninsured people, many of whom are living in rural and urban communities that face high poverty rates, elevated health risks and a shortage of primary healthHealth Centers» Outreach and Enrollment Activities,» is the first to examine efforts on the front lines to find and enroll uninsured people, many of whom are living in rural and urban communities that face high poverty rates, elevated health risks and a shortage of primary healthhealth risks and a shortage of primary healthhealth care.

At the same time, the findings from the study, by the Geiger Gibson / RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, show that health centers working in restrictive states are hampered in their outreach and enrollment efforts and are significantly less optimistic about the impact of health reform in their communHealth Foundation Research Collaborative at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, show that health centers working in restrictive states are hampered in their outreach and enrollment efforts and are significantly less optimistic about the impact of health reform in their communHealth and Health Services, show that health centers working in restrictive states are hampered in their outreach and enrollment efforts and are significantly less optimistic about the impact of health reform in their communHealth Services, show that health centers working in restrictive states are hampered in their outreach and enrollment efforts and are significantly less optimistic about the impact of health reform in their communhealth centers working in restrictive states are hampered in their outreach and enrollment efforts and are significantly less optimistic about the impact of health reform in their communhealth reform in their communities.

The first study to gauge the impact of state restrictions on the roll - out of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) indicates that community health centers across the country are engaged in an intensive effort to find and enroll eligible and uninsured patients and community residents.