Sentences with phrase «health outcomes for»

Real estate - based providers can act as a platform for the services needed to produce better health outcomes for seniors to enhance their overall quality of life.

With their model of comprehensive primary health care and community governance, ACCHS have reduced unintentional racism, barriers to access to health care, and are progressively improving individual health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Mindfulness - based interventions (MBI), whether face - to - face (de Vibe et al. 2012) or online (Boettcher et al. 2014; Stjernswärd and Hansson 2016a, b), have shown beneficial health outcomes for both clinical (Boettcher et al. 2014; Chadwick et al. 2005) and non-clinical populations (Glück and Maercker 2011; Krusche et al. 2012).

These are social and cultural determinants that significantly improve health outcomes for our people,» Ms Turner said.

We also found a recent Australian study that reported that the provision of advice and materials within a maternal and child health centre to mothers of infants with sleep problems had similar costs but better mental health outcomes for mothers and improved sleep patterns for infants compared with standard clinic consultations (Hiscock et al., 2007).

The NIHEC is intended to «provide national leadership in responding to Government's commitment to closing the gap on Indigenous disadvantage by providing advice to Government on working towards the provision of equitable and sustainable health outcomes for Indigenous Australians.»

In HREOC's view, a comprehensive health strategy requires ambitious but achievable target - setting of health outcomes for Indigenous people, and the resourcing of the programs set out to achieve those targets at the appropriate level of need.

This study used a randomized controlled design to evaluate the impact of a volunteer model home visitation program on parenting and mental health outcomes for teenaged mothers.

Lower use of primary care and greater use of emergency care and hospitalization are patterns that have been associated with poor health outcomes for disadvantaged children (Adler & Rehkopf, 2008; Starfield, Shi, & Macinko, 2005).

Together with collaborators Stephen Malone in the Psychology Department and Kathleen Thomas in the Institute for Child Development, my work examines neurocognitive and mental health outcomes for twins who were first studied in pre-adolescence and are now adults.

Gender stratification was done a priori because of knowledge from other research showing differences in health outcomes for men and women (eg, BMI, fruit and vegetable intake, physical activity).4, 7,26,27 All regression models were adjusted for age, race and ethnicity, and SES.

Second, we question their exclusive focus on cancer - related mortality, when strong cumulative evidence suggests that optimism is related to positive health outcomes for other major diseases, and that psychosocial interventions may improve other important cancer outcomes, such as reduced pain and increased quality of life.

To our knowledge, this is the first randomized controlled trial evaluating the impact of a volunteer home visitation program model on parenting and mental health outcomes for adolescent mothers.

To improve the immediate and long - term social, economic and health outcomes for youth between the ages of 16 and 19 who are identified to be at risk.

He has led numerous NIH and internationally funded research projects designed to examine risk and protective factors involved in linking acculturation to education and behavioral health outcomes for Latino children and families and to develop and test culturally specific interventions for at - risk families in the U.S. and in Latin America.

The Core ICS Health is specific to those who work in the health care field and the goal is to improve access to health services and health outcomes for Aboriginal people.

• Convened multidisciplinary statewide stakeholders, resulting in unanimous support to purchase and implement in Minnesota a professional endorsement program to build competencies promoting social and emotional development and mental health outcomes for the very young.

These collaboratives are designed to maximize resources, support innovation and build the evidence base for public health outcomes for high - need women and infants.

Another big struggle, he said, is being on the front - line to try to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people but with little power to make that happen.

In effect, he said, it concluded that «the funding of the sector imposed barriers to care, impeded efficiency and diverted vital resources away from the ultimate goal of improving health outcomes for clients.»

SANDAPP's goals are to improve health outcomes for pregnant and parenting adolescents and their children; increase the rate of high school graduation; enhance parenting skills; prevent child abuse, neglect and family violence; promote youth development; and assist to prevent second unplanned pregnancies.

It is clear that training alone in program implementation is not sufficient to affect significant mental health outcomes for students.

This work and collaboration includes developing the standards, guidelines, funding models and resources to equip general practitioners, all health professionals and ACCHOs to maximise health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

While WRAIR researchers will go on to examine whether sleep leadership training improves health outcomes for soldiers, they believe leadership training that focuses on specific health areas has merit for improved psychological, physical and organisational outcomes.

That means that millions of children will have access to health insurance and important mental health coverage for the next decade, strengthening families» financial solvency and productivity while also boosting health outcomes for kids.

The Deafness and Mental Health Statewide Consultation Service offers a program that aims to promote better mental health outcomes for Australian Indigenous people with a hearing loss.

«If we are serious about improving health outcomes for Indigenous people, governments at all levels must do more to improve education, housing and employment outcomes.»

Our Goal To make a significant and growing contribution towards achieving equity in health outcomes for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across our geographic service area, including the Mount Isa, North West and Lower Gulf regions.

These voluntary, research - based services have a proven track record of improving health outcomes for vulnerable moms and babies and increasing children's school readiness.

The event provides a chance «to reflect on the progress that Rhode Island has made in achieving positive health outcomes for children — including the 10th anniversary of RIte Smiles, Rhode Island's managed care dental insurance for low - income children,» she said.

Having access to relevant service providers through Connect allows an inclusive approach where schools, parents and communities work together for better health outcomes for all.

The peak body for Aboriginal controlled community health organisations today welcomed an extra $ 27 million over the next 18 months for programs to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Strait... Read More

Confirmed Keynote: Dr. Chaya Kulkarni is Director of Infant Mental Health Promotion (IMHP), a professional coalition dedicated to promoting optimal mental health outcomes for infants, based out of The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

Today's Closing the Gap Report demonstrates the need to more than double the network and reach of Aboriginal controlled medical services to Close the Gap in health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Find out how this cutting edge program uses a social media platform to improve mental health outcomes for young people.

So, let's focus today on the fact that health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia are a long way from those of non-Indigenous women.

When women plan their pregnancies they are more likely to seek prenatal care, resulting in better health outcomes for them and their children.

These women know that Missouri TRAP laws are unnecessary, burdensome and do absolutely nothing to improve health outcomes for people who need abortion care.

«We fought hard for the ACA, which gave over 55 million women access to no - copay birth control, and we are making substantial progress in health outcomes for women and families.

The Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation - Strong Start (MIHOPE - Strong Start) is examining the effectiveness of home visiting services on improving birth and maternal health outcomes for women who are enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), as well as their effectiveness at reducing costly health care encounters.

Today's Closing the Gap Report demonstrates the need to more than double the network and reach of Aboriginal controlled medical services to Close the Gap in health outcomes for Aboriginal... Read More

Post-Adoption Services: Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Children Adopted from Foster Care (PDF - 159 KB) North American Council on Adoptable Children (2007) Explains current Federal funding for postadoption services and makes recommendations for improving mental health outcomes for children by increasing funding and aligning funding with needs.

IUIH represents a partnership between local Aboriginal Medical Services and is part of the community controlled health sector — a sector which has reduced unintentional racism, barriers to access to health care, and are progressively improving individual health outcomes for Aboriginal people (Holland, 2014; NACCHO, 2014b; Panaretto, Wenitong, Button, & Ring, 2014).

The increasing inequality (which had been growing under Coalition and ALP governments for many decades), plus the health impact of climate change denialism, the continuing failure to significantly improve health outcomes for Indigenous Australians, the failure to act on alcohol and drug policy and obesity policy.

«I fear that cuts to the health sector are likely to lead to reduced health outcomes for our people and trigger further spikes in unemployment.

Racial discrimination is well documented as a contributing factor to poor health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.

Federal Healthy Start Initiative: A National Network for Effective Home Visitation and Family Support Services (PDF - 2,020 KB) National Healthy Start Association (2010) Summarizes the history of and core services provided by the Healthy Start Initiative and, in light of recent health - care legislation, reviews the key role it can play in improving health outcomes for vulnerable populations.

The recurring themes were better health outcomes for Aboriginal people and finally closing the Aboriginal health gap by 2030.

Racism, does contribute to poor health outcomes for our people.

We offer unbiased, comprehensive programs for teens and parents — that convey accurate information from many different points of view — to increase positive health outcomes for young people.