Sentences with phrase «health programmes aimed»

Public health programmes aimed at preventing and treating diet and weight - related risk factors, such as increasing fruit and vegetable intake, must be strengthened as a matter of priority to help mitigate climate - related health effects.»

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Launched last week, the project is part of the Wellcome Trust's # 5 million Our Planet, Our Health programme, which aims to improve human health while at the same time protecting a world struggling to cope with the effects of climate cHealth programme, which aims to improve human health while at the same time protecting a world struggling to cope with the effects of climate chealth while at the same time protecting a world struggling to cope with the effects of climate change.

The aim of our new bereavement care training programme is to enable health professionals to gain the knowledge, insight and skills to provide high quality, sensitive care to parents whose baby dies, before, during or shortly after birth.

(1) to protect and promote breastfeeding, as an essential component of their overall food and nutrition policies and programmes on behalf of women and children, so as to enable all infants to be exclusively breastfed during the first four to six months of life; (2) to promote breastfeeding, with due attention to the nutritional and emotional needs of mothers; (3) to continue monitoring breastfeeding patterns, including traditional attitudes and practices in this regard; (4) to enforce existing, or adopt new, maternity protection legislation or other suitable measures that will promote and facilitate breastfeeding among working women; (5) to draw the attention of all who are concerned with planning and providing maternity services to the universal principles affirmed in the joint WHO / UNICEF statement (note 2) on breastfeeding and maternity services that was issued in 1989; (6) to ensure that the principles and aim of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and the recommendations contained in resolution WHA39.28 are given full expression in national health and nutritional policy and action, in cooperation with professional associations, womens organizations, consumer and other nongovermental groups, and the food industry; (7) to ensure that families make the most appropriate choice with regard to infant feeding, and that the health system provides the necessary support;

The research team aims to develop and further understanding of the changing patterns, causes and consequences of fuel poverty through its broad and varied work programme, uncovering the circumstances and processes which lead households to be exposed to either cold and damp homes, or the achievement of a warm and dry home at the expense of other resources necessary for health and well - being.

Public health budgets would be devolved to local health commissioners and local authorities, and a universal health visitor programme would aim to improve the health of young families.

The forum, under the auspices of Organised Labour, in collaboration with the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), is a nationwide programme aimed at soliciting inputs from workers» unions on how to address the challenges of the NHIS to ensure quality health service delHealth Insurance Authority (NHIA), is a nationwide programme aimed at soliciting inputs from workers» unions on how to address the challenges of the NHIS to ensure quality health service delhealth service delivery.

The R2HC programme aims to improve health outcomes by strengthening the evidence base for public health interventions in humanitarian crises.

Currently the team has begun a second phase of the project which consists of designing a health intervention programme aimed at improving cognitive function and lifestyles related to cognitive impairment in these patients.

The Office of the NIH Director would receive $ 122 million in new money, a boost of 10.4 %; of this, $ 100 million would fund the Cures Acceleration Network (CAN), a new programme authorized in the 2010 health reform law that aims to speed highly needed cures from lab to bedside.

In 1996 SHARED (Scientists for Health and Research for Development) started as a Concerted Action, financed by the INCO - DC programme of the EC with the ambitious aim of connecting scientists across continents and across language barriers.

Yet by following a controlled programme of small positive changes, chosen by YOU, working with a specific aim to improve YOUR lifestyle and change bad habits, YOU will improve your overall wellbeing with life long health benefits.

The programme put together by both parents and health experts, aims to bring together a range of new and existing programmes to support parents in giving their child a happy and healthy start in life.

The overall investment programme — the biggest and most ambitious of its kind in the country — aims not only to put mental health on an equal footing with physical health, but to start to deliver the area's vision of making sure that no child who needs mental health support will be turned away.

All of these programmes aim to connect families and communities across the area and provide a coherent, holistic and sustained approach to tackling the attainment gap and reducing health inequalities.

The Kennel Club has been working with the Dalmatian breed clubs to establish an official BAER testing health programme for the breed, with the aim that the individual testing centres will eventually forward tested dogs» results directly to the Kennel Club.

It also supports programmes aimed at improving the health and welfare of more than 6000 dogs for which it is responsible, and the quality of service for over 4000 guide dog owners throughout the UK.

Boost your well - being and optimise your health with this specialised detox programme which aims to leave you feeling revitalised and renewed.

The SNHV programme aimed to improve family, maternal, and child health and developmental outcomes measured when children turned 2 years old.

Correct reporting of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is essential to measure the effectiveness of policies and programmes aimed at reducing the health disadvantage experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

As noted by Simkiss and colleagues this means it does more to address aims of the Government's «No Health without Mental Health» strategy than behaviour management programmes alone.

In this way, it does more to address the aims of the current government strategy No Health without Mental Health32 than the better researched behaviour management programmes.

In fact, a better understanding of the possible interaction between these multidimensional aspects associated with fatigue can potentially assist clinicians in determining better therapeutic programmes for individuals with MS. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to further determine the mediating effects of depression on the association between health - related quality of life and fatigue in individuals with MS.. Since depression is the psychological disorder not intrinsically provoked by the disease, most commonly experienced by individuals with MS, 11 12 we hypothesised that the relationships between health - related qualify of life and the MS - associated fatigue would be mediated by depressive symptoms.

Aspects of parenting with an adverse effect on health are surprisingly common in all social groups.12 The content of parenting programmes which could maximise health is therefore somewhat different from that of those which aim to improve behaviour.

The main aims of the present study are to examine the feasibility of delivering this programme within child health services and to provide initial evidence for effectiveness and economic costs.

Communities First, 27 a Welsh Government programme introduced throughout Wales in 2001, increased investment in the most deprived areas with the aim to tackle poverty by narrowing the economic, education and skills, and health gaps between the most and least deprived communities.

Additionally, we will evaluate the impact of two government programmes that aim to address early childhood disadvantage, the NSW Aboriginal Maternal and Infant Health Service and the Brighter Futures Program.

However, the potential of universal prevention in early childhood to improve mental health remains largely unexplored.2 5 7 We previously published short - term outcomes at toddler age11 of the first cluster randomised trial of a truly universal early parenting programme, Toddlers Without Tears, designed to be offered to all parents in the community and aiming to prevent externalising behaviours using anticipatory guidance before any developmental onset.

All too often Aboriginal male health is approached negatively, with programmes only aimed at males as perpetrators.

The aim of these briefs is to improve efforts to collect rigorous evidence for programmes and policies on adolescent health and well - being.

The programme is designed for families with children aged between 7 and 14 with the aim of improving parenting skills, child well - being and family mental health.

A population approach to parenting programmes for parents of adolescents aims to modify parenting behaviours to produce multiple beneficial health and developmental outcomes for young people at the population level.3, 11,41 A population approach can normalize and destigmatize parenting experiences.

In setting these aims, the programme drew on evidence concerning the importance of maternal health and well - being in pregnancy for optimal in utero development (e.g. [32 — 36]-RRB- and the importance of secure attachments [37 — 40] and ensuring healthy social and emotional development in the early years [8, 41, 42].

Many of the programmes were holistic aiming to influence many aspects of child health.

While not aimed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, services or programmes, these cuts are likely to have disproportionate and detrimental impacts on preventative health efforts in these jurisdictions among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Universal school mental health promotion programmes can be effective and long - term interventions that aim to promote the positive mental health of all pupils and involve changes to the school climate likely to be more successful than brief class - based mental illness prevention programmes