Sentences with phrase «identify health impacts»

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

Step 3: Assess Public Health Interventions Identify the most suitable health interventions for the identified health impacts of greatest concern.

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SOCIAL IMPACT X DESIGN From health care and education to housing and environmental degradation, learn how design has been used by businesses, nonprofits, and entrepreneurs to create inclusive products, services, and strategic frameworks that solve «wicked» problems, identify sustainable solutions, and create even greater benefits for the communities they serve.

The credit report identifies recent actions that may be negatively impacting a user's credit health, like a recent hard inquiry, an account with missed payments or credit cards that consistently use a large amount of their available credit limit.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

Funding for mental health care initiatives is an issue specifically identified in our pre-budget letter to government and our 2017 Provincial Election Platform, given that there is strong evidence that effective programs can reduce both the economic and health impacts of these illnesses.

This proposed legislation would help prepare Massachusetts for the impacts of climate change by identifying where we are most vulnerable and taking measures to protect public health, public safety, and the economy.

Mass Audubon supports the passage of An Act establishing a comprehensive adaptation management plan in response to climate change, which prepares Massachusetts for the impacts of climate change by identifying where we are most vulnerable and taking measures to protect public health, public safety and the economy.

The policy statement identifies the short and long - term adverse health impacts of food insecurity, and recommends that pediatricians become familiar with and refer families to needed community resources.

Public Health England High Impact Areas report identifies breastfeeding initiation and duration as one of six areas where health visitors have the greatest impact on the health and wellbeing of children aged Health England High Impact Areas report identifies breastfeeding initiation and duration as one of six areas where health visitors have the greatest impact on the health and wellbeing of children aged Impact Areas report identifies breastfeeding initiation and duration as one of six areas where health visitors have the greatest impact on the health and wellbeing of children aged health visitors have the greatest impact on the health and wellbeing of children aged impact on the health and wellbeing of children aged health and wellbeing of children aged 0 - 5.

The papers are a follow - up to The Lancet's landmark 2008 Series, which helped put nutrition on the global health and development agenda and identified the 1,000 days of a mother's pregnancy until her child's 2nd birthday as the priority window for impact.

«Every animal we treat allows us to monitor the health of the species and most importantly, identify baseline indicators that can be used to better understand the wildlife population and environmental impacts,» said Tim Binder, executive vice president of animal care at Shedd Aquarium.

«While the federal government continues to make ill - conceived decisions that further increase health care costs and taxes for residents, New York is identifying and investing in ways to reduce the impact of these unreasonable actions,» Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

The conclusions and findings identify that organisational culture can have an extremely positive impact on health and safety, particularly in helping to improve and change attitudes and behaviours.

We maintain that a comprehensive Health Impact Assessment - an established process for studying the health impacts of an action, including public and stakeholder input, and identifying ways to protect the public - should be condHealth Impact Assessment - an established process for studying the health impacts of an action, including public and stakeholder input, and identifying ways to protect the public - should be condhealth impacts of an action, including public and stakeholder input, and identifying ways to protect the public - should be conducted.

«Several lead molecules for prospective clinical use have been identified through our collaboration with Dr. Kenneth Jacobson at the National Institutes of Health and we are very excited about the potential for translational therapeutic impact,» Salvemini said.

Mental illness, he adds, has too long been regarded as simply mental: «Identifying the biological markers and risk for mental illness in early childhood may ultimately have a huge impact on human and economic health.

The work should begin «by identifying the most pressing research questions with the greatest potential public health impact, and by assessing existing public health interventions being implemented across the Nation to prevent gun violence,» the president's memo states.

To mitigate the impact of future smoke events, the team developed a model framework which could help governments and policymakers in Southeast Asia identify, in almost real time, the fires with the highest potential to cause damage to human health.

The framework uses a mathematical model to quickly identify the fires that will have the biggest impact on human health downwind.

A new report from the UC Davis Institute for Population Health Improvement (IPHI) shows the impact of cancer screening over the past 15 years, identifying areas where increased screening and other cancer - control efforts would save lives and significantly benefit population hHealth Improvement (IPHI) shows the impact of cancer screening over the past 15 years, identifying areas where increased screening and other cancer - control efforts would save lives and significantly benefit population healthhealth.

A new report from the UC Davis Institute for Population Health Improvement shows the impact of cancer screening over the past 15 years, identifying areas where increased screening and other cancer - control efforts would save lives and significantly benefit population hHealth Improvement shows the impact of cancer screening over the past 15 years, identifying areas where increased screening and other cancer - control efforts would save lives and significantly benefit population healthhealth.

«While our study confirms what dozens of earlier studies have found — that an increase in alcohol taxes reduces drinking and reduces alcohol - related health problems, what is unique is that we identified that alcohol taxes do in fact impact the whole range of drinking drivers, including extremely drunk drivers,» Wagenaar said.

Ickovics and colleagues are currently working with United Health Foundation and UnitedHealth Group, and collaborators at Vanderbilt University and the Detroit Medical Center / Wayne State University to address many of these issues and to identify factors that could impact efforts to scale up and sustainability with a new model of group prenatal care, called Expect With Me.

To assess the mental health impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Dr. Ando and colleagues identified and analyzed 42 research papers reporting on the type, severity, and prevalence of mental health problems in areas affected by the disaster.

For each response they identified a realistic better and worse case scenario for health, by estimating the likely impact on rates of obesity, diabetes and tooth decay.

[C] onduct or sponsor research into the causes of gun violence and the ways to prevent it.The Secretary shall begin by identifying the most pressing research questions with the greatest potential public health impact, and by assessing existing public health interventions being implemented across the nation to prevent gun violence.

«In addition to identifying the impacts of the emissions from this particular coal - fired power plant on fetal health, the usefulness of this study's identification strategy is its potential application to other studies examining the impact of upwind states» power plant emissions, which have been the target of a series of environmental regulations, such as the EPA's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule,» adds Yang.

«Identifying this causal effect is not only necessary for proposing regulatory policies on plant emissions, but also essential for inferring the long - term health impacts of such policies,» says Yang.

The study identified also those tobacco VOCs with the highest health impacts, some of which exceeded concentrations considered harmful by the state of California over the entire 18 - hour period.

WHO reports that low back pain has a greater impact on global health than malaria, diabetes, or lung cancer; yet little progress has been made to identify effective prevention strategies.

This work of cross-disciplinary impact would advance our understanding of lymphocyte processes, help design effective combinatorial immune strategies that strengthen lymphocyte function and overcome cancer - associated immunosuppression, and could identify immunogenetic signatures to explain the cancer health disparities observed in various ethnicities.

Dr. Zota's work focuses on using innovative, multi-disciplinary methods to: 1) identify sources and consequences of human exposure to environmental contaminants; 2) illustrate how environmental hazards may interact with social disadvantage and psychosocial stressors to exacerbate health disparities; and 3) evaluate the impact of NGO and regulatory action on emerging environmental health problems.

The 4D Nucleome Network, funded by the National Institutes of Health, and the 4D Genome Project, funded by the European Research Council, are identifying a vocabulary of DNA structural elements and relating how that structure impacts gene expression.

«Importantly, this analysis helped us identify the protein fibrinogen as the key culprit in MS, by demonstrating how its entry into the brain through leaky blood vessels impacted the health of individual nerve cells.»

Nicholas Marsh - Armstrong, PhD (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine): Glaucoma is that rare disease among neurodegenerative diseases, where, if we're only able to identify people with the disease before we currently can do, we have the potential of having a significant impact on human health.

The researchers concluded their study by noting that estimated fitness level — in consideration with other risk factors such as smoking status, alcohol consumption, and other health conditions — could have a major impact on identifying people at risk for future cardiovascular disease.

Research has identified at least 5 ways it may promote good health and have a positive impact on wellbeing.

He not only identified the health - giving bacteria used to ferment these foods (Lactobacillus bulgaricus), he also concluded that he believed beneficial «good» probiotic bacteria could have a far greater impact on human health than disease - causing bacteria.

Identifying your own sensitivities and removing them from your diet may make a tremendous impact on your health.

It involves taking into account mental, emotional, spiritual and physical factors and identifying how these can impact on ones health and happiness.

Regulatory agencies around the world have been evaluating the impact of arsenic in rice for several years, and have identified levels at which inorganic arsenic in rice do raise health concerns.

Lesson Objectives: At the end of the lesson, students should be: 2.3.4 aware of the Legal controls over employment issues and their impact on employers and employees: • able to identify legal controls over employment contracts, unfair dismissal, discrimination, health and safety, legal minimum wage

This compelling knowledge base underscores three significant, unmet needs: (1) valid and reliable biological and bio-behavioral measures (or «biomarkers») of «toxic stress» to identify children who are at higher risk of chronic disease in adulthood; (2) more effective intervention strategies to prevent, reduce, or mitigate the long - term health consequences of significant adversity in early childhood; and (3) biomarkers that are sensitive to change and can thus be used to assess the short - term and medium - term effects of intervention strategies whose ultimate impacts on physical and mental health may not be apparent until decades later.

Working in partnership with sixteen high schools in Louisiana and Michigan and program and research partners at the Child Health and Development Institute and Louisiana State University, this study will provide an evidence base for how training and collaboration between schools, law enforcement, and community - based providers to identify and treat mental health issues among students can positively impact school climate and school sHealth and Development Institute and Louisiana State University, this study will provide an evidence base for how training and collaboration between schools, law enforcement, and community - based providers to identify and treat mental health issues among students can positively impact school climate and school shealth issues among students can positively impact school climate and school safety.

The report identifies the mental, emotional, social, and physical health problems many high needs students face that could impact their classroom behaviors and education outcomes, and identifies promising practices to address these challenges.

Sessions during this year explore the financial aspects of various career paths, identify strategies for accommodating big purchases and examine tax obligations and debt - to - income ratio and how these impact financial health.

Recent advancements in veterinary medicine now make it possible for researchers to identify and study the unique characteristics of clinical genetic problems long impacting the health and happiness of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels.

As shown by research identified by the Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI), the positive impact of pet ownership on human health is having a positive impact on the overall industry especially as relating to the direct health care of our animals.

Dental x-rays help us diagnose bone loss or identify hidden oral diseases that may have an impact on your pet's health.