Sentences with phrase «important public health consequences»

He notes that this new insight into how the brain processes social standing may have important public health consequences, possibly even paving the way to new stress - reduction therapies.

Multidrug resistant H58 has spread across Asia and Africa over the last 30 years, and created a previously underappreciated and ongoing epidemic through countries in eastern and southern Africa with important public health consequences.

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«As researchers, increasing awareness of short sleep and its consequences remains a critically important task to improve public health,» said Basner.

Indeed, light pollution has dramatic ecological consequences, creates public health issues and the lighting that causes it wastes important resources.

* Our research indicates that a strong carbon standard can significantly reduce several pollutants — including soot and smog, which have important consequences for public health — saving 3,500 lives per year nationwide, starting in the year 2020 (see figure).

But as we move into this new bioinformation - filled future, it's important to keep the skeptic's voices in mind because gene sequencing doesn't just have personal implications but public health consequences.

ADHD is a common condition, affecting between 3 % and 5 % of children, with important consequences for adverse long - term outcomes in health and education and welfare; as such it is an important public health problem.

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.

Adolescence is characterized by major biological, psychological and social challenges and opportunities, where interaction between the individual and environment is intense, and developmental pathways are set in motion or become established.2 — 4 Furthermore, adolescent psychopathology can have important consequences for education, relationships and socioeconomic achievement in later life.5 — 7 These characteristics of adolescence do not only set high demands for cohort studies aiming to capture the most salient aspects of developmental pathways, they also ensure a great gain in empirical knowledge and an invaluable source of information for public health policy from such studies.