Sentences with phrase «improved policy and practice»

The Nature Conservancy works with landowners, communities, and governments in Mexico to promote low - carbon rural development through the design and implementation of improved policy and practice in agriculture, ranching, and forestry.

She is presently working with colleagues to establish new partnerships with youth organizing groups that will generate new knowledge for improved policy and practice within local, national, and international contexts.

Nancy next turned her attention to statewide issues as the co-founder of the New York State Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Alliance (NYSHEPA), a coalition dedicated to improving policies and practices that promote healthy eating and physical activity.

We believe complaints can provide an opportunity to review and improve our policies and practices, and also to gain insight into current levels of satisfaction.

We have seen police services across the country improve their policies and practices, and last year we launched a «best practice» guide which documents how the police promise is being put into action.

The Foundation aims at strengthening democratic values and increasing citizens» participation in decision making processes and thereby contributing to improved policies and practices that affects people's lives.

You'll find a long list of organizations willing to listen because they exist to improve policy and practice.

During his tenure in Delaware, his team focused on improving policies and practices across the educator effectiveness continuum: educator preparation, licensure / certification, recruitment, placement, evaluation, professional learning, and

During his tenure in Delaware, his team focused on improving policies and practices across the educator effectiveness continuum: educator preparation, licensure / certification, recruitment, placement, evaluation, professional learning, and teacher - leader career pathways.

«We are eager to use our research to help these school districts improve their policies and practices for preparing, supporting, and retaining the best principals.»

Californians Together is a statewide coalition of 25 parent, teacher, education advocacy and civil rights groups committed to improving policy and practice for educating the state's 1.4 million English Learners.

We do this by helping education organizations accelerate their impact and by working to improve policy and practice.

To accomplish this mission, NACSA works to improve the policies and practices of authorizers — the organizations designated to approve, monitor, renew, and, if necessary, close charter schools.

Lead conversations with school leaders about international tests, such as PISA and TIMSS, and the implications of results for improving policies and practices where applicable.

Culture and Practice of Mexican Primary Schooling: Implications for Improving Policy and Practice in the U.S. Current Issues in Education [On - line], 8 (25).

Research is needed to test interventions that improve knowledge and practice in providing medication abortion, and the Indian Government at the national and state level needs to prioritise improving policies and practice to increase access to comprehensive abortion care and quality contraceptive services that prevent unintended pregnancy.

Michael Hurlburt and others, 8220; Parent Training in Child Welfare Services: Findings from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well - Being, 8221; in Child Protection: Using Research to Improve Policy and Practice, edited by Ron Haskins, Fred Wulczyn, and M. Webb (Washington: Brookings Institution Press, 2007), pp. 81, 8211; 106.

Finally, I summarize the ways in which current research findings about female offenders can improve policy and practice, as well as the areas in which further research is needed before definitive conclusions can be drawn.

Improving Policy and Practice for Adolescent Girls With Co-Occurring Disorders in the Juvenile Justice System

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COO Sheryl Sandberg explained why in a blog post, noting «These are complicated issues, and while we don't believe any company's enforcement or policies are perfect, we think that sharing best practices can help us all improve, especially smaller companies that may not have the resources to develop their own policies.»

At Stage 3 (Stage 4 for Riccò and Guerci), the IDC is responsible for managing the laying out of policies and practices that aim to improve gender balance.

They do not include, for example, Catholic Charities» extensive network of 1,400 charitable agencies serving 18 million people; the Catholic Health Association's 600 hospitals and 300 long term care facilities serving 20 million people; or the Campaign for Human Development's efforts to organize and empower the poor, with 200 local antipoverty groups working to improve policies, practices and laws affecting low - income people.

The Plant Based Food Association's mission is to ensure a fair and competitive marketplace for businesses selling plant - based foods intended to replace animal products such as meats, dairy, and eggs, by promoting policies and practices that improve conditions in the plant - based foods industry, and educating consumers about the benefits of plant - based foods.

Established in 1974, the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) provides industry leadership to advocate for public policies, research and education programs, sustainable farming practices and trade positions to improve the viability of winegrape growing as an essential contributor to California's economy, culture, and landscape.

We are proud to be founding members of the Plant Based Foods Association, a trade organization formed with the following mission: to ensure a fair and competitive marketplace for businesses selling plant - based foods intended to replace animal products such as meats, dairy, and eggs, by promoting policies and practices that improve conditions in the plant - based foods industry, and educating consumers about the benefits of plant - based foods.

We will audit your policies, procedures and practice, producing a report with conclusions and recommendations to improve your practice.

Work with our team to implement policies and practices that improve student well - being and promote academic engagement.

The Global Strategy has not yet been fully implemented in the countries of the UK and the APPG will continue to explore the policy options, while hearing from experts on how these will contribute to improving infant and young child feeding practices, improving short and long - term health outcomes and reducing health inequalities.

It prefers to invest in countering the boycott and trying to improve its image rather than make the required changes to its policies and practices.

The Superfood for Babies recommendations include: «To encourage companies to improve their policies, practices and accountability, FTSE4Good should, by 2015, extend its criteria for the inclusion of a BMS company on its index to include the company's activities in all countries, rather than just those countries listed as higher risk, and should bring its criteria into line with the International Code and resolutions.

For breastfeeding practices to improve, there needs to be support at every level: supportive frameworks should exist within public policy, law, the health - care system, communities, families and friends.

«Building on a well - established knowledge base more than half a century in the making, recent advances in the science of early childhood development and its underlying biology provide a deeper understanding that can inform and improve existing policy and practice, as well as help generate new ways of thinking about solutions.

Maternity care policies and practices that support breastfeeding are improving nationally; however, more work is needed to ensure all women receive optimal breastfeeding support during their maternity stay (3).

State health departments can use mPINC data to work together with partner agencies, organizations, policy makers, and health professionals to improve evidence - based maternity care practices and policies at all of their hospitals statewide.

If you've been a regular on the UK Breastfeeding blog then you'll know all about the WBTi, and how it is identifying every aspect of breastfeeding policy and practice that is falling short and generating recommendations for how they can be improved.

In some areas, such as maternity and health visiting, policy has been reflecting the evidence for some years and as a result practice has improved and breastfeeding initiation rates have risen.

Your hospital or birthing center can make a commitment to improve infant feeding policies, training and practices by embarking on the 4 - D pathway to designation.

Countries can significantly improve breastfeeding practices by scaling up known interventions, policies, and programmes identified in the Series.

Hospital policies and practices to support breastfeeding are important for improving breastfeeding rates and helping women meet their own breastfeeding goals.

Conclusions: Maternity care policies and practices supportive of breastfeeding are improving nationally; however, more work is needed to ensure all women receive optimal breastfeeding support during the birth hospitalization.

In a review of U.S. - based randomized trials evaluating breastfeeding interventions targeting minorities, interventions to change hospital or WIC policies, including enhanced practices and services, were among the public health approaches found to successfully improve breastfeeding outcomes among minority women (9).

When they do, they are also more likely to feed their babies for a shorter length of time.14 - 16 Hospital policies and staff practices that support breastfeeding, as well as social support from fathers, grandmothers and other breastfeeding mothers, can help alleviate misgivings and improve breastfeeding duration and quality.16 - 18

The Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative is a global program launched by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund, and has at its core the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding (Ten Steps), which describe evidence - based hospital policies and practices that have been shown to improve breastfeeding outcomes.

Implications for Public Health Practice: Because of the documented benefits of breastfeeding to both mothers and children, and because experiences in the first hours and days after birth help determine later breastfeeding outcomes, improved hospital policies and practices could increase rates of breastfeeding nationwide, contributing to improved child health.

Ronald Deutsch, executive director of the Latham - based Fiscal Policy Institute, an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and education organization committed to improving public policies and private practices to better the economic and social conditions of all New Yorkers, is equally dissatisfied with the status quo.

While we have done much good work in this area, we need to constantly keep our policy and practices under review to ensure that we continue to improve our performance.

A ban on tobacco and e-cigarette products at pharmacies, increased funding for the county's anti-drug task force, a new planning board and a committee to improve Erie County Community College, fair housing policies, changes to hiring practices, and a new county planning board were among them.

In February 2001, the PSA presented the council its recommendations to improve postdoctoral policies and practices at UC Davis.