Sentences with phrase «improvement in public health»

If the link is proven, she says, a new generation of sunscreens that block the longer UV - A wavelengths could «generate a real improvement in public health
A deeper understanding of the relative risks associated with the various failures associated with the management and control of allergens will permit manufacturers to appropriately devote food safety resources where they can result in the greatest reduction in food allergen risk and recalls, and hence the largest improvement in public health.
That phase, too, marked a big improvement in public health.
«If smokers switch to electronic cigarettes or other products that can be shown to cut the risks to their health, this could lead to a big improvement in public health,» said Deborah Arnott, chief executive of U.K. health charity Action on Smoking and Health.
Britain's largest food retailers have huge potential to promote healthy eating and drive improvements in public health outcomes.
Pharmaceutical products and technological innovation play important roles in the advancement of medicine in the United States, leading to improvements in public health and extended lives for our citizens.
«Encouraging breastfeeding is one of the simplest things we can do to make big improvements in public health,» said Krueger, a Manhattan Democrat.
«Science research has been the source of improvements in public health, in our energy, in our quality of life, in our agriculture and ability to feed ourselves and the world,» said Holt.
Metropolitan areas with the large populations and elevated concentrations of one or both air pollutants, they wrote, would realize the biggest improvements in public health by meeting the more protective standards.
The astounding improvements in public health between 1900 and 1950, aided by such factors as refrigeration, sewage treatment, and safer working environments, produced many of the increases in life expectancy in the last century.
Lead report author Kevin Cromar, PhD, director of the Air Quality Program at the Marron Institute and associate professor of population health and environmental medicine at the NYU School of Medicine, added, «Metropolitan areas and states with large populations and elevated concentrations of one or both air pollutants would realize the biggest improvements in public health by meeting the more protective standards.»
EESI advances policy solutions that will result in decreased global warming and air pollution; improvements in public health, energy security and rural economic development opportunities; increased use of renewable energy sources and improved energy efficiency; and the protection of areas such as the Arctic and coastal regions.»
In coming decades, substantial improvements in public health may be achieved by...
In coming decades, substantial improvements in public health may be achieved by reducing air pollution.
Firstly, it reduces chronic hunger, but secondly a reduction in chronic hunger is the first step toward improvements in public health.

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To help determine whether it will result in a real improvement in the lives of garment workers or in business results, Levi's has enlisted Harvard's School of Public Health to rigorously measure and study the initiative.
Health care for the poor, education in the inner city, job training for welfare mothers, discipline for criminally offending youths, improvement of community infrastructure and housing, nutrition for infants, drug treatment for recovering addicts» all of these things and more require the provision of public funds and are essential to the progress we seek.
Sheryl holds a B.I.S. in Women's Studies in Communication from George Mason University, and she has worked in Communications as a human resource specialist and quality improvement trainer, community health trainer and supervisor, technical editor and writer, publisher, and as a writing and public speaking teacher in home school cooperatives.
«We think that's entirely too long,» said Tricia Obester, a spokeswoman for Public Voice, the Washington - based consumer health organization that long has campaigned for improvements in the nation's school lunch programs, which feed about 25 million children a day.
Reasons for this slow improvement among mothers in the United States include: (a) breastfeeding has not received sufficient national attention as a public health issue [5]; (b) inadequate attention to the importance of the duration of exclusive breastfeeding [3, 6]; and (c) inadequate research addressing exclusive breastfeeding in the United States [3, 7].
He is an epidemiologist by training and an acclaimed public health researcher, whose work has focused on driving improvements in data quality to support changes in health care.
Design - build will not be extended to counties or New York City, but it is specifically authorized for eight projects: the redevelopment of the Frontier Town property in the Adirondacks, new public health and forensics laboratories in the Capital Region, improvements at the state fairgrounds in Syracuse and upgrades at four state - run ski resorts: Belleayre, Whiteface, Gore and Mt. Van Hoevenberg.
«Previous studies have also noted that the financial condition of the most troubled institutions is, to a large extent, a product of an inefficient expense structure, revenue challenges associated with a patient mix that approaches 90 percent public payers and charity care, and overwhelming liabilities (including debt issued long ago for physical plant improvements that, in some cases, are obsolete),» the health department said in its announcement.
«Vision to Eliminate Childhood Lead Poisoning Cited In Award» The Quality Improvement Coordinator for the Oneida County Health Department has been named to the 2010 New York State Public Health Works!
Bullwinkle Named to State Honor Roll «Vision to Eliminate Childhood Lead Poisoning Cited In Award» The Quality Improvement Coordinator for the Oneida County Health Department has been named to the 2010 New York State Public Health Works!
At the same time, Erie County's credit rating has risen significantly under his watch while the county has continued to invest millions of dollars in infrastructure improvements, county parks, libraries, and arts organizations; made advances in public health; and supported innovative programs to reduce poverty, among many other achievements.
Myriad logistical and even cultural issues also hindered improvements in local public health.
This «Flynn effect» is thought to be the result of improvements in social conditions like public health, nutrition and education, and has been seen in many countries, from the Netherlands to Japan.
From Brown's perspective, «Investments in research must go hand - in - hand with investment in public health activities to obtain the long - term improvements in population health that we all work toward.»
He came to believe that a steady stream of technological improvements — advances in food production and distribution, sanitation, public health, and medicine — facilitated an era of rapid evolutionary advances.
The deadly cholera epidemic that rocked earthquake - shattered Haiti in 2010, claiming 8,000 lives and counting, has rallied the public health community to seek water and sewer improvements that, combined with vaccination, could prevent some 89,000 future cholera infections.
They write that EPA's regulations are key to improvements over the last 40 years in public health and disaster response.
Improvements in public services that benefit health, such as vaccinations or clean water, may also lag behind growth in incomes.
While an HPV vaccine became available over 10 years ago, a study led by the Yale School of Public Health finds that there is «substantial» room for improvement in the way it is recommended and discussed.
«An important question is whether reducing the current limit further would be an improvement for public health that is economically sustainable,» he says, adding that reducing the limit to 2 ppb could cost trillions of dollars to enforce in the US.
«These old studies support the idea of a continuing «dementia epidemic», but are now out of date because of changes in life expectancy, living conditions, and improvements in health care and lifestyle,» says Carol Brayne, lead author and Professor of Public Health Medicine at the Cambridge Institute of Public Health (CIPH), University of Cambridge in thealth care and lifestyle,» says Carol Brayne, lead author and Professor of Public Health Medicine at the Cambridge Institute of Public Health (CIPH), University of Cambridge in tHealth Medicine at the Cambridge Institute of Public Health (CIPH), University of Cambridge in tHealth (CIPH), University of Cambridge in the UK.
Chad Boult, MD, MPH, MBA, principal investigator of the Guided Care study and director of the Roger C. Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, accepted the award at the STFM's annual Conference on Practice Improvement, held last week in Kansas City, Missouri.
The $ 20 million Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) is designed to accelerate scientific discoveries found in the laboratory into public health improvements.
In public - health campaigns to boost support for improvements in the mental health system, messages that link mental illness to violence may be counterproductive, according to a study from researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg.In public - health campaigns to boost support for improvements in the mental health system, messages that link mental illness to violence may be counterproductive, according to a study from researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg.in the mental health system, messages that link mental illness to violence may be counterproductive, according to a study from researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg...
«Focusing exclusively on how many steps you're getting and neglecting those other aspects isn't going to lead to an overall improvement in health, unless you're addressing those other factors simultaneously,» said Jeff Goldsmith, a biostatistics professor at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Hhealth, unless you're addressing those other factors simultaneously,» said Jeff Goldsmith, a biostatistics professor at Columbia's Mailman School of Public HealthHealth.
Prior to joining Oakland Schools in 2005, Moore was senior deputy chief executive officer for Detroit Public Schools where he oversaw Facility Maintenance, Capital Improvement Programs; Contracting, Real Estate and Urban Planning; Transportation; Food Service; Security; Print Production; Environmental Health and Safety; Warehouse Operations; Financial Functions; and State Legislative Affairs.
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Smart Choices is a partnership between ISD 191, Dakota County Public Health and the Minnesota Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP) which focuses on creating a healthier school environment by increasing opportunities for healthy eating and physical activity to support student achievement and learning for all students in the district.
The study findings show that increased education of the public, specifically the younger demographics, could lead to a decrease in the proportion of bankruptcies versus consumer proposals in the future and an improvement in the overall financial health of the B.C. consumer.
«The current data shows that vaccines are much more dangerous than the public is lead to believe and adequate testing has never been performed even in healthy subjects to indicate that there is an overall improvement in health from immunization.
In support of these activities, we manage comprehensive professional and post-graduate curricula; provide leading - edge veterinary medical care; engage in consultation services and outreach activities that benefit the public and veterinary profession; and perform meaningful clinical, basic, and translational research for the improvement of animal and human healtIn support of these activities, we manage comprehensive professional and post-graduate curricula; provide leading - edge veterinary medical care; engage in consultation services and outreach activities that benefit the public and veterinary profession; and perform meaningful clinical, basic, and translational research for the improvement of animal and human healtin consultation services and outreach activities that benefit the public and veterinary profession; and perform meaningful clinical, basic, and translational research for the improvement of animal and human health.
However, times have changed and with the incredible improvements in genetic testing, there is no longer a need for the Club to maintain a list of clearances because of the public access to health clearance databases available today.
General fixes • Significant improvements to the Squad Join interface • Removed FIND ME A SQUAD option • Allow players to join empty Squads alone, thus having 1/4 Squad members • Change order of options to LEAVE SQUAD, INV A FRIEND, SWITCH TEAM • Disable Privacy flag when 1 man Squad • Reset Privacy flag from Private to Public when Squad drops to 1 player • All occupied Squads will now show up colored blue on the Squad selection screen • Players who choose not to join Squads will also show up as Blue in the «Not in a Squad» line • Squads that are currently empty will display as white — if you wish to join an empty Squad, you can choose the first one marked with white text • Added round duration and ticket summary at end of round screen • Fixed sound for when climbing ladders • Fixed and issue with some weapons» sounds in first person view • Fixed a swim sound loop error • You should no longer be able to damage a friendly vehicle when sitting in an open position • Grenades now drop to ground if you get killed while attempting to throw it • Spawn protection now should work in Conquest so you no longer should spawn too close to enemies • You should no longer spawn too close to enemies in TDM and SQDM • Fix for missing input restriction during intro movie, causing players to potentially fall and die while watching movie if moving controller (or having a controller with a bad stick zone) • Combat areas on Kharg Island in Rush mode tweaked in order to disallow defenders to access the carrier ship after first base is taken and being able to enter the AA gun • Fixed a problem with revived players not being able to get suppressed • Fixed a problem with the camera when being revived in co-op • Spotting VO now plays when spotting from MAV / EOD bot • Fixed several issues regarding the kill card, including showing wrong weapons used for the kill • Fixed that sometimes you would be stuck on a black screen when kicked from server • Fixed so when a team captures two flags at the same time, the UI does not show wrong owner of the flag • Fixed a problem where the capture progress bar was shown as friendly when the enemy was capturing • Fixed a problem with the bipod deploy sound • Fixed a problem that you could be spawned in with no weapons after being killed while using the EOD bot • Fixed problems with health bars not displaying health properly when using EOD bots • Fixed a problem with flickering name tags • Fixed a problem where you could damage friendly helicopters • Fixed a problem where you could get stuck in the co-op menu when attempting to join the session twice • You should now be able to spot explosives • You should no longer spawn in home base if your selected spawn point is disabled while waiting to spawn (e.g. if your teammate dies right before you are about to spawn) • Damage from bullets will now continue to cause damage even after the firing user is dead • Fixed several client crashes • Fixed a problem where players could get stuck in the join queue • Fixed the repair icon on the minimal • Fixed a problem with changing camera on certain vehicles • Fixed a problem with the grenade indicator when in guided missile mode • Fixed a problem where the machine could hard lock when joining a public coop game • Fixed a problem where the headset attached icon would not show up in the UI • Fixed a problem with the falling antenna on Caspian BPublic when Squad drops to 1 player • All occupied Squads will now show up colored blue on the Squad selection screen • Players who choose not to join Squads will also show up as Blue in the «Not in a Squad» line • Squads that are currently empty will display as white — if you wish to join an empty Squad, you can choose the first one marked with white text • Added round duration and ticket summary at end of round screen • Fixed sound for when climbing ladders • Fixed and issue with some weapons» sounds in first person view • Fixed a swim sound loop error • You should no longer be able to damage a friendly vehicle when sitting in an open position • Grenades now drop to ground if you get killed while attempting to throw it • Spawn protection now should work in Conquest so you no longer should spawn too close to enemies • You should no longer spawn too close to enemies in TDM and SQDM • Fix for missing input restriction during intro movie, causing players to potentially fall and die while watching movie if moving controller (or having a controller with a bad stick zone) • Combat areas on Kharg Island in Rush mode tweaked in order to disallow defenders to access the carrier ship after first base is taken and being able to enter the AA gun • Fixed a problem with revived players not being able to get suppressed • Fixed a problem with the camera when being revived in co-op • Spotting VO now plays when spotting from MAV / EOD bot • Fixed several issues regarding the kill card, including showing wrong weapons used for the kill • Fixed that sometimes you would be stuck on a black screen when kicked from server • Fixed so when a team captures two flags at the same time, the UI does not show wrong owner of the flag • Fixed a problem where the capture progress bar was shown as friendly when the enemy was capturing • Fixed a problem with the bipod deploy sound • Fixed a problem that you could be spawned in with no weapons after being killed while using the EOD bot • Fixed problems with health bars not displaying health properly when using EOD bots • Fixed a problem with flickering name tags • Fixed a problem where you could damage friendly helicopters • Fixed a problem where you could get stuck in the co-op menu when attempting to join the session twice • You should now be able to spot explosives • You should no longer spawn in home base if your selected spawn point is disabled while waiting to spawn (e.g. if your teammate dies right before you are about to spawn) • Damage from bullets will now continue to cause damage even after the firing user is dead • Fixed several client crashes • Fixed a problem where players could get stuck in the join queue • Fixed the repair icon on the minimal • Fixed a problem with changing camera on certain vehicles • Fixed a problem with the grenade indicator when in guided missile mode • Fixed a problem where the machine could hard lock when joining a public coop game • Fixed a problem where the headset attached icon would not show up in the UI • Fixed a problem with the falling antenna on Caspian Bpublic coop game • Fixed a problem where the headset attached icon would not show up in the UI • Fixed a problem with the falling antenna on Caspian Border.
Not a lot, at least according to the CDC, because 5 / 6th of the increased life expectancy in the US was due to public health improvements: http://cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056796.htm (Note that's just for the 20th century.
«The improvements we've seen over the years in the Hudson River are a nice example of where environmental quality and public health have been improved, and at much lower cost than originally anticipated.
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