Sentences with phrase «increase health access»

Today, among Planned Parenthood Global partners in Mexico is an organization aiming to increase health access and reduce abortion stigma, and a leading local advocate for HIV, LGBT, and human rights issues in Quintana Roo.

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This unique integrated model increases access to quality care, delivers better health outcomes and lowers overall health care costs.

To support the new law increasing access to mental health care, Barden said he met with several lawmakers and served as a «broker between different stakeholders».

By allowing women around the world access to family planning tools, Gates says communities would see increased health, economic development and gender equality.

Although there is increasing concern that the costs paid by workers such as deductibles and co-insurance continue to mount, having increased access to health insurance overcomes a big hurdle for many entrepreneurs.

CFSI is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit whose mission is to improve the financial health of Americans, especially the under - served, by shaping a robust and innovative financial services marketplace with increased access to higher quality products and practices.

Powerful budget committees in the State House and Senate signed off on a package of bills on Tuesday that would raise the minimum age to purchase a firearm to 21 from 18, mandate a three - day waiting period for most gun purchases, and increase funding for school safety measures and access to mental health care.

Americares helps communities prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters, increase access to medicine and medical supplies, improve and expand clinical services, prevent disease and promote good health.

Michael Geist, writing in the Toronto Star, declared that «a TPP based on the US proposals would signal a near - complete surrender of a made - in - Canada approach to intellectual property, leading to risks of lost Internet access, expansive border seizures, increased health care costs, and criminal liability for non-commercial infringement.»

Specific policies include a Doctors and Nurses Fund to increase training capacity for new health care professionals; working with Aboriginal communities to close the gap in the health status of Aboriginal peoples; and the introduction of a drug plan to ensure Canadians have access to catastrophic drug coverage.

The teams focused on meeting survivors» health needs, increasing access to care and preparing safety net health facilities to better prepare for future storms.

Poverty has various manifestations, including lack of income and productive resources sufficient to ensure sustainable livelihoods; hunger and malnutrition; ill - health; limited or lack of access to education and other basic services; increased morbidity and mortality from illness; homelessness and inadequate housing; unsafe environments; and social discrimination and exclusion.

Encouraging insurance approaches that increase worker take home pay while maintaining access to high quality health care.

We take a holistic approach that goes beyond Fair Trade to include improved educational opportunities and increased access to basic health care.

«The pending 55 % cut will limit access, increase long - term costs for medical care, and almost certainly cement Alabama at the very bottom of many vital national health statistics.

CFAM is working to improve the health of mothers and babies by increasing access to midwifery care.

This strongly suggests that the previous increase in maternal mortality was not driven by lack of access to health care, since access has not increased.

This evidence supports the American Public Health Association's recommendation8 to increase access to out of hospital maternity care services with direct entry midwives in the United States.

The Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA), established in 1982, is a professional membership organization that promotes excellence in midwifery practice, endorses diversity in educational backgrounds and practice styles, and is dedicated to unifying and strengthening the profession, thereby increasing access to quality health care and improving outcomes for women, babies, families, and communities.

In previous studies of full - term infants, ascertainment of morbidity status occurred after discharge from the hospital, increasing the potential for confounding related to the home environment, parental socioeconomic status, parental smoking, and differential access to health care.

Increasing access to, and strengthening, SNAP and the Child Nutrition Programs would further their role in improving the health of the nation.

For example, Early Head Start, which provides comprehensive services focusing on early learning experiences, health and nutritional status, social - emotional behavior, early intervention, and parent support, offers increased access to health care, well - child exams, immunizations, and screening tests for children enrolled in the program.

These eight districts joined our original five districts — Dallas ISD (Dallas, TX), Little Rock (AR), Memphis City Schools (TN), Orange County Public Schools (FL), and Prince George's County Public Schools (MD)-- in the work of increasing access to, and participation in, the federally - funded School Breakfast Program, with the goal of reducing childhood hunger, and improving health and educational outcome for students.

These included distribution of health workers, specialist outreach clinics, lay health workers, and training of traditional birth attendants to reduce inequalities; lay health workers and training of traditional birth attendants to increase participation in health by consumers; contracting out of health services, integrating primary healthcare services, reminders and recall for immunisation; working with for - profit providers to increase the effectiveness of care; subcontracting the delivery of health services, integrating primary healthcare services, addressing the distribution of health workers, specialist outreach clinics, substitution of doctors by nurses, lay health workers, and training of traditional birth attendants to increase coverage or access; and outpatient referrals to improve the coordination of care.

To inform the department's initial proposal, KSHF conducted a health impact assessment in 2012, which found that children's access to and consumption of healthy snack items and their participation in meal programs would increase with the implementation of stronger standards.

HUMAN Everywhere's mission is to leverage the power of social entrepreneurship to improve the nation's collective health by increasing access to nutrition education and healthful foods while advocating for public policy that contributes to these goals.

Effective food policy actions are part of a comprehensive approach to improving nutrition environments, defined as those factors that influence food access.1 Improvements in the nutritional quality of all foods and beverages served and sold in schools have been recommended to protect the nutritional health of children, especially children who live in low - resource communities.2 As legislated by the US Congress, the 2010 Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) updated the meal patterns and nutrition standards for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to align with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.3 The revised standards, which took effect at the beginning of the 2012 - 2013 school year, increased the availability of whole grains, vegetables, and fruits and specified weekly requirements for beans / peas as well as dark green, red / orange, starchy, and other vegetables.

In addition to GENYOUth, the summit partners included National Dairy Council, the National Football League, the American College of Sports Medicine, and the American School Health Association; health professionals, educators, athletes, students, chefs, and corporations came together not only to explore the connections between health and learning, but to find ways to increase access and participation to programs which benefit students health, learning, and Health Association; health professionals, educators, athletes, students, chefs, and corporations came together not only to explore the connections between health and learning, but to find ways to increase access and participation to programs which benefit students health, learning, and health professionals, educators, athletes, students, chefs, and corporations came together not only to explore the connections between health and learning, but to find ways to increase access and participation to programs which benefit students health, learning, and health and learning, but to find ways to increase access and participation to programs which benefit students health, learning, and health, learning, and lives.

Strategic Plan Focus for July — Goals 2, 3, and 4 World BF Month is the perfect opportunity to promote a culture supportive and accepting of breastfeeding (goal 2) through parties and health fairs, etc., build, link, and ensure access to state and local resources (goal 3) by providing information to moms about resources online and in your community, and to engage stakeholders in alignment of goals and actions to increase breastfeeding support (goal 4) by pulling in other groups that work with moms and babies to help with World Breastfeeding Day / Week / Month (WBM) activities!

As part of its commitment to improve athlete health and safety at all levels of sport, the NFL Foundation has launched a pilot grant program to increase the number of high school football players with access to an athletic trainer.

In the age of increased consumer access to scientific findings, it is imperative that public health information and recommendations are based on the best available data.

She also provides legal technical assistance to public health officials working to reduce sweetened beverage consumption and to increase access to drinking water.

Concurrently, persons with disabilities face relevant barriers to access social protection and health care services, quality education and livelihood opportunities, increasing their chances of remaining in poverty.

Mr. Thompson said the City should focus on fighting obesity through other initiatives including improved health education, increasing access to healthy foods and improving recreation opportunities rather than by banning unhealthy options.

Governor Cuomo released a state budget plan that closes a $ 2 billion dollar gap, recommends a phased in state takeover of county health care costs, and offers an ultimatum to schools to accept a teacher evaluation program or lose access to increased school funding.

Latinas have the highest rate of suicide in our state, and as a proud Latina, I will continue to fight to increase access to mental health services, not to close access to it.»

One way to achieve this is to increase the services inmates have access to, especially for those with mental health issues.

This directive will build upon additional measures to expedite referrals and treatment, including expansion of Project TEACH to connect primary care providers with mental health specialists, enhanced screening and referrals at WIC clinics and increased access to telepsychiatry for those in rural communities.

By pairing affordable housing with increased access to affordable health resources, St. Barnabas is making a huge leap forward to advance our goal of improving quality of life for all,» said HPD Commissioner Vicki Been.

The SAFE Act made more rifles subject to a state ban on assault weapons, increased sentences for illegal gun possession and required mental health officials to report safety concerns about any patients with access to guns.

The new programs are expected to increase college access and support degree completion by providing wraparound services for students such as child and elder care, transportation, health care services, family and / or employment counseling, legal aid, and more.

«One of the largest industries in Westchester County remains health services and continues to grow with increases in access to care.

«Instead, we should be addressing the root causes of gun violence by reducing the number of guns on our streets, limiting access to these deadly weapons and increasing mental health services to ensure the kind of healthy environment that will allow kids to grow and thrive.

Notwithstanding those challenges, he said, the NHIS had achieved some successes, among which were the increase in the number of subscribers and service providers and improved access to service providers as a result of the increase in the number of Community - based, Health Planning Services (CHPS) compounds.

«Women are leading change in increasing demand for and access to HIV and health services.

«In the Senate, I want to fight for public safety and criminal justice reform, education programs, affordable housing, increased access to mental health care, economic development and opportunities, and social service reforms, especially as they affect middle class families and the working poor,» he said in a statement.

Monday 11 March 2013 2.30 pm Oral Questions Plans to tackle inequality in income and wealth in the UK - Lord Dubs Consequences for access to justice for those who will not be able to receive free legal advice on social welfare law matters from 1 April - Lord Bach Future railway re-openings - Lord Faulkner of Worcester Progress towards achieving the projected increase in the size of the UK's reserve forces - Lord Rosser Legislation Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill - Report stage (Day 4)- Viscount Younger of Leckie Short Debate Recommendations of the Francis Report into the Mid-Staffordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Lord Patel Short Debate Impact of NHS innovation and research strategies on health improvement and wealth creation - Lord Kakkar

It believes it can cut this number by increasing access to family planning, addressing unsafe abortion and making birth safer by giving women access to skilled and well - equipped health workers.

Sanchez, previously the recruitment director for the Working Families Party, pledges to be a strong advocate for the LGBTQ community, fighting for increased access to, and funding for, mental health services, as well as efforts to put an end to hate crimes in the district.

The way to reduce health inequality isn't only increasing access to care or providing health insurance, they say.