Sentences with phrase «increased health disparities»

The issues of increased health disparities and poor birth outcomes for Black...

Changes in Washington's climate in the near and midterm future will likely increase hazards to human health and increase health disparities.

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Some health disparities include an increased risk of HIV infection, especially among transgender women of color, and lower likelihood of preventive cancer screenings in transgender men.

By offering creative solutions to combating health disparities for moms, babies and their families, Mamatoto Village \'s innovative approach increases awareness, re-empowers the woman, and encourages the family to adopt healthy lifestyles that promote community transformation.

Prior to joining Urban Strategies, Diana was a program officer at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, where she created the foundation's First Food portfolio, which supports increased breastfeeding to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities and improve the health and wellbeing of mothers, children and communities.

Fagundes and Murdock hope the study will encourage further exploration of why low socio - economic status during childhood is associated with an increased risk of experiencing health disparities in adulthood.

«I'm predicting an increase in multiple myeloma,» said Edward Medina, M.D., Ph.D., «and with the obesity problems we see in the Hispanic population, there could be a serious health disparity on the horizon.»

Policies targeting healthy food availability in corner stores have the potential not only to increase healthy food availability but also to decrease health disparities.»

Helping women prevent and survive heart attacks through increased research and improving ethnic and racial disparities in prevention and treatment is a public health priority,» she said.

A number of studies have explored the opportunities available to improve health and well - being as a result of adapting to climate change, 273 with many recent publications illustrating the benefit of reduced air pollution.2, 271,288,299,300,301,302 Additionally, some studies have looked at the co-benefits to climate change and health of applying innovative urban design practices which reduce energy consumption and pollution while increasing public health, 99,272,303,304 decrease vulnerability of communities to extreme events263, 264,303 and reduce the disparity between different societal groups.249, 305,306,307,308

Additionally, she is interested in finding innovative training strategies for medical students targeted toward increasing awareness of the underlying issues related to health disparities.

With the vision of extending the medical home into the community (eg, the medical neighborhood), eliminating persistent health disparities, and the Affordable Care Act's support for increased health care partnerships, this is an optimal time to integrate the FCMH and HV programs.

There is modest evidence that FCMH models are associated with improved quality of health care in pediatrics, including children with a medical home having fewer unmet health care needs and increased likelihood of receiving preventive care.13 — 17 Evidence exists for potential cost savings associated with the growth of the medical home model.18 It is hypothesized that an expanded medical home model will further decrease health disparities.19 Ongoing multisite FCMH demonstration projects aim to provide additional evidence regarding the effectiveness of the FCMH model of care.20

Relative to children with no ACEs, children who experienced ACEs had increased odds of having below - average academic skills including poor literacy skills, as well as attention problems, social problems, and aggression, placing them at significant risk for poor school achievement, which is associated with poor health.23 Our study adds to the growing literature on adverse outcomes associated with ACEs3 — 9,24 — 28 by pointing to ACEs during early childhood as a risk factor for child academic and behavioral problems that have implications for education and health trajectories, as well as achievement gaps and health disparities.

Instead, the government's announcements will increase the health and social disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, and set back the objective of closing of the gap on Indigenous disadvantage within a generation.

In the post below, health researcher Clive Aspin says the Budget will increase the health and social disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.

reducing the disparities in health and wellbeing experienced by those living in rural and remote Australia can dramatically improve participation adn productivity and increase Australia's economic growth.

On the national front, mental health has become a priority with increased grant funding and the call for innovative educational programs — with the long - term aim of reducing health disparities and increasing overall health and mental health enhancing behaviors.

In addition, SAMHSA supports the Now Is The Time: Minority Fellowship Program — Addiction Counselors, which supports students pursuing master's level degrees in addiction / substance abuse counseling as well as the Minority Fellowship Program whose purpose is to reduce health disparities and improve health care outcomes of racially and ethnically diverse populations by increasing the number of culturally competent behavioral health professionals available to underserved populations in the public and private nonprofit sectors.

While grant writing may seem like a daunting or intimidating task, many foundations across any state, nation, or providence levels exist that support clinical research aimed at reducing health disparities, increasing best practices, improving healthcare employee productivity, and maximizing value of care services.