Sentences with phrase «individual health harms»

In addition to individual health harms, alcohol impacts many people other than drinkers.

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In their letter, the groups said the breach caused «incalculable harm» and suggested several of the affected individuals had already filed complaints with the Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights or other state authorities.

And this analysis ignores the harm done to low - and middle - income households by the loss of health insurance and higher health insurance premiums caused by the individual mandate's repeal.

A measure recognizing pornography as leading to individual and societal harms was passed by the Virginia State House with a landslide majority of 82 - 8, while Tennessee's Senate Health and Welfare Committee is set to consider a similar resolution next week.

Nevertheless, the ACMD emphasised that in their opinion the use of cannabis was «a significant public health issue» which could «unquestionably cause harm to individuals and society».

Psychiatrists and other health professionals reported these individuals to the state because they appeared to be at risk of harming themselves or others.

One of the ethical justifications for incorporating biomedical advances in clinical practice and public health is that the benefits to individuals and / or populations outweigh the potential harms.

The significance of genomic information, and the uses to which it is put, may give rise to the following specific ELSI - related concerns: (1) an imbalance in health - related benefits and harms to individuals and populations; (2) privacy and confidentiality of personal information, autonomy, choice and limitations on liberty; (3) the social and behavioral impact of genomic information on individuals, family members and others; and (4) the equitable distribution of scarce resources.

Potential considerations include balancing health - related benefits and harms between individuals and the larger community, minimizing threats to individual privacy and autonomy, and ensuring just distribution of scarce resources.

Existing literature on infectious disease policy, ethics, and law, outside the context of genomics, describes the potential for stigmatization of individuals or subpopulations, the challenge of balancing individual interests and protections (for example, privacy, autonomy, freedom of movement) against risks of harm to others and to public health, issues of justice, and employer or health professional obligations [27], [28].

Some important challenges relate to balancing health - related benefits and harms between individuals and the larger community, minimizing threats to individual liberties, and promoting justice in the distribution of scarce resources and the treatment of marginalized subgroups.

The bottom line is that individuals hoping to embark on a nutritional diet should be aware of the multifold ways in which it can impact their lives, beyond potential health benefits or harms.

Other uncertainties include how much effort and resources will be put into improving the adaptive capacity of public health systems to prepare in advance for the health effects of climate change, prevent harm to individual and community health, and limit associated health burdens and societal costs.

Also individual citizens could be misled by the tobacco companies into damaging their health by smoking, but there is no similar harm here.

An individual 401 process is the state's opportunity to look at the pipeline in a holistic way and consider impacts such as erosion and sediment from tree clearing, impacts to drinking water resources, and impacts to karst geology that could harm the environment and health of communities across the region.

Furthermore, when a covered entity can not practicably obtain an individual's agreement before disclosing protected health information to a relative or to a person involved in the individual's care and is making decisions about such disclosures consistent with the exercise of professional judgment regarding the individual's best interest, covered entities must take into account whether such a disclosure is likely to put the individual at risk of serious harm.

As in the proposed rule, a covered entity may deny access to protected health information under certain circumstances in which the access may harm the individual or others.

Commenters requested a «good faith» standard in this provision to relieve covered entities of liability if individuals suffer harm as a result of seeing their protected health information or if the information is found to be erroneous.

We believe, however, that when protected health information is to be used or disclosed for research without an individual's authorization, the additional privacy protections in § 164.512 (i) are essential to reduce the risk of harm to the individual.

They requested that the rule permit a covered entity to deny access when the information is requested by someone other than the subject of the information and, in the opinion of a licensed health care professional, access to the information could harm the individual or another person.

We do believe, however, that it is appropriate to require covered health care providers to consider whether including the individual's name and location in the directory could lead to serious harm.

We have adopted the policy recommended by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in the Health Information Policy Model Act (1998) as this best reflects the balance of the appropriate level of regulation of the industry compared with the need to protect individuals from harm that may result from inadvertent disclosure of information.

The health care professional need not have a reasonable belief that the personal representative has abused or neglected the individuals and the harm that is likely to result need not be limited to the individual who is the subject of the requested protected health information.

Comment: One commenter questioned under what circumstances proposed § 164.510 (k) would apply instead of proposed § 164.510 (f)(5), «Urgent Circumstances,» which permitted covered entities to disclose protected health information to law enforcement officials about individuals who are or are suspected to be victims of a crime, abuse, or other harm, if the law enforcement official represents that the information is needed to determine whether a violation of law by a person other than the victim has occurred and immediate law enforcement activity that depends upon obtaining such information may be necessary.

We do allow a denial for access based on a likelihood of substantial psychological or mental harm, but only if the protected health information includes information about another person and the harm may be inflicted on such other person or if the person requesting the access is a personal representative of the individual and the harm may be inflicted on the individual or another person.

In the NPRM we proposed to permit covered health care providers and health plans to deny an individual access to inspect and copy protected health information about them for five reasons: (1) a licensed health care professional determined the inspection and copying was reasonably likely to endanger the life or physical safety of the individual or another person; (2) the information was about another person (other than a health care provider) and a licensed health care professional determined the inspection and copying was reasonably likely to cause substantial harm to that other person; (3) the information was obtained under a promise of confidentiality from someone other than a health care provider and the inspection and copying was likely to reveal the source of the information; (4) the information was obtained by a covered provider in the course of a clinical trial, the individual agreed to the denial of access in consenting to participate in the trial, and the trial was in progress; and (5) the information was compiled in reasonable anticipation of, or for use in, a legal Start Printed Page 82555proceeding.

Third, this paragraph allows covered entities to disclose protected health information about an individual without the individual's agreement if the disclosure is expressly authorized by statute or regulation and either: (1) The covered entity, in the exercise of its professional judgment, believes that the disclosure is necessary to prevent serious harm to the individual or to other potential victims; or (2) if the individual is unable to agree due to incapacity, a law enforcement or other public official authorized to received the report represents that the protected health information for which disclosure is sought is not intended to be used against the individual, and that an immediate enforcement activity that depends on the disclosure would be materially and adversely affected by waiting until the individual is able to agree to the disclosure.

Comment: Many commenters supported our proposal to allow covered entities to deny an individual access to protected health information if a professional determines either that such access is likely to endanger the life or physical safety of a person or, if the information is about another person, access is reasonably likely to cause substantial harm to such person.

This provision is designed to strike a balance between the competing interests of ensuring access to protected health information and protecting the individual or others from harm.

(iii) The request for access is made by the individual's personal representative and a licensed health care professional has determined, in the exercise of professional judgment, that the provision of access to such personal representative is reasonably likely to cause substantial harm to the individual or another person.

However, there is no harm in availing an individual health plan separately; let's not dig into this now and concentrate on the benefits of a group health plan only.

Under the Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act, in order to market «safer» tobacco products manufacturers must demonstrate that they would (1) significantly reduce harm and the risk of tobacco - related disease to individual tobacco users, and (2) benefit the health of the population as a whole.

I provide individual and family counseling for children, teens, and adults for a wide range of mental health disorders such as, but not limited to, depression, anxiety, PTSD / Trauma, anger management, sexual abuse, self - harm, parenting Skills, grief, and ADHD.»

This is a critical public health issue that is causing great harm to individuals, their families and their communities.

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Youth Focus works with young people aged 12 - 25 to help them overcome issues associated with depression, anxiety, self - harm and suicidal thoughts through the provision of free, unlimited and professional face - to - face individual and family counselling and other mental health services.

College counselors attend to these roles within individual and group counseling sessions, conduct outreach and prevention activities (attending to mental health awareness, substance abuse awareness, and suicide prevention), and assessing risk of harm to self and / or others.

DBT was developed by Marsha Linehan, Ph.D., at the University of Washington in the early 1990's, and focuses on the teaching of skills in group settings (in addition to individual psychotherapy) that have been proven effective in the treatment of acute mental health symptoms, including depression, self - harm, emotional lability, and anxiety.

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