Sentences with phrase «influencing population health»

«University Of Wisconsin «Snapshot» Supports Findings of Community Health Assessment» A ranking of New York State's 62 counties finds Oneida County in the middle of the pack overall for those factors influencing population health, but towards the bottom of the list in terms of overall health status; a...

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The paper is Influence of definition based versus pragmatic birth registration on international comparisons of perinatal and infant mortality: population based retrospective study, written by multiple scientists at Fetal and Infant Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System.

This population - based approach is likely to maximize public health benefits and have a long - lasting influence on reducing suicide.

Given past evidence that a wider rich - poor gap can be harmful to a population's health, tax policies that widen or narrow this gap may influence the overall health of a society.

But they could influence health if consumed by the appropriate population in the right amounts, Erdman says.

Their traditionally low - budget science, which needs only pencil and paper to tally shared traits in the classical twin studies, has entered the high - tech world of genetic epidemiology, which traces the power of genes to influence the health of populations.

The trick for researchers, Willems Van Dijk says, is to sift information from broad studies of large populations to identify behaviors and other influences on health that can be modified.

Health departments also engage in activities that attempt to influence county populations to adopt healthier habits, which primarily affect population health over the longerHealth departments also engage in activities that attempt to influence county populations to adopt healthier habits, which primarily affect population health over the longerhealth over the longer term.

Although researchers still debate the overall influence of black carbon on the atmosphere, scientists do agree that it has become a serious health issue for populations on the ground.

Warinner and colleague, Cecil M. Lewis, Jr., co-direct OU's Laboratories of Molecular Anthropology and Microbiome Research and the research focused on reconstructing the ancestral human oral and gut microbiome, addressing questions concerning how the relationship between humans and microbes has changed through time and how our microbiomes influence health and disease in diverse populations, both today and in the past.

Researchers collected data for factors that influence a person's health such as poverty, illness and income for Hamilton's First Nations population.

Chat with experts about how our resident populations of microbes influence health and disease

Researchers used data from the Cape Cod Family Health Study, a population - based retrospective study designed to examine the influence of prenatal exposure to PCE - contaminated drinking water on multiple outcomes during pregnancy and childhood.

An ethical tension would arise if we were to consider screening at - risk populations for such variants and using the genomic information to influence a range of clinical and public health decisions.

Nevertheless, the remaining 2 percent still seems to be quite substantial, which means Neanderthal DNA still has some undue influence on the European population not only with regard to health conditions but also on physical attributes such as light skin and straight hair.

Identifying disease «hot spots» by studying variation across populations could help scientists better understand how genetics influence human health.

Diversity in Genomics Research Cohorts The lack of diversity within participant cohorts in genetics and genomics research limits our ability to study variation across the human genome and the genetic factors that influence health and disease, as well as our ability to ensure that every segment of the population is able to benefit from advances stemming from the research.

He's trying to influence health policy, at the same time as improving health care access to marginalized populations in Canada.

«The historical geographic movement of populations continues to influence health and cancer risk in modern Americans,» the authors noted in the paper, which was published in January in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Some scientists (that aren't influenced by big business) believe that GM corn, soy, and other GM crops could cause major long term health issues for our entire population, even if acute health issues are not observed.

Since most people are strongly influenced by recommendations in the media and those promoted by governmental agencies regarding their health, it's no surprise that the general population continues to be more overfat and unhealthy.

Topics focused on this year's special theme can be directed at populations across the lifespan and in a variety of settings that interact with public systems of care and are influenced by public health policy.

As a physical scientist rather than a biologist, I am generally reluctant to get involved in such topics as the influence of climate on polar - bear population, health and biology.

Influences outside the breeding season can matter a lot for the population health of migratory birds, but it's tough to track what happens once species scatter across South America for the winter months.

The journal is seeking papers including research articles, case studies and reviews of literature that explores how interventions involving parents and other carers in the family as change agents can influence the functioning of family members across diverse populations, with the aim of furthering the understanding of how to best support the mental health of children and adults.

Current UK government policies recognise the need for universal parenting support to complement targeted and indicated approaches29 — 33 and the English Department for Education is currently piloting the offer of free vouchers for parenting classes (the CANParent initiative) to all parents in three areas of the country.34 Such recommendations derive from observations relating to the prevalence of suboptimal parenting, 35 the inefficiency of targeting on the basis of identifiable risk factors36, 37 and the potential for realising change in high risk as well as whole population groups by reducing the stigma which may be attached to targeted parenting support.36 — 38 Given the range and prevalence of health and social outcomes on which parent — child relationships have an influence, 2, 3, 5 — 16 universal approaches are appealing.

It is likely that population factors such as population growth and population ageing have had an important influence on the demand for health goods and services.

Hence, the influence of these potential health problems can not be overlooked when considering psychological health and disorder in this population (McCloskey & Southwick, 1996; Westermeyer, 1991).

While not replicated, these differential findings across cultures reflect the need to investigate systematically cultural influences on child and adolescent mental health among the refugee and asylum seeking populations.

His research centers on several main issues: (1) the implications of religion and spirituality for mental and physical health and mortality risk; (2) religious variations in family life, with particular attention to intimate relationships and childrearing; (3) the role of religious institutions, practices, and values among racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States; (4) the influence of religious factors on political attitudes and policy preferences; and (5) public opinion surrounding issues of race, ethnicity, and immigration in the contemporary United States.

Aboriginal Australians experience multiple social and health disadvantages from the prenatal period onwards.1 Infant2 and child3 mortality rates are higher among Aboriginal children, as are well - established influences on poor health, cognitive and education outcomes, 4 — 6 including premature birth and low birth weight, 7 — 9 being born to teenage mothers7 and socioeconomic disadvantage.1, 8 Addressing Aboriginal early life disadvantage is of particular importance because of the high birth rate among Aboriginal people10 and subsequent young age structure of the Aboriginal population.11 Recent population estimates suggest that children under 10 years of age account for almost a quarter of the Aboriginal population compared with only 12 % of the non-Aboriginal population of Australia.11

Within a mental health treatment setting, the assessment data usually includes a combination of measures that assess symptoms and behaviors commonly exhibited by the targeted population as well as systemic or environmental influences.

Prior research has established the influence of maternal depression on the child's behavioral and emotional health3, 27,28 and its relevance for pediatric practice.29, 30 Several studies have analyzed the independent effects on children of mothers» and fathers» mental health, but few have examined the more clinically relevant question of how the mental health of parents jointly influences child outcomes.16, 31,32 The largest study of the joint effects of mothers» and fathers» mental health on children was a population - based study of twins and their parents.16 Similar to our results, the combination of maternal and paternal depression was associated with the largest increase in children's depressive symptoms.