Sentences with phrase «lack access to quality care»

High rates of violence contribute to unintended pregnancy, complications in pregnancy, unsafe abortion, and maternal deaths in parts of the world where health systems remain weak and women and communities lack access to quality care.

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Transgender people face numerous health disparities as well as stigma, discrimination, and lack of access to quality care.

Social inequality refers to disparities in the distribution of economic assets and income as well as between the overall quality and luxury of each person's existence within a society, while economic inequality is caused by the unequal accumulation of wealth; social inequality exists because the lack of wealth in certain areas prohibits these people from obtaining the same housing, health care, etc. as the wealthy, in societies where access to these social goods depends on wealth.

The widening gap between rich and poor, which is made worse by lack of access to high - quality health care and K - 12 education.

Sexy Beast program director and co-chair Eliah Perona adds, «Access to safe, reliable, and quality reproductive healthcare is being challenged in every state in the U.S., and the effects are far reaching — particularly for those who lack employer - sponsored health care, which is something women artists can certainly identify with.

While more than half of ACA plans lack out - of - network coverage, 14 all short term insurance plans offered through AgileHealthInsurance have broad network coverage ensuring that an enrollee has access to quality health care providers.

Too many families lack health insurance and access to affordable, high - quality health care options.

All women have concerns when it comes to reproductive health, but for Latinas, the lack of access to quality health care has an impact that will be felt for generations.

Despite evidence of the positive impact of high - quality early childhood education for all children, it remains out of reach for most low - and moderate - income families.15 The average price of center - based care in the United States accounts for nearly 30 percent of the median family income, and only 10 percent of child care programs are considered high quality.16 Publicly funded programs — such as Head Start, Early Head Start, child care, and state pre-K programs — are primarily targeted at low - income families, but limited funding for these programs severely hinders access.17 This lack of access to high - quality early childhood education perpetuates the achievement gap, evidenced by the fact that only 48 percent of low - income children are ready for kindergarten, compared with 75 percent of moderate - or high - income children.18

This means: increasing the qualifications of the workforce to include expertise in infant and toddler development; working with institutions of Higher Education to instill more infant - toddler content in degree programs; and ensuring that babies living in families with a severe lack of resources, including those on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, have access to quality care commensurate with Early Head Start.

The commission aims to address the lack of access and the high cost of quality child care, among other issues.

Their recent report Stalled at the Start finds that nearly half of the state's infants and toddlers likely to need child care lack access to regulated care and the majority (79 %) lack access to high - quality programs.