Sentences with phrase «of access to mental health care»

By treating moms in their own homes, it overcomes many barriers to treatment, such as lack of access to mental health care, transportation and childcare, among others.

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St. Vincent's Healthcare CEO Tom VanOsdol says, «That's really a big part of the long - term solution is making sure we have access to services and enough services in the right locations so individuals, who don't necessarily need to go to the emergency department, can get the care and the treatment they need for underlying mental health issues.»

In the wake of the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, some have argued for a reinstatement of the nationwide ban on assault weapons, while others have suggested that the solution lies in improving access to mental - health care.

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.

«Now, the question, after over a full year of progress and tremendous strides in accountability, opening access to care, improving access to benefits, tackling mental health, and strengthening relations with stakeholders, is whether the President is ready to turn the keys to the VA over to ideologues who have designs on having VA go the way of railroads, airports, energy companies, postal services, and other businesses that have been privatized — and have also proven profitable for a few,» he said in the statement.

It is the vision of PSI that every woman and family worldwide will have access to information, social support, and informed professional care to deal with mental health issues related to childbearing.

ECCS grants help states and communities to build and integrate early childhood service systems in the areas of a) access to health care and medical homes, b) social - emotional development and mental health, c) early care and education, d) parenting education, and e) family support.

These include limited access to quality mental health care, influences of a powerful health insurance industry and intensive marketing efforts by the pharmaceutical industry.

The agenda must address universal health - care coverage, access and affordability; end preventable maternal, new - born and child deaths and malnutrition ensure the protection, promotion and support of exclusive breastfeeding for six months and continued breastfeeding with adequate complementary feeding for 2 years and beyond ensure the availability of essential medicines; realize women's reproductive health and rights; ensure immunization coverage; eradicate malaria and realize the vision of a future free of AIDS and tuberculosis; reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases, including mental illness, nervous system injuries and road accidents; and promote healthy behaviours, including those related to breastfeeding, water, sanitation and hygiene.

ACR 105 proclaimed the month of May every year as Perinatal Depression Awareness Month and requested that the State Department of Health Care Services, the State Department of Public Health, the State Department of Mental Health, First 5 California, Postpartum Support International, and other stakeholders work together to explore ways to improve women's access to mental health care at the state and local lHealth Care Services, the State Department of Public Health, the State Department of Mental Health, First 5 California, Postpartum Support International, and other stakeholders work together to explore ways to improve women's access to mental health care at the state and local levCare Services, the State Department of Public Health, the State Department of Mental Health, First 5 California, Postpartum Support International, and other stakeholders work together to explore ways to improve women's access to mental health care at the state and local lHealth, the State Department of Mental Health, First 5 California, Postpartum Support International, and other stakeholders work together to explore ways to improve women's access to mental health care at the state and local lHealth, First 5 California, Postpartum Support International, and other stakeholders work together to explore ways to improve women's access to mental health care at the state and local lhealth care at the state and local levcare at the state and local levels.

Whether it is the point of sale issue or the social determinates of violence or access to mental health care, thinking about the gun culture we have and how it is embedded in our culture.

Collectively, these efforts will strengthen the capacity of providers to address the mental health concerns of their pregnant and postpartum patients, so that women at risk or already suffering from maternal depression will have better health and access to care.

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.

On the most basic level, our jail must provide its inmate population a full array of services, including meals, medical and mental health care, clothing and linens, laundry, visitation, mail and telephone, recreation, religious programs, and access to courts and attorneys.

No one disputes the need to improve the access and delivery of mental health care in New York.

This suggests that military patients who receive a diagnosis of PTSD or depression have access to at least some mental health care.

Venkataramani and Tsai argue that if DACA expires, health care and public health organizations will need to proactively reach out to undocumented immigrants, to reassure them of continued access to quality health care and to provide them with information about public mental health care resources.

It also indicates the importance of assisting smokers with mental illness in overcoming barriers to accessing mental health care (e.g., insuring the uninsured, increasing the supply of mental health care professionals, improving linkages between primary care and mental health care) as a means to address smoking - related harm,» the authors write.

The data for the study came from annual random telephone surveys during 2001 through 2011 that asked 345,211 New Englanders questions about their general, physical and mental health, and their use of and access to health care services including cholesterol testing and screening for cancers of the breast, colon and cervix.

«With the opening of this new wing of the Admissions Building, we are significantly improving access to mental health care by being able to provide services to an additional 1,000 patients and their families each year.»

There's no doubt that there is an epidemic of mental illness in prisons and few inmates are getting access to the mental health care that they need.

«These stark findings should serve as a call to action for the UK to invest more in mental health care provision, and for universities and schools to ensure ease of access to critical services,» commented Dr Stephen Pereira, Consultant Psychiatrist and Medical Director, The Insight Network.

He said factors of poverty that affect achievement in lower socioeconomic rungs — such as violence, mental illness, housing, and access to health care — must also be addressed by the community as a whole.»

In my view, No Child Left Behind ignores several important factors in a student's academic performance, specifically the impact of poverty, access to adequate health care, mental health, nutrition, and a wide variety of supports that children in poverty should have access to.

By comparing fourth - grade literacy outcomes against the experiences and inputs that produced these results — including indicators of health - care and preschool access, family economic well - being, mental - health and child - welfare services, nutrition, and comprehensive school quality — we can identify gaps in how we are serving children and target investments and reforms to those areas with the greatest potential to improve children's long - term life outcomes.

He promoted the idea of meeting the needs of the whole child by expanding pre-kindergarten and after - school and summer programs, increasing access to health care and mental health services, and promoting nutritious food and regular exercise.

«There are studies that demonstrate that when children's basic nutritional and fitness needs are met, they attain higher achievement levels.Similarly, the use of school - based and school linked health centers ensuring access to needed physical, mental, and oral health care improves attendance, behavior, and achievement.»

The program proactively addresses situations that don't benefit from a punitive approach and instead involve owners who face barriers to providing care to their animals due to either a lack of financial resources, access to services or other circumstances, such as domestic violence, medical or mental health challenges.

PLS is currently litigating the important systemic issues of the segregation of prisoners with mental disabilities, access to health care, transgender prisoner rights, and access to religion and Aboriginal spirituality.

To fill that gap, and to provide renewed federal leadership in the health sector, the Prime Minister has instructed the Minister of Health to lead negotiations for a new multi-year health accord with provinces and territories, which addresses: home care services, digital health technology, prescription medication, access to mental health carTo fill that gap, and to provide renewed federal leadership in the health sector, the Prime Minister has instructed the Minister of Health to lead negotiations for a new multi-year health accord with provinces and territories, which addresses: home care services, digital health technology, prescription medication, access to mental health carto provide renewed federal leadership in the health sector, the Prime Minister has instructed the Minister of Health to lead negotiations for a new multi-year health accord with provinces and territories, which addresses: home care services, digital health technology, prescription medication, access to mental healthhealth sector, the Prime Minister has instructed the Minister of Health to lead negotiations for a new multi-year health accord with provinces and territories, which addresses: home care services, digital health technology, prescription medication, access to mental healthHealth to lead negotiations for a new multi-year health accord with provinces and territories, which addresses: home care services, digital health technology, prescription medication, access to mental health carto lead negotiations for a new multi-year health accord with provinces and territories, which addresses: home care services, digital health technology, prescription medication, access to mental healthhealth accord with provinces and territories, which addresses: home care services, digital health technology, prescription medication, access to mental healthhealth technology, prescription medication, access to mental health carto mental healthhealth care.

A significant investment of $ 2.1 billion over four years to improve access to mental health care and addiction services in yesterday's budget is good news for many families involved with child welfare in Ontario.

A significant investment of $ 2.1 billion over four years to improve access to mental health care and addiction services in yesterday's budget is...

Alternatively, a commitment was made in the preamble as the legislation reads, ``... the Government of Canada has committed to develop non-legislative measures that would support the improvement of a full range of options for end - of - life care, respect the personal convictions of health care providers and explore other situations — each having unique implications — in which a person may seek access to medical assistance in dying, namely situations giving rise to requests by mature minors, advance requests and requests where mental illness is the sole underlying medical condition...»

About Youtuber The University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, part of UW Medicine, works to improve access to effective mental health care through innovative research, inspirational training, and excellent patient care.

Whether they require family therapy, individual treatment, parenting classes, life skills, or self - care tools, mental health professionals help family members gain access to the right type of help4.

Interviews with parents who have a lived experience of mental illness to explore their experiences in GP consultations, their journey through primary health care services and recommendations to support parenting and children's needs when a parent accesses support for a mental health issue.

It has been argued that the best outcome for access to evidence based primary mental health care is the responsibility of the health profession, not necessarily dependent on government directives.

Another model of a successful collaboration program between primary providers and child psychiatrists, the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project, promotes access to psychiatric consultation for primary care providers through a network of children's mental health collaboration Access Project, promotes access to psychiatric consultation for primary care providers through a network of children's mental health collaboration access to psychiatric consultation for primary care providers through a network of children's mental health collaboration teams.

The Justice Roundtable discussions also highlighted the impact of intergenerational trauma in contributing to over-incarceration, and attendees called for policy changes to ensure the mental health assessment of detainees and prisoners, and their access to quality mental health care and other treatments, psychosocial and cultural.

Depression is the leading cause of disability adjusted life years globally.1 The WHO recommends integrating mental health treatments into primary care in order to increase access to effective treatments.2 Alongside increasing prevalence, many economies are facing fiscal pressure that affect their health services.

One aspect of the budget announcements that may impact upon this is the reduction in Medicare rebates for GPs developing mental health care plans, which in a community controlled environment where we are attempting to provide a holistic service for our clients, now presents a new challenge, as this may force clients whom we have built faith and trust in to access our service in the first instance, which is very difficult for mental health clients, now potentially having to go elsewhere for the care that they would be much more comfortable in accessing through a community controlled family based centre, who not only understand their needs, but also a aware of their family and social circumstances.

Advocacy regarding neglect may be at several levels as outlined in the following examples: 1) at the child's level, for example, explaining to a parent that responding to a crying infant does not risk spoiling him / her is a form of advocacy on behalf of a preverbal child; 2) at the parental level, helping a depressed mother access mental health care or encouraging a father to be more involved in his child's life; 3) at the community level, supporting efforts to develop community family resources; and 4) at the societal level, supporting government policies and programs such as those that reduce access to health care, food benefits, and subsidized child care.

That includes increased funding for ACCHOs to expand in regions where there are low access to health services and high levels of disease, and in areas of mental health, disability services and aged care, and for areas where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have a high burden of disease or are particularly vulnerable, like ear health and renal disease, delivered through ACCHOs.

For those who live in poverty, having the ability to maintain independence and having access to quality mental and physical health care are of primary concern.

Families who can meet their own basic needs for food, clothing, housing, and transportation - and who know how to access essential services such as childcare, health care, and mental health services to address family - specific needs - are better able to ensure the safety and well - being of their children.

Some people may not have access to quality mental health care, and others may avoid therapy for fear of being considered «weak» or «crazy» by those who stigmatize therapy.

As part of implementing KidsMatter, Alunga (part of Illawarra Area Child Care) partnered with Medicare Local to create a seamless mental health service for families and reduce the stigma of families accessing support.

«Whether in the U.S. or in another country, survivors of sexual assault need comprehensive care to meet their physical and mental health needs, including access to sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Furthermore, it contributes little to efforts to meet some of the most pressing challenges facing our health system — poor access to dental services and mental health care for many in the community and the prevention and ongoing management of chronic disease.

The quality improvement intervention included: expert leader teams at each site to implement and adapt intervention; care managers to support primary care clinicians with evaluation, education, medication, and psychosocial treatment, and linking with specialised mental health services; training care managers in manual cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for depression; and access to participant and clinician choice of treatment (CBT, medication, combined CBT and medication, care manager follow up, or referral).