Sentences with phrase «of health equity»

Another question often raised was how on earth to get this issue of health equity into the political and policy agenda.

The symposium addressed the full spectrum of health equity, from clinical research and basic sciences, to building academic community partnerships in support of scholarly projects.

Janice Lee is a PhD candidate and recipient of the CRE Social Determinants of Health Equity PhD Scholarship and is based at the School of Regulation and Global Governance at the Australian National University.

Sir Michael Marmot, who directs the Institute of Health Equity at University College London and is president of the World Medical Association, published an article in Scientific American this week reviewing research that sheds light on the importance of parents» ability to... Read More

ETR is excited to announce three new members have joined its Board of Directors: Leslie Kantor, PhD, the Vice President of Education at Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA); Cynthia A. Gómez, PhD, Professor Emerita in Health Education and the founding director of the Health Equity Institute at San Francisco State University; and Sarah Munson, MBA, an executive at WineGame.

Professor Sharon Friel Director and Professor of Health Equity Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet), Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, The Australian National University

Baumann also shares responsibility for the design and implementation of an overall plan for measuring the effectiveness of the CDPHE's tobacco - tax - funded grants programs, including the State Tobacco Education & Prevention Program; the Cancer, Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Disease Grants Program and the Office of Health Equity Grants Program.

I am excited to apply my extensive strategic grant - making, policy development, program management and capacity building in the field of health equity and social justice to help advance HMBANA's equity agenda.

«They also suffer skin problems such as sunburn and exposure to salt if they've travelled by sea,» says Sharuna Verghis, co-founder and director of the Health Equity Initiative, a charity based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

In the US this goal might be a step closer, with the introduction of the Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2014 to the US House of Representatives.

He was also advising the Tasmania Medicare Local for whom he facilitated a Citizen's Jury on after hours service, and had advised on a range of health equity issues.

Over the years he made many significant academic contributions to our understanding of health equity and inequity in Aboriginal health.

This week, an impressive tag team of tweeters from the Centre for Research Excellence in the Social Determinants of Health Equity shared news and emerging findings from their ongoing research project which aims to understand how government policies can work more effectively to address the social determinants of health.

Alliance for Early Success Presentation: This presentation includes a gap analysis and discussion of health equity in the context of early childhood systems building.

The mission of the Health Equity and Access Unit (HEAU) is to ensure Metro South Health offers equitable, accessible and culturally appropriate services.

Sharon Friel (@SharonFrieloz) is Professor of Health Equity and Director of the Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet), Australian National University.

The report from members of the MGH Disparities Solutions Center, which conducts the program, appears in the June issue of Health Affairs, which focuses on issues of health equity.

She publishes widely in the social determinants of health equity, including in trade and investment, urbanisation, food systems, and climate change; and the analysis of governance, policy and regulatory processes and their effectiveness at addressing health inequities.

This selection of articles on the social determinants of health was released to mark the 57th Boyer Lecture series by Marmot, the President of the World Medical Association, Director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity and a leading researcher on health inequality issues for more than four decades.

In this role, she uses public health surveillance data to inform the activities of Maine's Youth Suicide Prevention Program, Title V block grant, Children with Special Health Needs Program, and Office of Health Equity.

«We found that study participants were more apt to engage in transactional sex — the exchange of sex for drugs or money — if they did not complete high school and if their neighbors did not complete high school,» said the study's lead - author, Robin C. Stevens, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Nursing and Director of the Health Equity & Media Lab.

Our commitment to engagement in current policy debates is signified by the Symposium we are hosting immediately prior to the launch, which will focus on the value and importance of increased government revenue for action on social determinants of health equity.

Professor Sharon Friel is Director of the the School of Regulation and Global Governance and Professor of Health Equity, Australian National University Professor Ron Labonte is Canada Research Chair in Globalization and Health Equity at the Institute of Population Health, and Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa.

The literature reflects that there is huge space for improvement in the current attitudes and views of non-Aboriginal health workers towards issues of health equity, including but not limited to eliminating racism and understanding the strength of Indigenous culture and self determination.

Marmot — follow him on Twitter at @michaelmarmot — is President of the World Medical Association, Director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity and has been a leading researcher on health inequality issues for more than four decades.