Sentences with phrase «of public health efforts»

Determining the effectiveness of public health efforts to reduce the exposure of the U.S. population to specific environmental chemicals (e.g., pesticides, lead, tobacco smoke)

The second thing we did, and I'm really pleased to tell you that as awful as this has been for the countries involved, and it has been and remains awful when it happens, we invested specifically in the nearby countries: Nigeria, Mali, Senegal, Ivory Coast, to make sure it didn't go further and create a global emergency that just the scope of which would overwhelm all of our public health efforts.

E-cigarettes are not subject to the same regulations as traditional cigarettes, potentially renormalizing the act of smoking after decades of public health efforts to shift public norms around smoking.

«Overall, our results suggest a connection between opioid and heroin use and heroin - related adverse outcomes at the population level, implying that frequent nonmedical users of prescription opioids, regardless of race or ethnicity, should be the focus of public health efforts to prevent and mitigate the harms of heroin use.»

Not exact matches

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, meanwhile, has been on the vanguard of no - holds - barred public health campaigns in malaria and HIV — efforts that, to some extent, have helped rewrite the rules of engagement.

And, who knows, it may even include things like improved labour laws, improvements to public health care and education that actually mean it about the public part, requiring the Workers Compensation Board to get serious about the compensation part of its mandate and, yeah, an effort to get off the energy price rollercoaster.

The drug overdose epidemic has become one of the most concerning public health issues of recent time, and in an effort to stem the tide, moreg and more patients and doctors are turning to pot over pills.

Such thinking would appear to eliminate organized religion from any concerted effort to deal with world hunger, poverty and illiteracy, public health and sanitation, and prison reform, despite the disturbing implications of Christ's warning:»... for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me....

Public health experts developed the traffic light system in the UK in 2006 in an effort to help combat rising levels of obesity and diseases such as heart disease, stroke and diabetes.

The discovery of novel health effects of bioactive compounds will provide the scientific basis for future efforts to use biotechnology to modify / fortify foods and food components as a means to improve public health.

«Today's announcement presents a major environmental, social and public health opportunity for the U.S., and we're proud to be part of a national effort to reduce the food that goes into landfills.»

A 2014 study (1), however, found that, despite the 2010 endorsement of 6 national medical societies of a single PPE form as part of an effort to standardize the screening process, and nearly unanimous public support for PPE screening by a qualified health care professional before participation in a consistent manner across the country, the medical community is still largely unaware of national sports preparticipation physical evaluation guidelines and only 11 % of athletes at US high schools are guaranteed to receive a PPE fully consistent with the national standard.

This ongoing effort comes as an anti-pesticide push from environmental and public health groups has taken hold recently, targeting the negative side effects of synthetic chemicals.

, President Obama established the first - ever Task Force on Childhood Obesity to develop a national action plan to mobilize the public and private sectors and engage families and communities in an effort to improve the health of our children.

The benefit that farm to school programs offer to farmers is about to get a boost, thanks to a new joint effort spearheaded by the Georgia Departments of Agriculture, Public Health, and Education.

Recent public health efforts have focused extensively on reducing the amount of formula babies are given in the hospital after birth.

Public health efforts rely mainly on the work of nurses for day - to - day implementation.

It is for these reasons, and in accordance with our Core Values in which we pledge to «support and encourage collaboration with professionals in related fields within medicine, health and education to promote sleep health and sleep safety from birth to adulthood among families and the general public», that we endorse the initiative and efforts of Start School Later.

We therefore, support the proposal presented in the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Policy Statement, «School Start Times for Adolescents», to delay school start times in an effort to address this public health issue.

Half - hearted efforts were made in some areas, such as training for health professionals and public promotion of breastfeeding.

Clearly, these research efforts will require the establishment and funding of strong multidisciplinary partnerships involving biological, medical, public - health and behavioural researchers.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today signed legislation to expand unlimited sick leave benefits for public sector officers and employees who developed a qualifying health condition as a result of their heroic response to 9/11 rescue, recovery, and clean - up efforts at World Trade Center sites.

«These efforts will enable countries to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals,» the report said.

The Oneida County Health Department overcame numerous obstacles including an evolving epidemic and the pressure to deliver medications that were sometimes in short supply in its efforts to protect the public health during the H1N1 influenza pandemic, according to a letter from Dr. Richard F. Daines, Commissioner of Health for the State of New... ReaHealth Department overcame numerous obstacles including an evolving epidemic and the pressure to deliver medications that were sometimes in short supply in its efforts to protect the public health during the H1N1 influenza pandemic, according to a letter from Dr. Richard F. Daines, Commissioner of Health for the State of New... Reahealth during the H1N1 influenza pandemic, according to a letter from Dr. Richard F. Daines, Commissioner of Health for the State of New... ReaHealth for the State of New... Read more

We have spent billions of dollars in the effort to eliminate smoking, and it goes against all the wisdom of public health to turn our backs on all that we have done is this area.

Schumer says Long Island and the lower Hudson Valley are epicenters of diseases caused by deer ticks and public health officials in those areas need money as soon as possible to improve prevention efforts.

He has also outlined a plan to try to turn around the finances of Health + Hospitals — similar to his effort to do so for public housing, dubbed «Next Generation NYCHA» — to avoid a financial shortfall that his office said would reach $ 600 million by next year and could grow to $ 1.8 billion by 2020.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed legislation to expand unlimited sick leave benefits for public sector officers and employees who developed a qualifying health condition as a result of their heroic response to 9/11 rescue, recovery, and clean - up efforts at World Trade Center sites.

State Cites Oneida County Health for H1N1 Response The Oneida County Health Department overcame numerous obstacles including an evolving epidemic and the pressure to deliver medications that were sometimes in short supply in its efforts to protect the public health during the H1N1 influenza pandemic, according to a letter from Dr. Richard F. Daines, Commissioner of Health for the State of NewHealth for H1N1 Response The Oneida County Health Department overcame numerous obstacles including an evolving epidemic and the pressure to deliver medications that were sometimes in short supply in its efforts to protect the public health during the H1N1 influenza pandemic, according to a letter from Dr. Richard F. Daines, Commissioner of Health for the State of NewHealth Department overcame numerous obstacles including an evolving epidemic and the pressure to deliver medications that were sometimes in short supply in its efforts to protect the public health during the H1N1 influenza pandemic, according to a letter from Dr. Richard F. Daines, Commissioner of Health for the State of Newhealth during the H1N1 influenza pandemic, according to a letter from Dr. Richard F. Daines, Commissioner of Health for the State of NewHealth for the State of New York.

It supports mental health outreach efforts to young people with a peer - to - peer component and was developed with the help of a funded graduate student internship through the University at Albany's School of Public Hhealth outreach efforts to young people with a peer - to - peer component and was developed with the help of a funded graduate student internship through the University at Albany's School of Public HealthHealth.

The Bureau of Environmental Health and the Oneida County Health Department will present an update on community gardening efforts on Tuesday, June 18th beginning at 6:30 pm at the Thomas Lindsay Public Safety Building on James Street in Utica.

Because of your relentless effort and fierce commitment to keep fracking from polluting our water, air and harming our health, last Wednesday on December 17, 2014, at a public, livestreamed meeting of Governor Cuomo's cabinet in Albany, Governor Cuomo acknowledged the overwhelming science that speaks to the inherent dangers of fracking to public health and the environment presented by Joseph Martens, Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation, and Dr. Howard Zucker, Commissioner of the Department of Health, Governor Cuomo banned high volume horizontal fracturing in New York health, last Wednesday on December 17, 2014, at a public, livestreamed meeting of Governor Cuomo's cabinet in Albany, Governor Cuomo acknowledged the overwhelming science that speaks to the inherent dangers of fracking to public health and the environment presented by Joseph Martens, Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation, and Dr. Howard Zucker, Commissioner of the Department of Health, Governor Cuomo banned high volume horizontal fracturing in New York health and the environment presented by Joseph Martens, Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation, and Dr. Howard Zucker, Commissioner of the Department of Health, Governor Cuomo banned high volume horizontal fracturing in New York Health, Governor Cuomo banned high volume horizontal fracturing in New York State.

March 5, 2010 Pomona hearing 1:00 - 4:00 PM Health and Mental Health Transportation, Economic Development, Environmental Conservation Rockland County Fire Training Center Auditorium 35 Firemen's Memorial Drive, Pomona, NY 10970 Contact: Dan Moscato at [phone] or [email protected] March 12, 2010 Bronxville hearing 4:00 - 7:00 PM Education, Labor and Family Assistance Public Protection and General Government Concordia College Sommer Center for Worship & the Performing Arts 171 White Plains Road, Bronxville, NY 10708 Contact: Shelley Andrews at [phone] or [email protected] The Hudson Valley Delegation of the New York State Senate In an effort to ensure the Hudson Valley is fairly represented in all legislative matters before the Senate, nine local Senators representing the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester have formed a bipartisan delegation to more effectively advocate for the needs and concerns of their constituents.

Details of the complex, called the SUNY Poly Institute for Public Health Technology, provide a view into previous efforts by the Cuomo administration to explore putting a life sciences and biotech hub in the Capital Region anchored at SUNY Poly.

A Deputy Minister of Health, Tina Mensah, signed on behalf of Ghana while Keller Rinaudo, CEO of Zipline, signed for his company in Accra on Monday 23rd April, 2018, in the presence of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, who has championed the governmental effort to ensure the use of innovation and technology in public service delivery.

On March 22nd, 2018, HOPE Buffalo will host their Annual Awards Ceremony to recognize youth, key community stakeholders and partners, health care providers, and representatives from the Buffalo Public School District and the Buffalo School Board of Education for their efforts in promoting adolescent health and wellness for teens in nine selected zip code areas in Buffalo (14201, 14204, 14206, 14207, 14208, 14209, 14211, 14213 & 14215).

«Since the increase in opioid use among women has been accompanied by an increase in adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes, including neonatal abstinence syndrome, reproductive - age women should be of particular concern in public health efforts to combat the opioid epidemic.»

The findings, published online and scheduled for an upcoming issue of the American Journal of Public Health, indicate that public health efforts aimed at fighting the opioid epidemic should include interventions that address concurrent use of multiple substances among reproductive - age Public Health, indicate that public health efforts aimed at fighting the opioid epidemic should include interventions that address concurrent use of multiple substances among reproductive - age Health, indicate that public health efforts aimed at fighting the opioid epidemic should include interventions that address concurrent use of multiple substances among reproductive - age public health efforts aimed at fighting the opioid epidemic should include interventions that address concurrent use of multiple substances among reproductive - age health efforts aimed at fighting the opioid epidemic should include interventions that address concurrent use of multiple substances among reproductive - age women.

Her findings, published in the Journal of Animal Ecology on June 5, could help wildlife managers target their efforts to prevent outbreaks and potentially help public health officials prevent disease in human populations as well.

«All the public health campaigns in this country required concerted efforts over many years,» says pediatrician David Ludwig, director of the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center at Boston Children's Hospital.

«Public health efforts are needed to raise university administration and student population awareness of the harms that indoor tanning poses to young adults in order to increase demand for policy - related action.

Scientific American interviewed Marion Nestle, a New York University professor of nutrition, food studies and public health, about the significance of such legislative efforts to improve children's eating habits, and the likelihood that they will help keep kids from becoming overweight.

As a public health analyst in the HIV / AIDS prevention branch, West supported the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) project, an ongoing effort that studies prevalence of infection in specific risk groups in cities.

Public health efforts to prevent epidemics of infectious diseases typically rely on herd immunity: The more people in a community are vaccinated or otherwise protected from a disease, the less likely it is to be transmitted throughout the population.

The virus remains unchecked because of the lack of a global effort to implement emergency public - health measures

The research is part of a larger effort by Harvard and Columbia to provide local stakeholders with an effective tool to assess the public health costs from fires and guide policy decisions.

«Regardless of price increases, soda taxes can be a means of sustainably funding public health efforts,» said study senior author Dr. Kristine Madsen, an associate professor at UC Berkeley's School of Public Hpublic health efforts,» said study senior author Dr. Kristine Madsen, an associate professor at UC Berkeley's School of Public Hhealth efforts,» said study senior author Dr. Kristine Madsen, an associate professor at UC Berkeley's School of Public HPublic HealthHealth.

«This model may be useful to advocates and policymakers as they pursue efforts to prevent the worst effects of climate change,» adds senior author Patrick Kinney, director of the Climate and Health Program and professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health.

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Co-author Dr. Lynn Taylor, an associate professor of medicine at Brown and physician at the Miriam Hospital, said the clear overlap of opioid use and hepatitis C infection requires a tightly coupled public health effort.