Sentences with phrase «of public health measures»

«In New York City we've seen smoking rates precipitously decline because of public health measures, but chewing tobacco has remained steady, without much of a decline — especially among young men, and especially among athletes.

A study in the American Journal of Public Health measured the cost of contraceptive methods compared to the cost of unintended pregnancies when no contraception was used, and found the total savings to the health care system to fall between $ 9,000 and $ 14,000 per woman over five years of contraceptive use.

Not exact matches

To help determine whether it will result in a real improvement in the lives of garment workers or in business results, Levi's has enlisted Harvard's School of Public Health to rigorously measure and study the initiative.

Still, public health officials say the possibility of infection warrants preventive measures, and some Olympic athletes attending are taking some creative — some might even say extreme — steps to protect themselves.

Last month Dorsey asked the public to propose solutions to make the social network a nicer place by measuring «collective health, openness, and civility of public conversation.»

The exclusion of health services, as well as a number of other services provided by the public sector, largely explains the relatively modest increase in the market goods and services excluding volatile items measure of underlying inflation over the past year.

Gay men have vigorously fought off the only public health measures that could significantly contain the spread of AIDS — contact tracing and testing of partners — methods long used for syphilis and other sexually transmitted afflictions.

As a communicable disease, certain legislative measures are in place to protect public health and roommates will be screened and informed of the possible risk.

It wasn't the only message being disseminated, of course: Merely suggesting abstinence as a public health measure was viewed by some as an irresponsible intrusion of religious fundamentalism into politics.

Though the Western myth is that the Catholic Church in the Third World is retarding public health measures for the sake of a theological nicety, that is certainly not the case on this continent.

In January 2013 the non-governmental organisation Sustain, supported by 61 health organisations, called for a 20 pence per litre excise duty on sugar sweetened drinks.4 In February, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges called for a 20 % tax on sugar sweetened drinks as part of its enquiry into clinical and public health solutions to the obesity epidemic.1 Although the UK government has indicated a preference for voluntary approaches to the control of obesity, it has not ruled out fiscal measures.14 Clearly, the idea of a sugar sweetened drink tax is gaining traction in the UK, but its effect on health remains uncertain.

The most comprehensive methodology for testing the chemical composition of unrecorded alcohol products was developed as part of the Alcohol Measures for Public Health Research Alliance (AMPHORA) project, a collaboration among 13 EU member states funded by the European Commission.

Multiple approaches are needed to combat VAD, including nutrition education and consuming a diverse and nutrient rich diet; promoting breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices; vitamin A capsule supplementation; food fortification; and other public health measures aimed at the control of infectious diseases.

«Agricultural supply management schemes, public health - driven prohibitions, environmental controls, and innumerable comparable regulatory measures that incidentally impede the passage of goods crossing provincial borders may be invalid,» it stated.

An international report from the UK Health Forum into the collaboration of the food and drink industry with public health finds that conflict of interest repeatedly stop governments introducing measures to improve hHealth Forum into the collaboration of the food and drink industry with public health finds that conflict of interest repeatedly stop governments introducing measures to improve hhealth finds that conflict of interest repeatedly stop governments introducing measures to improve healthhealth.

Among public health measures for the prevention of obesity are the need to restrict the consumption of energy - dense snacks and sugar - sweetened soft drinks and to increase the consumption of whole grains and energy - dilute vegetables and fruit (15).

This proposed legislation would help prepare Massachusetts for the impacts of climate change by identifying where we are most vulnerable and taking measures to protect public health, public safety, and the economy.

Mass Audubon supports the passage of An Act establishing a comprehensive adaptation management plan in response to climate change, which prepares Massachusetts for the impacts of climate change by identifying where we are most vulnerable and taking measures to protect public health, public safety and the economy.

Fluoride supplementation of low - fluoride water and iodine in salt * are * recommended public - health measures.

Data profiles are available for every state and for the nation as a whole, and are designed to help states measure how they are faring in using key public nutrition programs to reduce hunger and improve the health and economic security of low - income families.

Absolute inequality measures reflect not only inequalities across socioeconomic subgroups but also public health importance of the outcome in consideration, and they could provide different, even contradictory, patterns of inequalities from relative measures in a given outcome.21, 22 However, measuring absolute inequality is often neglected in health inequalities research.23 Relative risks (RRs) and absolute risk differences (RDs) of discontinuing breastfeeding among mothers with lower education compared with mothers with complete university education (reference category) were separately estimated in the intervention and in the control group and then compared between the two groups.

«Exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 mo of life followed by optimal complementary feeding are critical public health measures for reducing and preventing morbidity and mortality in young children.»

deadline to be pushed back to align with the USDA's coming GMO disclosure regulation — a measure that isn't likely to kick in for a few years (at least)... Gottlieb suggested during the hearing that he may be open to aligning the deadlines... You want to try to consolidate the label changes when you're making label changes as a matter of public health, he said, adding that requiring companies to update their labels repeatedly is costly.

Based on the current meta - analysis, 14 % to 20 % of all childhood leukemia cases may be prevented by breastfeeding for 6 months or more, a highly accessible and low - cost public health measure.

Public Health England Early Years Profiles allow for measures of infant health based on International Classification of Diseases codes (ICD10) to be tracked over time and compared with statistically similar areas across EnHealth England Early Years Profiles allow for measures of infant health based on International Classification of Diseases codes (ICD10) to be tracked over time and compared with statistically similar areas across Enhealth based on International Classification of Diseases codes (ICD10) to be tracked over time and compared with statistically similar areas across England.

The New York State Caucus of Environmental Legislators is billed as a «non-partisan» forum to consider measures aimed at protecting both the environment and public health.

El - Rufai who spoke at the inauguration of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the December 12 clashes in Zaria, said he also took measures to safeguard public health and safety by removing unsound structures, and clearing debris from the scene of the clashes.

«We will, as always, be diligent in view of these developments and will take whatever measures are prudent to insure the public's health and safety,» Picente said.

The tobacco industry makes grand gestures in the direction of its competition, and claims that effective public health measures will increase the illicit and counterfeit tobacco trade.

Legislator Savage said, «No one objects to reasonable measures that assist people to quit smoking; however we must also be mindful of the unintended consequences that may also impact public health, such as the use of these devices in public places and the accidental or recreational use by children and young people.»

Latest data obtained by DAILY POST from NCDC showed that the number of new confirmed and probable cases had been falling for five consecutive weeks, indicating that public health measures were effective, but more infections were expected until the end of the dry season.

Hospitals in New York also have gone into overdrive against the Republican measure, saying it «would threaten health coverage for millions of New Yorkers, create a fiscal crisis for the state, and burden hospitals and health systems with fewer resources and more uninsured or underinsured patients,» said Bea Grouse, president of the Rensselaer - based Hospital Association of New York State, which represents over 500 not - for - profit and public hospitals in the state.

The opposition parties PvdA, SP, GL, joined by the ChristianUnion wanted to revert some of the measures and pay more attention to the public sector, especially to the health care - sector and the poor.

Christie said last year that parents should have a «measure of choice,» as «not every vaccine is created equal and not every disease type is as great a public health threat as others.»

In a study led by University of Louisville biostatistician Doug Lorenz, Ph.D., associate professor, School of Public Health and Information Sciences, the reliability and accuracy of a nine — member expert panel was measured in determining the likelihood of abuse in more than 2,000 cases.

«But nobody has yet figured out a way to translate the information gathered by these devices into measures of health and longevity, let alone monetize this information — until now,» says S. Jay Olshansky, professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health and chief scientist at Lapetus Solutions, who is lead author on the health and longevity, let alone monetize this information — until now,» says S. Jay Olshansky, professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health and chief scientist at Lapetus Solutions, who is lead author on the Health and chief scientist at Lapetus Solutions, who is lead author on the paper.

«I believe in the 21st century, the classic public health measures that are critical can be complemented by the addition of rapid diagnostics; by the development of vaccines, assessment of safety and efficacy and then deployment; and by the development of drugs.

The announcement comes amid a debate over the use of experimental drugs in the outbreak: a leading epidemiologist hopes the announcement will shift international focus toward relying on basic public health measures to control the disease.

Doctors may disagree about the nature of a disease, Hey notes, yet they have no problem providing essential expertise on the public health measures to control it.

Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C., pushing for affordable health care for all Americans, calls the measure «a step in the right direction,» but notes that ultimately the feds need «to extend public programs or provide subsidies, such as refundable tax credits or some other means» to have truly universal health coverage.

«The e-cigarette industry is acquiring the kind of influence that the conventional tobacco industry has used for many years to prevent the implementation of sensible measures to protect the health of the public,» he says.

In a draft of the health impact assessment released in February 2011, the School of Public Health researchers concluded that without pollution control measures, emissions from drilling would likely be high enough to cause disease in Battlement Mesa, including respiratory and neurological problems, birth defects and chealth impact assessment released in February 2011, the School of Public Health researchers concluded that without pollution control measures, emissions from drilling would likely be high enough to cause disease in Battlement Mesa, including respiratory and neurological problems, birth defects and cHealth researchers concluded that without pollution control measures, emissions from drilling would likely be high enough to cause disease in Battlement Mesa, including respiratory and neurological problems, birth defects and cancer.

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

However, they wrote, there are accessible and validated measures of structural racism in the public health and social science literature, such as redlining, sundown towns, and mass incarceration.

The study, published online by the American Journal of Public Health, is the first known neighborhood walking trial in which a physiological marker was measured in real - time for residents in their own communities.

If such tax avoidance were to occur in countries like Zambia, Spencer hypothesises, this could lead to a loss of tax revenue that could instead help the government's distribution of free ORS and zinc and fundamental public health measures such as infrastructure for water and sanitation.

Says Gundacker: «The US health authority regards concentrations in excess of 50 µg / l as being so alarming that it recommends targeted public health measures to reduce these levels.»

As a public - health intervention, immunisation is already widely seen as one of public health's «best buys», but by measuring the effectiveness in terms of lives saved, it seems likely that we are undervaluing the benefits and the return on investment they offer.

Environmental engineer Rolf Halden and co-authors at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, gathered samples from an urban sewage treatment facility in the eastern United States, measuring the amount of TCC entering and exiting the treatment plant.

«Using cotinine level to measure exposure to second - hand smoke has important public health implications, because increasing the scope of smoke - free environments would likely decrease cotinine levels in the general population and ultimately death,» said Emanuela Taioli, MD, PhD, Director of the Institute for Translation Epidemiology at Mount Sinai.