Sentences with phrase «of public health messages»

In each country, women were also assessed for their comprehension of public health messages.

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Instead of sending an honest public health message — our game is dangerous, we're trying to make things safer, but play at your own peril — the NFL obfuscates its way around safety.

They have a real message,» said David Hemenway, an economist and a professor of health policy at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, in an interview on Fhealth policy at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, in an interview on FHealth, in an interview on Friday.

CNN: Health secretary addresses health care, religious freedom in protested graduation speech In an anticipated and controversial address Friday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius delivered a speech that blended inspirational messages to graduates with a discussion of public policy's tough decisions, including health care and honoring religious frHealth secretary addresses health care, religious freedom in protested graduation speech In an anticipated and controversial address Friday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius delivered a speech that blended inspirational messages to graduates with a discussion of public policy's tough decisions, including health care and honoring religious frhealth care, religious freedom in protested graduation speech In an anticipated and controversial address Friday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius delivered a speech that blended inspirational messages to graduates with a discussion of public policy's tough decisions, including health care and honoring religious frHealth and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius delivered a speech that blended inspirational messages to graduates with a discussion of public policy's tough decisions, including health care and honoring religious frhealth care and honoring religious freedom.

It should also be understood that one does not necessarily need to take a religious or moral approach to transmit the public - health message about the health and survival merits of restraining sexual behavior.

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.

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While attending the Institute of Coaching's Fifth Annual Conference in Boston recently, along with 700 other health and leadership coaches, I had the opportunity to listen to public health guru Dr. David Katz spread his health message: that we, as a society, need to curb the obesity epidemic.

But that is the unambiguous message of a controversial government public health campaign encouraging new mothers to breast - feed for six months to protect their babies from colds, flu, ear infections, diarrhea and even obesity...

The Department of Health is working closely with our partners at UNICEF, the Royal College of Midwives, the Institute of Health Visiting, NHS England and Public Health England to co-ordinate our awareness messaging this week.

A current campaign is hijacking the public health message about the importance of nutrition during the 1000 days from conception and branding it with SMA.

The partner agencies on this project — Washington State Department of Agriculture, Washington State Department of Health, the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Washington State University School of Food Science — came together to develop «SAFE Salad Bars in Schools - A Guide for School Food Service» in order to consolidate messages and present clear guidance to school district staff and decision makers, using state - level knowledge and expertise and consulting national sources.

And yes, certainly any public health message should be cognizant of all the stripes of people in the population.

According to a new University of Georgia study, bed sharing can likely be decreased if public health officials tailor messaging to their unique population.

Furthermore, any pro-breastfeeding message which you send to the public will certainly be diluted by the fact that you are simultaneously tacitly endorsing formula feeding through this partnership, necessarily at the expense of breastfeeding and the health of infants and young children.

She was successfully treated but the sleep issues and separation anxiety stayed around for a while... We live in a state of Australia that promotes a very strong public health message about the risks of co-sleeping, which is particularly disseminated through its maternal - child health nurses.

But after Back - to - Sleep, the ORs shot up, probably because those babies already at greatest risk of SIDS were the ones that weren't getting the public health message, while prone sleep in the control population dropped dramatically.

Like the EU referendum bill, or Theresa May's attacks on imaginary health tourists, or Iain Duncan Smith's insistence on the effectiveness of his welfare reforms, this is another example of post-reality governance: policy based not on the real world, but on an imaginary one of PR messaging in which the sole purpose is stay in power by finding lines of public opinion and putting the opposition on the wrong side of them.

Cuomo left the door open for issuing a message of necessity to bypass the required three - day aging process for a medical marijuana deal, but said he would not sign off on anything that he believed would create «havoc» and a «public health disaster.»

Dr. Gayle Jones, Oneida County Director of Health, emphasizes the importance of bringing home the message warning of the hazards of lead poisoning and educating the public on ways to prevent it must go beyond this week.

The authors also call for fundamental changes in public health and drug treatment messaging: «Public education about antibiotics should highlight the fact that antibiotic resistance is primarily the result of antibiotic overuse and is not prevented by completing a course,» they public health and drug treatment messaging: «Public education about antibiotics should highlight the fact that antibiotic resistance is primarily the result of antibiotic overuse and is not prevented by completing a course,» they Public education about antibiotics should highlight the fact that antibiotic resistance is primarily the result of antibiotic overuse and is not prevented by completing a course,» they wrote.

«We assume that changing the way people think changes how people behave — that's really a core message of public health,» Brewis says.

We need public health authorities, of course, but we also need them to get their messages right.

«The public health message about the link between cannabis and psychosis has been a difficult one to communicate, but the evidence still points to the benefits of regulations that seek to advise on the greatest potential health risks, which currently arise due to tobacco use.»

The positive messages framed the topic of climate change around one of four major issues: economic opportunity, national security, Christian stewardship and public health.

While these types of messages are commonly used in political, public health and commercial advertising campaigns (e.g., smoking will kill you, Candidate A will destroy the economy), their use is controversial as academics continue to debate their effectiveness.

Social media messaging, screening and interventions offer new tools to help colleges prevent and reduce excessive drinking, according to a report authored by a Boston University School of Public Health researcher, working with a group of experts.

Despite Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) messages that the water was safe, we fought to educate residents about severe public health risks.

With cases rapidly mounting in four West African countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) today declared the Ebola outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), a designation that allows the agency to issue recommendations for travel restrictions but also sends a strong message that more resources need to be mobilized to bring the viral disease under control.

«We think that this study sends a powerful public health message: that a complete lack of exercise is associated with the greater likelihood of developing a serious disease.

Public health messaging about the safety of e-cigarettes needs to account for the worldviews of the target audience, with different groups displaying varying levels of trust depending on the source of the message, according to a recent study by the School of Public Health at Georgia State Univehealth messaging about the safety of e-cigarettes needs to account for the worldviews of the target audience, with different groups displaying varying levels of trust depending on the source of the message, according to a recent study by the School of Public Health at Georgia State UniveHealth at Georgia State University.

This includes working with Pakistani local governments to craft public health messages reassuring the public of vaccine safety and the importance of immunization (18 July, fortuitously, is National Immunization Day).

«Text message programs like these allow for healthcare providers to care for their patients even when they are not in front of them in the office, somewhat like a modern day house call,» said Melissa Stockwell, MD, MPH, assistant professor of Population and Family Health at the Mailman School of Public Health and assistant professor of Pediatrics at the Medical Center, and principal investigator.

Researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University Medical Center studied the impact of text message reminders for the second dose of influenza vaccine required for many young children to protect them against the virus.

For public health advocates, the takeout or, rather, take - home message is that merely promoting the consumption of healthful foods may actually be calorie counterproductive.

«Why to quit smoking messages are more powerful because those ads typically show graphic portrayals of the health consequences of smoking or feature personal testimonies to evoke emotion,» said Jennifer Duke, Ph.D., senior research public health analyst at RTI and co-author of the study.

«Our public health messages should accurately convey to cigarette smokers that switching completely to e-cigarettes would reduce their risks even if e-cigarettes are addictive and not risk - free,» said one of the study's authors, Dr. Michael Eriksen, dean of Georgia State's School of Public Health and a globally recognized expert in tobacco copublic health messages should accurately convey to cigarette smokers that switching completely to e-cigarettes would reduce their risks even if e-cigarettes are addictive and not risk - free,» said one of the study's authors, Dr. Michael Eriksen, dean of Georgia State's School of Public Health and a globally recognized expert in tobacco cohealth messages should accurately convey to cigarette smokers that switching completely to e-cigarettes would reduce their risks even if e-cigarettes are addictive and not risk - free,» said one of the study's authors, Dr. Michael Eriksen, dean of Georgia State's School of Public Health and a globally recognized expert in tobacco coPublic Health and a globally recognized expert in tobacco coHealth and a globally recognized expert in tobacco control.

At a time when public health messages emphasize just how important it is to carefully balance diets and fitness regimes in order to live long lives, Calment is a reminder of that no matter what we do there may always be a part of our health that is beyond our control.

«Our findings highlight a potentially important public health message on the benefits of a diet rich in fruit and vegetables for the prevention of diabetes,» wrote the authors.

«The public health message from this study is not yet clear,» said Janet Rowley, MD, Blum - Reise Distinguished Service Professor in the departments of medicine, molecular genetics & cell biology, and human genetics at the University of Chicago and director of the study.

How opioid - related messaging goes viral: Biocomplexity Institute of Virginia Tech researchers share findings with public health experts

Despite public health messages about the importance of sun protection, many people, including some with a previous melanoma, are not protecting themselves effectively resulting in severe sunburn.

«It is always encouraging to see that more positive messages about health are being discussed and disseminated on Twitter,» Massey, an assistant professor in the School of Public Health at Philadelphia - based Drexel, said in a university news rehealth are being discussed and disseminated on Twitter,» Massey, an assistant professor in the School of Public Health at Philadelphia - based Drexel, said in a university news reHealth at Philadelphia - based Drexel, said in a university news release.

«Thus, these findings highlight the importance of not only emphasizing avoidance of indoor tanning in public health messages and physician communication, but also reiterating the need for sun protection and skin cancer screening in this population,» the authors concluded.

One message of the study is that «the climate is changing and so is the risk of infectious disease,» said Durland Fish, professor emeritus of microbial diseases at Yale School of Public Health.

«One of the biggest public health messages has been to get people to take action when they have chest pain,» says Dr. Hayes.

In fact, a new report from researchers of the University of Minnesota suggests that the flu vaccine is not as effective as public health messaging suggests.

As a result of misguided public health messaging that has wrongly demonised fat, and more specifically saturated fat, the food industry produced a market of «low fat» foods that were loaded with sugar.

Thus, the public may receive mixed messages from health authorities and agencies about the risks of routine mercury exposures, depending on whether the exposure involves dentistry, seafood consumption or vaccines.

However, over the last several years, the public health message has shifted away from desired percentages of protein, fats and carbohydrates.