Not exact matches
This area covers the impact
of policies affecting Canadians»
health and long - term care choices and
outcomes, for example regarding access to and quality
of care, funding arrangements and incentives, pharmaceuticals policies, intergenerational equity considerations, and the impact
of these choices on the
public purse.
Evidence from other countries is compelling that better organization and management can increase the productivity
of public health - care delivery in Canada, yielding better
outcomes at lower cost.
It would be useful if the identification
of such a clearly contentious but important
public health issue led to increased support for objective research and analysis in relation to agreed population
outcomes.
The latest example is an analysis prepared by faculty at the College
of Public Health of the University
of Arizona, Tucson and the Arizona
Public Health Training Center for the Arizona Department
of Health Services entitled
Outcomes of Home vs. Hospital Births Attended by Midwives: A Systematic Review and Meta - analysis.
Among the range
of outcomes which will be improved by an effective 0 - 5 years»
public health nursing service are improving breastfeeding initiation and increasing breastfeeding prevalence at 6 - 8 weeks.
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.
Stakeholders» input was integrated into development
of A Healthy Start for Minnesota Children: Supporting Opportunities for Life - Long
Health, a theory of change that depicts how public understanding, health in all policies, and community innovation lead to 1) safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments and 2) social and economic security, which in turn will help the state achieve its ultimate outcome — that every Minnesota child, prenatal to age three years, will thrive in their family and community and achieve their full potential regardless of their race, where they live, or their family's i
Health, a theory
of change that depicts how
public understanding,
health in all policies, and community innovation lead to 1) safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments and 2) social and economic security, which in turn will help the state achieve its ultimate outcome — that every Minnesota child, prenatal to age three years, will thrive in their family and community and achieve their full potential regardless of their race, where they live, or their family's i
health in all policies, and community innovation lead to 1) safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments and 2) social and economic security, which in turn will help the state achieve its ultimate
outcome — that every Minnesota child, prenatal to age three years, will thrive in their family and community and achieve their full potential regardless
of their race, where they live, or their family's income.
The
Public Health Outcomes framework 2016: prioritises breastfeeding initiation and breastfeeding prevalence at 6 - 8 weeks as indicators of health improv
Health Outcomes framework 2016: prioritises breastfeeding initiation and breastfeeding prevalence at 6 - 8 weeks as indicators
of health improv
health improvement.
In their current state
of development, home visitation programs do not appear to represent the low - cost solution to child
health and developmental problems that policymakers and the
public have hoped for.5 However, information that is accumulating about long - term
outcomes and effective practices may lead to the development
of replicable programs that are capable
of producing modest but consistent and positive results for participating target families.
These eight districts joined our original five districts — Dallas ISD (Dallas, TX), Little Rock (AR), Memphis City Schools (TN), Orange County
Public Schools (FL), and Prince George's County
Public Schools (MD)-- in the work
of increasing access to, and participation in, the federally - funded School Breakfast Program, with the goal
of reducing childhood hunger, and improving
health and educational
outcome for students.
Group prenatal care can substantially improve
health outcomes for both mothers and their infants, a new study led by the Yale School of Public Health has
health outcomes for both mothers and their infants, a new study led by the Yale School
of Public Health has
Health has found.
Enabling women to breastfeed is also a
public health priority because, on a population level, interruption
of lactation is associated with adverse
health outcomes for the woman and her child, including higher maternal risks
of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease, and greater infant risks
of infectious disease, sudden infant death syndrome, and metabolic disease (2, 4).
Despite the well - documented benefits
of breastfeeding for the infant and the mother, breastfeeding
outcomes lag behind
public health goals.
Results published in the American Journal
of Public Health were based on evaluation data from Legacy for ChildrenTM, a public health intervention program designed to improve child outcomes by promoting positive parenting among low - income mothers of infants and young chi
Public Health were based on evaluation data from Legacy for ChildrenTM, a public health intervention program designed to improve child outcomes by promoting positive parenting among low - income mothers of infants and young chi
Health were based on evaluation data from Legacy for ChildrenTM, a
public health intervention program designed to improve child outcomes by promoting positive parenting among low - income mothers of infants and young chi
public health intervention program designed to improve child outcomes by promoting positive parenting among low - income mothers of infants and young chi
health intervention program designed to improve child
outcomes by promoting positive parenting among low - income mothers
of infants and young children.
Legacy for Children ™ (Legacy) is CDC's evidence - based
public health approach to improve child
outcomes by fostering positive parenting among low - income mothers
of infants and young children.
In a review
of U.S. - based randomized trials evaluating breastfeeding interventions targeting minorities, interventions to change hospital or WIC policies, including enhanced practices and services, were among the
public health approaches found to successfully improve breastfeeding
outcomes among minority women (9).
The effects
of breastfeeding on children's development have important implications for both
public -
health policies and for the design
of targeted early intervention strategies to improve the developmental
outcomes of children at risk as a result
of biological (e.g., prematurity) or social adversity (e.g., poverty).
Implications for
Public Health Practice: Because of the documented benefits of breastfeeding to both mothers and children, and because experiences in the first hours and days after birth help determine later breastfeeding outcomes, improved hospital policies and practices could increase rates of breastfeeding nationwide, contributing to improved child h
Health Practice: Because
of the documented benefits
of breastfeeding to both mothers and children, and because experiences in the first hours and days after birth help determine later breastfeeding
outcomes, improved hospital policies and practices could increase rates
of breastfeeding nationwide, contributing to improved child
healthhealth.
«We want to free business from the burden
of regulation, but we don't want, in doing that, to sacrifice
public health outcomes.»
This is especially critical since Andrew Lansley has rightfully placed patient
health outcomes at the heart
of Government reforms; a pressing imperative given rising
public health challenges and an aging population predisposed to long - term conditions (LTCs).
Erie County and each Mall partner are teaming up with the University at Buffalo's School
of Public Health to conduct long - term studies of the health outcomes and health care utilization of patients who visit the Health
Health to conduct long - term studies
of the
health outcomes and health care utilization of patients who visit the Health
health outcomes and
health care utilization of patients who visit the Health
health care utilization
of patients who visit the
HealthHealth Mall.
«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.»
In a report
of their findings, published in the December issue
of the American Journal
of Public Health, the researchers say the program was designed to prevent suffering at a time when adolescent depression rates are on the rise and many believe awareness, early recognition and effective therapies can lead to better
outcomes.
Attanasio, an assistant professor
of health policy and management at UMass Amherst's School of Public Health and Health Sciences, explains that a growing body of research at the individual level has shown that compared to women cared for by physicians, women considered at low - risk for complications in childbirth who receive care from midwives have good outcomes that include lower use of interventions such as cesarean del
health policy and management at UMass Amherst's School
of Public Health and Health Sciences, explains that a growing body of research at the individual level has shown that compared to women cared for by physicians, women considered at low - risk for complications in childbirth who receive care from midwives have good outcomes that include lower use of interventions such as cesarean del
Health and
Health Sciences, explains that a growing body of research at the individual level has shown that compared to women cared for by physicians, women considered at low - risk for complications in childbirth who receive care from midwives have good outcomes that include lower use of interventions such as cesarean del
Health Sciences, explains that a growing body
of research at the individual level has shown that compared to women cared for by physicians, women considered at low - risk for complications in childbirth who receive care from midwives have good
outcomes that include lower use
of interventions such as cesarean delivery.
«STS
public reporting uses detailed clinical registry data and
outcomes that have been risk adjusted, meaning that the results take into account the condition
of the patient at the time
of surgery and whether or not there were other
health problems, such as diabetes.»
«Substance abuse is the topic
of high
public interest, yet little attention is given to the experiences
of college students with disabilities,» wrote the study authors Steven L. West et al. «Given that binge drinking is highly correlated with academic failure, drop - out, and an increased risk for various negative
health conditions, such use by students with disabilities may place them at extreme risk for various negative
outcomes.»
Continued investigation
of this research may have strong implications for policy makers,
public health professionals and school administrators to consider simple and sustainable environmental changes in classrooms that can effectively increase energy expenditure and physical activity as well as enhance cognitive development and education
outcomes.
Published in the journal Tobacco Control, the first study to model
public health outcomes if cigarette smoking was replaced by e-cigarettes «supports a policy strategy that encourages replacing cigarette smoking with vaping to yield substantial life year gains,» says the study's lead author David Levy, PhD, professor
of oncology at Georgetown Lombardi.
«To our knowledge, this is the first study to assess whether insecticidal bait alone works to reduce cockroach exposure in homes with any subsequent benefit in asthma
outcomes,» said lead study author Felicia Rabito, associate professor
of epidemiology at Tulane University School
of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
«Metabolic syndrome in women may be more closely related to coronary artery disease than other cardiovascular
outcomes,» noted Elizabeth Barrett - Connor, MD, corresponding author and Distinguished Professor in the Department
of Family Medicine and
Public Health at UC San Diego School
of Medicine.
«Given the number
of professional musicians and the severity
of the
outcome, leading to occupational disability and severe loss
of quality
of life, hearing loss in [this group] is
of high
public health importance,» they add.
Group prenatal care can substantially improve
health outcomes for both mothers and their infants, a new study led by the Yale School of Public Health has
health outcomes for both mothers and their infants, a new study led by the Yale School
of Public Health has
Health has found.
«Increased uptake
of folic acid prior to pregnancy and throughout the first trimester could have significant
public health benefits given the poor
outcomes associated with SGA babies.
«We have animal literature, which shows direct links between exposure and adverse
health outcomes, the limited human studies, and the fact that 90 to 100 percent of the population has measurable levels of these compounds in their bodies,» said John Meeker, an assistant professor of environmental health sciences at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and a lead a
health outcomes, the limited human studies, and the fact that 90 to 100 percent
of the population has measurable levels
of these compounds in their bodies,» said John Meeker, an assistant professor
of environmental
health sciences at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and a lead a
health sciences at the University
of Michigan School
of Public Health and a lead a
Health and a lead author.
«Racial - ethnic minorities suffer more strokes and worse stroke
outcomes than White Americans and they often show up later to an emergency room to seek critical treatments,» said Bernadette Boden - Albala, M.P.H., Dr.PH., lead author and professor
of public health, dentistry and neurology and associate dean of program development, at Global Institute of Public Health at New York Unive
public health, dentistry and neurology and associate dean of program development, at Global Institute of Public Health at New York Unive
health, dentistry and neurology and associate dean
of program development, at Global Institute
of Public Health at New York Unive
Public Health at New York Unive
Health at New York University.
«We found a consistent pattern
of success across a number
of different
outcome measures,» says the study's principal investigator John Walkup, MD, an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School
of Public Health and a faculty member within the Center for American Indian
Health.
«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.»
The new study will focus on four areas
of high
public health concern: obesity, birth defects and other early
outcomes, neurodevelopmental disorders (such as autism and depression), and airway diseases (such as asthma and allergies).
The authors include in their paper a set
of recommended resources to assist healthcare providers, and examples
of culturally tailored, community - based
public health initiatives that have been effective in improving diabetes
outcomes among African - Americans, who represent a critical population for effective and culturally appropriate diabetes healthcare because they are disproportionately burdened by type 2 diabetes in the United States.
Themed «Rare Genomics: Genomics
of Rare Diseases, Rare Cancers and rare Drug
Outcomes», this international scientific event will revolve around the application
of the most important disciplines
of Genomic Medicine, such as Genome discovery, informatics,
Public Health, and drug design in Rare Diseases, Cancer and Pharmacogenomics.
The main
outcome of this programme is a cohort
of researchers with computational, experimental laboratory and transferable skills ready to further their career in academia,
public health and the private sector.
Several performance reporting systems now report publicly on aspects
of quality such as surgical
outcomes, 8 adherence to evidence - based quality measures, 9,10 and patients» assessments
of care, 11 but few
public reports about the quality
of health care organizations have also assessed the equity
of care provided by those organizations.
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The Roger C. Lipitz Center for Integrated
Health Care at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is offering free technical assistance to help primary care practices and health care organizations, including accountable care organizations (ACOs), improve the quality and outcomes of health care for older adults with chronic illn
Health Care at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School
of Public Health is offering free technical assistance to help primary care practices and health care organizations, including accountable care organizations (ACOs), improve the quality and outcomes of health care for older adults with chronic illn
Health is offering free technical assistance to help primary care practices and
health care organizations, including accountable care organizations (ACOs), improve the quality and outcomes of health care for older adults with chronic illn
health care organizations, including accountable care organizations (ACOs), improve the quality and
outcomes of health care for older adults with chronic illn
health care for older adults with chronic illnesses.
Dr Amanda Mason - Jones, Senior Lecturer in Global
Public Health and lead author
of the review, said: «Previous studies have focused on self - reported
outcomes only - this is the first review and meta - analysis to look at only measurable biological
outcomes.
Ralph Seal Paffenbarger Professor and Chair Department
of Medical Social Sciences Director Center for Patient - Centered
Outcomes Institute for
Public Health and Medicine Northwestern University Feinberg School
of Medicine
«More work needs to be done to better understand the causes
of these differences, so that steps can be taken to improve
outcomes for mothers and babies,» study lead author Dr. Paul Aylin,
of Imperial College London's School
of Public Health, said in a college news release.
In particular, Dr Jordan explains the need for practical skill assessments in addition to written exams and how creating standards in the
health coaching field is a matter
of public safety as well as a way to improve the ability to effectively evaluate
health coaching
outcomes.
While data from the Harvard School
of Public Health indicates that olive oil is clearly a healthier choice for heart
outcomes than butter and lard, there is concerning data about olive oil and arteries.
Recently the
health outcomes over 25 years were compared from a large database from the Harvard School of Public Health in subjects eating a healthy (whole grains, fruits and vegetables, nuts, legumes, teas, coffee, and vegetable oils) versus an unhealthy (juices, sweetened beverages, grains, sweets, fried potatoes) plant - based
health outcomes over 25 years were compared from a large database from the Harvard School
of Public Health in subjects eating a healthy (whole grains, fruits and vegetables, nuts, legumes, teas, coffee, and vegetable oils) versus an unhealthy (juices, sweetened beverages, grains, sweets, fried potatoes) plant - based
Health in subjects eating a healthy (whole grains, fruits and vegetables, nuts, legumes, teas, coffee, and vegetable oils) versus an unhealthy (juices, sweetened beverages, grains, sweets, fried potatoes) plant - based diet.