Sentences with phrase «overcoming access barriers»

Evidence - based solutions for overcoming access barriers, decreasing attrition, and promoting change with underserved families.

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Many years ago, I realized that there are enormous advantages in developing new data - driven services and solutions that provide real - time access to comparative corporate intelligence in ways that could overcome the barriers to information flows that exist within many large businesses.

Because of the challenges for international entrepreneurs working in Chinese markets, CEIBS recommends finding a local co-founder, «somebody who can provide you with the access to local resources, who can provide you with a deep understanding of the local contexts, who can help you overcome language barriers,» Velamuri says.

With most business buyers unable to access the full amount of a business price from lending institutions, today's sellers are faced with the decision to either lower asking prices or work with buyers to overcome sale barriers.

A portion of these projects will be specifically targeted to helping women - owned businesses overcome barriers in accessing financing, markets, and human capital.

The new model overcomes a long - standing barrier to accessing hair cells, the delicate sensors in the inner ear that capture sound and head movement and convert them to neural signals for hearing and balance.

It also indicates the importance of assisting smokers with mental illness in overcoming barriers to accessing mental health care (e.g., insuring the uninsured, increasing the supply of mental health care professionals, improving linkages between primary care and mental health care) as a means to address smoking - related harm,» the authors write.

«The Family Planning research team at University of Utah has worked for a decade [to] overcome a number of different barriers to help women access different methods of contraception,» said Turok, senior author on the study.

She is involved with and an advocate for community partnerships aimed at overcoming the barriers of access to mental health services as a means of addressing social justice issues that are prominent in our society.

For policymakers, practitioners, philanthropists, and researchers to access, understand, and build off a common knowledge base, the implications of recent developments in the biological and social sciences must be translated into accessible language that is accurate, relevant, and credible and that overcomes existing preconceptions and other barriers to understanding.

This means being proactive in identifying the barriers that many encounter in accessing education opportunities and identifying the resources needed to overcome those barriers.

Using technology to overcome the language barrier: Dr. El Masri wraped up the discussion by illustrating the linguistic and technological barriers that prevent Syrian children relocated in Lebanon from accessing learning technologies.

If the American dream is to mean anything for children from low - income backgrounds, they need access to a public education that helps them overcome economic and social barriers and achieve at high levels.

At the same time, the other teachers in the study who were able to get around the issue of access show that this barrier can be overcome when they are determined enough to use technology.

CAN builds intentional relationships with students to ensure they have the academic, financial and socio - emotional skills and resources necessary to navigate the college journey and overcome barriers to college access and success.

Among other benefits (such as, publishing, teaching, enhancing professional visibility, networking with other professionals, grantsmanship, and general assistance overcoming barriers to career success) the Barbara Jackson scholars will also have access to a strong network of graduate students of color and will be assigned a leading faculty member of national academic repute.

In the online discussions and face - to - face meetings, the members of the learning community, the teachers and the university educators, engaged in numerous conversations about how to overcome these barriers (e.g., lack of access to technology).

«We recognize the importance of forging partnerships with other stakeholders in the education space in order to help students overcome barriers and evolve the way they access education,» said Daphne Koller, co-founder of Coursera, in a press release.

The World Energy Council has been working to advance global integration, improve market access and overcome trade barriers for energy goods and services for many years, and has been successfully informing and influencing the debate both on a global and regional level.

In this episode of the WRI Podcast, Lawrence MacDonald is joined by two WRI energy experts, Lily Odarno and Sanjoy Sanyal, to discuss how advances in data, technology and finance are overcoming barriers for access to energy in East Africa.

Given their urgent need to develop and improve energy access, their opportunities to engage in mitigation will also depend on support from the international community to overcome these barriers to invest in mitigation.

While I am fortunate to have a strong support system that allowed me to have access to the required technology and logistics to write the LSAT, it would be imprudent and, indeed, unrealistic to assume that all individuals with disabilities will have the privilege of a support system that would assist them in overcoming these types of barriers and inaccessibility.

Below, I have taken some of the obstacles identified in the report, which in my opinion and experience are critical for reaching the objective of equitable access and opportunity in our profession, and I provide my recommendations for racialized lawyers to take advantage of the opportunities that exist to overcome these barriers.

DO N'T MISS THESE CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS: - Developing a Culture of Access - Overcoming barriers to effective reform - The Role of Lawyers in Managing Litigation and its Costs - Practices to curb costs, delay and abuse - Challenging Assumptions - Civil Justice Reform in Australia, the UK and the US

Our experienced team knows how to overcome language and cultural barriers to gain access to the information you need.

Conducted one - on - one with shelter guests to assess their barriers to living independently Created an individualized plan with specific goals to overcome those barriers in cooperation with guests and tailored to everyone's needs Provided transportation in emergency situations Completed monthly apartment inspections to prevent pest Utilized completed assessments to create strategies to end homelessness Assisted individuals with multiple barriers including: access to stable housing and income; life - skills coaching; job readiness training; addiction recovery counseling; and / or mental health counseling Worked closely with the Department of Veterans Affairs in LEADS for Vets program.

Parents considering or going through separation will be able to access one - to - one or couple support to overcome their practical and emotional barriers to work together to support their children.

Child Sexual Abuse Prevention — Develop research - based recommendations, coordinate the Colorado Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Coalition, and increase access to evidence - informed curricula for preventing child sexual abuse including courses on Nurturing Health Sexual Development, Overcoming Barriers to Protecting Children from Child Sexual Abuse, Understanding & Responding to the Sexual Behaviors of Children, and Darkness to Light's Stewards of Children.

While the proposed reforms are critical to reducing the inequitable burden of licensing sanctions and incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, these changes will not support people to overcome the multiple barriers to accessing a driver licence and the resultant transport disadvantage.

This major government - funded package of interventions has had some success in overcoming barriers to accessing healthcare by supplying services that are more approachable, acceptable and affordable for Indigenous Australians.

By treating moms in their own homes, it overcomes many barriers to treatment, such as lack of access to mental health care, transportation and childcare, among others.

Planned Parenthood works with local partners in Africa and Latin America to overcome these barriers by increasing access to health care and education.

Additionally, physically placing a psychologist at Alunga overcame some of the barriers that might prevent families from accessing these services.

Here on Long Island, Sisters United in Health, a coalition of 13 partner organizations led by Planned Parenthood of Nassau County and the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Program, has been helping women overcome these barriers and working one - on - one with them to access breast cancer screenings for more than a decade.

Parents as Teachers Affiliates also connect families to resources and help them overcome any barriers to accessing those resources.

Because of an increasingly restrictive legal environment and clinic closures across the country, abortion patients are facing new barriers to care, including the need to travel greater distances to access services.2, 20 Overcoming these challenges can be difficult or impossible, especially given that 75 % of abortion patients are low - income, and 59 % have already had a child and may have other family obligations.21 Whether a provider offers same - day contraceptive services is irrelevant if a patient can not access abortion care in the first place.