Sentences with phrase «population health improvement»

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At the same time, without a sizable improvement in the efficiency of our health - care system, real health - care spending is set to increase at 3.5 per cent a year, with about 1 per cent coming from technology - driven improvements in quality of care and 2.5 per cent a year from the direct effects of population aging.

He has a particular interest in improving preventive and chronic illness care for underserved and vulnerable populations, and the application of Health Information Technology as a means of achieving such improvement.

Population Health Improvement Partners (formerly known as the Center for Public Health Quality) helps health - focused organizations and coalitions build organizational and community capacity to improve and sustain population hHealth Improvement Partners (formerly known as the Center for Public Health Quality) helps health - focused organizations and coalitions build organizational and community capacity to improve and sustain population hHealth Quality) helps health - focused organizations and coalitions build organizational and community capacity to improve and sustain population hhealth - focused organizations and coalitions build organizational and community capacity to improve and sustain population healthhealth.

The New York State Department of Health today announced the selection of regional contractors for the Population Health Improvement Program, to promote the «Triple Aim» of better care, better population health, and lower health care Health today announced the selection of regional contractors for the Population Health Improvement Program, to promote the «Triple Aim» of better care, better population health, and lower health care Health Improvement Program, to promote the «Triple Aim» of better care, better population health, and lower health care health, and lower health care health care costs.

The report focused on emergency response team operations, mental health care, the handling of inmates under the age of 18, disciplinary measures involving removing inmates from the general population and suggested improvements.

Each demographic population group experienced improvement in health - insurance coverage.

A new report from the UC Davis Institute for Population Health Improvement (IPHI) shows the impact of cancer screening over the past 15 years, identifying areas where increased screening and other cancer - control efforts would save lives and significantly benefit population hHealth Improvement (IPHI) shows the impact of cancer screening over the past 15 years, identifying areas where increased screening and other cancer - control efforts would save lives and significantly benefit population healthhealth.

A new report from the UC Davis Institute for Population Health Improvement shows the impact of cancer screening over the past 15 years, identifying areas where increased screening and other cancer - control efforts would save lives and significantly benefit population hHealth Improvement shows the impact of cancer screening over the past 15 years, identifying areas where increased screening and other cancer - control efforts would save lives and significantly benefit population healthhealth.

When implemented with other social and economic improvements, family planning is one of the most effective ways of managing increases in population growth and for delivering extensive health benefits, in both developed and poor countries.

From Brown's perspective, «Investments in research must go hand - in - hand with investment in public health activities to obtain the long - term improvements in population health that we all work toward.»

«If true, then this illustrates how medical interventions have resulted in significant improvements in health on a population level.»

The take - home message, he said, was that a significant segment of the population — just over 1 percent or 3.2 million Americans — are believed to suffer from some form of schizophrenia — are not benefiting from new scientific advances, lifestyle changes or health care improvements enjoyed by others.

The Aging Brain Care Medical Home, a novel population health management program implemented in the homes of older adults achieves significant health improvement for individuals with depression and also substantial stress reduction in family caregivers of dementia patients, according to a new study by investigators from the Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University Center for Aging Research and Eskenazi Hhealth management program implemented in the homes of older adults achieves significant health improvement for individuals with depression and also substantial stress reduction in family caregivers of dementia patients, according to a new study by investigators from the Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University Center for Aging Research and Eskenazi Hhealth improvement for individuals with depression and also substantial stress reduction in family caregivers of dementia patients, according to a new study by investigators from the Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University Center for Aging Research and Eskenazi HealthHealth.

He saw other health improvements as well, and he maintains his body's worm population to this day by ordering a fresh supply every three months.

Metropolitan areas with the large populations and elevated concentrations of one or both air pollutants, they wrote, would realize the biggest improvements in public health by meeting the more protective standards.

«Novel population health management program yields major health improvement.»

Lead report author Kevin Cromar, PhD, director of the Air Quality Program at the Marron Institute and associate professor of population health and environmental medicine at the NYU School of Medicine, added, «Metropolitan areas and states with large populations and elevated concentrations of one or both air pollutants would realize the biggest improvements in public health by meeting the more protective standards.»

Scott has recently taken up an adjunct research position at the Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research, James Cook University where he is currently: (i) investigating the importance of enhanced larval survival and strong «local» reef interconnectedness as a triggering agent for primary outbreaks of crown ‐ of ‐ thorns starfish on the central GBR, and (ii) assessing potential improvements in the health of coastal seagrass and dependent dugong populations due to targeted reductions in fine sediment loads from the GBR catchment.

Improvements in the rabbits» health through better nutrition and sanitation has made the raising and maintenance of rabbit populations easier, making them increasingly useful as a research tool.

High intensity interval training (HIIT) has been studied extensively and shows compelling fat - loss, fitness and health benefits for people ranging from adolescents, athletes, weekend warriors, and those with health challenges.1, 2 A review of the literature shows us that: In healthy populations and athletes HIIT results in similar, and perhaps greater improvements in... Continue reading «How HIIT training can help you to lose fat and improve your health and fitness in (almost) no time at all!»

Commonly reported benefits include improvements in skin and coat condition, a reduction of itching and scratching, the elimination of tear stains on the face, fewer brown or yellow urine spots in lawns, increased mobility in older dogs, reduced flea populations, and an improvement in overall health.

Many dog parents have reported improvements in their dog's health conditions, such as better skin conditions (less scratching and odor), reduced flea population, fewer or total elimination of tear stains on the face, and less painful joints (in older dogs).

[76] Reintroduction of sea otters to British Columbia has led to a dramatic improvement in the health of coastal ecosystems, [77] and similar changes have been observed as sea otter populations recovered in the Aleutian and Commander Islands and the Big Sur coast of California [65] However, some kelp forest ecosystems in California have also thrived without sea otters, with sea urchin populations apparently controlled by other factors.

Reintroduction of sea otters to British Columbia has led to a dramatic improvement in the health of coastal ecosystems, [143] and similar changes have been observed as sea otter populations recovered in the Aleutian and Commander Islands and the Big Sur coast of California [144] However, some kelp forest ecosystems in California have also thrived without sea otters, with sea urchin populations apparently controlled by other factors.

Future economies, technologies, health improvements and RCP 8.5 population «guesses» are all unknowable.

Improvements in health care, urban sanitation, domestic hygiene, nutrition, and literacy have resulted in greatly reduced infant / child mortality and have facilitated rapid growth in the human population.

(1) Conducting quality assessment and improvement activities, including outcomes evaluation and development of clinical guidelines, provided that the obtaining of generalizable knowledge is not the primary purpose of any studies resulting from such activities; population - based activities relating to improving health or reducing health care costs, protocol development, case management and care coordination, contacting of health care providers and patients with information about treatment alternatives; and related functions that do not include treatment;

Studies conducted on different populations have generally demonstrated that parenting support programmes encourage positive parenting practices, strengthen parent — child relationships and promote the mental health of parents.11 — 17 Previous studies have linked parenting support programmes with an improvement of parents» sense of competence, 18 19 which, in turn, has an impact on parents» mental health.20 According to Bandura's theory on self - efficacy, stronger self - efficacy in child rearing leads to better satisfaction in parenting and decreased stress and depression.21 Some studies have found a positive relationship between parents» sense of competence and parenting behaviour22 and that increased maternal self - efficacy is associated with decreased depressive symptoms in postpartum mothers.23 To date, it is unclear whether parenting support programmes are effective in improving the mental health of parents directly or via increased self - efficacy and satisfaction in the parenting role.

It is recognised that the opportunities for prevention and public health interventions will be enhanced the more we understand the early pathways to poorer health and development1 and that to have an impact on health inequalities will require us to address the social determinants of early child health, development and well - being.2 However, appropriate service and systemic improvements for reducing developmental inequalities requires an understanding of the patterns of child health and development across population groups and geographies in order to underpin a progressive universal portfolio of services.3

For example, life expectancy has begun to decline for Indigenous people in Australia and still exists at levels comparable to the rate for non-Indigenous Australians in the year 1900; incarceration rates and rates of over-representation in custody have increased since the Royal Commission over ten years ago - for example, Indigenous juveniles comprise 42 % of all juveniles in custody at any one time, despite being 2 % of the general population; and there has been limited improvement in health statistics in the past decade.

It champions the need for the promotion and improvement of health — to build resilience among populations so they can better withstand threats to health.

What this means is that sustainable improvements to the health of a population will ultimately depend on the quantum, quality, coherence and coordination of the health system and other governments» inputs in these areas.

Although finding better ways to do things is a great quality in a team, true CQI is structured, ongoing, and measurable: «Quality Improvement is the use of a deliberate and defined improvement process, such as Plan - Do - Study - Act [PDSA], which is focused on activities that are responsive to community needs and improving populatImprovement is the use of a deliberate and defined improvement process, such as Plan - Do - Study - Act [PDSA], which is focused on activities that are responsive to community needs and improving populatimprovement process, such as Plan - Do - Study - Act [PDSA], which is focused on activities that are responsive to community needs and improving population health.

In this particular population the exposure to infant massage sessions resulted in an improvement in several health indexes, such as weight - gain, increases in length, head circumference, bone density, and body temperature (Scafidi et al., 1986; Scafidi et al., 1990; Kuhn et al., 1991; Wheeden et al., 1993; Moyer Mileur et al., 1995; Jinon, 1996; Dieter et al., 2001, 2003; Ke et al., 2001; Duan et al., 2002; Ferber et al., 2002; Liu, 2005; Lu et al., 2005; Na et al., 2005; Diego et al., 2008).

Unlike other commonly - used measures of mental health, WEMWBS did not show a ceiling effect in either of the study populations, indicating that the measure may have potential for documenting overall improvements in population mental well - being.

These statistics demonstrate that significant improvements in the health and life expectation of population groups can occur within decades.