Sentences with phrase «population health indicators»

In particular, the Southern states suffer from high rates of infant mortality, along with several other negative population health indicators such as obesity and diabetes.

Not exact matches

Poor health outcomes for African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders are apparent when comparing their health indicators against the rest of the U.S. population.

«Every animal we treat allows us to monitor the health of the species and most importantly, identify baseline indicators that can be used to better understand the wildlife population and environmental impacts,» said Tim Binder, executive vice president of animal care at Shedd Aquarium.

Using these indicators we can establish the health of both individuals and populations.»

Their frailty makes them a challenge to study, but an upcoming «fuzzy logic» analysis could evaluate populations of these indicators of the health of Earth's oceans

All three types of medical expansion were associated with two or more indicators of population health, results showed.

Researchers consider infant mortality to be a key indicator of population health.

Food security indicators, a combination of economic, health, logistic and population statistics, assessed which areas are currently at greatest risk for hunger and malnutrition.

Observations focussed on the eggs as indicators of the health of the population and inbreeding depression, but included data on the juveniles where possible.

As a first step, the report recommends «building affordable surveillance systems» to detect population changes, including reproductive rates, which can be a simple indicator of a species» health.

Doses of 600 mg per day of D - chiro - inositol have been shown to improve insulin and androgen levels in lean women with PCOS (Luorno et al. 200231), while doses of 1000 mg per day have been effective at improving a range of metabolic and cardiovascular health indicators on a more representative PCOS population (Lagana et al. 201522).

These indicators allow to evaluate if the social system is contributing to the achievement of full employment and reducing unemployment, increasing income of the population, the decline in indicators of crime, increased provision of educational services, health, housing and transportation of the population and the increase of human development and their well being.

to consider should be the following: 1) the achievement of full employment or reduction in the unemployment rate; 2) increase the income distribution measured by the Gini index; 3) reduction of the levels of crime in society; 4) increase in service levels of education, health, housing and transport to the population; 5) increase of the investment in infrastructure, education, health, housing and sanitation; 6) increase in the HDI - Human Development Index, used by the United Nations, which takes into account GDP per capita, the longevity of people and their education (measured by illiteracy rate and the enrollment rates at various levels of education); and 7) increase of GNH (Gross National Happiness) indicator, which analyzes 73 variables that contribute most to the goal of achieving the well - being and satisfaction with life (See GNH posted in website

According to the report, the robust population of juvenile sea turtles is a positive indicator of long - term health of the species as well as proof that a well - managed protected marine zone can produce positive results.

Appendix 2 provides a statistical overview of the current circumstances of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations in Australia across a range of indicators including: health; education; employment; housing; and contact with criminal justice and welfare systems.

Many of the scales demonstrated weak psychometrics in at least one of the following ways: (a) lack of psychometric data [i.e., reliability and / or validity; e.g., HFQ, MASC, PBS, Social Adjustment Scale - Self - Report (SAS - SR) and all perceived self - esteem and self - concept scales], (b) items that fall on more than one subscale (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version), (c) low alpha coefficients (e.g., below.60) for some subscales, which calls into question the utility of using these subscales in research and clinical work (e.g., HFQ, MMPI - A, CBCL - 1991 version, BASC, PSPCSAYC), (d) high correlations between subscales (e.g., PANAS - C), (e) lack of clarity regarding clinically - relevant cut - off scores, yielding high false positive and false negative rates (e.g., CES - D, CDI) and an inability to distinguish between minor (i.e., subclinical) and major (i.e., clinical) «cases» of a disorder (e.g., depression; CDI, BDI), (f) lack of correspondence between items and DSM criteria (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version, CDI, BDI, CES - D, (g) a factor structure that lacks clarity across studies (e.g., PSPCSAYC, CASI; although the factor structure is often difficult to assess in studies of pediatric populations, given the small sample sizes), (h) low inter-rater reliability for interview and observational methods (e.g., CGAS), (i) low correlations between respondents such as child, parent, teacher [e.g., BASC, PSPCSAYC, CSI, FSSC - R, SCARED, Connors Ratings Scales - Revised (CRS - R)-RSB-, (j) the inclusion of somatic or physical symptom items on mental health subscales (e.g., CBCL), which is a problem when conducting studies of children with pediatric physical conditions because physical symptoms may be a feature of the condition rather than an indicator of a mental health problem, (k) high correlations with measures of social desirability, which is particularly problematic for the self - related rating scales and for child - report scales more generally, and (l) content validity problems (e.g., the RCMAS is a measure of anxiety, but contains items that tap mood, attention, peer interactions, and impulsivity).

Professor Prinz said that while it was still an open question whether public health strategies could make a dent in child - maltreatment related indicators at a population level, several years ago, his group conducted a controlled study to test the proposition using the Triple P — Positive Parenting Program system.

Kids Count continues to be the most comprehensive source of data on the well - being of children in Nebraska and covers data in population, health, education, economic stability, child welfare, and juvenile justice and contains Voices for Children's Index of Race and Opportunity for Nebraska Children, 32 county - level indicators, and our commentary on Emerging Adults.

A north Queensland study found a 3-fold greater risk for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for the period 1995 to 1999.5 The incidence of IMD in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Western Australia was six times greater than that of the non-Aboriginal population for the period 1990 — 1995.6 The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reported notification rates between 7.4 and 11.3 per 100000 in the years 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2004 in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples but no comparisons with non-Aboriginal Australians were provided.7, 8 To date, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare summary of health performance indicators has not included IMD notifications from NSW as the data has not demonstrated adequate completeness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sHealth and Welfare reported notification rates between 7.4 and 11.3 per 100000 in the years 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2004 in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples but no comparisons with non-Aboriginal Australians were provided.7, 8 To date, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare summary of health performance indicators has not included IMD notifications from NSW as the data has not demonstrated adequate completeness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sHealth and Welfare summary of health performance indicators has not included IMD notifications from NSW as the data has not demonstrated adequate completeness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander shealth performance indicators has not included IMD notifications from NSW as the data has not demonstrated adequate completeness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status.

This year's book contains data in each of our 5 issues areas: health, education, child welfare, juvenile justice and economic stability as well as population level demographics and county - based indicators.

This year's book contains data in each of our five issues areas: health, education, economic stability, child welfare, and juvenile justice as well as population level demographics, an update to our Index of Race and Opportunity, and county - based indicators.

They cover topics including: indicators and data sources; research ethics; research with disadvantaged, vulnerable and / or marginalized populations; participatory research; measuring enabling and protective systems for adolescent health; and economic strengthening interventions for improving adolescent well - being.

Because of these rapid health gains in the general population, and despite some significant health gains being made by Indigenous peoples in the 1970s and 1980s, the relative health status of the two population groups is marked by a significant equality gap that has remained static or even grown wider across a number of indicators as set out below in the text under various sub-headings.

This release will provide updated information on a range of key health indicators for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS) component of the 2012 - 13 Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (AAThealth indicators for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS) component of the 2012 - 13 Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (AATHealth Survey (NATSIHS) component of the 2012 - 13 Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (AATHealth Survey (AATSIHS).

Although its structure often raises questions in the nurse population, its dimensions (mainly the control one) have been shown to be predictive of some health outcomes measured with «objective» indicators concerning absenteeism, injuries, and musculoskeletal disorders.

In fact, there are a number of disturbing indicators and trends that reveal an entrenched health crisis in the Indigenous population that need addressing if this gap is to close: