Sentences with phrase «populations are at greatest risk»

They determined which populations are at greatest risk and how public health officials are working with those groups.

Up until now, there has been a lack of research to identify exactly which populations are at greatest risk for PVD, which can lead to heart attack, stroke and even amputation of the limbs.

«As a result of our study, we recommend that blood pressure evaluation, control and monitoring should be included as an integral component of the clinical management of children with NAFLD, especially because this patient population is at greater risk for heart attacks and strokes,» said Jeffrey Schwimmer, MD, in the Department of Pediatrics at UC San Diego School of Medicine and principal investigator of the study.

According to researcher Dr. Kenneth Fine, MD, certain populations are at greater risk for developing gluten sensitivity.

Much of the Bangladeshi population is at great risk to rising sea levels, along with floods, cyclones, and even droughts.

Not exact matches

I think God may act to destroy whole populations in order to contain the demonic problem (personal view; The problem of demons is much more greater and serious than we would like to admit, and I say this at the risk of being branded an alarmist).

Flint and colleagues suggested that when midwives get to know the women for whom they provide care, interventions are minimised.22 The Albany midwifery practice, with an unselected population, has a rate for normal vaginal births of 77 %, with 35 % of women having a home birth.23 A review of care for women at low risk of complications has shown that continuity of midwifery care is generally associated with lower intervention rates than standard maternity care.24 Variation in normal birth rates between services (62 % -80 %), however, seems to be greater than outcome differences between «high continuity» and «traditional care» groups at the same unit.25 26 27 Use of epidural analgesia, for example, varies widely between Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London, and the North Staffordshire NHS Trust.

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.

Of course, you won't want to donate them to children's organizations, but there are some great options that will enable the products to be re-used by populations that won't be at risk for reproductive damage by phthalates — and where the health benefits of a shower or bath would far outweigh any other potential risk!

The prone or side sleep position can increase the risk of rebreathing expired gases, resulting in hypercapnia and hypoxia.54, — , 57 The prone position also increases the risk of overheating by decreasing the rate of heat loss and increasing body temperature compared with infants sleeping supine.58, 59 Recent evidence suggests that prone sleeping alters the autonomic control of the infant cardiovascular system during sleep, particularly at 2 to 3 months of age, 60 and can result in decreased cerebral oxygenation.61 The prone position places infants at high risk of SIDS (odds ratio [OR]: 2.3 — 13.1).62, — , 66 However, recent studies have demonstrated that the SIDS risks associated with side and prone position are similar in magnitude (OR: 2.0 and 2.6, respectively) 63 and that the population - attributable risk reported for side sleep position is higher than that for prone position.65, 67 Furthermore, the risk of SIDS is exceptionally high for infants who are placed on their side and found on their stomach (OR: 8.7).63 The side sleep position is inherently unstable, and the probability of an infant rolling to the prone position from the side sleep position is significantly greater than rolling prone from the back.65, 68 Infants who are unaccustomed to the prone position and are placed prone for sleep are also at greater risk than those usually placed prone (adjusted OR: 8.7 — 45.4).63, 69,70 Therefore, it is critically important that every caregiver use the supine sleep position for every sleep period.

Volunteer firefighters say they are at greater risk than the general population of contracting cancer due to toxins they encounter on calls, and they are pushing for additional medical coverage through state legislation.

«The majority have just normal pregnancies, but they're drawn from a low - resource population that's at greater risk of early delivery and developmental problems,» she says.

These findings indicate that populations and species that are well adapted to specific local conditions may be at greater risk when exposed to challenges associated with unstable or novel conditions.

Professor Carol Brayne, Director of the Cambridge Institute of Public Health, adds: «Even with a reasonably large number of studies of anxiety disorder, data about marginalised groups is hard to find, and these are people who are likely to be at an even greater risk than the general population.

«Climatic changes are threatening highly prized native trout as introduced rainbow trout continue to expand their range and hybridize with native populations through climate - induced «windows of opportunity,» putting many populations and species at greater risk than previously thought,» said project leader and USGS scientist Clint Muhlfeld.

For example, the researchers estimated that one percent of women have a risk of breast cancer that is more than 3 times greater than the population at large.

A new study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center reviews research that suggests that the risk for developing Alzheimer's disease among older African Americans may be two to three times greater than in the non-Hispanic white population and that they differ from the non-Hispanic white population in risk factors and disease manifestation.

Epidemiologists at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that persons residing at higher latitudes, with lower sunlight / ultraviolet B (UVB) exposure and greater prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, are at least two times at greater risk of developing leukemia than equatorial populations.

Small populations on arctic islands might be at greater risk, he says.

Many countries across Africa and Asia - Pacific may be vulnerable to Zika virus outbreaks, with India, China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Nigeria, Vietnam, Pakistan, and Bangladesh expected to be at greatest risk of Zika virus transmission due to a combination of high travel volumes from Zika affected areas in the Americas, local presence of mosquitos capable of transmitting Zika virus, suitable climatic conditions, large populations and / or limited health resources, according to a new modelling study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

«The most vulnerable groups, including poor and marginalised populations and migrants and refugees, are at greater risk of developing MDR TB.

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

Those who oppose the trial think the approach with the greatest chance of success would be to test a vaccine based on one subtype in a population at risk from the same subtype.

«The database has allowed us to assess the national burden of HIV infection through vertical transmission throughout the HIV / AIDS epidemic and to identify the populations at greatest risk,» said Joel Singer, professor in the School of Population and Public Health at UBC, who is presenting at IAS 2015.

Beyond the issue of alleviating real and potential shortages of influenza - vaccine supplies is the possibility of pursuing vaccination strategies that would induce optimal immunity among populations of persons who not only are at greatest risk for complications but who also generally do not mount an optimal immune response.

These results and those of Boyer et al. (2008) suggest that remaining non-hybridized cutthroat trout populations may be at greater risk than previously thought.

Thailand Clinical Trials Development Trial MHRP, in collaboration with the P5, is planning an efficacy trial in a high - risk population of men who have sex with men (MSM) to hopefully improve upon the RV144 result and extend its relevance to at - risk populations to achieve the greatest public health impact.

Some populations that tend to report shorter periods of sleep, like the elderly, could be at an even greater risk of these adverse health effects.

Anybody can suffer an SI injury but the following populations are at a much greater risk:

Patterson explains, «Having sex with strangers does not put people in the sex trade at any greater risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease or infection than the general population» — although having a greater number of partners in general does increase the associated STI risk — and she notes that prostitutes are often very familiar with safer sex practices as their jobs depend on it.

There was also an exhaustive private study conducted by Lisa Simons entitled «Marriage, Migration, and Markets: International Matchmaking and International Feminism», which also concluded that foreign women who use international dating services are at no greater risk for spousal abuse than the general population.

The purpose of the present study was to examine the instructional and organizational factors that might explain how and why some schools across the country are beating the odds by attaining greater than expected primary - grade reading achievement with populations of students at risk for failure by virtue of poverty.

The credit scoring developer FICO reports that over one - quarter of consumers have credit scores under 600,9 considered a poor score, as opposed to only 15 % of the population before the Great Recession.10 That means that one - quarter of American workers are at risk of losing out on a job — or even being fired — over their credit histories.

«This is a concern because senior dogs and cats are the pet population at greatest risk of developing chronic and degenerative diseases that result in a decrease in quality of life,» said Dr. Janice Trumpeter, Co-Chair of PHP and Deputy Chief Executive Director of AAHA.

Under Boks» leadership, the YHS strategy is to identify human populations with the greatest need, animal populations at the greatest risk and zero in on areas where these two populations reside in the greatest numbers.

However, feral cat populations and pets with inattentive humans are at great risk of contracting a deadly virus from fleas.

Outdoor pets are at greatest risk for infection, especially in regions of the world with high mosquito populations.

That's using population trend data and GIS mapping to predict what habitats and species are at greatest risk from climate disruption's inevitable impacts.

This is particularly beneficial for at risk populations such as children and the elderly, and for those living in areas of the city that have greater concentrations of air pollution.

At greater risk is the bat population — which are protected species in the UK.

For example some populations in temperate areas may be at less risk from extreme cold, and may benefit from greater agricultural productivity, at least for moderate degrees of climate change.

While anyone may be at risk of suffering a choking injury, many nursing home residents are at greater risk of choking than people in the general population.

Teens are at far greater risk of dying in an alcohol - related crash than the overall population, even though they aren't legally old enough to drink.

The Strategy follows Marmot's take on «proportionate universalism», saying that activities should, where possible, be implemented for the widest possible benefit for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, but with proportionate additional effort for those at greater risk or disadvantage.

Epidemiological studies have great potential to elucidate risk factors because adolescent suicide is exceptionally rare, occurring at a base rate of < 0.001 % in the population.

While there are few empirical studies investigating unaccompanied children and adolescents and those separated from family members, these populations are consistently argued to be at greater risk for psychiatric and mental health problems than their accompanied peers (Ajdukovic & Ajdukovic, 1993, 1998; Hicks et al., 1993; Kinzie et al., 1986; McCloskey, Southwick, Fernandez - Esquer & Locke, 1996; Rumbaut, 1991; Servan - Schreiber, Le Lin & Birmaher, 1998; Sourander, 1998).

Older men with substance use disorders are at greater risk for nonfatal attempts and for death by suicide than are younger persons.10, 11 Past suicide attempts are a strong risk factor for subsequent suicidal behaviors in those with substance use disorders.12 Depressed mood is a risk factor for suicidal behaviors in the general population and also predicts a greater likelihood of suicide in those with alcohol or drug use disorders.3, 6,10 The link between depression and suicidal behaviors in those with substance use disorders may be particularly strong given the high comorbidity between mood and substance use disorders.13 Although it has not been examined thoroughly, independent mood disorders and substance - induced mood disorders are likely to confer risk for suicide.

Similarly, the National Child Development Study in the UK, which has followed up a large general population sample of children born in 1958, found that children from single - parent families were at greater risk for psychological problems than a matched group of children from intact families not only in childhood (Ferri, 1976) but also in early adulthood (Chase - Lansdale et al., 1995) and middle age (Elliot and Vaitilingam, 2008).

Recent research conducted in mainland China found that obesity prevalence was higher among children in wealthier families, 4 but the patterns were different in Hong Kong with higher rates of childhood obesity among lower income families.4 5 Hong Kong, despite having a per capita gross domestic product of Hong Kong dollar (HK$) 273 550, has large income differences between rich and poor as reflected by a high Gini coefficient of 0.539 reported in 2016; approximately 20 % of the population are living in poverty as defined by a monthly household income below half of the Hong Kong median.6 It is widely accepted that population health tend to be worse in societies with greater income inequalities, and hence low - income families in these societies are particularly at risk of health problems.7 In our previous study, children from Hong Kong Chinese low - income families experienced poorer health and more behavioural problems than other children in the population at similar age.8 Adults from these families also reported poorer health - related quality of life (HRQOL), 9 with 6.1 % of the parents having a known history of mental illness and 18.2 % of them reporting elevated level of stress.

While epidemiological data support that Latino youth are at no greater risk for substance use than the general youth population, some data indicate that they might be at greater risk for the co-morbid effects and consequences of substance use (e.g., school failure, incarceration, poor health).