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The information packet upon which this course is based was written to support child maltreatment prevention efforts by describing strategies and activities that promote protective factors.

They discuss the implications for targeting suicide prevention efforts by race / ethnicity — including the need for «culturally competent mental illness detection and treatment» in minority groups.

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Wal - Mart is testing the use of facial recognition software to support loss prevention efforts by scanning shoppers as they enter the store and cross referencing the images with a database of alleged shoplifters.

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Every effort made by a pastor or a church group to strengthen the roots of personal or family living is an effort toward the prevention of alcoholism.

State and local governments can play an integral role in this effort by developing and implementing food waste prevention campaigns.

SUICIDE rates among young Australians are sitting at an alarming level despite efforts by mental health organisations and governments to develop prevention strategies.

The current findings warrant consideration by other nations in their efforts to identify effective interventions for obesity prevention.

MANHATTAN — The city is ratcheting up its efforts to curb bullying by dedicating $ 8 million for new prevention programs and making it easier for bullied students to transfer out of their schools, Department of Education officials announced Monday.

«We have spent millions of dollars to combat the problem through law enforcement, treatment and prevention, and if those efforts have been unfairly impacted by the improper practices of pharmaceutical companies and others, we owe it to the tax payers to leave no stone unturned in recovering any unjustified costs.»

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, surrounded by Suffolk County officials, announced Wednesday that New York State Police will be deployed to 10 Suffolk County schools for gang prevention efforts.

Schumer says Long Island and the lower Hudson Valley are epicenters of diseases caused by deer ticks and public health officials in those areas need money as soon as possible to improve prevention efforts.

The new effort aims to stop the Hepatitis C virus in its tracks by increasing access to medications that can cure Hepatitis C and expanding programs to connect New Yorkers in high - risk communities with wrap - around Hepatitis C prevention, screenings and treatment services.

In addition to pollution prevention, we need to redouble our efforts at using our water supply more efficiently — whether by eliminating waste or by recycling and re-use where appropriate.

All this shows that disease prevention and treatment need to be supplemented by a new effort: disease forecasting.

The survey was conducted by RAND as part of efforts by the California Mental Health Services Administration (CalMHSA) to create prevention and early intervention programs designed to improve the mental health of California residents.

This could be done by improving prevention efforts and creating new interventions, and by improving early detection and management of the disease to help more people remain in good health so that they can continue to work,» says Professor Atun.

Although female students have a higher prevalence than male students, male and female students are both impacted by TDV, and prevention efforts may be more effective if they include content for both sexes,» the study concludes.

The U.S. National Institute of Mental Health's Project Accept — a trial conducted by the HIV Prevention Trials Network to test a combination of social, behavioral and structural HIV - prevention interventions — demonstrated that a series of community efforts boosted the number of people tested for HIV and resulted in a 14 percent reduction in new HIV infections, compared with control communities.

Fourth, they must strengthen the role of health, security, education, justice, and other relevant sectors by creating and implementing policies for prevention and response across these sectors, and integrating violence prevention and response into training efforts.

For cancers in which only a small percentage of mutations are due to random DNA replication errors, by contrast, primary prevention efforts — those aimed at minimizing harmful environmental exposures — will continue to be the most effective way to reduce cancer deaths, the researchers said.

Pinpointing which rheumatoid arthritis patients need stepped - up heart disease prevention efforts has been a challenge; research by Mayo Clinic and others has found that standard heart disease risk assessment tools may underrate the danger a particular person faces.

«Opioid prevention and treatment efforts in the United States remain constrained and consequently stigmatized by a legacy of federal restrictions, an unwillingness to acknowledge idiopathic addiction, and a lack of science - based interventions for chronic pain,» the authors write.

A $ 1.6 million effort to study the complex mechanisms of the disease and identify existing drugs that might be able to be used for Alzheimer's treatment or prevention, led by Eric Schadt of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.

According to Professor Chris Beyrer, Director of Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health & Human Rights, USA, who coordinated the Series, «Efforts to improve HIV prevention and treatment by and for people who sell sex can no longer be seen as peripheral to the achievement of universal access to HIV services and to eventual control of the pandemic.

But Hopkins, UMMC and their corporate parents, whose four main Baltimore hospitals together collect some $ 5 billion in revenue a year, have so far limited their community asthma prevention to small, often temporary efforts, often financed by somebody else's money.

The platform is part of MD Anderson's Moon Shots Program, launched in 2013 to reduce cancer deaths by accelerating development of therapies, prevention efforts and early detection from scientific discoveries.

For her research efforts, Dietrich has registered a number of firsts with journal papers reflecting her work on such diverse topics as: improving cancer therapy through odor and taste intervention; prevention and treatment of obesity by drinking more water; health effects of iron and copper in drinking water; and risks to people over 50 for unhealthy over-exposure to iron in water.

Sanford Research has sought to establish a core of scientists that are studying disease at a fundamental level with the expectation that these current efforts will pay off in the future by advancing disease therapy and prevention.

By sharing these data with other researchers in the field, we help the entire HIV prevention effort move forward faster.

Since efforts to save even one human life are worthwhile and critical, these same authorities, both existing and newly elected, should play a proactive role in the prevention of future suicidal acts by better assessing the needs of the population and of individuals at high risk for suicide.»

Our mission is to improve the quality of life for all people affected by Lupus and to promote efforts for the diagnosis, treatment, prevention & cure of Lupus.

Our mission is to improve the quality of life for all people affected by Lupus and to promote efforts for the diagnosis, treatment, prevention & cure of Lupus.

In order to address and tackle the problem different suicide prevention efforts have been implemented by different stakeholders: governments, academic institutions, NGOs; realizing the importance of the community support.

The best way to reduce bullying is not with a one - time assembly or a poster campaign, but with homegrown, data - driven, sustained efforts by a caring, committed staff — a model I call the six R's, a blueprint for effective bullying prevention.

RFK Project SEATBELT (Safe Environments Achieved Through Bullying prevention, Engagement, Leadership and Teaching respect; projectseatbelt.org) was designed by Deborah Temkin, who previously led the White House bullying prevention efforts at the U.S. Department of Education.

The study, which was scheduled to be released early this week by the House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, finds that there are significant financial, cultural, and institutional barriers that hamper efforts to provide AIDS - prevention education and services to adolescents.

The budget cut is part of a larger effort by the U.S. Justice Department to transfer nearly $ 13 million in unspent funds from its office of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention — funds which would otherwise be in the office's fiscal 19853budget — to the U.S. Marshals Service, said a department spokesman.

NDPC ‐ SD's framework provides a structured process by which SEA or LEA teams can gain sufficient knowledge to develop, sustain, and expand efforts in data analysis to (1) identify risk and protective factors; (2) identify priority areas for intervention; (3) identify and select evidence ‐ based practices to address needs; and (4) develop and implement effective programs in dropout prevention.

This effort, supported by funding from the van Beuren Charitable Foundation, is allowing the community to use data to identify where problems are and use a three - tiered approach to provide universal chronic absence prevention for all students, more intensive supports for at - risk students, and personalized, targeted supports for the highest risk students.

In honor of Martin Luther King Day, consider increasing bullying prevention efforts at your school by participating in No Name Calling Week, January 19 - 23.

Funding to support health education efforts aimed at the prevention and reduction of tobacco use by youth

The fourth highlights strategies for improving student behavior that are both research - based and frequently cited by teachers themselves in their focus group responses: «Through CORE offices or Tennessee Behavior Supports Project (TBSP), TDOE could emphasize how the following teacher suggestions for improving student behavior are research - based and addressed in RTI2 - B: promoting positive behavior and prevention efforts and encouraging restorative behavior practices; involving parents in student behavior efforts; nurturing positive student - teacher relationships; and providing appropriate consequences in response to student behavior issues.»

This, of course, is a political problem since the FHASecure program was the only real addition within the foreclosure prevention effort announced by President Bush on August 31st.

The sale of the federal student loans portfolio allows BND to eliminate numerous regulatory burdens established by the U.S. Department of Education, increase its default prevention efforts and begin the process of updating servicing technology.

According to co-workers, he was also heavily engaged in the region's rabies prevention efforts and the Pet Angel Fund, a fundraiser started by Dr. Eugene Anderson that assists clients who can't afford veterinary services for their pets.

Our mission is to improve the quality of life for all people affected by Lupus and to promote efforts for the diagnosis, treatment, prevention & cure of Lupus.

The funds raised from the special charity lots at the sale will support our continuing efforts to achieve an AIDS - free generation by confronting stigma and discrimination and helping people to access the prevention, treatment and care services they need.

But they also create jobs by requiring pollution clean - up and prevention efforts.

So, while knowing substantive law is important, from a claims prevention point of view you get more for your risk management efforts by focusing on improving client communications and focusing on getting things done... [more]