Sentences with phrase «public health benefits from»

With New Jersey and Virginia likely to join RGGI's carbon market in the near future, the pollution reductions and economic and public health benefits from this program are also primed to expand.

«Public health benefits from vaccines hinge on very high levels of immunization in the population, so it's important to understand which groups hold reservations about the MMR vaccine,» Funk said.

Not exact matches

Located at the heart of one of the nation's most vibrant, diverse metropolitan communities, students on the campuses in Minneapolis and St. Paul benefit from extensive partnerships with world - renowned health centers, international corporations, government agencies, and arts, nonprofit, and public service organizations.

More real science the public is probably unaware of that proves more health benefits from virgin coconut oil.

(Sunoco hired Weinberg Group, a «product defense» agency) Should cost - benefit analysis be employed, or should the govt only consider public health (not the $ 800,000 an hour in revenue industry generates from the sale of BPA)?

The possible benefits or harms resulting from exclusive pumping merit careful study,» a recent commentary in the American Journal of Public Health noted.

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.

This article has illustrated the benefits of the UK being within the EU structure from a public health perspective, which are perhaps more nuanced than has been appreciated.

The law in question takes away nearly all collective bargaining rights from public workers and also forces state employees to contribute more toward their pension and health care benefits, amounting to an 8 percent pay cut.

The Health Department is a large public organization that will benefit from Phyllis» unique and varied knowledge.

... a public employer shall be prohibited from diminishing the health insurance benefits provided to retirees and their dependents or the contributions such employer makes for such health insurance coverage below the level of such benefits or contributions made on behalf of such retirees and their dependents by such employer as of the effective date of this act.

«It is a dangerous situation to be in when the only people present at a meeting are those who are set to benefit from it not happening,» said Prof Mark Bellis, of the UK Faculty of Public Health.

His agenda, particularly dismantling the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as rolling back climate and public health protections that New Yorkers benefit from, disproportionately harms low - income communities of color.

We show how legal measures have been used to attain health and human rights with case examples from India and South Africa that resulted in large public - health benefits.

Fellows will benefit from an opportunity to apply and translate academic knowledge of public health to real world situations.

In the growing debate about research that has done precisely that, a key question is whether the public - health benefits of the work outweigh the risks of a potential pandemic if the virus escaped from the lab.

«People who use cannabis and cannabis - derived products, front - line practitioners, and public health professionals can all benefit from having access to evidence - informed guidelines that can help reduce the potential negative health effects associated with cannabis use.

Barriers to access to the benefits of science, particularly in the health sector, result from a shift in the balance of public sector funding for research and private sector funding for development, Wyndham noted.

I extracted data from the medical literature, conducted interviews with experts, and learned to program models to assess the costs and benefits of science - based public health interventions.

Spinal cord injuries place a huge burden on the health system — about A$ 150 million a year in Australia, according to figures from the Department of Human Services and Health — so even a small cut in the frequency of such injuries would represent a huge saving to public hospitals, as well as benefiting people in gehealth system — about A$ 150 million a year in Australia, according to figures from the Department of Human Services and Health — so even a small cut in the frequency of such injuries would represent a huge saving to public hospitals, as well as benefiting people in geHealth — so even a small cut in the frequency of such injuries would represent a huge saving to public hospitals, as well as benefiting people in general.

«If people are very frail, they typically don't respond well to anti-hypertensive therapy and they are not benefiting from having a low blood pressure,» said lead author Chenkai Wu, a graduate student in OSU's College of Public Health and Human Sciences.

The public could greatly benefit from this, in terms of health and simply from a consumer right - to - know perspective.»

That carries a big policy implication, Cohen says: It not only «makes both public health and economic sense to clean up dirty places,» but also means there could be significant health benefits from reducing air pollution even in areas that already have relatively tight controls.

Expanding publicly funded health insurance to low - income children could have long - term benefits for adult health, according to new research from the University of Maryland School of Public Hhealth insurance to low - income children could have long - term benefits for adult health, according to new research from the University of Maryland School of Public Hhealth, according to new research from the University of Maryland School of Public HealthHealth.

«WE DO N'T benefit from ignorance,» Barack Obama said last week after ending a de facto freeze on US government research into the public - health impact of guns.

But even one of the paper's authors, Dariush Mozaffarian, of the Harvard School of Public Health, admits that he is not happy with the key conclusion that the evidence does not support a benefit from polyunsaturated fats.

Laurence Kalkstein, a professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine who was not involved in the study, observed that there are other variables that influence how much a city can benefit from warming mitigation.

Joanna Cohen, a co-author of the Google study and director of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Institute for Global Tobacco Control, believes «campaigns for people to quit may benefit from shifting to weekly cues to increase the number of quit attempts participants make each year.»

«We do not want to discourage anyone from trying to lose weight, which has tremendous physical benefits, but people should not expect weight loss to instantly improve all aspects of life,» says lead author Dr Sarah Jackson (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health).

Out - of - hospital cardiac arrest is a major public health issue accounting for approximately 200000 deaths per year in the United States.1 Despite more than 2 decades of evidence demonstrating significant benefits from early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation, wide variation in CPR training, bystander and first - responder intervention, and survival after out - of - hospital cardiac arrest remains.2 - 5

Pillai said the study showed that if electron - beam pasteurization technology was included as part of a comprehensive food safety plan to reduce illnesses from raw oysters, significant public health benefits and, by extension, significant savings in medical and related expenses due to foodborne illness, can occur.

What may be unique at the intersection of genomics and infectious disease control are ethical challenges that stem from the inherent tension between the goals of personalized medicine, which are to benefit particular individuals, and those of public health - to benefit and protect entire populations.

Building public trust in sharing health data is essential if patients are to benefit from new technologies such as genomics, according to a paper published in the British Medical Bulletin.

Patience White, MD, and vice president of public health for the Arthritis Foundation says resistance training can provide numerous benefits for those who suffer from arthritis.

Background: Paleolithic nutrition, which has attracted substantial public attention lately because of its putative health benefits, differs radically from dietary patterns currently recommended in guidelines, particularly in terms of its recommendation to exclude grains, dairy, and nutritional products of industry.

These findings suggest that fiber intake may offer a potential public health benefit in reducing all - cause mortality» I think we also have to consider the role of resistant starch and other fermentable fibers separately from non fermentable fibers from grain.

Public Health England has found that e-cigarettes are around 95 % safer than smoking regular cigarettes, so if you make the switch to e-cigs as part of your attempts to quit altogether, you'll start reaping the health benefits from daHealth England has found that e-cigarettes are around 95 % safer than smoking regular cigarettes, so if you make the switch to e-cigs as part of your attempts to quit altogether, you'll start reaping the health benefits from dahealth benefits from day one.

Similarly, from a public health perspective, there is no need for the general population to spend time learning the technical aspects of Olympic weightlifting when they can attain similar health and fitness benefits from far less difficult resistance training methods that are more widely available.

A team of researchers from Harvard School of Public Health recently published the results of two cohort studies that had been conducted over the course of 26 years showing how the health benefits of whole grains - such as oats, maize, and amaranth - may increase longHealth recently published the results of two cohort studies that had been conducted over the course of 26 years showing how the health benefits of whole grains - such as oats, maize, and amaranth - may increase longhealth benefits of whole grains - such as oats, maize, and amaranth - may increase longevity.

Dr. Joyce Nettleton, Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, stated that the Institute believes the scientific evidence supporting a range of health benefits from the regular consumption of fish is sufficiently abundant and convincing to warrant a recommendation to the public to consume fish, particularly fatty fish, twice a week.

It is of interest, then, that the American public tends to look favorably on a proposal that would require teachers «to pay from their salaries 20 percent of the cost of their health care and pension benefits, with the government covering the remainder.»

March 29, 2012 Partners HealthCare posted a video of one of Boston's elementary school's program that is benefiting from their grant to a collaboration of Boston Public Health and the Boston Public Schools.

Despite the attention given to zoonotic diseases and claims of cats being a public health risk, there are actually more community benefits resulting from the association with these animals.

- to provide refuge for homeless animals and animals in need and coordinate their placement in permanent and safe home environments; - to provide education through publications, seminars, and discussions to the general public on animal health and welfare, behavior and care including the benefits of spaying and neutering; - to provide information and referrals to affordable and low cost medical care including spay & neuter clinics and other animal medical and care facilities; - to provide information on training, behavior modification and general handling instruction along with referrals to vetted and certified professionals in these areas; - to liaise and network with other animal rescue organizations as part of a mutual effort to aid animals in distress; - to solicit donations and funding from government agencies, corporations, private foundations, public charities, individuals and the general public at large to finance the medical, housing and other incidental costs of homeless animals while in the custody of the organization; - to organize and participate in fundraisers to benefit furtherance of the overall main purpose and goals of the organization; - to have the normal functions, operations, programs and pursuits incidental to a fully recognized and operational nonprofit animal rescue organization.

All citizens can benefit from the reduction in risks to public health and safety that is associated with reducing animal overpopulation.

There is a growing recognition that the magnitude of health «co-benefits,» like reducing both pollution and cardiovascular disease, could be significant, both from a public health and an economic standpoint.273, 272,309 Some climate change resilience efforts will benefit health, but potential co-harms should be considered when implementing these strategies.

These solutions deliver multiple benefits, from access to energy, public health improvements, reduced environmental impacts to driving a transition to low - carbon, greener growth.

Green freight programs work with the freight industry to minimize the public health impacts of diesel emissions by promoting technologies that reduce emissions from the combustion of diesel, including particulate matter (PM) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx), which benefits the health of vulnerable populations.

And those benefits don't even include the sizeable public health gains that result from when we replace dirty fossil fuel power with clean, renewable energy.

Will the rules be shaped by the public - health standards that have traditionally guided EPA, or by cost - benefit analysis from OIRA?