Sentences with phrase «public health consequences for»

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Take, for example, the recently published report entitled «Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes,» by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine — which the Academies helpfully point out is a «congressionally mandated» study.

«It will have serious consequences for the health of the public and our planet, and the American people deserves actual answers,» Carper added.

It is a major public health problem with adverse consequences particularly for women of reproductive age and for young children.

Inform Government agencies, health professionals and the public of issues relating to the Code and WHA resolutions — Bring attention to the extent and consequences of the promotion of breastmilk substitutes and commercial infant and young child feeding products for the health and wellbeing of all children through on - going monitoring and reporting.

For the first time, the FDA has asked that an opioid pain medication be pulled from the market due to «the public health consequences of abuse.»

Tough new EU rules could see the majority of e-cigarettes forced off the market, in a move which could have dramatic consequences for public health.

While we recognize that gun ownership is legal, and that most gun owners are responsible citizens, we nevertheless regard the proliferation of guns in our communities as a major public health problem with devastating consequences for children and their families.

Unless the true facts as expressed by the anti-frackers take hold the consequences for the future of our environment, communities and public health will be catastrophic.

Reich's findings suggest women with more time, education, and resources claim greater freedom to reject public health interventions, which potentially carries consequences for undervaccinated children from lower income backgrounds who may not have access to care.

The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity has defined DURC as «life sciences research that, based on current understanding, can be reasonably anticipated to provide knowledge, information, products, or technologies that could be directly misapplied to pose a significant threat with broad potential consequences to public health and safety, agricultural crops and other plants, animals, the environment, materiel, or national security».

«One of the major problems for those of us interested in estimating the public - health consequences of the accident has been the paucity of reliable data,» says Baverstock.

«Ending DACA could have dire public health consequences: Penn Medicine researcher predicts reduced mental health for 800,000 DACA beneficiaries plus their families if legislation fails to save the program.»

Large - scale irrigation projects have dire consequences for public health, particularly through the spread of water - borne diseases.

«The consequences of excess diesel NOx emissions for public health are striking,» said Susan Anenberg, co-lead author of the study and co-founder of Environmental Health Analytichealth are striking,» said Susan Anenberg, co-lead author of the study and co-founder of Environmental Health AnalyticHealth Analytics LLC.

An average systolic blood - pressure difference of 3 percent could, however, have consequences for overall public health.

In addition to the implications for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of memory disorders, these results have public health consequences,» said Dr. Kandel, who is University Professor & Kavli Professor of Brain Science, co-director of Columbia's Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, director of the Kavli Institute for Brain Science, and senior investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, at CUMC.

In a letter to Apple, Jana Partners LLC, and the California State Teachers» Retirement System (also known as CalSTRS)-- they control about $ 2 billion of Apple shares — call youth phone addiction a growing public health crisis and urge Apple to make it easier for parents to control their children's screen time and to fund studies that would reveal the true consequences of smartphone use on mental health.

According to study co-authors T.J. Mathews and Brady Hamilton, «Childbearing by very young mothers is a matter of public concern because of the elevated health risks for these mothers and their infants and the socioeconomic consequences.»

The call for Congressional hearings — addressed to Senators Lamar Alexander and Tom Harkin of the Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, and Representatives John Kline and George Miller of the House Education and Workforce Committee — states that high - stakes testing in public schools has led to multiple unintended consequences that warrant federal scrutiny.

Here she introduces the disease, its consequences for the community, and the growing role of government in public health, topics she later develops more fully.

For instance, they launched Viande.info to discuss the consequences of animal agriculture for public health, world hunger, and the environmeFor instance, they launched Viande.info to discuss the consequences of animal agriculture for public health, world hunger, and the environmefor public health, world hunger, and the environment.

The public was misled for decades about the health consequences of smoking.

The dismissal of overwhelming scientific evidence can have vast, negative consequences for both public health and global conservation.

* Our research indicates that a strong carbon standard can significantly reduce several pollutants — including soot and smog, which have important consequences for public health — saving 3,500 lives per year nationwide, starting in the year 2020 (see figure).

But the Climate and Health Assessment connects the dots between climate change and its consequences for American public health more clearly than ever bHealth Assessment connects the dots between climate change and its consequences for American public health more clearly than ever bhealth more clearly than ever before.

There is indeed a a lot for science communicators to learn form them — Including how to communicate science relevant to public health; climate change is certainly not the only issue of consequence i the world.

Climate change, however, has not just environmental consequences, but also consequences for public health, according to Dr. Bill Wood of Bangor.

Essentially, in our warming climate, weeds win over crop plants, and the consequences for agriculture, public health and food security could be serious.

Thus, supply of drinking water is a consideration relating to human health is an imperative reason of overriding public interest, but, on the other hand, irrigation is only so to the extent that it may have beneficial consequences of primary importance for the environment.

123 However, where the SCI concerned hosts a priority natural habitat type and / or a priority species, the only considerations which may be raised, under the second subparagraph of Article 6 (4) of Directive 92/43, are those relating to human health or public safety, to beneficial consequences of primary importance for the environment or, further to an opinion from the Commission, to other imperative reasons of overriding public interest.

West Coast LEAF has issued a press release jointly with the BC Civil Liberties Association, Pivot Legal Society, BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre, and Community Legal Assistance Society calling on the BC government to raise social assistance rates and address the resulting epidemic of food insecurity and the dire consequences for human health and safety.

In situations where public health and safety are at stake, landing a job you're not qualified for by offering false information on your job application can have disastrous consequences.

ADHD is a common condition, affecting between 3 % and 5 % of children, with important consequences for adverse long - term outcomes in health and education and welfare; as such it is an important public health problem.

Facilitating women's screening assessment and treatment pathway is a major public health issue as untreated postnatal depression has long - term consequences, not only for women, but also for infants and partners.

Adolescence is characterized by major biological, psychological and social challenges and opportunities, where interaction between the individual and environment is intense, and developmental pathways are set in motion or become established.2 — 4 Furthermore, adolescent psychopathology can have important consequences for education, relationships and socioeconomic achievement in later life.5 — 7 These characteristics of adolescence do not only set high demands for cohort studies aiming to capture the most salient aspects of developmental pathways, they also ensure a great gain in empirical knowledge and an invaluable source of information for public health policy from such studies.

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a complex and significant public health problem with adverse physical and mental health consequences not only for the adults involved but also for the children who are exposed to IPV.

Increasingly, in complex public health evaluation research, there are questions about whether all relevant benefits can be captured in a single summary outcome measure such as QALY or unit of «effectiveness» or net benefit approach17 which is why the use of a cost - consequence analysis (CCA) framework is being recommended for such economic evaluations.18 Other outcomes from the trial such as the Parent — Infant Relationship Global Assessment Scale (an observational measure that is independently rated blind to group allocation) will be included in the CCA so that all costs and outcomes from the trial can be displayed transparently for decision - makers to consider trade - offs themselves.