Sentences with phrase «public health gap»

There are myriad factors that are likely feeding into this public health gap, including big geographic and socioeconomic disparities in access to medical care and the sky - high cost of American medicine.

Not exact matches

Tarun has worked in health for 30 years, focusing on public health research, policy and practice in the prevention of common chronic diseases and addressing Aboriginal health gaps.

In the past, gaps in the public insurance system and lack of access to affordable private coverage left millions without health insurance.

This initiative bridges the gap, providing essential transitional health services while also ensuring a smooth re-entry period and increasing public safety in communities statewide.»

Dr Bobbie Jacobson, vice-chair of the Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO) and director of the London Health Observatory said: «The tool is the first of its kind to provide hard - edged, local evidence to planners and commissioners, on the causes of their life expectancy gap and how it can be reduced.

The budget backlash continues today as several groups representing education, public employees, and low - income New Yorkers bashed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget, saying there are other ways to close the state's $ 10 billion gap without laying off workers or cutting from education and health care.

Funds meant for tackling long - term health problems are being spent on filling gaps elsewhere in the NHS, public health experts have warned.

Bill Hammond, health policy director for the Empire Center for Public Policy, a conservative think tank based in Albany, says, «Obamacare had certain gaps that people slipped through, I think this system would have bigger gaps.»

For a while, she felt pulled in two directions — but then she found, in biostatistics and public health, a way to bridge the gap.

«Climate change does not affect everyone equally in the United States,» said Rachel Morello - Frosch, associate professor at the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley and lead author of The Climate Gap.

The authors urge increased coverage of climate change in a public health context to bridge the knowledge gap between the public health community and the general public to encourage mitigating steps.

The word gap is not just an educational issue — it is one of the most important public health problems, the researchers said.

The authors concluded that successful public charter high schools in low - income neighborhoods can have beneficial health effects, and could help to close the growing academic achievement gap between wealthy and poor students.

Faculty members from the Indiana University School of Public Health - Bloomington and the school's Center for Sexual Health Promotion recently completed a study focused on addressing gaps in current research on women's experiences with sexual pleasure.

He developed an outreach program to educate the South Asian community about diabetes risk and preventive measures during a recent Bridging the Gaps Community Health Internship Program sponsored by the School of Public Health at the Shri Krishna Nidhi Foundation, an organization based in Hillsborough that promotes wellness among New Jersey's South Asian population.

The findings suggest that the gradual narrowing of the gender gap since the early 1970s in the US and UK has been propelled by better public health, Varnum says.

«IHME is trying to fill the information gap so that decision - makers in the public and private sectors can understand the spending landscape, and plan and allocate health resources more effectively.»

The strengths of satellite remote sensing information can help overcome traditional field limitations and spatiotemporal data gaps to provide the public health community valuable exposure data.

The one - hour session discussed lactose intolerance perceptions from the public and ways to bridge the communications gap between patients and health professionals.

Since then, Global Gap Year has evolved somewhat (it's now six countries in 28 weeks), and TBB has launched semester - long programs as well, one focused on food security and public health in Asia and another focused on empowerment and sustainability in South America.

Reducing this inequality gap is a key public health priority for the Mayor, and will be a major focus of the new taskforce.

The latest data from the NCMP, overseen by Public Health England (PHE), also shows a stubborn gap between the richest and poorest.

The gap between the promises states have made for public employees» retirement benefits and the money they have set aside to pay these bills was at least $ 1.4 trillion in fiscal year 2016, according to Pew's comprehensive analysis on pension and retiree health care funding.

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This biennial report card looks beyond test scores as the lone litmus test of Illinois» educational health to examine academic improvement, achievement gaps and learning conditions within the state's public schools.

Available to students in health - related graduate programs — including medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, public health, pharmacy, chiropractic, health admin, or clinical psychology — at eligible schools, HEAL program loans bridged the funding gap.

Liz conceived of SexEd armed with 10 + years working with artists / art collectives and youth enrolled in the NYC public school system, and a growing sadness over the huge gap between the sexual health education she received growing up in the public schools of NJ in the 80s, and the current curriculum.

The public policy forums provided an overview of ways health risk - based standards would address gaps in current rules for industrial facilities.

MSH's mission is to save lives and improve health of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

Observed strict confidentiality and safeguarded all patient - related information.Developed and managed budget and revenue expectations while actively seeking ways to eliminate or reduce expenses.Organized and led weekly personnel meetings with team members.Established and maintained positive relationships with government regulators, residents, families, other area health care providers, physicians and community at large.Minimized staff turnover through appropriate selection, orientation, training, staff education and development.Diligently monitored the QA (Quality Assurance) program to improve performance and maintain high standards of care.Regularly evaluated employee performance, provided feedback and assisted, coached and disciplined staff as needed.Jumped in to fill gaps for on call rotation when necessary.Provided thorough supervision for day - to - day operations of facility in accordance with set policies and guidelines.Actively maintained up - to - date knowledge of applicable state and Federal laws and regulations.Ensured the accuracy of public information and materials.Cooperated with other health related agencies and organizations in community activities.Served as liaison between management, clinical staff and the community.Administered, directed and coordinated the activities of the agency.Created annual goals, objectives and budget and made recommendations to reduce costs.Evaluated patient care procedural changes for effectiveness.

That's the underlying challenge in the submission to the proposed changes lodged yesterday, the final day for public input, by the Close the Gap Campaign Steering Committee — a coalition of Australia's leading Indigenous and non-Indigenous health and human rights organisations.

She has been Vice President of the Public Health Association of Australia and is currently the Co-Convenor of PHAA's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Special Interest Group, and deeply values her long involvement in the Close the Gap Steering Committee.

Twenty years from now it's a country that has closed the gap in health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous Australians, where cultural safety doesn't begin in the health system but in our homes and schools and public discourse, and where recognition of the urgency of climate change has prompted a profound sea change around the world in the way we live and do business.

Our study sought to fill this gap by reviewing the 20 most liked Facebook pages administered by Australian - based public health organisations and identifying the features associated with user engagement.

This represents a critical gap in the literature and an urgent national and global public health problem based on statistics that more than 1 in 5 children are now living below the poverty line in the United States alone.6

This gap was remedied in 2014 by the introduction of a set of nationally agreed guidelines for the public health management of syphilis in remote populations.

Essentials harnesses the public health approach to bridge the gap between harm prevention and health promotion.

Some of the most severe cuts in the budget are to public health, prevention and primary care, three areas of health that can make a real difference to Indigenous health — and possibly contribute to «closing the gap».

Gaps in the availability and impact of specialty mental health care and the increasing public health significance of untreated mental health problems have expanded the service delivery roles of pediatric primary care providers (PCPs).

In the post below, public health physician Patricia Fagan outlines the gaps in effective action in the past and says governments and communities need to be aware that the current approach to STIs in remote areas is «ineffective and wasteful, being characterised by poorly or inappropriately resourced, uncoordinated, piecemeal and often ill - conceived interventions.»

Australia's biggest Aboriginal health and public healthcare and hospitals bodies today signed a national agreement to work together on closing the gap in Aboriginal health.

Australia's biggest Aboriginal health and public healthcare and hospitals bodies recently signed a national agreement to work together to close the gap in Aboriginal health.

Editor: Andrew Meehan, Indigenous Rights Public Policy and Advocacy Lead, Oxfam Australia; and Andrew Gargett, Senior Policy Officer, Australian Human Rights Commission and Executive Officer, Close the Gap Campaign Steering Committee Secretariat and National Health Leadership Forum Secretariat

The purpose of the program, which is a collaboration between public and private agencies, mental health practitioners, and consumers of mental health services, is to develop consumer - driven, recovery - focused programs that fill in the gaps in community mental health services throughout the county.

Conflicting Models of Mind in Mind: Mapping the Gaps Between the Expert and the Public Understanding of Child Mental Health as Part of Strategic Frame Analysis (2009).

A unique knowledge hub, the NCCs identify knowledge gaps, foster networks and provide the public health system with an array of evidence - based resources, multi-media products, and knowledge translation services.

Over a six - month period, the Coalition engaged closely with service providers, public servants, carers, and Aboriginal Medical Services and people with lived experiences, uncovering a range of needs, issues and gaps in regional mental health and suicide prevention service delivery.

And it is a testament to the success of the campaign that «Closing the Gap» is now the language used by all Australian governments and the wider public to refer to the inequality in health and other social indicators as they affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Parenting interventions that are delivered during this developmental period are necessary in order to capture the groups of youth and families (i) currently experiencing problems, but who did not receive an intervention during early childhood; (ii) those who received an intervention in early childhood, but who continue to experience problems and (iii) those who are not currently experiencing problems, but are at risk for developing problems later in adulthood.7 In Steinberg's 2001 presidential address to the Society for Research on Adolescence, a concluding remark was made for the need to develop a systematic, large - scale, multifaceted and ongoing public health campaign for parenting programmes for parents of adolescents.8 Despite the wealth of knowledge that has been generated over the past decade on the importance of parents in adolescent development, a substantial research gap still exists in the parenting literature in regards to interventions that support parents of adolescents.

«Close the Gap» was the public face of the Campaign, organised with great impact by the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation and Oxfam Australia.