Sentences with phrase «public health of societies»

Professor Bourne, Professor of Ophthalmology at Anglia Ruskin University's Vision and Eye Research Unit, said: «Vision impairment is of great importance for quality of life and for the socioeconomics and public health of societies and countries.

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New Democrats know that public health care is the foundation of a strong society and offers us a competitive advantage in attracting investment.

We can see this self - preoccupied individualism in the greed that our society calls «opportunity,» in the demise of public health care because it is «too costly,» and in the decay of public institutions regarded as too expensive to maintain, as though taxation were a penalty rather than a necessary neighborly act.

This insistence that our strategies for public involvement must take seriously the health of the larger society obviously calls for intense theological investigation.

A medical school, for instance, is a research and often also a healing center, directly concerned with the increase of knowledge about the human organism and with its health; but it is also a training center where men are prepared to work in many other institutions of the society, from private practice to public health offices.

There he says, one, that the shift from the concept of «the State's role as providers of equal opportunities to every citizen» to that of providing education, health and other social services «to those who can afford to pay» is a U-turn in public policy which «has been made surreptitiously by administrative action without public discussion and legislative sanction»; two, that the total commercialization of social sectors is «alien even to free market societies»; and three, that «the ready acceptance of self - financing concept in social sectors alien even to free - market societies is the end result of gradual disenchantment with the Kerala Model of Development», which has been emphasizing the social dimension rather than the economic, but that it is quite false to present the situation as calling for a choice between social development and economic growth.

Writing in The Times, Kate Lampard, chairwoman of GambleAware said: «As a society, we should be concerned about the rising risk of harm from wider access and more regular participation in gambling on future generations, resulting in a possible public health crisis in gambling addiction.»

Health Care in an Aging Society Mr. James C. Capretta, a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), was an Associate Director at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from 2001 to 2004, where he was the top budget official for health care, Social Security, education, and welfare proHealth Care in an Aging Society Mr. James C. Capretta, a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), was an Associate Director at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from 2001 to 2004, where he was the top budget official for health care, Social Security, education, and welfare prohealth care, Social Security, education, and welfare programs.

«It will require action from the whole of society» - Duncan Selbie, Chief Executive of Public Health England, shares his views on the childhood obesity strategy.

Food price rises have a host of implications — for society, for public health and for the food and drink industry.

• Revising how subsidies are allotted to producers, and how different practices are taxed across the value chain; • Influence the evolution of production standards so that they guide producers toward increasingly sustainable practices; • Refining public education regarding what are best practices of production systems (and accounting for them), and how to make them more widespread; • Studying the effects different practices and production systems have on society - wide challenges such as public health (and health insurance, whether it is publicly or privately provided), climate change mitigation, job creation and family income, etc..

It occurs with enough regularity across the country, at all levels [of society], that it should be viewed as a public health problem.»

A 2014 study (1), however, found that, despite the 2010 endorsement of 6 national medical societies of a single PPE form as part of an effort to standardize the screening process, and nearly unanimous public support for PPE screening by a qualified health care professional before participation in a consistent manner across the country, the medical community is still largely unaware of national sports preparticipation physical evaluation guidelines and only 11 % of athletes at US high schools are guaranteed to receive a PPE fully consistent with the national standard.

While attending the Institute of Coaching's Fifth Annual Conference in Boston recently, along with 700 other health and leadership coaches, I had the opportunity to listen to public health guru Dr. David Katz spread his health message: that we, as a society, need to curb the obesity epidemic.

The economic value of breastfeeding to the society at large is under researched and its importance as a preventive public health strategy is underestimated.

Temple Athletic Training Program, the College of Public Health and the Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers» Society welcome you to the 2018 PATS Student Symposium!

Carol L Wagner, MD Professor of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina Carol L Wagner, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Chemical Society, American Medical Womens Association, American Public Health Association, American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, American Society for Nutrition, Massachusetts Medical Society, National Perinatal Association, Society for Pediatric Research Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

The following information is published with permission from the Hormone Health Network, the public education arm of the Endocrine Society.

More and more evidence points to the importance of breastfeeding on a cultural, public health, psychosocial, ecological and economic level, and the need to support, protect and promote it in all aspects of healthcare and society, as well as asserting breastfeeding as a human right for both babies and women.

As a result of the well - intentioned but occasionally problematic public health campaign in support of breastfeeding, our society's understanding of nursing has led to some really judgy behavior toward parents.

Therefore, the target audience includes national and local public health policy - makers, implementers and managers of maternal and child health programmes, health care facility managers, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), professional societies involved in the planning and management of maternal and child health services, health care professionals (including nurses, midwives, general medical practitioners and obstetricians) and academic staff involved in training health care professionals.

We want to see health valued by all sectors of society, from the government to the commercial sector to the public.

The closest parallel to this vision of an early intervention society is found in the Victorian era when local authorities invested on a massive scale in public health: clean air, clean water, proper sewage treatment.

... subject to such formalities, conditions, restrictions or penalties as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society, in the interests of national security, territorial integrity or public safety, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals,...

«It's just a habit that we have made unacceptable through society and this is now starting to encouraging new users and it's the opposite of what's good for the public health,» said Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, a Democrat from Manhattan.

More people lifted out of poverty; social mobility increased; more funding for public services; greater life expectancy and public health; better security services; better at looking after people; better at anti-discrimination; fairer society.

She added: «Of course it's a medical problem, I mean addiction is a medical problem, and it becomes a public health problem and then our society is choosing to treat that as a criminal justice issue.»

In 2009, the Rock on Café program was published in Health Promotion Practice, a publication of the Society for Public Health Education.

Organized by the Erie County Department of Public Health, in partnership with the Niagara Frontier Veterinary Society and the SPCA, serving Erie County, the clinic is scheduled from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, at the Clarence Highway Garage, 6185 Goodrich Road, Clarence.

He said the event will give the necessary exposure and recognition to UHAS as a centre of excellence for on significant public health issues in our society.

4.10 pm Transport Subject: Disabled Access to Transport Witness (es): Sophie Christiansen OBE, Paralympian, British Equestrian Federation, Marije Davidson, Policy and Research Manager, Disability Rights UK and George Fielding, Panel Chair, Whizz Kidz; Niki Glazier, Co-ordinator, Mental Health Action Group, Lucy Hurst - Brown, Chief Executive, Brandon Trust, George McNamara, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Alzheimers Society and Srabani Sen, Chief Executive, Contact - a-Family; Paul Breckell, Chief Executive, Action on Hearing Loss, Peter Rayner, Vice-President, National Pensioners Convention, Tanvi Vyas, Campaigns Officer, Trailblazers and Richard Leaman, Chief Executive, Guide Dogs Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Nevertheless, the ACMD emphasised that in their opinion the use of cannabis was «a significant public health issue» which could «unquestionably cause harm to individuals and society».

The ACMD report, «Cannabis: Classification and Public Health», published in May 2008, concluded that «after a most careful scrutiny of the totality of the available evidence, the majority of the Council's members consider - based on its harmfulness to individuals and society - that cannabis should remain a Class C substance.»

Organized by the Erie County Department of Public Health, in partnership with the Niagara Frontier Veterinary Society, the SPCA serving Erie County, and Medaille Veterinary Technology, the clinic is scheduled from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, at the ECC North Campus - Noonan Center Garage, 6205 Main St., Williamsville.

Organized by the Erie County Department of Public Health, in partnership with the Niagara Frontier Veterinary Society and the SPCA, serving Erie County, the clinic is scheduled from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5, at the SPCA, 205 Ensminger Road, Tonawanda.

Organized by the Erie County Department of Public Health, in partnership with the Niagara Frontier Veterinary Society and the SPCA, serving Erie County, the clinic is scheduled from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4, at the Town of Tonawanda Highway Garage, 450 Woodward Avenue (off of Military Rd.), Tonawanda.

The Legislature's vote followed months of fact - finding, committee meetings, and public hearings in which several doctors, medical experts and public health organizations, including the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society, the American Lung Association, the Buffalo - Niagara Tobacco Free Coalition, the Wellness Institute of WNY, and the Commissioner of the Erie County Health Department warned of the dangers and risks that the emissions from Electronic Cigarettes and Vaping pose to the public's hhealth organizations, including the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society, the American Lung Association, the Buffalo - Niagara Tobacco Free Coalition, the Wellness Institute of WNY, and the Commissioner of the Erie County Health Department warned of the dangers and risks that the emissions from Electronic Cigarettes and Vaping pose to the public's hHealth Department warned of the dangers and risks that the emissions from Electronic Cigarettes and Vaping pose to the public's healthhealth.

Tobacco Coalition, American Cancer Society, Amherst Chamber of Commerce Mary St. Mary, Binational Alliance, WNY Public Health Alliance Christopher Snyder, University at Buffalo Anne Smith Marilyn Sozanski, Family Promise of WNY, People's Park, TriMain Development, Artfarms John Szalasny Dan Ulatowski, Town of Cheektowaga Planning Department Tim Van Oss Steve White

Organized by the Erie County Department of Public Health, in partnership with the Niagara Frontier Veterinary Society, the SPCA, serving Erie County and Medaille Veterinary Technology, the clinic is scheduled from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at the Town of Tonawanda Highway Garage, 450 Woodward Avenue (off of Military Rd.), Tonawanda.

Alan Johnson, the health secretary, will tomorrow launch a pointed attack on David Cameron, saying the recession has seen the Tories revert to their default position of cutting public services at the expense of the most vulnerable people in society.

A coalition of nearly a dozen health groups, led by the American Cancer Society, is targeting Senate Republicans with petition drives, phone blitzes and social media posts asking them to «pick a side» between public health and big tobacco.

«What's happened is people have said they have had quite enough of austerity politics, they have had quite enough of cuts in public expenditure, underfunding our health service, underfunding our schools and our education service and not giving our young people the chance they deserve in our society.»

Organized by the Erie County Department of Public Health, in partnership with the Niagara Frontier Veterinary Society and the SPCA, serving Erie County, the clinic is scheduled from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May.

Organized by the Erie County Department of Public Health, in partnership with the Niagara Frontier Veterinary Society and the SPCA, serving Erie County, the clinic is scheduled from 3 pm to 7 pm on Wednesday, September 7, at the SPCA, 205 Ensminger Road, Tonawanda.

This opinion is shared by several leading health organisations, including the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council and American Public Health Associhealth organisations, including the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council and American Public Health AssociHealth Association.

They make a number of hard - hitting recommendations for public health professionals and society, including the proposal that civil action is key to combating obesity.

Black - white differences in life expectancy are a longstanding source of public health concern in the United States, and are considered indicative of deeper social inequities in society.

In 1969, when the AAAS Board first suggested creating a special committee to draw up a statement concerning the freedom and responsibilities of scientists, association leaders, along with a number of other scientific societies, were looking into allegations that the Public Health Service was rejecting the appointment of scientists to study sections based upon the candidates» political views and affiliations.

Forty - two representatives of many of the largest scientific organizations in the United States, including the American Chemical Society, American Statistical Association, and the American Public Health Association, took part in the conference that resulted in a set of recommendations.

In 1976, the AAAS Board and Council jointly created a permanent Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility to develop policies and procedures to protect scientists, engineers and health care professionals against infringements of scientific freedom and responsibility, to monitor policies and actions taken by governments that might affect their professional rights and duties, and to promote attention to scientific freedom and responsibility within AAAS, its affiliated societies, and the general public.