Sentences with phrase «public health opportunity»

«Today's announcement presents a major environmental, social and public health opportunity for the U.S., and we're proud to be part of a national effort to reduce the food that goes into landfills.»

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Whether through democracy, strong public education, quality health care, or broad economic opportunity — reducing inequity is the highest human achievement.»

But it's not just the financial opportunity that has the likes of Gates and Branson so excited: Meat is an ongoing environmental and public - health catastrophe.

«Expect a burden of mental health problems, which will include depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and it's particularly going to impact groups who don't have access to rapid opportunities for recovery,» Sandro Galea, dean of the Boston University School of Public Health, told Vox after Hurricane Harvey hit health problems, which will include depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and it's particularly going to impact groups who don't have access to rapid opportunities for recovery,» Sandro Galea, dean of the Boston University School of Public Health, told Vox after Hurricane Harvey hit Health, told Vox after Hurricane Harvey hit Texas.

Worse still, we're missing out on opportunities to innovate, to make our economy cleaner and more competitive, to reduce pollution — and its public health and climate change impacts — and to export our metals and minerals to a growing global marketplace.

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.

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.

The opportunity to work collaboratively with our scientific research and development team in our Department of Public Health certified Food Lab

First, because a policyholder must act quickly to protect public health, it might not have the opportunity to confirm that actual contamination has occurred before making the decision to recall the product.

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.

So when a group of health - care workers and advocates from the Mississippi Breastfeeding Coalition asked her in January to join their movement to lobby the Legislature to allow women to breast - feed at work and in public, she jumped at the opportunity.

A master of public health degree is for those who have already completed an undergraduate program and want to further their education to expand job opportunities.

Provide a public registry of trained doulas who abide by a clear Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Provide doulas with access to resources for doula training, continuing education and networking opportunities within the doula community Educating the public, health care community and third party insurers as to the benefits of doula presence for new and expectant families Providing professional guidance to doulas

Framing community breastfeeding education as a public health strategy can allow us to look for opportunities in childhood initiatives, mental health programs, social interventions, and more!

It has been a matter of great concern among public health activists who work on child health and nutrition that the issue of malnutrition was being converted into a marketing opportunity to be addressed through products that big corporations could sell as the answer, instead of being seen as a basic lack of access to food caused by structural inequities in food distribution.

Park district officials have been gathering public input on the idea of turning Five Seasons into a community center since April, when they announced an opportunity to purchase the local health club and the 17 acres of land it stands on for about $ 20.3 million.

As a nurse, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and public health professional, she believes that breastfeeding provides a critical opportunity for women and children to reach their full human potential.

Each of the voices in this conversation brings a breadth of experience, research, and knowledge — and BOND is a tremendous opportunity to bring it all together: research on infant / early child development, attachment, sociology, public health, education, the experience of medical professionals, pediatric support professionals, educators, volunteer, and manufacturers, and of course, our collective minds and skills as a service community working to strengthen human bonding and family health.

«World Diabetes Day was a great opportunity for PATS to interact with other health care professionals and the public about the role of the Athletic Trainer in diabetic management and care», stated John Moyer, PATS President.

World Diabetes Day was a great opportunity for PATS to interact with other health care professionals and the public about the role of the Athletic Trainer in diabetic management and care

When the responsibility for public health moves to local authorities there will be further opportunities for doctors to play a leading role in finding local solutions to help their communities in areas like cold housing and fuel poverty.»

By showing that we are alive to people's concerns, this allows Labour to start having those crucial conversations with the public about what they are really upset about which are things that Labour cares about — pressures on local health and social care services; a lack of local investment and housing; not sharing the wealth and opportunity that London has; systemic inequality; culture; integration.

Ive been grateful for this opportunity to join legislative colleagues and the Governor to achieve a rapid response to one of the most alarming public health and safety threats that weve ever faced.

Seniors will also have the opportunity to speak with representatives from the county's departments of Social Services, Health and Consumer Protection as well as the Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, Westchester Community College Center for the Arts and the Public Service Commission.

«The public response to this weekly event provides a great opportunity to reach out to the community with important health information and acquaint them with the many services and programs the health department provides.

Schriock also called Kaplan, a town official elected in 2011, «a dedicated public servant focused on expanding economic opportunities for women and families, and protecting women's access to health care.»

«In the Senate, I want to fight for public safety and criminal justice reform, education programs, affordable housing, increased access to mental health care, economic development and opportunities, and social service reforms, especially as they affect middle class families and the working poor,» he said in a statement.

Former Health Minister Lord Warner, said that «I think it is important that public service broadcasters such as the BBC provide a proper opportunity for the alternative to the faith - based viewpoint to be heard regularly.

Also at 10 a.m., the Assembly holds a public hearing to examine the funding included in the 2017 - 2018 budget to enhance the housing opportunities for individuals who receive services and support from the state Office of Mental Health or the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, LOB, Roosevelt Hearing Room C, Albany.

In addition to public communications from various County Departments, ocgov.net also offers employment opportunities, health alerts, property tax rolls, real property information, defensive driving courses, health immunization clinics, and scheduling information for legislative meetings.

Poughkeepsie, NY... Dutchess County Executive Marcus J. Molinaro has announced Commissioner of Health, Michael C. Caldwell MD, MPH, is stepping down as the Dutchess County Health Commissioner after nearly nineteen years of service in order pursue other opportunities in public health and health care outside of goverHealth, Michael C. Caldwell MD, MPH, is stepping down as the Dutchess County Health Commissioner after nearly nineteen years of service in order pursue other opportunities in public health and health care outside of goverHealth Commissioner after nearly nineteen years of service in order pursue other opportunities in public health and health care outside of goverhealth and health care outside of goverhealth care outside of government.

«Public Health Thank You Day provides an excellent opportunity to pause and realize how fortunate we are to have public health professionals working on our behalf, every day of the year,» said PoloPublic Health Thank You Day provides an excellent opportunity to pause and realize how fortunate we are to have public health professionals working on our behalf, every day of the year,» said PoloHealth Thank You Day provides an excellent opportunity to pause and realize how fortunate we are to have public health professionals working on our behalf, every day of the year,» said Polopublic health professionals working on our behalf, every day of the year,» said Polohealth professionals working on our behalf, every day of the year,» said Poloncarz.

He introduced and enacted legislation on a wide range of issues including expanding job opportunities for public housing residents; protecting the City's affordable housing stock; improving mental health resources for the LGBT community, and establishing work standards for industrial laundromats.

Ulster County has great opportunities and challenges facing it on sometimes overlapping issues like public health, infrastructure, economic development, job creation and environmental conservation.

Picente cited the many benefits of a revitalized downtown district that, in conjunction with Mohawk Valley Health System's soon - to - be constructed state - of - the - art hospital, will create employment opportunities, add new revenue streams for economic growth, supply additional public parking, improve community health with green spaces and stimulate property vHealth System's soon - to - be constructed state - of - the - art hospital, will create employment opportunities, add new revenue streams for economic growth, supply additional public parking, improve community health with green spaces and stimulate property vhealth with green spaces and stimulate property values.

«As long as childhood lead poisoning remains a public health threat in Oneida County, children's health, education and employment opportunities will be impacted across their life spans resulting in higher taxes for residents to cover the costs of healthcare, special education and social services.

In response, the Institute of Medicine committee created recommendations that focus on prevention and intervention opportunities, seek to educate health care practitioners, and help raise public awareness of cognitive health.

Scientists in these positions have the opportunity to see their work have a direct impact on public health.

The training offered through this program will expand the global health workforce and provide fellows an opportunity to gain practical, first - hand experience on the front lines of global public health.

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

Cowal said that the combination of environmental and health issues provides opportunities for publics to express their opinions on topics and in ways that are different from before, which is having an effect on public policy questions at the international level.

This gives him both a postdoctoral research opportunity and guidance towards his long - term goal: «That my research has a high impact on public health.»

Teaching public or private school offers a variety of benefits: geographic flexibility, a stable career, employment opportunities with health benefits, manageable work hours, and often 3 months off during the summer.

As such, opportunities for veterinary medical scientists run the gamut from biomedical and pharmaceutical research to public health and academia.

The majority of the job opportunities at the intersection of social science and translational research are within academia — medical schools or schools of public health or social work — but job opportunities also exist at government agencies and private foundations and research institutes, Palinkas says.

In particular, public health offers lots of opportunities.

Since the re-establishment of diplomatic relations, new opportunities for research cooperation have opened up quickly in such fields as biomedical sciences, public health, and agriculture as well as science related to ocean conservation and other environmental research.

A new variant of an influenza virus that circulates in pigs has been jumping occasionally into people, providing a surprisingly early opportunity for public health officials to test out some of the lessons learned from the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.

The positive messages framed the topic of climate change around one of four major issues: economic opportunity, national security, Christian stewardship and public health.

«The anticipation from the public health end is they likely weren't going to find any virus anyway, but they had to take the opportunity to test him.»