Sentences with phrase «rated health measures»

Although MRQ and self - rated health measures of wives and husbands were associated, these relationships were complex and gendered.

While there is evidence that use of self - rated health measures is likely to be a reasonable measure of social inequalities found in direct measures of health (Subramanian and Ertel 2008; Subramanian and Ertel 2009), less is known about the validity of mother's reports of child health and self - reported parenting information.

«Is the use of self - rated health measures to assess health inequalities misleading?»

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Apple updated its Apple Watch software, including a heart rate measuring tool that alerts users to increased heart rate that is unrelated to increased activity — a sign of a potential health problem.

In the District of Columbia, concerns about the high maternal mortality rate — in 2014, it stood at about 40.7 deaths per 100,000 births, according to the analysis by United Health Foundation, substantially exceeding the U.S. rate and those of neighboring Virginia and Maryland — have periodically sparked talk of a review committee, but not enough to push a measure through.

The tax bill lowers the corporate tax rate from 35 % to 21 %, eliminates the penalty under the Affordable Care Act for failing to have health insurance, a narrower estate tax, and cuts the top effective marginal tax rate for S corporations to a top rate of 29.6 percent, among other measures that gives the biggest breaks to the wealthiest individuals and companies.

We measure each state's fiscal health by looking at its credit ratings and outlook, as well as state revenues as compared to budget projections.

To measure our success in these areas, we track meaningful metrics such as employee engagement and satisfaction (i.e., employee volunteering, employee giving and results of the Organizational Health Index survey), total employees receiving performance reviews, average hours of training, turnover rates and rate of return from leave.

Economic health is sound enough for the market to expect the Fed to continue with its measured pace of rate increases.

The increase in the CPI over the latest year, at 1.7 per cent, has been held down by the effects of the health insurance rebate introduced in early 1999, which will cease to affect the measured inflation rate early in 2000.

Based on consistent measures of products (in the case of the Health Star Ratings, it's 100g or 100mL), this system will help consumers compare products at a glance and more easily identify the healthier options.

The health care provider will measure the response of the fetus» heart rate to each movement the fetus makes as reported by the mother or observed by the doctor on an ultrasound screen.

Your health care provider will measure your blood pressure, heart rate and breathing rate and do a complete physical exam.

«During my tenure as Governor, I have held the line on the rate of cost escalation for health care providers and managed care plans; implemented reimbursement reforms to right - size hospital inpatient reimbursement; made investments in critically needed, less costly outpatient and primary care services; and implemented measures to make New York Medicaid a smarter purchaser of prescription drugs and transportation services for patients.

Below is a list of Medicare - and Medicaid - certified nursing homes in Erie County, along with their overall federal rating determined by Medicare, based on health inspections, staffing, and quality measure ratings (1 star being the lowest, 5 being the highest / best).

They also cover: Proportion of calls closed with telephone advice or managed without transport to A&E; Re-contact rate following discharge of care - to ensure that ambulance trusts provide safe and effective care the first time; Call abandonment rate - to ensure ambulance trusts can take 999 calls and that people don't abandon their 999 call before a control room operator has answered; Time to answer calls - measuring how quickly all 999 calls are answered; Time until treatment by an ambulance - dispatched health professional; Category A: eight minutes response time — measuring whether those patients most in need of an emergency ambulance get one quickly.

The coalition also wants school districts with 51 - 100 or more employees to continue to participate in an experience - rated health care consortium or trust, a measure she said will save school districts and taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D - Queens), the sponsor of the measure, said the need for mobile food vendors to disclose their health inspection ratings «is a health problem that has to be addressed now.»

«In New York City we've seen smoking rates precipitously decline because of public health measures, but chewing tobacco has remained steady, without much of a decline — especially among young men, and especially among athletes.

In addition, two broad measures of financial health — debt delinquency rates and credit scores — showed short - lived and modest increases: The worst - flooded residents had 90 - day delinquency rates that were about 10 percent higher, relative to non-flooded residents, for the three months following Katrina.

The analysis provides estimates of counts, rates and trends measured against the American Heart Association metric for cardiovascular health for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, abnormal blood glucose level, and diabetes.

One measure frequently used to assess a refugee crisis is the Crude Death Rate (abbreviated cdr in the public health literature).

Cluster membership was then related to harm measures, such as alcohol dependence and self - rated health, and three policy - relevant variables: a liking for alcohol advertisements, price paid for alcohol, and time of its purchase.

With colleagues, and in collaboration with the Department of Health, we have devised a practical way to measure the incidence rate of brain injury in babies.»

Growth in depressive symptoms were predictive of the incidence of sexually transmitted infections while growth in BMI was associated with several health risk measures, including blood pressure, blood glucose, and overall health rating.

Earlier methods measured foods independently along different criteria rather than funneling all the data together in one master health rating.

The traits ranged from measures of health and overall happiness to ratings of how much each teen liked school and how hard they worked.

However, when all three key species were present, the average rate of all functions — a measure of overall ecosystem health — rose simultaneously.

These findings support the implementation of proper handwashing and weekly nail clipping as a public health measure to reduce parasite re-infection rates in resource - limited regions.

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas: Disinfecting caps cut CLABSI rates by 68 percent; simple device can supplement other measures to prevent bloodstream infections

Lung function, another key measure of health in cystic fibrosis, improved in both the United States and Canada; however, the rate of improvement in lung function was greater in all age groups in the United States compared to Canada.

By using fMRI, the researchers were able to measure people's brain activity in real time as they viewed the headlines and abstracts of 80 New York Times health articles and rated how likely they were to read and share them.

Vaccines are amongst the safest and most cost - effective measures that we have to improve public health and protect from disease and it is vital that we achieve high vaccination rates to prevent the return of the many and terrible diseases that they prevent,» he said.

The study was just eight weeks long and small, but they've already found small improvements in resting and recovery heart rate — two preliminary measures of heart health.

Researchers analyzed data from several national health surveys conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and found that people with arthritis — which includes those with aging - related osteoarthritis and similar conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and gout — tend to rate lower than their peers on measures of overall health.

From the heart - rate monitors that students wear during their weekly twelve - minute run / walk (a healthier version of the traditional 1 - mile run) to a comprehensive computer - based fitness station where students measure everything from strength and flexibility to cholesterol levels, Madison has embraced the use of state - of - the - art tools to support the physical health and education of its adolescent students.

to consider should be the following: 1) the achievement of full employment or reduction in the unemployment rate; 2) increase the income distribution measured by the Gini index; 3) reduction of the levels of crime in society; 4) increase in service levels of education, health, housing and transport to the population; 5) increase of the investment in infrastructure, education, health, housing and sanitation; 6) increase in the HDI - Human Development Index, used by the United Nations, which takes into account GDP per capita, the longevity of people and their education (measured by illiteracy rate and the enrollment rates at various levels of education); and 7) increase of GNH (Gross National Happiness) indicator, which analyzes 73 variables that contribute most to the goal of achieving the well - being and satisfaction with life (See GNH posted in website

Additional measures that have a critical impact on student achievement are reported only (not included in schools» ratings) such as access to quality state - funded preschool; half - day vs. full - day kindergarten; the percentage of first - year teachers; teacher turnover; teachers with certifications in their specialized area; career counselors / coaches; out - of - school suspensions; and whole child supports such as access to a school - based counselor or mental health services provider; nurse or health services provider; librarian / media specialist; and a family resource / youth service center.

To repair aging classrooms, ensure student health, safety and achievement and keep pace with technology, upgrade aging plumbing, electrical, lighting, heating / ventilation, safety / security systems, shall this Hawthorne School District measure be adopted to repair, construct, acquire classrooms, sites / equipment, and issue $ 59,000,000 in bonds, at legal rates, levy on average 3 cents / $ 100 assessed value ($ 3,000,000 annually) while bonds are outstanding, require independent audits / oversight, and all money for local schools?»

The report draws on data from 2005 to 2012 to rate charter schools across multiple measures of financial health and academic performance, including state test scores and classroom spending, said the press release announcing the findings.

The report «drew on data from 2005 to 2012 to rate charter schools across multiple measures of financial health and academic performance, including state test scores and classroom spending.»

As Congress begins preparing for debate over the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind, state schools chief Tom Torlakson has joined the chorus of voices calling for the replacement of Adequate Yearly Progress with a new growth system - one that not only measures student academic progress but also health and wellness, and school dropout rates.

In studying the human body, one measure of overall health is pulse rate.

Your credit rating is a measure of your financial health and financial trustworthiness.

Default rates are an important statistical measure used by lenders to determine their risk exposure and economists to evaluate the health of the overall economy.

Exchange rates are one of the most watched and analyzed economic measures across the world and are a key indicator of a country's economic health.

When the dog was present, children had lower blood pressure measures, lower heart rates, and less behavioral distress.7 However, research on the health benefits of child and animal interaction is still limited.

They used the data from Spire breathing monitors, a wearable health tracker that measures breathing patterns and heart rate over the day, from over 20,000 commutes by 1,000 commuters.

Without adaptation measures (e.g. extending basic public health services), climate change will exacerbate future health risks, owing to population growth rates and existing vulnerabilities in health, water, sanitation and waste collection systems, nutrition, pollution, and food production in poor regions (medium confidence).

Criteria Description Fish Toxicity Measure of the acute toxicity to fish (both saltwater and freshwater) Daphnia Toxicity Measure of the acute toxicity to Daphnia (invertebrate aquatic organisms) Algae Toxicity Measure of the acute toxicity to aquatic plants Persistence / Biodegradation Rate of degradation for a substance in the environment (air, soil, or water) Bioaccumulation Potential for a substance to accumulate in fatty tissue and magnify up the food chain Climatic relevance Measure of the impact a substance has on the climate (e.g., ozone depletion, global warming, etc.) Other Any additional characteristic (e.g., soil organism toxicity, WGK water classification, etc.) relevant to the overall evaluation but not included in the previous criteria 1.3.3 Material Class Criteria The following material classes are flagged due to the concern that at some point in their life cycle they may have negative impacts on human and environmental health.