Sentences with phrase «social health measures»

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The social media platform wants to partner with outside experts to identify how the company should measure its «health,» according to a statement from Twitter.

Yelp provided us with an opportunity to test whether social media reviews correlate with objective health care measures.

Outlook: Employment and Social Development Canada categorizes «dental hygienist» as a «technical occupation in health care,» and measures the employment outlook for this job alongside dental technologists, lab bench workers, denturists and dental therapists.

Almost 340,000 individuals participated in the Canadian Community Health Survey and General Social Survey from 2009 to 2013, which permitted Statistics Canada to perform community - level measures of life satisfaction for 33 census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and 58 economic regions across the country.

Last month Dorsey asked the public to propose solutions to make the social network a nicer place by measuring «collective health, openness, and civility of public conversation.»

His survey of the social science literature on the topic usefully, if sometimes turgidly, compiles the growing evidence that homeschooled children learn more than their counterparts, at least to the extent that standardized tests measure learning, and are emotionally healthier as well, at least to the extent that psychologists» «self - esteem and self - concept» scales truly capture emotional health.

Mental health is sometimes an elusive idea for many because it involves measuring the wellness of unseen factors like our emotional, psychological and social well - being.

Successful social adaptation, to either mainstream secular culture or the ecclesiastical sub-culture is no longer the measure of psychological health that it once was in kinder, gentler times.

Carol — I agree with what you have written about successful social adaption to either mainstream secular culture or the ecclesiastical sub culture is not a measure of psychological health where such cultures are not healthy in and of themselves.

However, we continually gauge the success of our approach by measuring both ecosystem health and the economic and social well - being of our partner communities.

Instead of measuring popularity, xocial measures an individual or organization's positive social impact as they compete to benefit health and wellness - related causes.

Researchers assessed children's development using multiple methods and measured many facets of children's development (social, emotional, intellectual, language development, behavioral problems and adjustment, and physical health).

Research has shown that the children of same - sex couples, whether adopted or biological, fare no worse than the kids of straight couples on mental health, social functioning, school performance and several other life - success measures.

Seriously, there's no way to measure how many people will not be able to produce enough breast milk, because lactation is complex, requiring the right physiological conditions to exist (in both mom and baby), and can be impacted by so many things, including medical conditions, social pressures, previous trauma, support, mental health, sleep, time, nutrition, and hydration, just to name a few.

Participants from various IBFAN organizations, aid agencies, non-governmental organizations, social service organizations, health care workers, policy makers and representatives from WHO and UNICEF, discussed the protection of breastfeeding and the establishment of breastfeeding cultures as vital components in measures dealing with this topic.

As you are aware, drug abuse has social and economic repercussions and poses a threat to public health security, and so my outfit would do its best to come up with measures to curb the menace, he said.

The index is a composite indicator of health status, educational attainment (social development) coupled with per capita income (economic performance) and remains one of the most credible measures for human development across countries and regions worldwide.

The Choice Review, published in February, recognised this problem and among other measures recommended that people's end of life preferences are recorded so that staff across the health and social care systems know of people's choices.

He was the Executive Member for Health, Social Care and Wellbeing for Cardiff Council from 2004 - 2011, responsible for the largest social services department in Wales, and successfully leading children's services out of special measures following a damning Joint Review of the Labour Council's previous management and perforSocial Care and Wellbeing for Cardiff Council from 2004 - 2011, responsible for the largest social services department in Wales, and successfully leading children's services out of special measures following a damning Joint Review of the Labour Council's previous management and perforsocial services department in Wales, and successfully leading children's services out of special measures following a damning Joint Review of the Labour Council's previous management and performance.

Norman Lamb calls for interim measure while working on long - term solution such as a dedicated health and social care tax

The information available on their recovery means we can measure the impacts of both environment and social factors on population health.»

However, they wrote, there are accessible and validated measures of structural racism in the public health and social science literature, such as redlining, sundown towns, and mass incarceration.

To be included in the review, studies had to measure psychosocial, physical and / or cognitive outcomes associated with formal volunteering — such as happiness, physical health, depression, cognitive functioning, feelings of social support and life satisfaction.

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, in partnership with ORGANIZE — a non-for-profit organization based in New York which leverages health data to end the organ donor shortage by applying smarter technologies, utilizing social media, building more creative partnerships, and advocating for data - driven policies — The Bridgespan Group — a global nonprofit organization that collaborates with mission - driven leaders, organizations, and philanthropists to break cycles of poverty and dramatically improve the quality of life for those in need — and Gift of Life Donor Program — an OPO which serves the eastern half of Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware — evaluated the metrics and criteria used to measure OPOs across the country, and found significant discrepancies in how potential donors are evaluated and identified.

That's partly because traffic speed and certain environmental effects are easier to measure than social - justice considerations, such as access to job opportunities or health care for low - income groups, or balancing the interests of pedestrians and cyclists with those of motorists.

These were the Social and Institutional Gender Index or SIGI (which measures discrimination against women), the Gender Inequality Index or GII (which measures health economic and power inequities), and the Gender Gap Index or GGI (a measure of economic, education, health and political power).

As part of the Framingham Heart Study, participants updated researchers on their social contacts and health status, including happiness, as measured by a standard psychological questionnaire.

Stuckler and Basu argue that the harsh austerity measures and cutting of social programs adopted in response to the recent financial crisis have exacerbated public health problems and cost thousands of lives.

However, the health and social care sector have experienced challenges in recent years as a result of austerity measures in the public sector which has had implications for the pay and pensions of those working in the sector.

Matthew Hickman, Professor in Public Health and Epidemiology at the University of Bristol's School of Social and Community Medicine and lead author of the study, said: «Scaling up HCV treatment is critical to the prevention of HCV in the population to support and enhance traditional harm reduction measures — opiate substitution treatment and needle exchange.

Institute of Medicine Measures of Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health: A Feasibility Study.

But with so many questionable chemicals swirling around us, «you definitely want to take simple measures whenever possible to lower your exposure,» says Phil Brown, PhD, director of the Social Science Environ - mental Health Research Institute at Northeastern University in Boston.

The effect of social desirability trait on self - reported dietary measures among multi-ethnic female health center employees.

University students who learned the Transcendental Meditation technique showed an improvement in general health as assessed by the Duke Health Profile (composed of physical, mental, and social measures) after three months, in contrast to groups of students from two other universities who did not learn the Transcendental Meditation techhealth as assessed by the Duke Health Profile (composed of physical, mental, and social measures) after three months, in contrast to groups of students from two other universities who did not learn the Transcendental Meditation techHealth Profile (composed of physical, mental, and social measures) after three months, in contrast to groups of students from two other universities who did not learn the Transcendental Meditation technique.

The National Assessment of Educational Progress should be broadened to gauge how American youths are faring on a range of academic, social, health, and cultural indicators, contends a report that calls for new measures of educational outcomes and equity.

A recent study in the American Journal of Public Health revealed a direct link between children's social and emotional skills and their success across a wide range of health, social, and economic meaHealth revealed a direct link between children's social and emotional skills and their success across a wide range of health, social, and economic meahealth, social, and economic measures.

' [Skills] such as perseverance, sociability and self - esteem have been shown to influence numerous measures of social outcomes, including better health, improved subjective wellbeing and reduced odds of engaging in conduct problems.

Its strategy draws on advances in the biological, behavioral, and social sciences to: (1) identify causal mechanisms that influence developmental trajectories; (2) formulate theories of change about how to produce better outcomes; and (3) design and test new intervention approaches and measure their effectiveness in reducing barriers to learning and strengthening the foundations of lifelong physical and mental health.

David Armstrong continued: «Identifying two indicators - emotional intelligence and social skills - and mapping these to the Achieving Schools Theory of Change, is an important first step in measuring the longer term outcomes of the programme, such as reduced risk of antisocial behaviour and spending time in prison and reduced risk of mental ill - health and long - term illness.

As background prep we did an exercise on the state of germany in 1871 after unification, then had a discussion of what type of constitution would be necessary, thinking about key areas of policy such as the economy, control of the military, social measures (education / health), etc and deciding whether these should be under national or regional control.

As part of a series of measures to tackle it, the government has introduced the National Healthy Schools Programme, through which schools are awarded Healthy School status if they can demonstrate meaningful achievement in four areas: personal, social and health education, healthy eating, physical activity, and emotional health and wellbeing.

With Günther Fink from the Harvard [T.H. Chan] School of Public Health, I've developed a new measure for the 0 — 3 age range that uses caregivers» reports of children's motor, language, cognitive, social, and emotional skills to capture these complex processes in fast, cost - effective ways.

Social return on investment offers a new way to measure and share the value of outcomes from community schools that provide social, health and education services to children and their famSocial return on investment offers a new way to measure and share the value of outcomes from community schools that provide social, health and education services to children and their famsocial, health and education services to children and their families.

Measuring Social Return on Investment of Community Schools Children's Aid Society & The Finance Project, 2013 Community schools make an invaluable contribution to student academic achievement, children's social and emotional health, family participation and community engagement - in districts around the country and the Social Return on Investment of Community Schools Children's Aid Society & The Finance Project, 2013 Community schools make an invaluable contribution to student academic achievement, children's social and emotional health, family participation and community engagement - in districts around the country and the social and emotional health, family participation and community engagement - in districts around the country and the world.

Outcome measures covered all four Head Start program goals: cognitive development, social - emotional development, health status and access to health care, and parenting practices.

Mercer's Quality of Life index measures ten key categories, including: political, social, and economic environment, medical and health considerations, public services, transport, housing, recreation, education, and ecological quality (waste removal, water availability and cleanliness, etc.).

The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan even measures its country's prosperity by its «gross national happiness» (GNH), measuring the spiritual, physical, social and environmental health and happiness of its citizens and natural environment.

Critique of prisoner isolation is driven by the more problematic aspects of the practice that defy justification: the isolation of the mentally ill; isolation for petty reasons; indefinite isolation; isolation in lieu of appropriate safety measures; isolation to address overcrowding; isolation for excessive periods of time; lack of procedural safeguards for decision making and reviews; isolation in punitive conditions of confinement; failure to deliver meaningful mental and physical health care; and a lack of programs and social contact to ameliorate the effects of isolation.

This Regulation is not intended to apply to matters relating to social security, public measures of a general nature in matters of education or health or to decisions on the right of asylum and on immigration.

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