Sentences with phrase «target people at risk»

In other words, nonprofit organizations would be able to target people at risk of radical recruitment with ads designed to nudge them away from that psychology.

Not exact matches

All immigrants, not only people of Middle Eastern descent, are at risk of becoming targets of revenge, violence and scapegoating.

The idea that you can use data to profile people who are in some way a risk, then target things at them that will deliver you better outcomes sounds great!

The new fund — «Warm and Well Cornwall» — targets residents who are in poor health or at risk of ill health, or with underlying health issues, or caring for a vulnerable person or worried about their home being cold or damp.

This means younger people with diabetes are more at risk of microvascular complications since they are more likely to have diabetes for longer over their lifetimes than those diagnosed at an older age, and should be targeted for more intensive interventions to help control their blood sugar.

Lead author Kate Daine, a postgraduate researcher from the Centre for Evidence - Based Intervention, said: «There are no known online interventions to date that specifically target young people at risk of self - harm or suicide and yet we find that adolescents who self - harm are very frequent users of the internet.

The researchers say children injured through drink or drugs faced a similar increased risk of suicide as children who had been self - harming — and the National Health Service needed to revise its guidelines to target help and support at these young people.

The USPSTF also found inadequate evidence on the effectiveness of targeted screening in persons who are at increased risk for celiac disease (e.g., persons with family history or other risk factors), or on the effectiveness of treatment of screen - detected, asymptomatic celiac disease to improve morbidity, mortality, or quality of life compared with no treatment or treatment initiated after clinical diagnosis.

«Our analysis of three large U.S. cohorts including persons in whom diabetes has been diagnosed shows those who were at target levels for HbA1c, blood pressure and LDL to have substantially lower risks for cardiovascular disease than persons with diabetes who were not at target levels for such factors,» Wong said.

«Identifying persons at a higher risk of dementia could postpone or even prevent dementia by timely targeting modifiable risk factors.»

Increasing the proportion of people linked to care engagement protocols within three months of a new HIV diagnosis to 90 percent, coupled with targeted yearly screening of high - risk individuals, would avert an estimated 292,000 HIV infections and 107,000 AIDS - related deaths, at an incremental cost of $ 52.9 billion, or $ 65,700 per QALY gained.

«To improve health and prevent chronic disease, we should stick to what is proven: encourage better lifestyles in general and target established risk factors in people at elevated risk,» they conclude.

The standard pharmaceutical development path for products that target pathogens moves slowly from studying safety, dosing, and biological responses in hundreds of people to an expensive efficacy trial with thousands of participants at high risk of becoming naturally infected.

AMP T2D focuses on type 2 diabetes genetics, seeking to use and supplement the substantial amount of human genetic data available from people with type 2 diabetes, or at risk of developing it, to identify and validate novel molecules and pathways as targets for therapeutic development.

«Identification of genes that contribute to Alzheimer's risk and that influence the progression of disease will help lead us to the cause of the disease, identify proteins and other new targets for drug development, and provide genetic methods for determining which people are at greatest risk for Alzheimer's disease when preventative measures become available,» said Dr. Schellenberg.

There is also another positive in that doctors are more regularly checking for risk of diabetes in those about to start statins and, in this way, we are picking up more people at elevated diabetes risk who can gain considerably from more targeted lifestyle interventions to mitigate such risks.»

The Jobcentre Plus Support for Schools programme targets young people ages 12 - 18 who are at particular risk of being out of education, employment or training (NEET) or who face disadvantages when looking for work.

Sir Michael's report does not talk much about the use of targeted initiatives to (re) engage particular vulnerable or «at risk» groups, but our research has shown that such approaches are often needed with vulnerable young people.

Meanwhile, for working - age people at risk of becoming low - income seniors, a targeted approach to retirement income security may be beneficial, says Frank Swedlove, president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association.

As an awareness package people most at risk of being targeted are pre-retirees who are looking to put significant amounts of money into retirement, particularly SMSF trustees, self - funded retirees, small business owners, company directors and individual property investors.

This should not be confused with rent to buy home ownership schemes which are high risk and often targeted at people who do not qualify for home loans from traditional lenders.

In homes where there is domestic abuse, it's not just people who are at risk; animals are often targeted as well.

Given that a case can be made that current levels atmospheric ghg concentrations are already harming or putting people and ecosystems at risk, it is difficult to make an ethically acceptable case that atmospheric ghg concentration targets higher than current levels are justified unless consent is given by those who are already being harmed by warming or full compensation is made to those who through no fault of their own are harmed by climate change.

A position on a global ghg atmospheric stabilization target is essentially an ethical question because a global ghg atmospheric concentration goal will determine to what extent the most vulnerable people and the ecological systems on which they depend will be put at risk.

Identifying vulnerable populations (e.g., the elderly, very young persons, persons with chronic illnesses, or those with altered mental status) and targeting interventions to those most at risk are keys to prevention.

«It's not clear how well the technology is targeting people who are really at risk,» she told the E-Commerce Times, noting that the metrics on the kind of person who actually would join versus the kind of person who would remain an...

Hackers love to target old exploits that people haven't patched, and more than 90 percent of Android phones are at risk just because Android N hasn't reached them yet.

• Introduced special programs for people with special needs, targeted at easy evacuation in case of emergencies • Devised a foolproof risk assessment plan, which covered every area of potential risk to employees, including disease and natural and manmade disaster • Analyzed potential risks including outbreaks of infections or technical failure • Conducted safety exercises and drills to ensure complete preparation in case of adverse events taking place • Introduced outreach programs to raise awareness of public safety issues • Liaised with emergency services such as the fire department and police to ensure delivery of immediate emergency services

Particularly where Indigenous peoples lands and waters are being targeted for climate change related market opportunities, and Indigenous cultural heritage and identity are at risk of being affected or damaged.

Culturally appropriate targeted suicide prevention services for individuals and families at a higher level of risk including those with mental illness, who are in or discharged from custody, with histories of alcohol and drug abuse or of domestic violence, and some people with histories of neglect and abuse.

Justice reinvestment is about shifting spending away from prisons and juvenile detention expansion towards prevention, such as early childhood education in vulnerable communities, targeting young people at risk of school disengagement, intensive case work support with housing and employment support, and job creation.

Universal cognitive behavioural intervention (eight weekly 45 — 50 minute sessions), targeted cognitive behavioural intervention (eight weekly 90 minute sessions delivered only to young people at high risk of depression), universal...

Key actions of Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery include: • Introduction of a pilot supervised injecting facility in Dublin's city centre; • Establishment of a Working Group to examine alternative approaches to the possession for personal use of small quantities of illegal drugs; • Funding for a programme to promote community awareness of alcohol - related harm; • A new targeted youth services scheme for young people at risk of substance misuse in socially and economically disadvantaged communities; • Expansion of drug and alcohol addiction services, including residential services; • Recruitment of 4 Clinical Nurse Specialists and 2 Young Persons Counsellors to complement HSE multi-disciplinary teams for under 18s; • Recruitment of 7 additional drug - liaison midwives to support pregnant women with alcohol dependency; • Establishment of a Working Group to explore ways of improving progression options for people exiting treatment, prison or community employment schemes, with a view to developing a new programme of supported care and employment.

Conclusions: The intervention was appropriately targeted to young people at risk for depression, and recruitment via Tumblr was feasible.

In order to identify those at risk for developing a mental illness, this study will target personality risk factors, including hopelessness, anxiety sensitivity, impulsivity and sensation seeking, which have been shown to reliably predict substance misuse, anxiety, emotional and behavioural disorders in young people.23 24 It is hypothesised that the intervention cognitive training programme (focusing on executive functioning) will be more effective than the active control cognitive training programme (focusing on cognitive abilities other than executive functioning) in reducing psychopathology.

The primary objective of the Brain Games study is to therefore investigate whether cognitive training delivered online within a «smart gaming» platform is a viable targeted prevention strategy by examining its ability to reduce psychopathology in young people at high risk for developing a mental illness.