Sentences with phrase «target vulnerable groups»

«PHAA also welcomes the $ 20 million investment to revive the successful National Tobacco Campaign together with additional action to target vulnerable groups including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with poor mental health and people living in rural and remote areas.

Not exact matches

She said she doesn't want any groups of students or young workers unintentionally left behind by whatever changes the Liberals ultimately decide upon, but suggested that future changes would look to target vulnerable populations like indigenous youth and new immigrants, who have a harder time accessing the job market.

FPEEG, the All - Party Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency Group, is a coalition of cross party MPs and industry stakeholders committed to maintain awareness in Parliament of fuel poverty issues; to monitor and comment on progress against government's targets to eradicate fuel poverty; to advocate policies that deliver affordable warmth for vulnerable households with emphasis on improved domestic energy efficiency including effective thermal insulation alongside efficient and effective heating systems.

Democratic groups have targeted Zeldin as a vulnerable incumbent Republican.

Prisoners also targeted by # 10.7 m investment in researching how to stop spread of transmissions among vulnerable groups

The verdict from the UKSA, the official body tasked with ensuring government departments use statistics accurately and honestly, is another rebuff for a project which has been condemned for targeting an extremely rare problem while potentially disenfranchising vulnerable groups such as older people and the homeless, who might not have the necessary ID.

Indeed, targeting Republican lawmakers has become a key part of the mayor's strategy to ensure protections for vulnerable groups under the incoming Trump administration.

«Vulnerable groups, who were not the intended targets of the reforms and are not able to respond by moving house or finding a job, are suffering,» committee chair Anne Begg said.

Assembly members, traditional rulers, the Clergy, religious youth and women groups and vulnerable persons are the targeted change Ambassadors.

There's more: Gun violence disproportionately affects minority and vulnerable communities — children at Sandy Hook, worshipers at a Charleston prayer group, young Black men, and the LGBT community, itself the target of an estimated 20 % of all hate crimes.

And she declined to say which districts the group will target in the general election, which means it's not clear how much vulnerable Republicans would be impacted.

Researchers from Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania studied more than 2,600 menu items served at full - service restaurant chains operating in Philadelphia and concluded that foods served at full - service restaurant chains are high in calories, saturated fat, and sodium, and that standard definitions are needed for «healthy choice» tags and for entrees targeted to vulnerable age groups.

«Because interventions to reduce the risk of readmission for any group of patients can be costly and labor intensive, identification of the highest risk cohort for readmission can allow more targeted intervention for this population of socially vulnerable patients.»

Interventions targeted to under - resourced groups who may face «treat or eat» choices could produce substantial health gains for these vulnerable patients.»

She's shy and vulnerable, the perfect target for a group of teenage boys who lure girls into the woods to hunt and kill them for sport.

In the case of the right to water, for example, the Committee has emphasized that one of the minimum obligations under the Covenant is «to adopt relatively low - cost targeted water programs to protect vulnerable and marginalized groups» (34).

If successful, these interventions could be targeted to specific disorders or patient groups, and researchers could explore how they could link across schools and other institutions in families» lives, and in particular how they could offer support to vulnerable populations.

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.

Pushed by grassroots environmental and social - justice groups, California has led the way on this approach, with 2012 legislation (Senate Bill 535) requiring that 25 percent of carbon revenue from the state's cap - and - trade program must be spent on clean - energy investments that benefit environmentally vulnerable low - income communities in places like Stockton, Fresno, Richmond, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles (the targeted share for these communities was recently raised to 35 percent).

The Safe Streets Act targets one of the most vulnerable groups in society, exacerbating their disadvantaged position.

According to the ministry, it will collaborate with the industrial and commercial department to accomplish its objective and punish those who target students and / or «vulnerable groups».

In recognition of the high prevalence rates and impacts on vulnerable groups and the specialist needs of specific sub-populations, funders including governments at all levels in policy and service funding would be well placed to set key targets and outcomes to «close these gaps».

«To have a greater impact on reducing the overall number of suicide attempts that occur yearly in the United States, prevention and treatment efforts need to target groups that have been accurately identified as a risk... professionals should recognize that children who experience parental divorce might be more vulnerable for suicide attempt than those from intact households,» the study states.

An area of publishing, presenting, and grant writing that family therapists in healthcare settings must stay especially attuned to is cultural sensitivity, cultural humility, and the ethical implementation of research studies with vulnerable populations and minority groups (target indicators 6.4 b and 6.4 c; AAMFT, 2018).