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Since 2020, EATG has commissioned research under the scope of the PROMise project to analyse the role of PROMs in HIV R&D and to explore potential contributions by community-based organisations. (eatg.org)
By July 2020, the health department released a report arguing the main driver of COVID-19 infections in nursing homes were unknowingly infected staff and visitors - not the March directive. (spokesman.com)
OCTOBER 30, 2020 - This fall UTSA welcomed its inaugural cohort of students from the Bold Promise program into the Roadrunner family. (utsa.edu)
For the fall 2020 semester, 2,989 applicants from across the state were offered Bold Promise. (utsa.edu)
East Mediterr Health J. 2020;26(12):1436-1439. (who.int)
In 2020, the theme is "Protect Everyone", emphasizing global and individual health security in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, attributed to SARS-CoV 2 - a virus that infected more than 4 million people in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) and left over 100 000 dead in less than 12 months (6.6% and 7.1% of the global toll, respectively) (3). (who.int)
5 See https://www.who.int/about/collaborations/partnerships/en/, (accessed 9 March 2020). (who.int)

Promising Practices for Total Worker Health (TWH) highlight real-world examples of how organizations see positive results using comprehensive workplace policies, programs, and practices. (cdc.gov)
Explore the tabs below to find Promising Practices from eNewsletters over the years. (cdc.gov)
The NHANES detailed interview includes ductive health, such as use of oral contracep demographic, socioeconomic, dietary, and tives and breastfeeding practices, also will health-related questions. (cdc.gov)
Many scholars and experts acknowledge that it is now a suitable time to discuss and develop appropriate mental health policies and practices across Europe, including specific political measures within the framework of European integration. (lu.se)
Its meaning varies depending on cultures, local beliefs, and practices.2 As a result, policymakers need to plan and implement relevant policies and measures based on the mental health representations of various populations, within different countries. (lu.se)
Organization of work" is the combination of work processes (the way jobs are designed and performed) and the organizational practices (management and production methods and human resource policies) that influence those processes. (cdc.gov)
This document is a helpful guide for employers, businesses, and practitioners wishing to implement policies, programs, and practices to advance TWH. (cdc.gov)
3. Publish an edited volume of state-of-science knowledge on the integration of occupational safety and health interventions with other organizational policies, programs, and practices to ensure the well-being of workers. (cdc.gov)
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's (NIOSH) Total Worker Health® (TWH) approach is defined as policies, programs, and practices that integrate protection from work-related safety and health hazards with promotion of injury and illness prevention efforts to advance worker well-being. (cdc.gov)
Our study objective was to conduct a cross-sectional assessment of the adoption of Total Worker Health® (TWH) policies and practices by business size and evaluate extent and associations of their safety and health policies and programs. (cdc.gov)

Your workplace could be featured as a Promising Practice. (cdc.gov)
This Promising Practice features resources from the OSG that you can use to protect and promote worker well-being, including a closer look at the new Framework for Workplace Mental Health and Well-being. (cdc.gov)
This Promising Practice features the work of Dr. Christian B. Rathke DMSc, PA-C, DFAAPA, Director of TWH in the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service within National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). (cdc.gov)
4. Published the National Occupational Research Agenda to Advance Total Worker Health to highlight priority research, practice, policy, and capacity building goals for 2016-2026. (cdc.gov)
Australia's health system is a mix of public and _ Voluntary enrolment of patients with a practice, private funding and provision, with the aim of including nominating a general practitioner (GP) universal coverage and good health outcomes as a preferred clinician, to provide continuity of at reasonable cost. (who.int)
Patients were positive about having more with providers, which were expected to deliver frequent encounters with the practice nurse and better services and better health outcomes. (who.int)
the opportunity to telephone and email the _ While there were promising results in indicators practice. (who.int)
Food industry actors in Brazil used a diverse range of political strategies, which have the potential of negatively influencing public policy, research, and practice in the country. (bvsalud.org)

Community health centers are leaders in the "co-location" of physical and behavioral health care at the same site. (kff.org)
Medicaid's system of prospective, cost-based payment for health centers supports this model because the costs of licensed behavioral health practitioners can be included in the calculation of health centers' prospective rates. (kff.org)
Community mental health centers are one natural choice to be designated health home providers for Medicaid beneficiaries with serious mental illness. (kff.org)
According to the President's own Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, under the Senate plan, 19 million Americans would pay $29 billion in taxes/fines and still receive no health care in return. (hawaiireporter.com)
Again, the President's own Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services confirms that the current Senate health bill breaks this promise. (hawaiireporter.com)
Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. (cdc.gov)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a pre-approved provider of Certified in Public Health (CPH) recertification credits and is authorized to offer 1 CPH recertification credits for this program. (cdc.gov)
This section of The Obesity Prevention Source summarizes obesity prevention recommendations for the school setting, based on a review of expert guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Institute of Medicine, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, the World Health Organization, and others. (harvard.edu)
Here is a summary of obesity prevention recommendations for school meals and the school food environment, based on a review of expert guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Institute of Medicine, the World Health Organization, the School Nutrition Association, the American Heart Association, and others. (harvard.edu)

In fall 2023, the list of drugs selected for negotiation will be published, beginning the negotiation process between the Health and Human Services secretary and drug companies. (politifact.com)
The Thirteenth General Programme of Work, 2019-2023, approved by the Health Assembly in 2018,4 highlights the importance of partnership, noting that WHO can only accomplish its ambitious goals with the support of partners. (who.int)
The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research has strengthened its relationship with WHO in support of the Thirteenth General Programme of Work, 2019-2023 at all three levels of the Organization. (who.int)

Cuomo touted Zucker's resume: he became one of the nation's youngest doctors at age 22, later earned a law degree, and worked at the White House and World Health Organization. (spokesman.com)
1Director, Department for Universal Health Coverage/Health Systems, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt. (who.int)
2Regional Emergency Director, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt. (who.int)
4Director, Department for Universal Health Coverage/Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt. (who.int)
6Director, Department for Health Protection and Promotion, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt. (who.int)
7Director of Programme Management, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt. (who.int)
World Health Organization. (lu.se)
3 Pang T et al, Knowledge for better health--a conceptual framework and foundation for health research systems, Bulletin of the World Health Organization , 81: 815-820, 2003. (who.int)
In an editorial in the September issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization , scientists from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and partner institutions highlight the critical role of socioeconomic factors in explaining cancer outcomes and cancer inequalities within and between countries. (who.int)
They also outline the actions needed for the preparation of a roadmap to bridge the gap between research and policy-making in this field, under the World Health Organization principle of Health for All. (who.int)

Disparities in child health and well-being in Canada find their source in the values that drive social policy choices for children. (troymedia.com)
While laudable, promises to roll back this policy represent a very small step toward confronting disparities in child health and well-being in Canada. (troymedia.com)

In 2019, the theme of the day was "Keep the Promise", referring to the Political Declaration on UHC endorsed by Heads of States at the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on 23 September 2019 (2). (who.int)
It does this, inter alia, through developing methods and tools such as policy briefs and policy dialogues and through its Summer School, which in 2019 was on skills mix. (who.int)

Routine screening for common medical conditions among adults with behavioral health conditions can be accomplished by providing behavioral health practitioners with basic equipment like a scale, a blood pressure cuff, and a stethoscope, along with training in how to use them. (kff.org)
Insisting that anybody can draw, its practitioners invite everyone involved in health care - doctors, nurses, and public health workers as well as patients - to share their own stories. (webmd.com)
Keeping the promise of UHC, while ensuring health security, is becoming a priority agenda of policy-makers and practitioners in the EMR in order to save lives, advance health and protect livelihoods (4). (who.int)
Page 2 involving all the stakeholders, particularly policy-makers, decision-makers and practitioners. (who.int)
Hence the need to expand accountability for care not only to primary-care physicians but also to nurses, pharmacists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and behavioral health practitioners. (medscape.com)

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Healthy Work Design and Well-Being Program seeks to advance worker safety, health, and well-being by improving the organization of work. (cdc.gov)
Worker well-being is gaining traction as a unifying central objective in the occupational safety and health field that can be achieved by enhancing the physical workplace environment, including organizational level policies and strategies that help shape a culture of well-being the contributes to the nature of work and the work experience (Schill 2013). (cdc.gov)

In the parlance of the health policy quality world, it involves having the "structure" and "processes" in place to enable optimal "outcomes. (medpagetoday.com)
Conventional RCTs evaluate the effects of interventions on prespecified health outcomes. (bmj.com)

This brief examines five promising approaches currently underway in Medicaid to better integrate physical and behavioral health care. (kff.org)
In our seminar, we showed that one way to tackle big data is to use the approaches of machine learning and data science, which summarize the way we process big data ( e.g., tidyverse ), learn patterns in the data, and ultimately validate patterns to make sure they make sense (e.g., these approaches can be deployed to doctors, patients, or policy makers). (cdc.gov)
New modeling approaches (see example here ) have the additional caveat of being not easily explainable to clinicians or policy makers. (cdc.gov)
Sustainable Development Goals to identify policies, approaches and interventions contributing to achieving the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in countries of the Region. (who.int)
3. Advancing the safety, health, and well-being of workers by increasing the number of work environments that adopt evidence-based Total Worker Health (TWH) approaches. (cdc.gov)
While research on TWH approaches hold promise for establishing new ways of meeting the needs of workers in small businesses, most TWH intervention studies to date have been conducted in large organizations, with little evidence to support the generalization of results to the small business setting (McCoy 2014, Newman 2015). (cdc.gov)

With politics and the weather in unusual and untimely states of flux in 2017, the 2017 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum was undoubtedly one of the most difficult to organize since the Georgia Public Policy Foundation established the event in 2010. (georgiapolicy.org)
The Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day has been commemorated on 12 December every year since 2017 (1). (who.int)
3. Co-sponsored and co-convened the 2017 Work, Stress , and Health conference with the American Psychological Association and Society for Occupational Health Psychology. (cdc.gov)
The Australian Health Care Homes Trial was conducted from October 2017 to June 2021. (who.int)

With 5% of the population accounting for 50% of the United States's annual health care spending, there has been increasing interest in targeting patients with high health care use, also known as "superutilizers. (emra.org)
This technique involves engaging patients and connecting them to appropriate medical and social services, which will hopefully lead to reducing inappropriate health care use. (emra.org)
While studies of other care-transition programs have shown decreases in readmission, the authors suggest that their population was younger, more medically diverse, and socially complex with an increase in health care utilization. (emra.org)
If that is the case, organizations and policies may need to restructure or focus on other targets to decrease inappropriate health care use. (emra.org)
There is widespread interest in programs aiming to reduce spending and improve health care quality among "superutilizers," patients with very high use of health care services. (emra.org)
In the months after hospital discharge, a team of nurses, social workers, and community health workers visits enrolled patients to coordinate outpatient care and link them with social services. (emra.org)
In this randomized, controlled trial involving patients with very high use of health care services, readmission rates were not lower among patients randomly assigned to the Coalition's program than among those who received usual care. (emra.org)
As emergency physicians, we care for all members of society, and as such have a unique vantage point on the state of health care. (emra.org)
Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) says the Federal Health and Human Services Department (HHS) has extended the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). (okpolicy.org)
About 150 attendees attended the daylong session October 13 in Atlanta, learning from speakers about tax, health care and education reforms specific to Georgia. (georgiapolicy.org)
The Forum featured two panel discussions on health care. (georgiapolicy.org)
One panelist was Lisa Evans of Carrollton-based Southwire, a $5 billion, family-owned corporation with 7,500 employees and a $91 million budget next year for health care (60 percent directly paid by Southwire). (georgiapolicy.org)
Before the company self-administered health care in 2000, access to data was limited and Langdale had difficulty figuring out why costs were increasing. (georgiapolicy.org)
After all, a defining element of the TWH approach is to demonstrate leadership commitment to worker safety and health at all levels and to give workers a strong voice in the work challenges and issues they care about most. (cdc.gov)
Many individuals receiving care for behavioral health conditions also have physical health conditions that require medical attention, and the inverse is also true. (kff.org)
Unfortunately, our physical and behavioral health care systems tend to operate independently, without coordination between them, and gaps in care, inappropriate care, and increased costs can result. (kff.org)
A number of evidence-based tools are available for primary care providers to use to screen for behavioral health disorders easily. (kff.org)
Many Medicaid programs are deploying a new cadre of "navigators," who may be nurses, social workers, or trained paraprofessionals, to help Medicaid beneficiaries navigate the health care system. (kff.org)
Navigators' functions can range from simply helping individuals to seek care, to interacting with their health care providers on their behalf, to improving home and community-based support for their clients. (kff.org)
Geographic distance between physical and behavioral health provider settings can itself be a significant barrier to coordinated care. (kff.org)
A growing number of states are using the Medicaid "health home" option, established by the ACA, to advance the integration of physical and behavioral health care for Medicaid beneficiaries with serious mental illness. (kff.org)
Health home services, which are eligible for a 90% federal match for two years, include comprehensive care management, transitional care, referral to community and social services, and other services to foster integrated care for people with complex conditions and needs. (kff.org)
The Patient-Centered Medical Home approach has become an innovative and promising response to the primary care crisis. (medpagetoday.com)
The term was coined in 2007 by Dr. Ian Williams, a graphic novelist and doctor based in Hove, England, who defines it as "the intersection between the medium of comics and the discourse of health care. (webmd.com)
The HSJ Digital Transformation Summit unites technology leaders from trusts, CCGs and ICSs to explore technologies, innovations and improvements that will have a transformative effect on our future health and care system. (hsj.co.uk)
The findings are supported by data in published Department of Health and Social Care accounts. (hsj.co.uk)
When Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) emerged from a closed-door meeting with top House Democratic leaders yesterday, the press asked her about C-SPAN CEO Brian Lamb's request that she permit cameras to televise the final health care negotiations between the House and Senate. (hawaiireporter.com)
Speaker Pelosi is right: President Obama's broken health care promises are legendary. (hawaiireporter.com)
But really, President Obama's current health care plan breaks so many of his previous health care promises, there is no need for Pelosi to have to name just one. (hawaiireporter.com)
You Will Not Lose Your Doctor": On June 15, 2009, President Obama promised the American people: "No matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people. (hawaiireporter.com)
If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period. (hawaiireporter.com)
IfPA is a physician-led policy research organization dedicated to maintaining the primacy of the physician-patient relationship in the provision of quality health care. (healthpolicytoday.org)
Add to that the cost of retiree coverage, and it's clear that high health care costs have become an albatross for many American companies. (epi.org)
Top policymakers have suggested the answer to this problem is "consumer-driven health care," with its requisite high deductibles and health savings accounts. (epi.org)
The ideology behind consumer-driven health care is the belief that Americans over-consume health care. (epi.org)
However, the large increases in health care expenditures are on big-ticket spending. (epi.org)
The healthier employees are more likely to prefer the high-deductible health plans, because they expect to consume less health care, while the less healthy will prefer more conventional plans with comprehensive coverage. (epi.org)
The solution to the U.S. health care problem should involve increasing the size of pools, not decreasing them. (epi.org)
President Joe Biden achieved a major health care promise through the Democrats' legislation that will allow the federal government to negotiate prices on some medications with drugmakers for Medicare. (politifact.com)
Joe Antos, an expert on health care policy and Medicare at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, said the bill did not repeal the ban on Medicare negotiating prices, but rather created an exception for the selected drugs. (politifact.com)
That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. (fcpp.org)
Zucker has also faced criticism from health care workers who said the state failed to ensure hospitals and nursing home personnel had adequate personal protective gear and staffing levels during the peak of the pandemic. (spokesman.com)
Primary care physicians are the gateway to our health. (vator.tv)
Specifically, Mr. Obama assured the audience Democrats are offering a "better path" on environmental issues, education, foreign policy and health care. (observer.com)
Dr. Ben Carson might be expected to have a serious health care plan since he is a serious medical professional and all. (salon.com)
Carson is not the only Republican presidential candidate who takes a radically unorthodox approach to health care policy. (salon.com)
We don't have a health care crisis in America, we have a health crisis. (salon.com)
Conservatives have long been known as hawkish on health care spending. (nchc.org)
Our Scorecard ranks every state's health care system based on how well it provides high-quality, accessible, and equitable health care. (commonwealthfund.org)
Accountable Care Around the World: Lessons and Policy Implications for the U.S. (commonwealthfund.org)
Hillary Clinton proposes policy changes to strengthen the Affordable Care Act's individual insurance markets. (modernhealthcare.com)
In addition, the North Carolina Blues plan, like other insurers in the state, has been slow to shift to managed care, narrower networks, and more coordinated care for members with chronic health conditions, she said. (modernhealthcare.com)
Primary Health Care (PHC) is recognized as the most inclusive, effective and efficient approach to promote health and achieve UHC (6). (who.int)
Several vulnerable groups in the EMR remain uncovered by financial protection or without access to their needed quality health care - including communities impacted by conflict and state fragility, refugees, migrants and those in the informal sector (14). (who.int)
Discuss the information you find with your health care provider before you rely on it. (medlineplus.gov)
The Health Care Homes model did not reduce impacts on patients' reported health and the use the overall costs of caring for these patients of secondary and tertiary services did not show compared with costs for the matched group. (who.int)
There was no net reduction in health care costs. (who.int)
Uncertainty about the future of the Health Care the trial commenced. (who.int)
This expansion and decentralization of care are central to adopting the "new sexual health paradigm" recommended by a National Academies report that was published in March. (medscape.com)
Mercer, who was not involved with the National Academies report or the analysis of it, told Medscape Medical News that it's essential to emphasize "sexual health as a core element of routine primary and preventative care" to ensure it becomes more accessible to patients without the need to seek out specialty care. (medscape.com)
The goal is to make routine sexual health services accessible in a wide range of settings, such as in primary care, at pharmacies, and in community-based settings, and to draw on a broader workforce for delivery of sexual health services," Guilamo-Ramos and Thimm-Kaiser told Medscape. (medscape.com)
Kevin Ault, MD, a professor of ob/gyn and director of clinical and translational research at the University of Kansas Medical Center, in Kansas City, Kansas, said that many medical organizations, such as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, have long advocated incorporating sexual health into routine preventive care. (medscape.com)
The results of this analysis are contextualized in the wider literature on women's health, women-centred care and women's tobacco use in order to better interpret them. (who.int)

Just as importantly, it acts to deter both parents from equal engagement in the workforce and devalues family policies that promote dual engagement. (troymedia.com)
The workforce, like the rest of society, suffers from chronic health conditions that are both related to work-related and non-work factors, also at increasing rates (Sorensen 2011). (cdc.gov)
However, the resources allocated to this STI specialty workforce have diminished over time, along with decreasing investments in the broader U.S. public health infrastructure," they continued. (medscape.com)

The "hotspotting" program created by the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers (hereafter, the Coalition) has received national attention as a promising superutilizer intervention and has been expanded to cities around the country. (emra.org)
Accurate forecasting of epidemic scenarios is critical to implementing effective public health intervention policies. (sciencedaily.com)

After Pelosi first demurred, a reporter reminded Pelosi about President Barack Obama's frequent promises to the American people throughout 2008 that he would ensure C-SPAN was allowed to televise exactly such negotiations, to which Speaker Pelosi quipped: "There are a number of things he was for on the campaign trail. (hawaiireporter.com)
What happened to Barack Obama's promise … if you like your healthcare plan, you can keep your healthcare plan, no one will be able to take it away from you. (floppingaces.net)

Receive monthly updates on RWJF-sponsored research that informs many robust health policy debates on Capitol Hill, covering topics like health equity, improving access to quality healthcare, equitable housing, and more. (rwjf.org)
The diversity of organizationsandallcountriesfortheobjectivesofhealth multilateral agencies working in health distracts from the equity,access,andcoverageasprioritiesbeyondtheMil- lenniumDevelopmentGoalsareset. (cdc.gov)

Creating a nation in which everyone has access to safe and convenient opportunities for active living requires teamwork including expertise from those in public health, transportation, planning, business, healthcare, and parks and recreation. (cdc.gov)
Greater attention to the social determinants of child health need not crowd out efforts to optimize access to quality healthcare, which every child surely deserves. (troymedia.com)
I Thought Obama Promised You Could Keep Your Healthcare? (floppingaces.net)
Doing so also requires normalizing sexual health services across healthcare professions. (medscape.com)

The values that shape our political culture, that ground the legislative and policy priorities of government, often matter more to child health than the results of any clinical trial ever will. (troymedia.com)
Funding health and its priorities. (cdc.gov)

Seventeen million Americans will be forced out of their existing health insurance. (hawaiireporter.com)
Medicare is the federal health insurance program for Americans older than 65. (politifact.com)
And until we deal with the health of Americans and do what we did with polio - when I was a little kid, we eradicated it. (salon.com)
WASHINGTON, DC -- How do Americans respond when they are asked to reflect on the public health risks of climate change and the benefits to health from mitigation-related actions? (scienceblogs.com)
We find that even Americans who tend to discount climate change or are ambivalent about its relevance react favorably when the issue is re-framed in the context of public health. (scienceblogs.com)
The Weekly Standard's John McCormack updated the story this week in "Millions of Americans are losing their health plans because of Obamacare. (floppingaces.net)
Under the law, virtually all Americans must carry health insurance starting next year or face fines. (floppingaces.net)
An advanced computer system using high-end health and the health of older Americans. (cdc.gov)

The Price plan would eliminate all health reform-related taxes and tax credits. (cbpp.org)
No, Speaker Pelosi is apparently most upset with Obama's support for the Senate's tax on high cost health plans, which she believes is a violation of Obama's promise not to raise taxes on the middle class. (hawaiireporter.com)
No Tax Hikes for People Making Less than $250,000": On February 24, 2009, President Barack Obama promised the American people: "if your family earns less than $250,000 a year, you will not see your taxes increased a single dime. (hawaiireporter.com)

The state's health plan insures close to ten percent of the population and includes employees, retirees and their families. (nchc.org)

Repealing all health reform revenue changes. (cbpp.org)
A significant share of the revenues that health reform will raise over the next decade come from its 3.8 percent Medicare surtax on the unearned income of high-income filers and its 0.9 percent Medicare surtax on high wage and salary income. (cbpp.org)
We estimate that repealing health reform and the AMT would likely reduce revenues by more than $1 trillion over ten years, based on Tax Policy Center (TPC) and Congressional Budget Office estimates. (cbpp.org)
But a May report by the McKinsey Center for U.S. Health System Reform found wide variation in financial performance among insurers, and that many are turning a profit on their exchange business. (modernhealthcare.com)

The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news. (kff.org)
The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news, KFF is a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California. (kff.org)
Given that the primary use for these datasets is often not research, but other purposes such as billing, the natural question is, "are these data helpful for health-related discoveries and public health surveillance? (cdc.gov)
Publications for a renowned journal to develop a supplement that includes all the results of the PROMise project, including the research paper, consultation reports, and results from the follow-up activities, as well as a project overview/summary written in lay language. (eatg.org)
Be informed with our weekly newsletter updating you with relevant news and research around a Culture of Health, as well as the latest funding opportunities. (rwjf.org)
For example, in a series of systematic reviews of research on health promotion and young people, 33 (62%) of 53 process evaluations collected only quantitative data, 11 (21%) collected only qualitative data, and nine (17%) collected both. (bmj.com)
At headquarters, the Alliance is working on a programme of work on migration and health with the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, the Special Programme of 1 See document EB132/2013/REC/1. (who.int)
At country level, the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research collaborated with WHO country offices in eight countries to support research on strengthening health systems. (who.int)
The Alliance has continued to contribute to new knowledge on critical topics for health policy and systems research. (who.int)
Capacity strengthening for research generation and use remains a priority for the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research. (who.int)
1. Health research is important for health development. (who.int)
This document briefly describes the major issues of health research in the African Region. (who.int)
and ensure a strong national health research system based on an enabling environment for research. (who.int)
Health Research Plan (Resolution AFR/RC48/R4). (who.int)
It also requested Member States to determine priority research areas, develop research policies and strategies, create an enabling environment for research, and build research capacity. (who.int)
The African Region is preparing to host the Second Global Ministerial Conference on Research for Health in 2008. (who.int)
As part of the preparations for the 2008 conference, high-level ministerial meetings on health research were held in 2006 in Abuja (March), and Accra (June). (who.int)
These meetings discussed critical issues that limit the translation of research into health policy and systems development and identified strategies for using health research for disease control and improvement of public health in countries with high burdens of disease. (who.int)
Despite global advances in science and technology, and extensive investment in research, some of the key questions related to public health are not adequately addressed. (who.int)
Research aimed at improving the health system is under-funded. (who.int)
Few countries allocate sufficient resources for health research. (who.int)
Fully functioning national health research systems do not exist in many countries of the Region,3 nor are supporting policies and institutions in place to formulate the national research agenda. (who.int)
1 Refer to Annex 1 for definitions of health research and national health research systems. (who.int)
The link between research, policy-making and decision-making is weak. (who.int)
If you learn a few tips for understanding medical research , you'll be able to decide if a news story may apply to your health. (medlineplus.gov)
3. Focus research on the association between work arrangements and worker stress , health, and health-related quality of life (HRQL). (cdc.gov)
4. Partner with stakeholders and other health agencies to develop promising methods for integrated research and to establish guidelines for TWH professional training programs. (cdc.gov)

Human rights and environment defenders play a critical role around the world protecting biodiversity and seeking solutions to the global ecological crisis… Yet there is overwhelming evidence that Canadian officials systematically ignore Canada's own policies when it comes to corporate accountability and the protection of defenders. (miningwatch.ca)
If we want to improve the health of Canada's children, we must begin to re-imagine the values that found our social policies. (troymedia.com)
As with any election, all of Canada's political parties will promise the moon, including on immigration and refugee matters. (canadianimmigrant.ca)

Although some nutraceuticals hold promising preventive and therapeutic opportunities, there is a lack of a universal definition and regulatory framework among countries. (bvsalud.org)

The examples on this page are from the " Total Worker Health in Action! (cdc.gov)
1. Co-sponsor and convene the 2018 International Symposium to Advance Total Worker Health. (cdc.gov)
Assessment of Total Worker Health® strategies as indicators of organizational behavior in small business. (cdc.gov)

If your organization is targeting the conditions of work to improve the safety, health, and well-being of workers on- and off-the-job, please email us at [email protected] . (cdc.gov)
For example, the American College of Cardiology (a professional organization) and the American Heart Association (a nonprofit) and are both reliable sources of information on heart health. (medlineplus.gov)
1. Explore the safety and health effects of work organization and the external factors (including legal, technological, and economic) that influence how work is organized. (cdc.gov)

9, 2022 Ecosystem restoration can assist in COVID-19 recovery if it is closely integrated with socioeconomic, health and environmental policies, scientists say. (sciencedaily.com)
The researchers emphasize the urgent need for policy-makers and leaders to acknowledge socioeconomic factors in cancer as a major global public health concern and advocate for substantial efforts to address these factors. (who.int)

The health and safety of our attendees, exhibitors, sponsors, partners and speakers is our top priority. (cinegearexpo.com)
Health has become an area for diplomatic engagement This report discusses the evolving nature of global and a priority subject on the world stage. (cdc.gov)
The results show that in the selected documents, mental health is discursively represented as a key priority. (lu.se)

Individual Mandate": There were not a lot of actual policy fights in the 2008 Democratic Presidential primary, but one of the few major policy disagreements between then-Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) was over the individual mandate. (hawaiireporter.com)
On January 31, 2008, Obama made the case against mandates in a Los Angeles, CA, debate: "Now, under any mandate, you are going to have problems with people who don't end up having health coverage. (hawaiireporter.com)
Your Health Premiums Will Be $2,500 Lower": On October 15, 2008, then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) promised the American people: "The only thing we're going to try to do is lower costs so that those cost savings are passed onto you. (hawaiireporter.com)
Obama and his minions knew that the promise that individuals could keep their health insurance was a lie, or was he just that ignorant? (floppingaces.net)
Michelle Malkin told the story in the first person last month in "Obama lied, my health plan died. (floppingaces.net)
A new Politico article blames ACA exchange plan woes on policy errors by the Obama administration, Republican moves to sabotage the law's financial protections for insurers, and pricing mistakes by insurers resulting from their lack of experience in these new markets. (modernhealthcare.com)

You are right that the Ugandan media has highlighted problems in the country's public health system, and in fact it has brought results. (prb.org)
Our results suggest that when it comes to public engagement, health experts have an important perspective to share about climate change. (scienceblogs.com)
YRBS results present a promising picture for some behaviors. (cdc.gov)

Are news organizations making an adequate commitment to coverage of public health? (prb.org)
Organizations were scored on six benchmarks: organizational supports, workplace assessment, health policies and programs, safety policies and programs, employee engagement, and evaluation. (cdc.gov)

Complex interventions" are health service interventions that are not drugs or surgical procedures, but have many potential "active ingredients. (bmj.com)

The HealthiestNIOSH Program, sponsored jointly by the Office for TWH and NIOSH's Human Resources Office , focuses on optimizing the safety, health, and well-being of all those working at NIOSH. (cdc.gov)

Mr. Obama's comments mirrored those of Vice President Joe Biden who spoke just before the president and repeatedly accused the Republican ticket of promising realistic solutions to problems like Medicare while offering only platitudes. (observer.com)

Accounting for eliminating health reform's premium tax credits and other revenue provisions wouldn't alter the conclusion: the specific tax proposals identified in the Price plan would direct large tax cuts to high-income earners and little to low- and middle-income filers. (cbpp.org)
Current proposals that would raise the deductible contribution limit to health savings accounts really do nothing to reduce health costs, and may increase them. (epi.org)

The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies continues to serve as a knowledge broker - generating and diffusing evidence to meet Member States' policy needs so that decision-makers can take better-informed choices. (who.int)

At the same time, compelling evidence suggests these consumer-driven health plans will be ineffective in restraining health costs. (epi.org)
Omega-3 fatty acids, which are abundant in fish and fish oil supplements, appear promising for maintaining lung health, according to new evidence from a large, multi-faceted study in healthy adults supported by the National Institutes of Health. (scienceblog.com)
This study adds to growing evidence that omega-3 fatty acids, which are part of a healthy diet, may be important for lung health too. (scienceblog.com)
From the point of view of child health, evidence suggests we should be doing just the opposite . (troymedia.com)
See how we've established the role of evidence development, data collection, and how the foundation operates to continue striving for a Culture of Health. (rwjf.org)
translate knowledge to solve health-related problems by using evidence to inform policy. (who.int)
and promote networks for evidence-based public health. (who.int)
Introduction: Emerging evidence suggests that a more holistic approach is needed to optimize worker health, safety, and well-being in businesses of all sizes. (cdc.gov)

The extension allows certain Oklahomans on Medicaid to maintain their health coverage over the next 90 days. (okpolicy.org)
Labeling this a "moral hazard" problem, proponents push for high-deductible health plans that make consumers spend out-of-pocket for the first dollar of coverage up to the plan deductible. (epi.org)
Someone with chronic health problems or pre-existing conditions - or who has family members in those categories - will find it nearly impossible to get adequate coverage in the individual market. (epi.org)
Wilson, the insurer's CEO, has asked the federal government for policy changes to make the exchange market more financially viable for insurers, including more tightly enforcing the requirement for people to buy coverage and delivering the promised risk-protection payments to insurers that enrolled sicker populations. (modernhealthcare.com)
Universal health coverage is about ensuring that all individuals and communities have access to their needed health services of good quality and with financial protection (5). (who.int)

In fact, the Biden administration has repeatedly promised to put career scientists front and center in its COVID communications. (michiganradio.org)
For now, Biden has delivered on his promise to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. (politifact.com)
In May 2022, President Joe Biden announced a new White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health which was scheduled to convene on September 28, 2022 in Washington, D.C. A long period of prosperity due to post-World War II economic expansion resulted in a large decrease in the number of people below the poverty line during the 1960s. (wikipedia.org)

The drugs subject to negotiation will be selected by the Health and Human Services secretary based on a ranking of the top-selling brand-name or biosimilar drugs covered by Medicare without generic or biosimilar equivalents, said Juliette Cubanski, deputy director of the Program on Medicare Policy at Kaiser Family Foundation. (politifact.com)

In considering TWH integration, we hypothesized that businesses that address workplace safety would be more likely to also address health promotion, regardless of business size. (cdc.gov)

In fact, any comics that deal with issues surrounding physical or mental health can be considered graphic medicine - and professional drawing ability isn't a requirement. (webmd.com)
Editor's note: On July 14, we'll continue our Future of Mental and Behavioral Health 2021 virtual series . (vator.tv)
This year's event hosted top-level VCs and C-level executives from the leading mental and behavioral companies, such as Teladoc's BetterHelp, K Health, BetterUp, Ginger, Amwell, Doctor on Demand, Kaiser Permanente, Bessemer Ventures and more. (vator.tv)
In recent decades, the need to tackle mental health issues and promote mental well-being has been increasingly put in the socio-political spotlight. (lu.se)
As a first step towards creating a European strategy on mental health, the European Commission published the Green Paper, Improving the mental health of the population: Towards a strategy on mental health for the European Union in 2005. (lu.se)
This master's thesis aims to thematically track the development of the EU discourse on the topic of mental health from 2005 until the present time. (lu.se)
In particular, the objectives and goals of the European Union concerning the mental health of European citizens are examined through a discourse analysis. (lu.se)
It is also envisioned as a positive mental health and as a human right. (lu.se)
Additionally, the European Commission emphasises the multisectoral involvement required for a comprehensive European mental health strategy. (lu.se)
The findings of the paper provide an important entry point to the discussion on the relevance and scope of EU public mental health action. (lu.se)
The meaning and importance of mental health has long been overlooked and misunderstood in Europe and around the world. (lu.se)
In contemporary Europe, it is socially considered to be a taboo subject, which is fuelled by widespread stigmas, prejudices, and discriminations against those with mental health issues. (lu.se)
However, in light of the recent Covid-19 pandemic which resulted in a number of lockdowns, heightened anxiety and the loss of a great number of loved ones1, the necessity to address mental health issues and promote mental well-being has been increasingly put under the socio-political spotlight. (lu.se)
Mental health is a complex and challenging concept. (lu.se)
This study indicates stressed workers in particular arrangements experience more days of poor physical and mental health than non-stressed workers. (cdc.gov)
A thorough physical examination is necessary to evaluate the patient's overall state of health, comorbidities, nutritional status, and mental status. (medscape.com)

Regardless of the promises and challenges of big data and machine learning, we can all be better data scientists by learning about this field and how to use machine learning. (cdc.gov)

If a business pays for the site, the health information may favor that business and its products. (medlineplus.gov)

Repealing the AMT and health reform's high-income provisions would provide a windfall at the top while doing little for middle-class households. (cbpp.org)
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Uncertainty and confusion abound among Northern Ohio school districts, which are awaiting a promised funding windfall from the Nexus pipeline tentatively scheduled for completion late this year. (publicnewsservice.org)

This means schools have a rich opportunity to improve youth health and tackle obesity at the ideal point in time-before problems take hold. (harvard.edu)
The authors point to initiatives such as the European Cancer Inequalities Registry as promising efforts to measure and tackle cancer inequalities. (who.int)

UK Biobank ) and administrative health claims , becoming available to researchers in a de-identified fashion. (cdc.gov)

Consequently, the well-being and health-related quality of life of people living with HIV are gaining increasing importance. (eatg.org)
Is the health information high quality? (medlineplus.gov)

Why do I need to evaluate health information? (medlineplus.gov)
That's why it's important to evaluate health information for yourself. (medlineplus.gov)
How can I evaluate health information on the Internet? (medlineplus.gov)
How can I evaluate health stories in the news? (medlineplus.gov)

Describe how to promote health improvement, wellness, and disease prevention. (cdc.gov)
Equilibrium with health promotion and disease prevention. (cdc.gov)

Discover POLITICO Pro In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals - all in one place. (politico.eu)
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High-deductible health plans seem to reduce health expenditures because individuals pay the full cost of their health consumption up to the deductible. (epi.org)

It's large and has a lot of public health risks. (npr.org)

In The Know is your daily briefing on Oklahoma policy-related news. (okpolicy.org)
PRB Discuss Online: Are the News Media Holding Governments Accountable on Promises to Improve Public Health? (prb.org)
If health issues are being pushed aside by political news, what can health journalists do to raise the profile of their stories? (prb.org)
PolitiFact's news partner Kaiser Health News is editorially independent from the foundation. (politifact.com)
Dr. Howard A. Zucker, commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, speaks during a news conference on coronavirus vaccination at Suffolk County Community College on Monday, April 12, 2021 in Brentwood, N.Y. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says Zucker has submitted his resignation, Thursday, Sept. 23. (spokesman.com)
The Invent Health weekly podcast with Dr. Archana Dubey and Bambi Francisco Roizen is the only weekly podcast that breaks down the latest digital health news of the week and what it means for patients, providers and payers (or who's paying). (vator.tv)

In the past, food industry actors tried to delay and weaken public health efforts to promote adequate and healthy diets in Brazil. (bvsalud.org)

So, beware of dramatic writing, promises of cures, and claims that sound too good to be true. (medlineplus.gov)

The more generous a country's policies toward dual-earner families, the lower its infant mortality rate: remarkably, among OECD countries, every increase of one percentage point in dual-earner support correlates with 0.04 less infant deaths per 1,000 births. (troymedia.com)
Going forward, Canadians should continue to press for values and policies that buoy all our country's children, rather than leave those most vulnerable among us to be buffeted by rough market seas. (troymedia.com)

and 6) Health Technology Assessment bodies. (eatg.org)

This document is provided by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) ONLY as an historical reference for the public health community. (cdc.gov)

We measured organizational adoption of policies, programs, and strategies to advance the health, safety, and well-being of workers. (cdc.gov)

The idea of speaking out during a public health crisis is hardly new. (michiganradio.org)

Defined as "data reported directly by a patient on his or her own health condition, without interpretation by a doctor or anyone else", PROMs can help assess the implications of a disease and the applied treatment on how the patient feels and functions and compare the clinical outcome to what the patient expects from the treatment. (eatg.org)

It finds that 63 percent of individuals with comprehensive health insurance were extremely or very satisfied with their health plan, compared with 42 percent of consumer-driven health plan enrollees and 33 percent of high-deductible health plan participants. (epi.org)
Companies with several plan options should be wary of introducing high-deductible health plans for another reason: They shift costs from one group of employees to another, but are unlikely to reduce costs for the business. (epi.org)
As a result, there may be no cost savings with a high-deductible health plan. (epi.org)
The South Carolina State Budget and Control Board will increase health insurance premiums for those participating in the state health insurance plan by a total of nine percent, which will be spread equally between employees and employers, with each paying 4.5 percent more. (nchc.org)

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