• Andrea J. Sedlak and Diane D. Broadhurst defined incidence as the number of new cases occurring in the population during a given period ( Third National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect [NIS-3], U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, Washington, DC, 1996). (encyclopedia.com)
  • 1992 to 1996: University College Cork, Cork, Ireland B.Sc. (k-state.edu)
  • The 1996 Mental Health Parity Act (which is now being considered for reauthorization) appears to have accelerated the passage of State-level parity legislation. (nih.gov)
  • Internationally, it collaborates with the World Health Organization in assessing, developing and disseminating information on infection control in dentistry and in conducting an assessment of determinants of oral health. (co.ke)
  • According to the World Health Organization, tobacco use caused 5 million deaths per year in 2000 and this figure is expected to rise to 10 million by the year 2020, as tobacco use spreads, particularly in developing countries in view of tobacco control policy in many low or middle income countries. (who.int)
  • 3. International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization (IARC) category, the agent (mixture) is possibly carcinogenic to humans. (beyondpesticides.org)
  • At a hearing this week, Rep. Lamar Smith (R.-Texas) lashed out at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the group that assesses cancer risk for the UN's World Health Organization. (motherjones.com)
  • The World Health Organization Rapid Risk Assessment of Acute Public Health Events Manua l was used for the assessment. (who.int)
  • 7 These NHPs were cynomolgus macaques used The World Health Organization (WHO) Rapid Risk As- for preclinical research, drug development, disease sessment of Acute Public Health Events Manual 14 was modelling, experimental infections, and biological used for this risk assessment. (who.int)
  • USACE asked ATSDR to evaluate past exposure scenarios for two groups: construction and other workers who developed the property (1992-1993) and the family who lived at the residence (1994-1999). (cdc.gov)
  • 1993). Forests also shelter animals, not the least of which are human beings enjoying the beauty of the forest and the gratification of conserving it (Clawson 1985). (rockefeller.edu)
  • Health Law §2807-c (McKinney 1993). (cornell.edu)
  • For the year ending March 31, 1993, moreover, hospitals were required to bill commercially insured patients for a further 11% surcharge to be turned over to the State, with the result that these patients were charged 24% more than the DRG rate. (cornell.edu)
  • To enable an evidence-based risk assessment, From 1992 to 1993, RESTV was detected in an literature reviews were conducted on articles with RESTV NHP quarantine facility in Sienna, Italy, and infected data. (who.int)
  • Based upon the weight of evidence of carcinogenicity in experimental animals, dichloromethane is classified as "probably carcinogenic to humans", i.e., as a substance for which there is believed to be some chance of adverse health effect at any level of exposure. (canada.ca)
  • Not likely to be carcinogenic to humans (low doses). (beyondpesticides.org)
  • In an assessment of the scientific literature back in 2015, IARC declared glyphosate "probably carcinogenic to humans. (motherjones.com)
  • 2018). These findings provide evidence for the carcinogenicity of styrene in humans, which the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified as a Group 2A (probably carcinogenic to humans) carcinogen (IARC 2019a). (cdc.gov)
  • For dichloromethane, such a comparison suggests that the priority for analysis of options to reduce exposure, based upon consideration of health risk only, would be low to moderate. (canada.ca)
  • The assessment of whether dichloromethane is "toxic", as defined under CEPA, was based on the determination of whether it enters or may enter the Canadian environment in a concentration or quantifies or under conditions that could lead to exposure of humans or other biota to the extent that adverse effects could result. (canada.ca)
  • Reviews of data on exposure and toxicity relevant to assessment of effects upon human health prepared under contract by Coad (1992) and the Midwest Research Institute (MRI, 1991), respectively, were also consulted in the preparation of the Supporting Documentation. (canada.ca)
  • During 1992--2006, a total of 423 worker deaths from exposure to environmental heat were reported in the United States, resulting in an average annual fatality rate of 0.02 deaths per 100,000 workers. (cdc.gov)
  • The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is seeking public comments on its evaluation of exposure and health effects of former workers and residents to chemical contamination while developing and living at the 4825 Glenbrook Road property located within the Spring Valley Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) in northwest Washington, D.C. (cdc.gov)
  • ATSDR evaluated the exposure scenarios to determine if workers or residents could have health effects from any past exposures. (cdc.gov)
  • ATSDR, a federal public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, evaluates the potential for adverse human health effects of exposure to hazardous substances in the environment. (cdc.gov)
  • Finally, Mr. Chairman, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Final Rule on Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens is expected to be promulgated in September. (co.ke)
  • OARS is a nonprofit worker health initiative of TERA that manages the Workplace Environmental Exposure Levels (WEEL) program and occupational risk assessment training activities. (tera.org)
  • Although the non-malignant respiratory health hazards of occupational exposure to dust have been known for centuries, the possibility of an association of occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica dust with lung cancer has been debated in the scientific literature in recent decades. (bmj.com)
  • 1 The debate is important internationally for public health because crystalline silica dust is a common and worldwide occupational exposure, and a designation of carcinogenicity would be likely to result in lower concentrations of silica allowed in workplace exposure. (bmj.com)
  • Those with multiple categories of childhood exposure were more likely to have multiple health risk factors later in life. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • These data provide evidence that adverse childhood exposure to trauma and household dysfunctions are significantly associated with negative health outcomes in adults. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • T he 1986 National Research Council (NRC) report on commercial airliner cabin air quality notes that information regarding the environmental characteristics (e.g., relative humidity and air pressure) and contaminants identified in surveys of airline cabin air "suggests a diverse set of adverse health effects that could arise from exposure to the cabin environment-from acute effects…to long-term effects. (nationalacademies.org)
  • The potential for exposure to hazardous materials in the United States is significant. (medscape.com)
  • More comprehensive reviews of the history of smoking bans and the scientific evidence and societal forces for and against them can be found in The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General (HHS, 2006) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report Ending the Tobacco Problem: A Blueprint for the Nation (IOM, 2007). (nationalacademies.org)
  • Cigarette smoking and exposure to tobacco smoke cause about 480,000 premature deaths each year in the United States ( 1 ). (cancer.gov)
  • Approximately 7,300 lung cancer deaths occur each year among adult nonsmokers in the United States as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke ( 1 ). (cancer.gov)
  • It included conducting haz- production, with breeders being collected from wildlife ard, exposure and context assessments to determine the trapping areas mostly in southern Philippines. (who.int)
  • NIOSH has had a far-reaching impact on both national and international evaluations of potentially carcinogenic agents as well as exposure limits and recommendations released by national and international agencies. (cdc.gov)
  • Average concentrations of lead in the blood of children younger than 5 years dropped 78 percent between 1976-1980 and 1992-1994 ( U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2000a ). (nih.gov)
  • Genetically modified organisms hit the grocery stores in 1994 and the United States Food and Drug Administration approved the first genetically engineered crop product called the FLAVR SAVR tomato. (studyscroll.com)
  • More than 60,000 chemicals are produced annually in the United States, of which the US Department of Transportation (DOT) considers approximately 2000 hazardous. (medscape.com)
  • More than 2000 people are victims of hazardous materials releases in these states each year. (medscape.com)
  • One of three overarching goals of Healthy professionals, known as Committee 22.1, was convened to People 2000 was to reduce health disparities (2). (cdc.gov)
  • Furthermore, according to the National Crime Victimization Survey, 261,000 rapes and sexual assaults occurred in the United States in 2000, with collateral data from the National Crime Victimization Survey of 2000 identifying 3,270 of these victims as age 65 or older (Klaus & Maston, 2002). (medscape.com)
  • Since 2000, the Regional Office has been engaged in a regional initiative to reform the health professions education (HPE) institutes in countries of the Region. (who.int)
  • Information for the illustrative case described in this report was collected by the Agricultural Safety and Health Bureau of the North Carolina Department of Labor. (cdc.gov)
  • Blood donations in the United States have been screened for antibody to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) since March 1985 and type 2 (HIV-2) since June 1992. (cdc.gov)
  • In the United States, the implementation of antibody testing in 1985 of all donated blood for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) resulted in a substantial decrease in the transmission of HIV through blood transfusions (1,2). (cdc.gov)
  • Respondent Abbott is infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), but had not manifested its most serious symptoms when the incidents in question occurred. (justia.com)
  • In October 1984, he was a consultant to the United States Agency for International Development in a field assessment of the U.S. economic assistance program for the Philippines. (wikipedia.org)
  • For identification of data for determination of whether or not dichloromethane is "toxic" under the Act, evaluations of agencies such as the International Programme on Chemical Safety (WHO, 1984) and the United States Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR, 1989, 1991) have been consulted where available and considered to be appropriate. (canada.ca)
  • The man had been given safety and health training on pesticides but nothing that addressed the hazards and prevention of heat-related stress. (cdc.gov)
  • Prior to joining TERA in 2004, Dr. Gadagbui held toxicologist positions at the University of Florida and the Bureau of Pesticides of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS). (tera.org)
  • As a result, health and environmental impacts from the growing use of pesticides, despite their potential importance to food safety, remain largely unmonitored, underreported, and poorly understood by key stakeholders. (springer.com)
  • In Africa where traditional agriculture is widely practiced, pesticides pose serious health hazards and environmental contamination, due to the increasing pesticide use in agricultural production and limited capacity for pesticide residue testing and monitoring (Fuhrimann et al. (springer.com)
  • Recently, studies of fraudulent pesticides in Africa suggested that the use of illegal pesticides may lead to significant health concerns due to severe environmental contamination and pesticide residues in food crops (Haggblade et al. (springer.com)
  • The IARC responded that its policy is to never consider unpublished studies in its assessment, and it has since fiercely defended is conclusion . (motherjones.com)
  • Dramatic improvements have occurred over the past several decades in such areas as reducing infant mortality, reducing mortality and morbidity from many infectious diseases and accidental causes, increasing access to health care, and reducing environmental contaminants, such as lead ( Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1999b , 2000a ). (nih.gov)
  • Over the next month, a highly effective collaboration ensued between the Indian Health Service, the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, leading not only to the successful isolation of the virus, but also to the identification of the reservoir and vector for the disease, Peromyscus maniculatus (deer mouse). (medscape.com)
  • Some scientists defend the IARC's position, such as the 100 US and worldwide researchers who signed this 2016 paper in the Journal of Epidemiological Community Health . (motherjones.com)
  • METHODS: We conducted 26 focus group discussions in 2016 with men and women caregivers from mixed urban, peri-urban, and rural areas, as well as pastoralists, using semistructured topic guides based on the Health Belief Model theory. (cdc.gov)
  • Jonathan Moore (10 September 1932 - 8 March 2017) was United States Director of the Bureau of Refugee Programs from 1987 to 1989 and United States Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council from 1989 to 1992. (wikipedia.org)
  • From 1989 to 1992, he served as United States Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council. (wikipedia.org)
  • In one study of 760 inner city hospital victims, 2.7% of the sexually assaulted victims were 60 years and older (Cartwright & Moore, 1989) and in a Texas study, 2.2% (n = 109) of the reported sexual assault victims involved women over 50 (Ramin, Satin, Stone, & Wendel, 1992). (medscape.com)
  • Substances in this group were identified as priorities for assessment as they met categorization criteria under subsection 73(1) of CEPA. (canada.ca)
  • In addition, the Act requires the Ministers to conduct screening assessments of substances that meet the categorization criteria. (gc.ca)
  • Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA 30333. (cdc.gov)
  • by FCCSET Committee on Education and Human Resources and United States. (upenn.edu)
  • North Carolina Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. (louisville.edu)
  • As is the fact that Julia, who spent a full year reporting this challenging story, promptly heard from a Senate committee that will use her work in their own investigation of Universal Health Services. (motherjones.com)
  • In Senate Report No.105-300, the Senate Appropriations Committee observed, "The Committee has recently received from the National Advisory Mental Health Council [NAMHC] the report requested in its fiscal year 1998 appropriations report and notes the impact of managed care on keeping costs of parity at a low level. (nih.gov)
  • The Committee requested from the NAMHC an additional report on its findings from emerging health services research data that would, where possible "…address both employer direct costs, and the impact of indirect cost savings from successful treatment of employees. (nih.gov)
  • 16. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee on Health Care for Underserved Women. (netce.com)
  • Maternal, fetal, and infant nutrition : hearings before the Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs of the United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress, first session. (who.int)
  • Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. (who.int)
  • The Philippines Inter-agency Committee on Zoonoses oversees collaboration between the animal and human health sectors for the prevention and control of zoonoses. (who.int)
  • This ASPE Policy Brief on screening and counseling for domestic violence in health care settings is intended for policy makers, health care practitioners, and other stakeholders. (hhs.gov)
  • Any location where health issues are addressed, including but not limited to emergency departments, patient treatment centers, and the offices of primary care clinicians and other health care practitioners. (hhs.gov)
  • NetCE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0021. (netce.com)
  • Others authorities dispute it, including the US Environmental Protection Agency and its counterpart across the Atlantic, the European Food Safety Agency, both of which have declared glyphosate not likely to be carcinogenic. (motherjones.com)
  • The NCPCA started collecting detailed information from the states on the number of children abused, the characteristics of child abuse, the number of child abuse deaths, and changes in the funding and extent of child welfare services. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Since there was no viable responsible party identified, the City conducted a series of voluntary investigations at the site from 1992 to 2004 that defined the extent of the TCE contamination plume, evaluated the potential risks associated with the contamination, and evaluated cleanup alternatives. (orlando.gov)
  • Kilpatrick, Edmunds, & Seymour, 1992) with the extent of nondisclosure or nonreporting for the 2002 calendar year estimated as high as 68% (DOJ, n.d. (medscape.com)
  • In 1990 the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS), designed to fulfill this mandate, began collecting and analyzing child maltreatment data from CPS agencies in the fifty states and the District of Columbia. (encyclopedia.com)
  • In an attempt to better define the magnitude of this problem, the Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registry developed the Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance (HSEES) system in 1990. (medscape.com)
  • Control and Prevention, a group of public health from 1990-98. (cdc.gov)
  • He was then Counselor to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1970 to 1972. (wikipedia.org)
  • Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Education Division], National Institute of Education : for sale by the Supt. of Docs. (upenn.edu)
  • As part of the former U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, NCCAN commissioned the American Humane Association (AHA) to collect data from the states. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The National Research Council issues a report on the health consequences of involuntary smoking. (nationalacademies.org)
  • In 1997 scientist have figured out how to stack genes (combining more than one trait from the same plant) and it is estimated that 89 percent of all soybeans and 61 percent of all corn grown in the United States has been genetically engineered(International Food Information Council, 2007). (studyscroll.com)
  • Find historical decisions of the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor-Management Relations and the Federal Labor Relations Council, as well as Foreign Service Labor Relations Board decisions. (flra.gov)
  • Maintain and update program accreditation by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). (k-state.edu)
  • Support Kansas public health partners including the Kansas Public Health Workforce Development Coordinating Council, the Kansas Association of Local Health Departments, and the Kansas Public Health Association. (k-state.edu)
  • by National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia). (who.int)
  • It has not been formally disseminated by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. (cdc.gov)
  • The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in Atlanta, Georgia, is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (cdc.gov)
  • The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has categorized the outdoor air in the River Terrace area as an indeterminate public health hazard. (cdc.gov)
  • The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced today the release of the final version of its public health assessment for the Washington Navy Yard (WNY), in Washington, D.C. (cdc.gov)
  • In 2010, he led a project that received honorable mention for the Alice Hamilton Award for top risk assessment work at NIOSH. (tera.org)
  • Nonetheless, NIOSH investigators offer these recommendations to address general safety and health issues. (cdc.gov)
  • On August 20, 2013, a safety and occupational health specialist from the NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Prevention and Investigation Program and a visiting scientist conducted an on-site investigation of the incident. (cdc.gov)
  • These selected recommendations have not been evaluated by NIOSH, but represent published research, or consensus votes of technical committees of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) or fire service labor/management groups. (cdc.gov)
  • NIOSH was notified of this fatality on April 22, 2003, by the United States Fire Administration. (cdc.gov)
  • NIOSH contacted the affected Fire Department on May 12, 2003, to obtain further information. (cdc.gov)
  • On October 20, 2003, a Safety and Occupational Health Specialist from the NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Team traveled to Georgia to conduct an on-site investigation of the incident. (cdc.gov)
  • February 4th, 2020 is World Cancer Day , and we are reflecting on the role of the occupational cancer research being done at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in reducing the burden of cancer worldwide. (cdc.gov)
  • Because maintaining a safe blood supply is a public health priority, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended in August 1995 that all donated blood and plasma also be screened for HIV-1 p24 antigen, effective within 3 months of licensure of a test labeled for such use. (cdc.gov)
  • In the United States the timber removed annually from the forest weighs more than twice the annual consumption of all metals combined (Wernick and Ausubel 1995). (rockefeller.edu)
  • From June to November 1973, he was United States Associate Attorney General. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1973, Arizona became the first state to have some smoke-free public places, and the Civil Aeronautics Board requested no-smoking sections on all commercial airline flights (Koop, 1986). (nationalacademies.org)
  • To further decrease the risk for transmission of HIV by transfusion, the testing of all blood donations with a combination antibody test for HIV-1 and HIV type-2 (HIV-2) was implemented by June 1992. (cdc.gov)
  • Children of all races and ethnic origins are at risk of lead poisoning throughout the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • TERA's professional staff bring diverse backgrounds to the development of risk assessment values and methods. (tera.org)
  • He has co-published more than 150 papers on risk assessment methods or chemical-specific analyses, and co-authored hundreds of government risk assessment documents, many of them risk assessment guidance texts. (tera.org)
  • Dr. Gadagbui has over 14 years of professional experience in environmental health, risk assessment, and toxicology. (tera.org)
  • The excess lifetime risk (to age 85) of mortality from lung cancer for white men exposed for 45 years and with a 10 year lag period at the current Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standard of about 0.05 mg/m 3 for respirable cristobalite dust is 19/1000 (95% confidence interval (95% CI) 5/1000 to 46/1000). (bmj.com)
  • The predicted number of deaths from lung cancer suggests that current occupational health standards may not be adequately protecting workers from the risk of lung cancer. (bmj.com)
  • Stressful life events do not occur in pure forms, and research is needed to assess effects of multiple trauma and abuse on adult health risk outcomes. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • Considering all available lines of evidence presented in this screening assessment, there is a low risk of harm to the environment from the 11 antimony-containing substances. (canada.ca)
  • Because 'dual use' may hinder successful smoking cessation 3 and smokeless tobacco and cigarette smoking increase the risk of pancreatic and oesophageal cancers 4 5 and cardiovascular disease, 6 7 'dual use' may pose deleterious health consequences. (bmj.com)
  • The first report of the surgeon general to identify secondhand smoke as posing a health risk is released. (nationalacademies.org)
  • The use of genetically engineered organisms poses apprehensive questions on the risk to human health. (studyscroll.com)
  • A final screening assessment report (Canada 2013a) and proposed risk management approach (Canada 2013b) for 40 petroleum and refinery gases under Stream 1 (site-restricted) of the Petroleum Sector Stream Approach were published on June 1, 2013. (gc.ca)
  • This list includes some preventive measures that have been recommended by other agencies to reduce the risk of on-the-job heart attacks and sudden cardiac arrest among fire fighters. (cdc.gov)
  • This assessment was conducted to determine the risk of RESTV occurring in humans in the Philippines and its potential pathogenicity in humans. (who.int)
  • A literature review was done and a risk assessment matrix was used for the risk characterization of the outbreaks in the Philippines. (who.int)
  • The risk assessment was conducted by the Philippines Field Epidemiology Training Program. (who.int)
  • The risk of RESTV occurring in humans in the Philippines and its potential pathogenicity in humans were both assessed as moderate. (who.int)
  • The moderate risk of RESTV recurring among humans in the Philippines and its potential pathogenicity in humans reinforces the need for early detection, surveillance and continued studies of RESTV pathogenesis and its health consequences. (who.int)
  • 13 Therefore, a risk assessment from Asia that is known to infect humans. (who.int)
  • 5 There have was conducted to determine the risk of further occur- been five documented RESTV outbreaks in animals rence and potential pathogenicity of RESTV in humans in epidemiologically linked to the Philippines. (who.int)
  • The risk assessment was conducted by the Philip- continue to occur in animals with spil over into humans and pines FETP. (who.int)
  • Disease Prevention: The Dental Disease Prevention Activity, Center for Prevention Services, Centers for Disease Control, directs its national efforts toward assisting state and local governments and private organizations in planning, implementing and evaluating dental disease prevention and control programs. (co.ke)
  • In 1988 the Child Abuse Prevention, Adoption and Family Services Act ( Public Law 100-294) replaced the 1974 CAPTA. (encyclopedia.com)
  • This course will review the major aspects of suicide assessment, management, and prevention, with a special focus on military veterans. (netce.com)
  • This course, Suicide Assessment and Prevention, Approval #07012022-18, provided by NetCE is approved for continuing education by the New Jersey Social Work Continuing Education Approval Collaborative, which is administered by NASW-NJ. (netce.com)
  • The following events occurred subsequent to this decision: Congress funded vaccine production and liability indemnification of manufacturers, vaccine was produced, a mass immunization campaign commenced, and 45.65 million persons were vaccinated in the United States ( 7 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is a federal program mandated by Congress to coordinate federal research and investments in understanding the forces shaping the global environment, both human and natural, and their impacts on society. (globalchange.gov)
  • This report describes one such death and summarizes heat-related fatalities among crop production workers in the United States during 1992--2006. (cdc.gov)
  • The report also reflects developments in the implementation of resolutions WHA49.19 and WHA49.20 on collaboration within the United Nations system and with other intergovernmental organizations. (who.int)
  • These findings have significant public health implications for individuals exposed to childhood trauma, and the authors present a vision for a children's mental health care and wellness infrastructure in the United States derived from the Report of the Surgeon General's Conference on Children's Mental Health. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • The first surgeon general's report on the adverse health effects of smoking was published in 1964 (HHS, 1964). (nationalacademies.org)
  • A report of the surgeon general focuses entirely on the health consequences of involuntary smoking, proclaiming secondhand smoke a cause of lung cancer in healthy nonsmokers. (nationalacademies.org)
  • In this report national trends in racial and agencies (2). (cdc.gov)
  • In 2011 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released, Clinical Preventive Services for Women: Closing the Gaps, an extensive report which identified eight key preventive services that would help ensure women's health and well-being. (hhs.gov)
  • Data were examined from 3 sources: (1) a Web-based clinical trials management system that automated the recruitment and enrollment process, (2) self-report assessments at baseline and 3 months postrandomization, and (3) online tracking software that recorded website utilization during the first 3 months of the trial. (jmir.org)
  • Using data from CDC's State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System, this report describes trends in overdose deaths with evidence of counterfeit pill use during July 2019-December 2021 in 29 states and the District of Columbia (DC) and characteristics of deaths with and without evidence of counterfeit pill use during 2021 in 34 states and DC. (cdc.gov)
  • According to a 2017 Reuters piece , the agency's budget is just $34 million per year, and the United States has contributed just $40 million to it since 1992-which amounts to roughly $1.6 million a year, or less than 5 percent of IARC's annual budget. (motherjones.com)
  • Its formulation is sector, socioeconomic status, determinants the result of analysis of the health and of health and national policies and strategies development situation and of WHO's that have a major bearing on health. (who.int)
  • Prior to joining the European Commission, she worked in the private sector as a management consultant and for the United Nations Development Programme. (europa.eu)
  • 1. EPA weight-of evidence category, "not classifiable as to human carcinogenicity", usually due to inadequate data. (beyondpesticides.org)
  • 26. EPA weight-of-evidence category, "Suggestive evidence of carcinogenicity but not sufficient to assess human carcinogenic potential. (beyondpesticides.org)
  • and providing health education for health care providers and community members. (cdc.gov)
  • The Association recommends that General Dentistry Residencies be funded at $8 million for FY 1992 and that the Geriatric Training and Geriatric Education Centers programs be funded at $26 million. (co.ke)
  • Current dental education costs averaging in excess of $50,000 for four-years, exclusive of living expenses are creating barriers that even the most determined students from low-income families would find insurmountable in too many instances without the programs funded under the Disadvantaged Assistance authority: the Health Career Opportunity Program and the Financial Assistance to Disadvantaged Health Professions Students Program. (co.ke)
  • 10), that the vast majority of smokers with to stop smoking, that a large proportion of children are exposed to second-hand smoke, and that `only' 60% of children recall a health education class on tobacco during the pat 12 months. (who.int)
  • Fund's "enhanced structural adjustment facility" were seen by many participants as a means of restructuring public expenditure in primary education and primary health care. (who.int)
  • Jürgen has a background in human resources management with particular emphasis on learning and education, the strategic development and roll-out of work-based vocational education and training programmes, as well as related corporate social responsibility initiatives. (europa.eu)
  • Utilize community-based collaborative action to collaborate with refugee women to develop health and wellness education. (k-state.edu)
  • NetCE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0033. (netce.com)
  • Member States to establish a system of accreditation for health professions education faculties and institutes. (who.int)
  • and health education. (who.int)
  • Protecting rights and facilitating stable relationships among federal agencies, labor organizations, and employees while advancing an effective and efficient government through the administration of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute. (flra.gov)
  • View the legislative history of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute, the Civil Service Reform Act, and the Foreign Service Act. (flra.gov)
  • Following an agency reorganization, the RD found four proposed bargaining units appropriate for exclusive recognition under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (Statute). (flra.gov)
  • Large-scale infectious disease response planning may have been hampered by the tacit assumption that the government's public health resources were better directed to other priorities. (cdc.gov)
  • Do available surveillance and monitoring approaches provide the information necessary to ensure that common priorities and shared resources are aligned with children's needs and deployed to optimize their health? (nih.gov)
  • In December 2006, the Petroleum Sector Stream Approach identified approximately 160 petroleum substances through categorization which became high priorities for assessment due to their hazardous properties and their potential to pose risks to human health and the environment. (gc.ca)
  • address the country's health priorities and chal enges. (who.int)
  • Based on the health technical and managerial areas in which the priorities of the country, a strategic agenda country may require WHO assistance. (who.int)
  • Department, with technical assistance from USAID/BASICS and in close collaboration with the Public Nutrition Policy and Strategy Revision Task Force, composed of representatives from the Public Nutrition Department, USAID/BASICS, FAO, Micronutrient Initiative, UNICEF, WFP, WHO and the World Bank. (who.int)
  • On the basis of lack of data, the agency categorizes the Chillum site as an indeterminate public health hazard. (cdc.gov)
  • Dr. Gadagbui specializes in evaluation of adequacy of EPA uncertainty factors for database deficiency in protecting against effects on reproduction, hazard ranking and screening methods for chemicals in support of product hazard assessments, consumer safety assessments, and the threshold of toxicological concern approach. (tera.org)
  • Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. (beyondpesticides.org)
  • Hazard Assessment of the Organophosphates. (beyondpesticides.org)
  • He was briefly executive assistant to the Under Secretary of State in early 1969. (wikipedia.org)
  • From 1969 to 1970, Moore served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1969-70). (wikipedia.org)
  • it was followed a few years later by bans on cigarette advertising on television and radio (the 1969 Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act). (nationalacademies.org)
  • Even the federal Drug Enforcement Agency's (DEA) own Administrative Law Judge, the Honorable Francis Young, stated in 1988, "Marijuana is the safest therapeutically active substance known to man…" He went on to say, "The evidence clearly shows that marijuana is capable of relieving the distress of great numbers of very ill people, and doing so with safety under medical supervision. (maps.org)
  • It would also support the Activity's participation with NIDR in the adult oral health initiatives. (co.ke)
  • Appropriate interventions could potentially address major health issues, such as drug abuse, depression, suicide attempts, STDs, obesity, ischemic heart disease and cancer, which sometimes occur in adult survivors of childhood trauma and abuse. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • Mounting evidence that health during childhood sets the stage for adult health not only reinforces this perspective, but also creates an important ethical, social, and economic imperative to ensure that all children are as healthy as they can be. (nih.gov)
  • As Head of Department from 2004 to 2014 she managed teams of experts working in European VET policy analysis, adult and work-based learning with specific focus on apprenticeship-type learning and the European tools for recognition and transparency of qualifications, such as the European qualifications framework. (europa.eu)
  • After the emergence of a novel influenza virus of swine origin in 1976, national, state, and local US public health authorities began planning efforts to respond to future pandemics. (cdc.gov)
  • And in mid-1999, President Clinton announced that a parity-level benefit would be implemented for 8.7 million beneficiaries of the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (FEHB) beginning in calendar year 2001. (nih.gov)
  • The purpose of this study was to assess the implementation of workplace health governance and safety strategies among worksites in the State of Nebraska, over time and by industry sector using a randomized survey. (mdpi.com)
  • The Ministers have conducted an assessment under section 74 of CEPA 1999 to assess whether these substances meet one or more of the criteria as set out in section 64 of CEPA 1999. (gc.ca)
  • Between 1980 and 1985 the AHA reported a 12% annual increase in maltreatment reports to CPS agencies. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Illustrative projection of the population of the New England states, by age and sex, 1960 to 1980. (upenn.edu)
  • In 2008, The North Carolina Department of Commerce published a study titled North Carolina's Military Footprint: Current Economic Impacts and Projections for 20131 to better understand the connections between military operations and the North Carolina economy. (louisville.edu)
  • Projections of the effect of humans harvesting timber on forests in the future must reflect changes in the components that connect consumers, millers, and foresters to nature. (rockefeller.edu)
  • Illustrative United States population projections. (upenn.edu)
  • To continue these studies and to pursue a principal objective of the Research and Action program eliminate the demographic barriers to dental care appropriation of $150 million is requested for FY 1992. (co.ke)
  • Laboratory testing plays a critical role in health assessment, requirements for personnel qualifications and training, qual- health care, and ultimately, the public's health. (cdc.gov)
  • Services Provision, the General Director of Health Care Services Provision, and the Director Preventive Medicine and Primary Health Care, for their continued support throughout the policy and strategy revision process. (who.int)
  • Although this study is limited by its use of retrospective data, these findings have several important public health care implications for children exposed to trauma. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • Given the new policies in support of screening for domestic violence in health care settings, the purpose of this brief is to present the state of practice and research regarding effective screening. (hhs.gov)
  • 9) payments received for providing patient services incurred through a formal program of health care research conducted in conformity with federal regulations governing research on human subjects. (mn.gov)
  • Recent research supports and expands earlier findings that implementing parity benefits results in minimal if any increase in total health care costs. (nih.gov)
  • In addition, data from a large State show that total health care costs decreased after the implementation of parity. (nih.gov)
  • A recent study with a large State database shows that when parity mental health benefits are introduced with managed care, an increased proportion of adults and children used some outpatient mental health services. (nih.gov)
  • Even with appropriate measures of quality and the ability to put them into place, interventions need to be developed that actually improve the quality of mental health care. (nih.gov)
  • Nutrition in primary health care / Mushtaq A. Khan and Jean Baker. (who.int)
  • aspects of the structure of health services or health facilities that enhance the ability of people to reach a health care practitioner, in terms of location, time, and ease of approach. (who.int)
  • accreditation is a formal process by which a recognized body, usually a nongovernmental organization, assesses and recognizes that a health care organization meets applicable predetermined and published standards. (who.int)
  • An accreditation decision about a specific health care organization is made following a periodic onsite evaluation by a team of peer reviewers, typically conducted every two to three years. (who.int)
  • Caregivers cited greater costs and inconvenience of taking older, heavier children in for vaccination and anticipated criticism from both community members and health care providers for coming 'too late. (cdc.gov)
  • CONCLUSION: Closing the 2YL vaccination coverage gap will ultimately require modifying embedded norms among caregivers and health care providers alike. (cdc.gov)
  • Surveys based on official reports by child protective services (CPS) agencies and community professionals are a major source of incidence data. (encyclopedia.com)
  • What are the possible risks and effects of this technology and is there enough information to determine the consequences GMOs will have on human health. (studyscroll.com)
  • Sexual abuse is considered to be a pandemic contemporary public health issue, with significant physical and psychosocial consequences for its victims. (medscape.com)
  • Several Sam's Choice samples purchased in California exceeded legal limits for bottled water contaminants in that state. (ewg.org)
  • Cancer-causing contaminants in bottled water purchased in 5 states (North Carolina, California, Virginia, Delaware and Maryland) and the District of Columbia substantially exceeded the voluntary standards established by the bottled water industry. (ewg.org)
  • Laboratory tests conducted for EWG at one of the country's leading water quality laboratories found that 10 popular brands of bottled water, purchased from grocery stores and other retailers in 9 states and the District of Columbia, contained 38 chemical pollutants altogether, with an average of 8 contaminants in each brand. (ewg.org)
  • The chapter concludes with an examination of why critical differences between children and adults establish the need for children's health to be held to a standard different from that used for adults. (nih.gov)
  • A thorough physical examination is necessary to evaluate the patient's overall state of health, comorbidities, nutritional status, and mental status. (medscape.com)
  • Proposition 65: Chemicals Known to the State to Cause Cancer or Reproductive Toxicity. (beyondpesticides.org)
  • Earth system science brings together data and understanding about the atmosphere, oceans, ice, land surface, ecosystems, and human systems (such as agriculture or energy production and use) to form a picture of our planet as a whole, including its changing climate. (globalchange.gov)
  • USGCRP agencies develop and maintain Earth observations systems that monitor the state of the planet over time and provide critical information used for planning related to agriculture, water resources, wildfire, air quality, severe weather, and other areas. (globalchange.gov)
  • Food aid needs assessment / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. (who.int)
  • Dept. of Agriculture. (who.int)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (who.int)
  • Counseling may include provision of basic information, including on how a patient's health concerns may relate to violence, and referrals for additional assistance when patients disclose abuse. (hhs.gov)
  • This article reviews the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study that examined the association between multiple childhood traumas and health outcomes in adults. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study examined the association between multiple childhood trauma and health outcomes in adults (Felitti et al. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • Logistic regression was used to examine the association between adverse childhood experiences (range=0 to 7) and health outcomes controlling for significant demographic factors. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • His prior working experience includes an assessment of labour market outcomes of skill recognition systems for the ILO and during past 15 years he has been involved in many projects focusing on skills and labour market analysis across Europe. (europa.eu)
  • The Public Health Service (PHS) has recommended a multifaceted approach to blood safety in the United States that includes stringent donor selection practices and the use of screening tests. (cdc.gov)
  • Test results ity control (QC) (unless specified as required in the test sys- contribute to diagnosis and prognosis of disease, monitoring tem instructions), proficiency testing (PT), and routine quality of treatment and health status, and population screening for assessment. (cdc.gov)
  • Strategy 4.1: Improved Community Mobilization and Screening of Acute Malnutrition at Health Facility and Community Levels. (who.int)
  • CEPA), the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Health have conducted a screening assessment of 11 substances referred to collectively as the Antimony-containing Substances Group. (canada.ca)
  • toward ensuring that screening becomes an effective preventive service. (hhs.gov)
  • One of the preventive services identified by the IOM and included in the guidelines is screening and counseling for "interpersonal and domestic violence. (hhs.gov)
  • But the country should not be blinded by these facts-several indicators of children's health point to the need for further improvement, children in the United States do not fare as well as their European counterparts on many aspects of health, and there are marked disparities in health among children in the United States. (nih.gov)
  • March 1997) focused on immediate management and organizational measures for the Secretary-General to take on his own initiative, including reductions in the 1997-1998 budget, cutting of over 1000 posts, transfer of resources thus "freed" to programmes, and integration of United Nations activities at country level within a strengthened Resident Coordinator system. (who.int)
  • Yet communities vary considerably in their commitment to the collective health of children and in the resources that they make available to meet children's needs. (nih.gov)
  • Together, USGCRP and its member agencies provide a gateway to authoritative science, tools, and resources to help people and organizations across the country manage risks and respond to changing environmental conditions. (globalchange.gov)
  • Despite best practices like integration with the established 18-month 'weighing visit,' demand for 2YL vaccination is still conditional on individual awareness and competition for limited maternal time, household resources, and other health concerns. (cdc.gov)
  • The war drained the resources of both countries towards the point of bankruptcy, and for Iraq the immense foreign debt accumulated over the years to fund the conflict left the state in a deplorable financial situation at the end of hostilities. (lu.se)
  • In 1961, he joined the United States Department of Defense's Office of International Security Affairs, serving there until 1964, for a time as special assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. (wikipedia.org)
  • He was special assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs from 1964 to 1966. (wikipedia.org)
  • Secondly, United Nations structural and institutional reform concentrates all social and economic issues in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. (who.int)
  • During that decade, it was estimated that 1.5 million women experience rape or physical assault annually in the United States, with the alarming fact that the majority of these crimes are perpetrated by offenders known to the victim (Tjaden & Thoennes, 1998). (medscape.com)
  • The New York State Insurance Department, a regulatory agency, has begun a review to investigate any discriminatory behavior against Jewish groups in New York, according to Gregory Serio, the department's superintendent. (jta.org)
  • The Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) requires the Ministers of the Environment and of Health to prepare and publish a Priority Substances List that identifies substances, including chemicals, groups of chemicals, effluents, and wastes, that may be harmful to the environment or constitute a danger to human health. (canada.ca)
  • The Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999) (Canada 1999) requires the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Health (the Ministers) to categorize substances on the Domestic Substances List (DSL). (gc.ca)
  • As a result of the final assessment, it was concluded that these 40 petroleum and refinery gases are toxic to human health as defined under paragraph 64( c ) of CEPA 1999, and it was proposed that the 40 substances be added to the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule 1 of CEPA 1999. (gc.ca)
  • Assembly are respected and health programmes implemented under WHO guidance. (who.int)
  • A treatment model for information processing of intrapsychic trauma is presented to describe domain disruption within a nursing diagnosis of rape trauma syndrome and provide guidance for sensitive assessment and intervention. (medscape.com)
  • Federal agency seeks public comments on the evaluation of chemical contamination at a property in the Spring Valley Formerly Used Defense Site, Washington, D.C. (cdc.gov)
  • An environmental impact assessment (EIA) involves the evaluation of information about pipe raw materials, processes, and product manufacturing to obtain the associated emissions and ecological impacts. (mdpi.com)
  • Satellite, aerial, in-situ, and field-based methods inform understanding of processes of change, both natural and human-caused, and support development and evaluation of Earth system models that provide insight into future changes. (globalchange.gov)