Although professional social work services have obtained recognition through Medicaid and Medicare and other sectors, it has been more difficult to win the acceptance of federal legislators and regulators for social work as a health care profession in specific career development, training, and ...
The Department of Health has published proposals for new legislation, which it hopes will provide a legal basis for effective community care of mentally ill people. Consultant psychiatrists and approved social workers were surveyed to determine attitudes towards the proposals. Despite the impression that...
‘Resilience and preparedness’ is one of many topics the UK Inquiry aims to cover in its terms of reference, which include health and social care, and economic responses to Covid-19. However, the constitutional and rule of law dimensions of the UK’s Covid-19 response fall outside the ...
The state had put forward amendments aimed at restricting these products to those over 21 and regulating them like cannabis. New Jersey argued that it was time to clamp down on these sales, citing public health concerns and the rising number of minors getting their hands on these potent, ...
“We’ve seen examples on Twitter where the sharing of a fake image of an explosion near the Pentagon caused the US share market to dip in a matter of minutes, so there were doubts about whether the new EU regulations would have an impact,” Rizoui said. ...
Of those who work, it is estimated that more than 60 per cent are self-employed [4], and most of them lack access to social security benefits and, in many cases, access to healthcare services or other associated benefits. Indeed, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO), ...
Learn the meaning of pork barrel, pork barrel spending and pork barrel legislation. Identify pork barrel spending examples that funded pork barrel...
In this paper, we aim to present an overview of the scientific literature on the link between smoke-free legislation and early-life health outcomes. Exposure to second-hand smoke is responsible for an estimated 166 ,000 child deaths each year worldwid
The survey also revealed significant disparities in health and health care access, especially for trans and nonbinary adults who were women or transfeminine, immigrants, and those living at or near the FPL. “Understanding the life experiences of trans and nonbinary people is important so...
1Division of Neonatology, Department of Paediatrics, Erasmus University Medical Centre—Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; 2Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; 3School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht ...