[ 2] Secondary prevention efforts, aimed at interrupting disease transmission, are dependent upon identifying and lessening barriers to accessible STD services.
There is therefore potential, given that the lower costs of group-based interventions lessens financial barriers to implementation, for interventions to have an impact on future progression to diabetes in at-risk individuals in 'real-world' settings.
The open-access software model that Whitebox GAT adopts is designed to lessen the barriers that are often imposed on end-users when attempting to gain deeper understanding of how a specific function operates.
If smartwatch use becomes more widespread, and the device on your wrist is already instantly a motion-based means of input, then that greatly lessens a key barrier to getting in the game.
Also, the invention of more efficient distillation techniques has led to more potent and cheaper alcohol, which in turn has lessened the economic barrier to drinking to excess compared to biblical times.
There was some evidence that some barriers to early diagnosis had lessened during the period of this review.
These findings are consistent with several prior studies demonstrating disparities in BP and lipid control, including those conducted in managed care and Medicare settings where barriers to care are presumably lessened (15, 17, 30, 31).
This work was embedded in an ongoing quality improvement project in the district addressing barriers to existing referral protocols to lessen delays.
We argue that the innovative action of government – the innovative use of public resources through the SBIR program to target and support research in small firms – does lessen innovation barriers that cause small firms to underinvest in R&D.
