Sentences with phrase «health intervention development»

National Advisory Mental Health Council Workgroup on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Intervention Development and Deployment.

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revolves around community development, health intervention, economic development, literacy, etc etc..
He identifies the «Big Five» development interventions that would spell the difference between a country characterized mostly by hunger, disease and death, and one characterized by health and economic development.
Articles explore: the idea that violence should be thought of as a public health problem analogous to infectious disease; examine from a scientific perspective the impacts on children's social, emotional, and cognitive development of growing up in a violent community; share first - hand insights from children and caregivers; and explore various interventions, from the favelas of Recife, Brazil, to the inner cities of Chicago, Illinois, United States (US), and Glasgow, Scotland, which are offering a tangible sense of hope.
Infant mental health services that meet Category III specialized work criteria are provided by professionals whose role includes intervention or treatment of the infant / toddler's primary caregiving relationship, (i.e., biological, foster, or adoptive parent); these experiences are critical to the development of a specialization in infant mental health.
Dr. Williams has published over 50 peer - reviewed manuscripts, 75 conference presentations, and two book chapters in the area of child development and family relationships, including family based interventions to enhance health and well - being of parents and their children.
To that end, school nurses facilitate normal development and positive response to interventions; promote health and safety including a healthy environment; intervene with actual and potential health problems; provide case management services; and actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self - management, self - advocacy, and learning.»
Both psychologists specialize in maternal and early childhood mental health and development, with training in Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders, postgraduate specialties in Parent - Infant Psychotherapy, and experience working in the Early Intervention and Special Education systems.
Athletic Trainers work closely with physicians and other health professionals and are responsible for being current in several areas, including: an evidence based practice (EBP), prevention and health promotion (PHP), clinical examination and diagnosis (CE), acute care of injuries and illnesses (AC), therapeutic interventions (TI), psychosocial strategies and referral (PS), healthcare administration (HA), and professional development and responsibility (PD).
Optimal breastfeeding for the first 2 years of life is the single most effective intervention to prevent child deaths worldwide.1 Breastfeeding saves children's lives, supports their growth and development, preventsmalnutrition, ensures food security for infants, protects maternal and child health, reduces financial pressure on families, supports loving relationships and increases educational attainment.
While the theoretical principles guiding the use of the NBO and the accompanying training program, include many of the conceptual themes that informed our work with the NBAS, they are influenced by theoretical and clinical principles from the fields of infant mental health, child development, brain development, behavioral pediatrics, systems theory, communication studies, nursing, early intervention and cultural studies, among its influences.
Therefore, while the theoretical principles guiding the use of the NBO and the accompanying training program, include many of the conceptual themes that informed the NBAS, they are informed by theoretical and clinical principles from the fields of child development, behavioral pediatrics, nursing, early intervention and infant mental health.
To support achievement of the SDGs, the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents» Health recommends protecting and supporting exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months in all settings, including humanitarian and fragile — a cost - effective and easy intervention that contributes to a child's survival, health and optimal develoHealth recommends protecting and supporting exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months in all settings, including humanitarian and fragile — a cost - effective and easy intervention that contributes to a child's survival, health and optimal develohealth and optimal development.
The largest randomized trial of a comprehensive early intervention program for low - birth - weight, premature infants (birth to age three), the Infant Health and Development Program, included a home visiting component along with an educational centre - based program.7 At age three, intervention group children had significantly better cognitive and behavioural outcomes and improved parent - child interactions.
On November 7th in Cork City, Young Knocknaheeny will bring together leading experts, policy makers, practitioners, and participants to share and connect the science, policy, and interdisciplinary practice across the domains of child development, health, equality, urban development, and change practices for whole community prevention and early intervention.
Appropriate breastfeeding and complementary feeding are among the most effective interventions to promote child health, growth and development.
Since 1985, the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Child Survival and Health Grants Program (CSHGP) has supported nongovernmental organizations» (NGO) efforts to reduce maternal and child morbidity and mortality through interventions designed to address health issues, includinHealth Grants Program (CSHGP) has supported nongovernmental organizations» (NGO) efforts to reduce maternal and child morbidity and mortality through interventions designed to address health issues, includinhealth issues, including EBF.
Such interventions have the potential to substantially enhance child development, as well as the general health of women and children.
Policy - makers and planners can greatly assist the improved nutritional health of women and children by supporting the development of evidence - based dietary guidelines and effective prevention and intervention services, especially for socio - economically disadvantaged families.
«WABA believes that programmes related to food and nutrition, health care and development and, especially programmes on infant and young child feeding, should be free from commercial influence and conflicts of interest» advocates Dato Anwar Fazal, WABA Executive Director; «this is especially since optimal breastfeeding, including early, exclusive breastfeeding for six months, and continued adequate breastfeeding for up to two years or longer constitute the primary intervention to prevent child mortality worldwide.»
The effects of breastfeeding on children's development have important implications for both public - health policies and for the design of targeted early intervention strategies to improve the developmental outcomes of children at risk as a result of biological (e.g., prematurity) or social adversity (e.g., poverty).
Steverink won a grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development to develop and implement successful aging interventions as a follow - up to the longitudinal aging study she contributed to as a Ph.D. student.
This includes interventions such as providing adequate nutrition for optimal cognitive development and detecting and managing postpartum depression and other maternal mental health issues.
Development of a healthy gut microbiota can have a lifelong effect on health, and early intervention in the establishment of that microbiota could have lifelong positive effects: The early establishment of bifidobacteria has been shown to be associated with improved immune response to vaccines, development of the infants» immature immune system, and protection againstDevelopment of a healthy gut microbiota can have a lifelong effect on health, and early intervention in the establishment of that microbiota could have lifelong positive effects: The early establishment of bifidobacteria has been shown to be associated with improved immune response to vaccines, development of the infants» immature immune system, and protection againstdevelopment of the infants» immature immune system, and protection against pathogens.
Provide both general and targeted interventions as needed to support child health, development and positive family adaption
«Given the strong association between food allergy and social anxiety in children future investigations on the food allergy - mental health relationship are also warranted in clinical, school, and community - based settings which could aid in the development of interventions
Rigorous evidence of «what works» to improve health care is in demand, but methods for the development of interventions have not been scrutinized in the same ways as methods for evaluation.
«This study shows that a well run early childhood intervention program can have benefits well into adult life,» said James Griffin, Ph.D., Deputy Chief of the Child Development Branch at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health.
This means we may have early and important opportunities to provide sleep interventions that may have a real impact on these children's general health and their development
Establishing the long - term effect of additional outdoor activities on the development and progression of myopia is particularly important because the intervention is essentially free and may have other health benefits.»
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Vinetz said the next step will be to begin exploiting the genomic information «for vaccine and diagnostics development, experimental approaches to understanding mechanisms of disease pathogenesis and how Leptospira persist in the environment, all critical for developing new public health interventions aimed at reducing the global impact of this important but neglected zoonotic disease.»
The Health Innovation Challenge Fund is a parallel funding partnership between the Wellcome Trust and the Department of Health to stimulate the creation of innovative healthcare products, technologies and interventions and to facilitate their development for the benefit of patients in the NHS and beyond.
First, some background: Based on recommendations outlined in the 2010 National Advisory Mental Health Council (NAMHC) report, «From Discovery to Cure,» and the need for cost - effective development of novel interventions, NIMH has shifted away from a traditional approach to clinical trials.
Her main research interests are in the area of clinical health psychology and women's health and her work focuses on the psychological understanding and development of interventions for people with physical and emotional problems, in the areas of women's health (PMS and menopause), cardiology and oncology.
Previously, Carolyn worked at the US Agency for International Development, and helped launch the Global Innovation Fund, a $ 200 million platform to test and support low - cost, high - impact interventions to improve global health and prosperity.
In a substudy, review outcomes were also compared across different types of clinical research, based in large part on the designations and definitions derived from a number of sources, including a report by Nathan, 14 the Institute of Medicine, 20 the NIH Director's Panel on Clinical Research, 9 the Association of American Medical Colleges and American Medical Association, 21 and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.22 All 3599 R01 applications involving human subjects that were submitted to NIH for the October 2002 council were categorized into 1 of the following: (1) patient - oriented studies of mechanisms of human disease (bench to bedside); (2) clinical trials and other clinical interventions; (3) patient - oriented research focusing on development of new technologies; (4) epidemiological studies; (5) behavioral studies (including studies of normal human behavior); (6) health services research; and (7) use of deidentified human tissue.
Julie Matthews is contributing - author of a newly published study from ASU led by Dr. James Adams that shows that comprehensive nutritional and dietary intervention improves non-verbal IQ, development, autism symptoms, digestive health, and nutritional status in individuals with ASD.
Perry Renshaw, MD, PhD, director of the Brain Imaging Center at McLean Hospital and senior author stated, «The development of an inexpensive, widely available intervention such as yoga that has no side effects but is effective in alleviating the symptoms of disorders associated with low GABA levels has clear public health advantage.
Prof Jennie Brand - Miller is leading the work program responsible for communicating and exploiting the findings of PREVIEW to convert new knowledge into strategies to reduce the risk of diabetes, including web - based lifestyle interventions for the public and collaborations between food industry and health professionals on development of innovative products and ingredients.
Program: Ed.M., Human Development Research Areas: Life courses from pregnancy through childhood, adolescence, early adulthood, and mid-life; the influence of reproductive transitions on life course trajectories; class, race, and ethnic disparities in education and health and designing interventions to reduce these disparities; prevention efforts targeting parenting, schooling, community, housing, and work - family balance.
Her program of research, conducted at MIT in the Gabrieli Lab and at MGH Institute of Health Professions, focuses on brain and behavior correlates of development, difficulties, and intervention effects for reading.
In the Prevention Science and Practice (PSP) Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, you will explore the many risk and protective influences on child and adolescent development, and learn how to design strengths - based interventions that promote well - being across academic, social - emotional, and health domains.
The Council will also continue its investigations into the early childhood roots of lifelong health disparities — with profound implications for public health policy in states — and critical periods of development and brain plasticity across the lifespan — with important implications for the timing of interventions.
In 2011, Shonkoff launched Frontiers of Innovation, a multi-sectoral collaboration among researchers, practitioners, policymakers, investors, and experts in systems change who are committed to developing more effective intervention strategies to catalyze breakthrough impacts on the development and health of young children and families experiencing significant adversity.
Without therapeutic interventions, adverse childhood experiences can negatively affect children's physical health and their cognitive, emotional, and behavioral development.
Next, we adapted this educational intervention for low birth - weight and premature children in the Infant Health and Development Program, conducted in eight cities with 985 participants, and found benefits in all eight cities, with the greatest benefits for children from families with the lowest levels of parent education.
Along the way, there have been key policy changes to improve equity including an emphasis on early childhood development and child health, a focus on early interventions for special education and strict teacher professionalism.
Currently, she is the principal investigator of an experimental evaluation of the 4Rs Program — a universal school - based intervention designed to integrate social - emotional learning and literacy development — funded by National Institute of Mental Health, the Institute for Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education, as well as by the William T. Grant Foundation.
An assessment of text connectives for early primary school students, as well as a five - week intervention that demonstrated promising results, are part of the products of this project.Funding source: The Vocabulary Instruction and Assessment for Spanish Speakers (VIAS) project was a 5 - year program of research funded through grants from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
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