The development of family alliance from pregnancy to toddlerhood and
child outcomes at 5 years.
This is one of the first studies to investigate the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and
child outcomes at several stages of development.
Chronicity, severity, and timing of maternal depressive symptoms: relationships with
child outcomes at age 5.
Importantly, the above effects on children's substance use may be valid, but could also have appeared by chance due to the study's measurement of a sizable number of
child outcomes at age 12.
Predictive factors from age 3 and infancy for poor
child outcomes at age 5 relating to children's development, behaviour and health: evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study.
Predictive factors from age 3 and infancy for poor
child outcomes at age 5 relating to children's development, behaviour and health: evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study, York University.
Parent - child dyads were randomly assigned to one either PAT, a cellular phone - enhanced version (CPAT), or a waitlist control (WLC) to examine changes in parent and
child outcomes at 6 months posttreatment.
As part of an evolving R&D platform, this work is grounded in rigorous science, and embedded within a growing community of highly motivated change agents committed to shared learning, cumulative knowledge generation, and transformative
child outcomes at the population level.
The development of the family alliance from pregnancy to toddlerhood and
children outcomes at 18 months.
Not exact matches
«Given the number of Aboriginal
children in care, and their expected
outcomes in this system, this critical issue should be
at the top of the government's agenda, and the subject of a clear plan for improvement.
Maybe that needs to change, if they act like
children then you need to sometimes yell
at your
children especially when the
outcome is a 3 - 0 drumming of a good team like ManU.
(vi) engage particularly with groups of fathers who previously have been excluded from services and whose
children are
at risk of poor
outcomes — including young fathers and black and minority ethnic fathers;
As I mentioned above, one of the premises I'm working from here is that childhood is a continuum, and if we want to help improve
outcomes for disadvantaged
children, we need to look for opportunities to intervene in positive ways
at many different points along that continuum.
• Where mothers had been depressed AND the fathers had worked long hours (particularly
at weekends) in the first two years of their baby's life, this predicted poor developmental
outcomes for their
child through to age 10, especially among boys (Letourneau et al, 2009).
In addition to equalising roles
at home and transforming fathering, it boosts
children's
outcomes, and improves parental relationships — leading to higher couple satisfaction and lower rates of separation.
Is the ultimate
outcome for your
child to win
at all costs, or to have a lifelong love of learning and fitness and activity?
Uninvolved parenting is associated with the worst
outcomes for
children: Kids who are raised with this style of parenting tend to be emotionally withdrawn, anxious and may be
at greater risk for delinquent and dangerous behaviors as well as substance abuse.
We started seeing a family counselor (just us two parents) and after 2 years with some improvement but still not really a good
outcome, we've started making heavy use of the local
children's crisis line (we, or sometimes my daughter, calls them
at night to get help containing her emotions) and are also now seeing a different counselor who meets all three of us.
• Fathers and father figures can serve a protective role in the lives of
at - risk
children and can contribute to positive developmental
outcomes (Zanoni et al, 2013).
Specifically, for fathers, higher expectations about their
children's educational level, and greater level / frequency of interest and direct involvement in
children's learning, education and schools, are associated strongly with better educational
outcomes for their
children, including: • better exam / test / class results • higher level of educational qualification • greater progress
at school • better attitudes towards school (e.g. enjoyment) • higher educational expectations • better behaviour
at school (e.g. reduced risk of suspension or expulsion)(for discussion / review of all this research, see Goldman, 2005).
In experiments with families
at high risk for poor
child outcomes, researchers randomly assigned some mothers to receive training in responsive parenting techniques.
I had the great privilege of working
at the Institute of
Child Health, which is doing extraordinary work on the importance of pre and post-natal nutrition for long - term health
outcomes.
Schools must produce
outcomes and curricula because teachers have to attempt to educate thirty diverse
children at the same time.
Comparisons between the
outcomes of
children of married and unmarried parents are then,
at least to some extent, comparisons between the
outcomes of
children from well - off families and
children from poorer families.
«We know that as dads put [ting] this information in the hands [of moms] is a critical thing we need to do,» said Gerard Gioia, PhD, Division Chief of Neuropsychology and the Director of the Safe Concussion
Outcome, Recovery & Education (SCORE) Program
at Children's National Health System.
The programme has been successfully trialled since 2008, and in that time has demonstrated impressive
outcomes — with significant improvements
at 12 - month follow up in
children's» physical activity levels, BMI scores, dietary behaviours, and educational and social
outcomes.
Of course, parents must make a decision based on the best possible
outcome for each individual
child and the family as a whole, and not
at the whim of a young
child.
If parents would pay more attention to their
children and invest quality time in the daily life of their
children the
child would have a better learning
outcome at school.
Parents» responses can make a difference, helping a
child to feel more positive while weighing alternatives, making decisions, and arriving
at satisfying
outcomes.
For every region of the globe, they found that the authoritative parenting style was associated with
at least one positive
child outcome (Pinquart and Kauser 2017).
By contrast, authoritarian parenting was linked with
at least one negative
child outcome (Pinquart and Kauser 2017).
Whileparticipation inseveral home visiting programs is effective
at improving
children's cognitive and behavioural
outcomes (e.g., Early Head Start, The Nurse Family Partnership and The Infant Health and Developmental program), few home visiting programs have been able to significantly improve pregnancy
outcomes and reductions in
child maltreatment have been found for some models, but not for others.
Empowering local school districts to produce and serve nutritious, scratch - cooked meals was
at the heart of the School Food Initiative's efforts to improve the health and life
outcomes for
children in Santa Barbara County.
The initiative is targeted
at improving
child and family
outcomes, including decreasing rates of
child maltreatment and improving parenting practices that may decrease risk for maltreatment.
To the extent that depressed mothers have persistent mood problems during participation in home visiting, they may benefit less from services and their
children will continue to be
at risk for poor
outcomes.
Supporting high - fidelity implementation of evidence - based home visiting programs has the potential to improve
outcomes for
at - risk
children and families.
This evaluation, mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (P.L. 111 - 148), is designed to build knowledge for policymakers and practitioners about the effectiveness of the MIECHV program in improving
outcomes for
at - risk
children and families.
«We found small but meaningful differences in developmental
outcomes between late preterm infants and full term groups, which if applied to larger populations, may have potentially significant long term public health implications,» says lead author Prachi Shah, M.D., a developmental and behavioral pediatrician
at U-M's C.S. Mott
Children's Hospital.
Programs that are successful with families
at increased risk for poor
child development
outcomes tend to be programs that offer a comprehensive focus — targeting families» multiple needs — and therefore may be more expensive to develop, implement, and maintain.
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.
Researchers from C.S. Mott
Children's Hospital at the University of Michigan tracked children from infancy through kindergarten and compared developmental outcomes between late preterm infants (born between 34 and 36 weeks); those born early term (37 to 38 weeks) and term (39 to 41
Children's Hospital
at the University of Michigan tracked
children from infancy through kindergarten and compared developmental outcomes between late preterm infants (born between 34 and 36 weeks); those born early term (37 to 38 weeks) and term (39 to 41
children from infancy through kindergarten and compared developmental
outcomes between late preterm infants (born between 34 and 36 weeks); those born early term (37 to 38 weeks) and term (39 to 41 weeks).
Identifying core components of interventions found to be effective and understanding what it takes to implement those components with fidelity to the program model is critical to successful replication and scale - up of effective programs and practices in different community contexts and populations.7 There is growing recognition in the early childhood field of the importance of effective implementation and the need for implementation research that can guide adoption, initial implementation, and ongoing improvement of early childhood interventions.8, 9,10 The promise of implementation research and using data to drive program management is compelling because it offers a potential solution to the problem of persistent gaps in
outcomes between
at - risk
children and their more well - off peers.
«We have come a long way in improving
outcomes for babies born early, but more research is needed to understand long term developmental
outcomes,» says senior author Julie Lumeng, M.D., a developmental and behavioral pediatrician
at C.S. Mott
Children's Hospital.
Identifying depressed mothers or those
at risk for depression who are participating in home visiting, and treating or preventing the condition and its deleterious consequences, can improve program
outcomes and foster healthy
child development.
Research has demonstrated that a large proportion of mothers served in home visiting suffer from mental health problems, with up to 50 percent experiencing clinically elevated levels of depression during the critical first years of their
child's development.5 There is evidence that many depressed mothers fail to fully benefit from home visiting.6 Identifying depressed mothers or those
at risk for depression who are participating in home visiting, and treating or preventing the condition and its deleterious consequences, can improve program
outcomes and foster healthy
child development.
In order to accurately measure the efficacy of several home visiting programs, a comprehensive assessment that includes measures of multiple
child and family
outcomes at various points in time should be favoured.
Studies were included if: (a) they were RCTs, (b) the population comprised parents / carers of
children up to the age of 18 where
at least 50 % had a conduct problem (defined using objective clinical criteria, the clinical cut - off point on a well validated behaviour scale or informal diagnostic criteria), (c) the intervention was a structured, repeatable (manualised) parenting programme (any theoretical basis, setting or mode of delivery) and (d) there was
at least one standardised
outcome measuring
child behaviour.
Mothers reported more symptoms of psychological distress24, 25 and low self - efficacy.26, 27 And, although mothers report more depressive symptoms
at the time their infants are experiencing colic, 28,29 research on maternal depression 3 months after the remittance of infant colic is mixed.30, 31 The distress mothers of colic infants report may arise out of their difficulties in soothing their infants as well as within their everyday dyadic interactions.32 The few studies to date that have examined the long - term consequences of having a colicky
child, however, indicate that there are no negative
outcomes for parent behaviour and, importantly, for the parent -
child relationship.
To investigate whether perinatal
outcomes among interracial Asian - white couples are different than among Asian - Asian and white - white couples.This was a retrospective study of Asian, white, and Asian - white couples delivered
at the Lucile Packard
Children's Hospital from 2000 - 2005.
A 2011 study on the
outcome of cranial molding helmet therapy
at various ages determined that the best
outcomes were achieved when
children began helmet therapy between the ages of 5 and 6 months.