Sentences with phrase «controlled educational interventions»
This is one of the first controlled educational interventions that had successfully improved body image and produced long - term changes in the attitudes and self - image of young adolescents.
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Dads as breastfeeding advocates: results from a Randomized Controlled Trial of educational intervention.
Wolfberg AJ, Michels KB, Shields W, O'Campo P, Bronner Y, Bienstock J. Dads as breastfeeding advocates: results from a randomized controlled trial of an educational intervention.
However, a higher percentage of mothers in the intervention group exclusively breastfed their babies until the age of 6 months, compared to the control group, that is, 107/194 (55.2 %) against 69/178 (38.8 %) with a statistically very significant difference of p = 0.002, which proved that the educational booklet has a positive impact on the duration of EB.
The 2 groups were similar on all measured characteristics, including maternal ethnicity, educational status, age, parity, breastfeeding history, and infant birth weight (intervention group, 1914.4 g; control group, 1840 g); gestational age; sex; and length of hospital stay (intervention group, mean 27.1 days [range, 2 - 81 days]; control group, mean 25.2 days [range, 1 - 104 days]-RRB-(Table 1).
Because we used a randomized controlled trial design, we were able to establish convincingly that our intervention was not only the cause of the educational gains; importantly, the program was also inexpensive.4
In that role he championed the use of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to study the effectiveness of educational policies and interventions, which was a huge improvement in rigor for US ED - funded projects.
In addition, in October 2016, the Department of Education issued new guidance on the Every Student Succeeds Act describing how funds from Title IV, Part A's Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants can help state and local educational agencies provide all students with access to a well - rounded education.42 According to this guidance, local educational agencies «may use funds for activities in social emotional learning, including interventions that build resilience, self - control, empathy, persistence, and other social and behavioral skills.»
Since 2002 the Institute for Education Sciences (IES) within the U.S. Department of Education has commissioned many well - conducted randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating the effectiveness of diverse educational programs, practices, and strategies («interventions»).
In this direction, some recent studies investigated that children and adolescents who attended educational programs focused on the promotion of self - efficacy in life skills reduced the onset of at - risk and maladaptive behaviors (Griffin et al., 2003; Botvin & Griffin, 2004; Yankah & Aggleton, 2008; Menrath et al., 2012; Jegannathan, Dahlblom, & Kullgren, 2014): it was possible to observe a significant and positive effect for the reduction of health - risk behaviors in the intervention group, compared to control group (see Menrath et al., 2012), confirming the efficacy of school - based on life skills programs.
Regarding interventions commencing at preschool age, two programs had the best balance of evidence for reducing internalising problems.25 In Canada, a brief (three month) psycho - educational group - based program tested in a controlled trial with parents of children exhibiting behavioural problems was found to also reduce child anxiety.
She is conducting controlled trials to test the effectiveness of psycho - educational interventions in reducing distress and promoting confidence in early parenthood.
Parenting has an impact on emotional, social, and cognitive development, playing an important role in the aetiology of mental illness, educational failure, delinquency, and criminality.1 Parenting is to some extent socially patterned, 2,3 and interventions to support the development of «helpful» parenting therefore have a role to play in combating social inequalities in health.4 The best mental health and social outcomes are achieved by parents who supervise and control their children in an age appropriate way, use consistent positive discipline, communicate clearly and supportively, and show warmth, affection, encouragement, and approval.5 — 8
The Family - School Success intervention improves some family and educational outcomes in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder more than a control psychosocial intervention
A sample of 42 students of Social Sciences, randomly assigned to either the intervention (N = 20) or the control group (N = 22) group where the first group participated in a psycho - educational training program aiming to train them to be more self - compassionate in challenging situations whilst the control group received no training.
The adopters who agreed to join the study were randomly allocated to one of two parenting interventions (a cognitive - behavioral approach or an educational approach) or to a waitlist control group.