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This study was designed to examine the effect of an educational intervention on pediatric residents» knowledge about breastfeeding, their confidence in addressing lactation issues, and their management skills during clinical encounters with breastfeeding mothers.
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A 4 - session educational intervention was designed to have an effect on the knowledge, confidence, and behaviors of pediatric residents about breastfeeding.
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.
Afterwards, the women received an educational booklet on the intervention, in Arabic and French, containing illustrations and information on: the benefits of breast milk, the importance of skin - to - skin contact immediately after birth, the importance of early breastfeeding and giving colostrum to the baby, the criteria of good positioning for corrective breast - taking, the signs of effective suckling, the signs of effective breastfeeding for the first six months, on - demand breastfeeding and its daily frequency, breastfeeding accessories, techniques for collecting and storing breast milk, and questions and answers about different maternal concerns (depression, hygiene, nipple pain, quantity of milk produced, duration and number of feedings, mixed feeding, diet to be followed during breastfeeding, mothers» illness and breastfeeding, weaning of the baby, etc..)
The most important thing in this work is that our intervention based on educational materials has been successful, reaching 55.2 % of babies» breastfed exclusively until the age of six months.
Dr. Middlemiss» work focuses on how to construct culturally sensitive, developmentally appropriate educational or intervention programs.
The intervention group women (n = 250) were first sensitized through a short educational session (10 minutes) that included information delivered orally during the medical visit on the benefits of breastfeeding for women and their infants, mainly EB by shedding light on its definition, and the good practices of breastfeeding as well as the production of breast milk.
It has been reported in systematic reviews that educational interventions based on different methods have proved more effective than those focused solely on a simple method [25], the same conclusion discussed by Tahir et al. urging them to think about establishing different support methods according to mothers» needs during the postpartum period [26].
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).
This study was excluded as it examined a brief educational intervention by midwives advising mothers on the correct positioning of the baby for breastfeeding.
Speaking on the significant impact of Opon Imo since its introduction, Governor Aregbesola said since the advent of the electronic gadgets which serve as crucial educational intervention, the performance of students across the state have tremendously improved in terms of results and academic prizes.
«Over the past decade we've been able to identify a growing number of educational interventions that have managed to have notable impacts on students» academic achievement as measured by standardized tests,» West says.
The researchers from the University's Department of Social Policy and Intervention, and the Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm, studied the test scores measuring cognitive ability of children aged between 10 and 13, and found they had a strong effect on a child's subsequent educational performance.
Until now, caregivers have relied on rehabilitation, educational interventions and drugs to reduce ASD symptoms, but now researchers suggest that treating this condition could be as simple as changing their diet.
A study called Stroke Warning Information and Faster Treatment (SWIFT) compared interactive intervention with enhanced educational materials on recurrent stroke arrival times in patients with mild stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA).
Joslin's 12 - week intensive lifestyle management program included a change in diabetes medications to enhance weight reduction, structured dietary intervention with lower carbohydrates and higher protein and meal replacement, an exercise program with emphasis on strength training, and weekly educational and support sessions.
A broad range of early educational interventions are found to produce meaningful, lasting effects on cognitive, social, and schooling outcomes.
Early educational intervention has been proposed to partially offset the impacts of poverty and inadequate learning environments on child development and school success.
The results bear on the question of how early - childhood educational interventions can help poor children access the same educational concepts that more privileged children have before entering primary school.
Research conducted in Nantucket, Massachusetts suggests that educational interventions can lower the incidence of Lyme disease between 20 % and 60 % depending on the length of time people spend outdoors in areas where ticks are active.
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The Liu laboratory applies biostatistics to several areas of research, including: basic cancer research and clinical trials of cancer immunotherapy; infectious diseases; behavioral and educational intervention research; and research on health care outcomes.
«Nutrition is likely one of the most powerful medicines and interventions to complement cancer therapy with impact on cancer metabolism and immune biology — at last a program with a well - balanced educational curriculum that addresses this important area of unmet medical need»
Capitalizing on these benefits, board - certified music therapists develop music - based interventions to help students make progress in educational goal areas.
Ultimately, it doesn't matter how great an educational idea or intervention is on paper; what really matters is how it manifests itself in the day - to - day world of schools.
Studies of early - childhood and school - age interventions often find long - term impacts on such outcomes as educational attainment, earnings, and criminal activity despite nonexistence or «fade - out» of test - score gains.
Research on private school choice, like most educational interventions, has focused on short - term outcomes like test scores and parent satisfaction.
Whitehurst rightly insisted, again and again, that valid information on the impact of an educational intervention can only be obtained through experimental research, most preferably by using a randomized field trial (RFT).
Different institutions and initiatives are working on facilitating community participation from education to health to achieve a more complete educational intervention, especially in Latin America and the Caribbean, where popular education was initiated and developed multiple socio - cultural experiences that ultimately work for a particular model of social change and transformation.
In addition we have an entire literature on pre-school and school choice suggesting that educational interventions can produce long - term success without improving short term achievement test scores (and vice versa).
Imitation is a common means by which learning takes place in early childhood classrooms; the ability to imitate is also a hallmark of success in ASD interventions based on Applied Behavioral Analysis, which are currently considered the most effective educational treatments for individuals with ASD (Winerman, 2004).
However, by pushing the field, providing support, and engaging researchers to develop ways of conducting such analyses while still being sensitive to needs of students and practitioners, educational research has progressed in fundamental ways with new important evidence on the effects of key programs and interventions.
There are public school districts across the country that have engaged in innovative contracts between teachers and the central office, and there are multiple models of educational interventions, including at the curricular level, that show real promise and do not depend on wholesale structural reform.
He said: «We know that early intervention is crucial but many local authorities have repeatedly had their budgets slashed on things like social workers, support programmes for parents, educational psychologists and targeted mental health services in schools.
Kristin Hallgren specializes in conducting in - depth, qualitative research on educational interventions.
The ESSA also requires that, if students fall behind in meeting these standards, States and local educational agencies (LEAs) implement evidence - based interventions to help them and their schools improve, with a particular focus on the lowest - performing schools, high schools with low graduation rates, and schools in which subgroups of students are underperforming.
Previous research on educational interventions often finds different effects for students from different racial groups.
With the movement toward research - practitioner partnerships, educational agencies can collaboratively develop effective interventions targeted on improving teachers» discipline practices — exploring their beliefs and raising expectations for minority students.
Guidance for those charged with these weighty decisions has come in the surprising form of a calm, judicious tome written in the style of a polished essay in analytic philosophy, replete with Aristotelian - like categories and topped off with citations from contemporary empirical research on the impact of specific educational interventions.
Dr. Marchand - Martella is chair and professor of educational psychology at the University of Oklahoma, teaching classes in academic remediation with a focus on reading, writing, spelling, and mathematics interventions.
Teacher effectiveness is the pillar of educational policy agendas, and it mediates the impact that any instruction - related reform or intervention has on student learning (Stronge, 2010).
The report includes a special focus on 2003 - 04, with findings on identification of schools for improvement, interventions implemented at schools identified for improvement, and public school choice and supplemental educational services under Title I.
This initiative focused on furthering the understanding of the scale - up (adoption, sustainability, expansion) of research - validated educational interventions in K - 12 settings.
Long - term effects of an early childhood intervention on educational achievement and juvenile arrest: A 15 - year follow - up of low - income children in public schools.
Our policy priorities are based on research, both locally and nationally that show that an emphasis on early interventions for at - risk students and increased access to educational options are straightforward, effective means of improving academic performance for all students.
Promisingly, researchers have found that it is possible to orient students toward positive learning mindsets through low - cost interventions, including online programs that teach students about growth mindsets and purpose.29 According to Carol Dweck and her colleagues, ``... educational interventions and initiatives that target these psychological factors can have transformative effects on students» experience and achievement in school, improving core academic outcomes such as GPA and test scores months and even years later.»
MTSS (or RTI) is an educational process that provides high - quality, research - based instruction and intervention based on individual learners» academic, social, and behavioral needs which are identified through screening and progress monitoring.
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.»
She has focused her recent research on the effectiveness of numerous school and district educational interventions designed to improve student achievement and has more than two decades experience conducting mixed methods studies.