Sentences with phrase «effective intervention studies»

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Omada Health's first product, called Prevent, is essentially an online version of the Diabetes Prevention Program, which grew out of an NIH study proving the most effective means of staving off diabetes is rigorous lifestyle intervention, overseen by health coaches.

Cost benefit studies have demonstrated that front of pack labelling could be both an effective and cost saving intervention against obesity.

This is why effective, natural interventions for smoking cessation are so needed today and why we are excited to report on a new study involving a solution that can be found not at your local pharmacy, but at your local grocer's fruit stand.

Studies reported by The American Pregnancy Association suggest that the most effective fertility treatments involve a combination of acupuncture, herbal medicine, and traditional medical interventions.

Most sleep training research studies whether an intervention is effective at shutting down the baby so parents get more sleep.

However, intervention studies — both primary studies and systematic reviews — rarely assess impacts on socioeconomic inequalities, and thus little is known about which interventions are effective and cost - effective for reducing those inequalities.2 — 4

In support of this model, multiple studies have shown the association between infant negative reactivity and later psychosocial outcomes such as problem behaviour and self - regulation to be moderated by parental behaviour, so that highly reactive children fare better than others when they experience optimal parenting but worse than others when they experience negative parenting.41 - 46 Further support is found in studies indicating that interventions targeting parental attitudes and / or behaviours are particularly effective for children with a history of negative reactive temperament.47, 49

Studies designed to test the effectiveness of intervention in the extension of breastfeeding to six months have concluded that prenatal education on breastfeeding is not enough to extend the duration, and that intervention during both prenatal and postnatal periods might be more effective [16].

Historically, very premature infants are at increased risk of language delay.The study now identifies an easy to implement and cost effective intervention — come talk and sing to your baby — to improve outcomes.»

There is a need for well - designed, adequately powered studies of interventions designed for women with twins or higher order multiples to find out what types of education and support are effective in helping these mothers to breastfeed their babies.

Finally, given that fatherhood is an emerging field of research, more prospective studies need to be conducted on the quality of fathering experiences, the types of effective interventions for fathers, and the different needs of fathers across cultures.

However, available research (e.g., waitlist - controlled pilot studies) suggests that behavioral / cognitive - behavioral interventions and pharmacotherapy with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are effective for treating SM.

We had planned to carry out formal subgroup analysis by whether support was proactive or reactive, but due to the fact that most interventions included at least one scheduled contact (proactive), we did not think that this way of categorising studies would shed light on types of interventions that were effective or ineffective.

The study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), supports other findings that interventions aimed at improving individuals» wellbeing and quality of life can be far more effective if they are carried out among groups of people in ways that generate a strong sense of group identity.

Intervention studies are needed to examine whether a total lifestyle approach, promoting both high physical activity and low leisure time sitting, is most effective at reducing the risk of becoming obese.»

This study's finding — based on analysis of data from 1995 to 2014 — that the decline in under - five death was also accompanied by increases in PMI - funded malaria prevention technologies, such as insecticide treated nets and indoor residual spraying that are known to be effective malaria interventions, provides compelling and important new evidence of the likely effects of PMI funding.

Published in BMC Medicine, the study underscores the need for effective substance use policies and public health interventions, and provides key principles to guide policy decisions.

«Our results indicate that this simple intervention could be an effective and scalable approach to use the design of electronic health records to increase the rate of flu vaccinations, which are estimated to prevent millions of flu cases and tens of thousands of related hospitalizations every year,» said study lead author Mitesh S. Patel, MD, MBA, MS, an assistant professor of Medicine and Health Care Management in Penn's Perelman School of Medicine and The Wharton School, a staff physician at the Crescenz VA Medical Center, and director of the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit, whose work is supported by the Penn Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics.

«We know that bariatric surgery is a cost - effective intervention for morbid obesity,» said Alexander McLawhorn, MD, a chief orthopedic surgery resident at HSS and study author.

«It is essential that rigorous protocols for the study of experimental interventions are developed quickly so that African countries have the same opportunities to consider them that western ones would, and that there is equitable access to any that prove effective,» Farrar said in a statement.

«So there has been a lot of interest in the diabetes research community: If you can target those antigen - presenting B - cells, that could be potentially a very effective disease intervention,» says JAX Professor David Serreze, Ph.D., lead author of a highlighted study published in the Journal of Immunology.

Ultimately the knowledge gained from these studies should pave the way for increasingly effective interventions and treatments.»

The study provides evidence that a stem cell - based intervention may be effective in synchronizing failing hearts.

«Findings from the current study indicate that mHealth interventions are a promising and potentially effective route for pediatric health care providers to use with patients and their family members,» he said.

Those involved with the study say they've learned that they may need to pay attention not just to effective forms of biomedical intervention, but also to what people say they want, need, and are willing to use.

A review of studies on the treatment of chronic insomnia finds that cognitive behavioral therapy is an effective alternative to drug interventions

Their study found that among patients who came to the ED, the ED - initiated medication strategy was most likely to be cost - effective compared to referral alone or a brief intervention with facilitated referral, the researchers said.

«This novel assay has the potential to become an effective, simple and low - cost solution for Zika surveillance programs, prevalence studies and clinical intervention trials in flavivirus - endemic areas.»

Developing effective interventions to achieve tobacco abstinence through gradual reduction could engage more smokers in quitting, according to background information in the study.

«This study demonstrates how simple lifestyle interventions such as stair climbing can be effective in preventing or reducing the negative effects of menopause and age on the vascular system and leg muscles of postmenopausal women with hypertension,» says Dr. JoAnn Pinkerton, NAMS executive director.

«This study is tremendously important given the aging of the population and our need to identify novel and effective interventions to reduce age - related cognitive and functional declines in older adults.»

«The high burden of early complications in youth with diabetes requires additional research to clarify the underlying causes and to identify effective intervention strategies,» said Dr. Dana Dabelea, lead author and co-chair of the national SEARCH Study and professor of epidemiology at the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

But these studies can't provide policymakers with a prescription for the best, most cost - effective intervention that can help the largest number of at - risk children.

Additional studies will be needed to elucidate the specific underlying causal factors, which may help inform more effective preventive interventions across the lifespan.»

In addition, Lewandowski said, «The study indicates that affordable and easily accessible web - based interventions can be effective for a broad group of patients.»

Dr. Hamdy said the study proves that intensive lifestyle intervention is at least as effective as some common bariatric surgeries in helping people lose weight and deal with their diabetes issues, with less cost and fewer short and long - term side effects.

The CFI proprietary epidemiology study is aimed to evaluate the presentation and trajectory of CFS and identify effective interventions.

Through long - established collaborations in Durban and Kimberley, these studies in particular seek to define: the immune responses that are effective in control of HIV infection; the impact of HLA - mediated selection pressure on HIV at the individual and population level; the mechanisms of HIV non-pathogenicity; the nature and consequences of ontogeny of the virus - specific immune response; and finally the prospects for interventions including antiretroviral therapy, alone or in combination with broadly neutralising antibodies and / or T - cell vaccines, to achieve HIV eradication.

In pursuit of effective treatment of CM, clinical studies, postmortem analysis and animal models have been employed to understand the pathology and identify effective interventions.

Take a course on healthy eating In one study, adding a nutrition science course to a students curriculum was an effective intervention against weight gain.

«Many effective pharmaceuticals, devices, and behavioral interventions are already available in the clinic for improving sleep quality,» they wrote, adding that follow - up studies are needed to determine exactly which aspects of sleep should be improved in order to delay or diminish Alzheimer's symptoms.

Only 2 studies have previously investigated these 2 interventions in combination (19, 20), and those study designs were such that it could not be determined whether this combined intervention was effective in reducing cardiovascular risk and improving body composition in overweight volunteers.

That being said, more high - quality studies are needed to establish the actual mechanism behind the change and to determine which component of the intervention is most effective.

In addition to its physical and psychological effectiveness, studies find that yoga interventions are generally feasible, cost - effective, safe, and accessible for those with MS who have mild - to - moderate disability, and those who have difficulty maintaining regular physical exercise routines.

It states, «The positive results of this study suggest that a comprehensive nutritional and dietary intervention is effective at improving nutritional status, non-verbal IQ, autism symptoms, and other symptoms in most individuals with ASD.»

In fact, a 2012 study out of the Functional Medicine University found that functional medicine therapy can be an extremely effective intervention in the treatment of multiple sclerosis.

Accountability has been a central theme of education reform for almost two decades, driven by the unchallenged central finding of James Coleman's seminal 1966 study: Although some interventions are demonstrably more effective than others, there's no direct link between what goes into a school by way of resources and what comes out by way of student learning.

Planning an effective and engaging lesson involves the deliberate study of instructional materials, and the identification and organization of materials and manipulatives, including enrichment and intervention components.

Neuroscience research reveals that humor systematically activates the brain's dopamine reward system, and cognitive studies show that dopamine is important for both goal - oriented motivation and long - term memory, while educational research indicates that correctly - used humor can be an effective intervention to improve retention in students from kindergarten through college.

A 2012 meta - analysis conducted by the Campbell Collaboration identified 391 studies of truancy interventions, only 28 of which provided any plausible basis for determining that the program was effective.